Le avventure di Saffo: Poetessa di Mitilene
by Verri, Alessandro
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tuxedo Park, New York, United States
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About This Item
Vercelli: Tipografia Patria, 1783. Very Good. 21 cm; [viii], 188 pages, ads. In red and black mottled paper-covered boards and red leather backstrip. Edges sponged with blue. Pages rather toned. Old ex libris and owners inscriptions on front blank.
Historical novel by the theorist of Italian enlightenment, first published in 1780. Unusual Vercelli imprint from the presses established and directed by Giovanni Antonio Ranza (1741-1801), who attempted unsuccessfully to inspire revolt against the local nobility before being forced to flee his native Vercelli for Switzerland, and ultimately to France.
Historical novel by the theorist of Italian enlightenment, first published in 1780. Unusual Vercelli imprint from the presses established and directed by Giovanni Antonio Ranza (1741-1801), who attempted unsuccessfully to inspire revolt against the local nobility before being forced to flee his native Vercelli for Switzerland, and ultimately to France.
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- Bookseller
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6051
- Title
- Le avventure di Saffo
- Author
- Verri, Alessandro
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Tipografia Patria
- Place of Publication
- Vercelli
- Date Published
- 1783
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bookseller catalogs
- The Long Eighteenth Century;
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