Vittorio ALFIERI

New edition of the French translation established by Antoine de Latour.
Half green calf binding, spine slightly faded with four fine raised bands set with borders decorated with gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing without too much gravity.

New edition of the French translation established by Antoine de Latour.
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, gilt fillet on red paper boards with shadow at head, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.

Rare counterfeit of the first edition published in Florence the same year, both falsely dated 1799. Illustrated with a plate facing the title page, depicting a henhouse with its cockerels and hens and the Latin legend Orga nascent (They organize themselves). The work is stuffed with small manuscript slips that fill the gaps in the text, such as the numerous suspension points in certain poems.
The first edition and the Turin counterfeit are perfectly identical except for a note on page 172 and a difference in the layout of the table of contents.
Contemporary half tawny morocco binding with straight grain. Smooth spine decorated with 5 fleurons and roulettes. Black title label. A brown stain on the upper board.
Famous anti-French work inspired by Revolutionary terror. Victor Alfieri (1749-1803) was poet, playwright and philosopher, he who was considered the Italian Byron, both champion of Romanticism and steeped in classical culture, revolutionized Italian literature. He came to France around 1788 with the Countess of Albany, his wife; the country he called the land of liberty frightened him with its excesses and revolutionary ardor and he withdrew in 1792 to Florence. The revolutionary government treated him as an émigré and stripped him of most of his fortune.

The French first edition dates from 1809; the first translation by Antoine de Latour, reprinted here, dates from 1840.
Contemporary glazed caramel calf binding with corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 tulips and fillets. Brown morocco title-label and a second havana morocco title-label. Scattered foxing.
A handsome copy, well bound.
Perhaps the most famous and best of the writings of the Italian dramatist and poet Victor Alfieri.

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New edition.
Half red calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind fillets, navy blue shagreen title-label.
Some minor foxing.