Joseph Cooper and Samuel Walker - Memoirs of Alessandro Tassoni Author of la Secchia Rapita or the Rape of the Bucket

London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Co. 1815. First edition. Cloth. A biographical work on Alessandro Tassoni. With a frontispiece of Tassoni and plate to the start of the work. The first edition of this work. This work was written by Irish antiquarian and writer Joseph Cooper Walker. It was published posthumously, five years after his death with a preface by his brother Samuel Walker. It also has poems to Walker's memory to the rear. Alessandro Tassoni was an Italian poet and writer. In a full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with bumping to the head and tail of spine and extremities. Boards are faded from sun exposure. Library plate to the front pastedown, 'Bath Public Reference Library&apos. Library shelf numbers written to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are heavily age toned. Tidemark to the rear of frontispiece. Prior owner's inscription to title page. Bath Public Reference Library blind stamp found throughout the work. Pages are age toned with the occasional spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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