Le stagioni; Poema tratto dal Francese, e pubblicato in occasione de' gloriosi sponsali dell'eccellenze loro il signor cavaliere Alvise Monenigo e la Noil donna Polissena Contarini
1771, First Edition. Venezia; Presso Modesto Fenzo; con le debite permissioni. Provenance; from the library of John Saks with his bookplate. Shadow staining to the prelim and terminal leaves. Very good copy bound in contemporary, patterned wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 73 pages; Referenced by; Giuseppe Morazzoni 'Il Libro Illustrato Veneziano Del settecento', p.302. Added t.p engraving. Physical description; steel engraved frontis after Andrea Rossi, pp. 73, 29 cm. Each section framed with engraved head & tail pieces; historiated initials. Subjects; Literature - Verse -Italian - 18th Century. Item #224119
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