(Plain Wrapper Press.) Manuel Mujica Lainez; Luciano De Vita...

Hammer

£240

(Plain Wrapper Press.) Manuel Mujica Lainez; Luciano De Vita (ill.): 'Cantata de Bomarzo. A libretto by Manuel Mujica Lainez, Seven etchings by Luciano De Vita', Verona, Plain Wrapper Press, 1981, limited edition, number 77 of 83 copies only signed by the author and the artist, printed by Gabriel Rummonds and Alessandro Zanella on an 1847 Washington handpress, the type handset Horizon Light with display lettering by Golda Fishbein on white Wookey Hole handmade paper, 7 large tissue guarded etchings by Luciano De Vita, these pulled by Cataldo Serafini in Bologna, translated into English by G. Rummonds from the original Spanish text, folio, original quarter black leather lettered in gilt, patterned paper covered boards, original slipcase, together with the Plain Wrapper Press Keepsake 'Cantat di Bomarzo', one of 130 press-numbered copies, the entire edition, printed by Gabriel Rummonds and Alessandro Zanella as a keepsake from the press, translated into Italian by Francesco Tentori Montalto, 4to, original stitched printed wraps (2)