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(SAPPHO). VERRI, ALESSANDRO. LE AVVENTURE DI SAFFO POETESSA DI MITILENE Coll' Aggiunta della Faoniade.
Firenze: Presso Guglielmo Piatti, 1809-13. 3 vols in 1, 12mo, 128, (1 index), 98, (1 index), 95, (1 index)pp. Contemporary full calf, black morocco spine label, gilt lettered, gilt orn. and rules to spine, gilt tooled borders, wear and rubbing to extremities, sm loss at spine head, upper board held by two cords, otherwise a good copy. ¶ Later edition of Verri's didactic, romantic novel about the ancient Greek poetess Sappho, originally published in 1780. Part of Milan's Transformati, Alessandro Verri and his brother, Pietro, played vital roles in translating the innovative spirit of the mid to late18th century Italian reformation in morality, philosophy, and social relations into art, the entire movement inspired by the thought and work of Rousseau and Diderot in France. Cf. Gamba 2685.
Offered for US$ 80.00 by: Dailey Rare Books - Book number: 1797.