EXTREMELY RARE set of six alphabets of the Congregation de Propaganda Fide. Alphabetum Graecum cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica, Symbolo Fidei, & Praeceptis Decalogi Rome, Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1771
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15 pp. Printer's device on titlepage. Birrell & Garnett 15; Smitskamp 205; Brunet I, 19.
Alphabetum Cophtum sive Aegyptiacum. [Rome], 1670 ca. pp. 8 nn. Birrell & Garnett, 9.
Alphabeta Indica, id est Granthamicum seu Samscrdamico-Malabaricum Indostanum sive Vanarense Nagaricum vulgare et Talinganicum Roma, Typis. Sac. Congregationis de Propag. Fide, 1791pp. 24. Printer’s device on Titlepage, plate at pp. 8-17 with four alphabets: Malabar, Sanskrit, Hindustani, (N)agaric. Birrell & Garnett 23; Smitskamp 214. FIRST EDITION.
Alphabetum Hebraicum addito Samaritano et Rabbinico cum Oratione dominicali, Salutatione angelica, & Symbolo apostolico Roma, Typis. Sac. Congregationis de Propag. Fide, 1771pp. 16, Printer’s device on Titlepage. Birrell & Garnett 14, Smitskamp 204. FIRST EDITION. Work published by Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi.
Alphabetum Arabicum una cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica et Symbolo Fidei.Roma, Typis. Sac. Congregationis de Propag. Fide, 1797pp. 15, 1 bl. Printer’s device on Titlepage. Smitskamp 216. Cf. Streit XVII, p. 351, no. 6551.
Alphabetum Persicum cum Oratione Dominicali et Salutatione Angelica.Roma, Typis. Sac. Congregationis de Propag. Fide, 1783pp. 24. Printer’s device on Titlepage. Smitskamp 210. Brill II, 2109.Work published by Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi, with the Lord's Prayer in Arabic and Persian.
IMPORTANT COLLECTION, works of great rarity. Extremely rare set of six alphabets of the Congregation de Propaganda Fide. This type of alphabets was destined to students, missionaries and diplomats. The moment of greatest splendor of the prestigious printing house must activity of Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi.
Updike: “Established in 1626 for propaganda among the Eastern peoples. Ferdinand II presented Illyrian types for a missal, and the Medicean and other Oriental types from the Stamperia Vaticana were added to its stock, while Stefano Paolini engraved others. It continued its existence throughout the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries: Bodoni received his early training there. In 1798 most of the types were taken to Paris ...Much of the type still remains at the Imprimerie Nationale to this day. … The best period of this Office was during the last half of the 18th c. under the directorship of Ruggeri and Amaduzzi. ... the establishment had fonts for 44 languages. Specimens of these ... are important documents in the history of the founding and use of "exotic" fonts.” Smitskamp: “ The best known products of the Propaganda Press, apart from its missals, grammars, and dictionaries, are the Alphabeta" Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi fu sovrintendente alla stamperia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide dal 1770 e procurò edizioni di numerosi alfabeti di lingue antiche o esotiche.
Updike, Printing Types, vol. I, pp. 134-135, pp. 181–184; Smitskamp 193.
Condition Report: Very nice copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione. THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
Alphabetum Cophtum sive Aegyptiacum. [Rome], 1670 ca. pp. 8 nn. Birrell & Garnett, 9.
Alphabeta Indica, id est Granthamicum seu Samscrdamico-Malabaricum Indostanum sive Vanarense Nagaricum vulgare et Talinganicum Roma, Typis. Sac. Congregationis de Propag. Fide, 1791pp. 24. Printer’s device on Titlepage, plate at pp. 8-17 with four alphabets: Malabar, Sanskrit, Hindustani, (N)agaric. Birrell & Garnett 23; Smitskamp 214. FIRST EDITION.
Alphabetum Hebraicum addito Samaritano et Rabbinico cum Oratione dominicali, Salutatione angelica, & Symbolo apostolico Roma, Typis. Sac. Congregationis de Propag. Fide, 1771pp. 16, Printer’s device on Titlepage. Birrell & Garnett 14, Smitskamp 204. FIRST EDITION. Work published by Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi.
Alphabetum Arabicum una cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica et Symbolo Fidei.Roma, Typis. Sac. Congregationis de Propag. Fide, 1797pp. 15, 1 bl. Printer’s device on Titlepage. Smitskamp 216. Cf. Streit XVII, p. 351, no. 6551.
Alphabetum Persicum cum Oratione Dominicali et Salutatione Angelica.Roma, Typis. Sac. Congregationis de Propag. Fide, 1783pp. 24. Printer’s device on Titlepage. Smitskamp 210. Brill II, 2109.Work published by Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi, with the Lord's Prayer in Arabic and Persian.
IMPORTANT COLLECTION, works of great rarity. Extremely rare set of six alphabets of the Congregation de Propaganda Fide. This type of alphabets was destined to students, missionaries and diplomats. The moment of greatest splendor of the prestigious printing house must activity of Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi.
Updike: “Established in 1626 for propaganda among the Eastern peoples. Ferdinand II presented Illyrian types for a missal, and the Medicean and other Oriental types from the Stamperia Vaticana were added to its stock, while Stefano Paolini engraved others. It continued its existence throughout the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries: Bodoni received his early training there. In 1798 most of the types were taken to Paris ...Much of the type still remains at the Imprimerie Nationale to this day. … The best period of this Office was during the last half of the 18th c. under the directorship of Ruggeri and Amaduzzi. ... the establishment had fonts for 44 languages. Specimens of these ... are important documents in the history of the founding and use of "exotic" fonts.” Smitskamp: “ The best known products of the Propaganda Press, apart from its missals, grammars, and dictionaries, are the Alphabeta" Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi fu sovrintendente alla stamperia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide dal 1770 e procurò edizioni di numerosi alfabeti di lingue antiche o esotiche.
Updike, Printing Types, vol. I, pp. 134-135, pp. 181–184; Smitskamp 193.
Condition Report: Very nice copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione. THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
