[ITALIAN POETRY] BIBLIOTECA POETICA ITALIANA 1820-22 FINELY BOUND IN 30 MINIATURE VOLUMES

[ITALIAN POETRY] BIBLIOTECA POETICA ITALIANA 1820-22 FINELY BOUND IN 30 MINIATURE VOLUMES

£2,500.00

Tax included.

[ITALIAN POETS]. Biblioteca Poetica Italiana Scelta e Pubblicata da A. Bottura. Published by Lefevre, Parigi, 1820-1822.

First edition thus. Complete in 30 volumes; leather-bound; hardcover; miniature (10cm x 6.5cm); pp. xvi, 239; 240; 239; xvi, 192; 192; 240; 270; xvi, 272; 255; 272; 284; 284; 272; 288; 256; 240; [4], 256; 256; 255; [4], 123; viii, 358; 283, [1]; xii, 287, [1], 316; 303, [1]; 319, [1]; xii, 286, [1]; 303, [1]; 320; [4], 310. Italian text. Bound in contemporary full green morocco gilt; all page edges gilt; marbled endpapers; some volumes with engraved frontispieces and plates; initial and terminal blanks plus half-titles present. Condition: NEAR FINE. Bindings tight and secure with all joints and hinges intact. Covers and contents beautifully preserved, with just a hint of foxing to some initial and terminal leaves. Without previous ownership markings.

Notes: A very handsome set of this selection of Italian classics printed by Didot and sold by Baudry; all the major Italian poets including Dante, Petrarch, Poliziani, Pindemonte, Ariosto, Tasso, Metastasio, etc., complete in the 30 miniature volumes. Scarce thus.

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