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Scarce Officina Bodoni Work By Ridolfi

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Title: In Funere Caroli III Hispaniar. Regis Catholici Oratio
Author: Ridolfi, Bernardino
Description: [4], viii, 29 pp. Engraved frontispiece; 5 engraved head- and tail-pieces; small title page vignette and 2 engraved initial letters. 13¼x9¾, period full mottled calf, tripple gilt-ruled border, spine gilt, morocco label, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First Edition.Funeral oration for Charles III of Spain. Frontispiece by Raphael Morghen after Stephanus Tofanelli, head- and tail-pieces by Morghen or Joannis Volpato after Tofanelli. A fine example of Bodoni's typography. Armorial bookplate of Steph. Rossi on front flyleaf.
Heading: (Bodoni)Place Published: Parma
Publisher: Ex Regio Typographeo
Date Published: 1789