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Gaetano Giarrè scrittore fiorentino inventò e incise questo Nuovo metodo per formare un bel carattere.

Accession number
PML 87295
Creator
Giarrè, Gaetano
Published
Firenze : Presso Giacomo Moro, [after 1801]
Credit line
Purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 2007.
Notes
Dedication at foot of t.p.: "A Chiarissimo Sig: Raffaello Morghen Primo Maestro d'Incisione in Rame alla R. Corte di Toscana Gaetano Giarre Dedica".
Engraved throughout, consisting of an illustrated title-page showing master writing at table, accompanied by three boys, and 16 writing samples (plates 2-17).
Wove paper; undecipherable watermark.
Engraving dates (1800, plates 2,3,16; 1801, plates 4, 5, 8) reported in other editions have been removed from these plates.
Description
17 leaves : ill. ; 23 x 35 cm.
Binding
Modern marbled boards; early pink wrappers bound in.
Classification
Department