Add this copy of The Prettiest Love Letters in the World to cart. $48.60, very good condition, Sold by Fox & Hedgehog rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Moraga, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by David R. Godine, Publisher.
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Wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Letters between Lucrezia Borgia & Pietro Bembo 1503 to 1519. 2L. Full cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket. Preceded by limited U.K. edition under the title "Messer Pietro Mio." Text in English, but with the quotations from Petrarch in Italian and English on facing pages. A nice copy. Firm binding, square spine and intact hinges. No marks. Slightest bumps to corners, creasing to spine-ends. Boards very slightly bowed. Unclipped dustjacket has a quarter-inch tear with light creasing top edge front panel, else very little wear.
Add this copy of Prettiest Love Letters in the World: the Letters to cart. $49.76, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by David R. Godine Publisher.
Add this copy of Prettiest Love Letters in the World: the Letters to cart. $250.00, very good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by David R. Godine, Publisher.
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Very Good. Size: 7x0x10; Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket with loss. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Owner's name on front end page, else unmarked. 46, 43 pages: illustrations; 26 cm. "Prettiest Love Letters in the World records a brief but intense love affair, between an ambitious poet of high Venetian background and a young political bride whose father, as Pope, wielded absolute power. Their letters are charged with excitement; every meeting had an element of danger, the thrill of a gamble."