1706 Rare Italian Vellum Book - Il Pastor Fido by Giovanni Battista GuariniAuthor: Giovanni Battista Guarini. Title: Il Pastor Fido. Publisher: Parigi (Paris), Appresso Tomaso Iolly, 1706. Language: Text in Italian. Size: 4 x 2. 5 inches. Pages: 256 pages. Binding: Very good contemporary full vellum binding, spine with manuscript title label Pastor Fido and the date 1706 neatly inked at head (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Content: Very good content (bright,

The decorative green typographic borders

and The Secret Garden

and early 20th-century editions

chivalric romance

stylized landscapes

Pages: xvi-229 pages + publisher's catalog

especially through the “Every Child Should Know” series

The Limited Edition Etchings have been hand-printed under the artist’s supervision by New Leaf Editions

New York: E

covering both the markings of the hand and the general shape and characteristics of the hand

Size: Small 4" X 2"

and done into Pictures by Walter Crane