#presentationcopy

[upennmanuscripts]

A little (almost) unknown treasure from @therosenbach currently being digitized @upennlib and catalogued by @herman_nick as part of #bibliophilly : The presentation copy of Baldassare Castiglione's ode to Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, made for Henry VII of England in July 1508. Rosenbach MS 239/25 #castiglione #guidobaldodamontefeltro #presentationcopy #henryvii #henryviii #englishrenaissance #renaissance #humanism (at Van Pelt Library)

[bbrarebooks]

22 lines of corrections to front endpaper, notations in margins of text throughout, typed corrections on envelope laid in: Dedicatee Ida Guggenheimer’s hand-corrections to her first edition #presentationcopy of Invisible Man #ralphellison #invisibleman #idaguggenheimer #dedicationcopy #rarebooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BqQAMVoHEZx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=94nl5lhud8n5