Author: METASTASIO, ABBE PIETRO
Title: Opere Del Signor Ab. Pietro Metastasio Poeta Cesareo. 11 Volume Set
Description: Venezia: Presso Antonio Zatta, 1800. 7th Edition. Red hardback half-leather cover with orange cloth boards. 170mm x 100mm (7" x 4"). xxviii, 432; 423; 420pp. Engraved frontispiece. In Italian. Published 1800 - 1802. Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782). Born in Rome, Metastasios talent for verse saw him bequeathed a fortune by a wealthy patron in 1718. He gained his reputation with his masque The Garden of Hesperides (1722) and wrote the libretti for 27 operas, including Mozarts Clemenza di Tito. In 1729, he was appointed court poet in Vienna.. G : in Good condition without dust jackets. Modern rebind with new eps .

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