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METAYER-MERMOZ Maison de Ventes aux Enchères NEVERS

149 - ARTIST’S BOOK]
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Estimate €50 - €100
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ARTIST’S BOOK] CASWELL (W. Anthony)] Aretino, Dead or Alive, the image-maker, 1992. One volume, in-4 in loose sheets, in a grey cloth slipcase and blue box, comprising 120 pages, (2) errata sheets on Japanese paper, 4 plates of engravings First edition. Limited edition of 199 copies published to mark the fifth centenary of Aretino’s birth. One of 15 copies printed on Rives paper. Copy signed on the title page by François Righi (graphic designer) and the author. Duplicate errata page. Fine copy. Slipcase stained. Included as reference material: - L’Arétin, Paris, Mercure de France (spine missing). 343 pages. - Pietro Oliviero Casi: *Bibliographia di e su Pietro Aretino dal 1512 ai nostri giorni*, *L’eclettico Pedante*. With a handwritten letter to Mr Caswell from
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 09/12/2026 at 2:15 PM
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