Filosofi In Libertà - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Umberto Eco, Dedalus

First Edition/First Printing with "Prima Edizione" statement, Contursi A002a. Limited to 500 numbered copies, this one being #370. Brightly gilt-stamped pictorial red cloth, half-title perished, terse former owner's inscription dated 1959, else Very Nearly Fine. Signed by author Umberto Eco on the title page. From the personal library of Eco bibliographer James Contursi. Rare;

Written under the pseudonym Dedalus, Filosofi In Libertà is Eco's second book, a collection of cartoons and poems portraying philosophers such as Aristotle, Kant, and Marx. With 15 cartoons by Umberto Eco. In the original Italian language.

Price: $1,900.00