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Umberto Eco. The Name of the Rose. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ...
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Umberto Eco. The Name of the Rose. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1983].8vo. Publisher's white cloth-backed salmon-colored boards, front board and spine stamped in rose gold; original color pictorial dust jacket.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with code on copyright "B C D E." INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, INCLUDING THE LAST LINES FROM THE BOOK on title-page: "stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus / Umberto Eco." These concluding Latin lines are from the 12th-century monk Bernard of Cluny, and translate: "The rose of old remains only in its name; we possess naked names." The reference addresses the temporary nature of physical beauty and the longevity of memory, noting that even notable or attractive things eventually remain only as names or concepts after their disappearance.
Condition: Book is very fine. Dust jacket unclipped (priced "$15.95"), with minor wear at edges with a few short closed tears and creases.
Provenance: The Library of a Minnesota Collector.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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