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Marino, Giambattista
The Adone poem ... with arguments, allegories, and the addition of fugitive pieces, 1789
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London [but Livorno, Gaetano Poggiali], 1789. In 12th. 4 vols. Allegorical front door with the portrait of Marino, an intaglio frontispiece for each volume and a copper engraved table at the beginning of each canto for a total of 20, on light blue paper, partly faded, some shorter cards, small woodworm hole without damage to the text on papers D8-E4 of vol. IV, some slight flowering and marginal halos, 19th century binding in half leather, back with 4 nerves with dots, wheel, author and title imprinted in gold, red cuts, light abrasions to the backs. Signature of belonging to the title pages: "Di me Pietro Leopoldo De La Tour".
Specialist Notes
"L'Adone" constitutes the sumptuous and orgiastic outburst of a free, varied and intemperate imagination, completely curious and, ultimately, indifferent to everything: even to voluptuousness, in which no one seemed to recognize the central nucleus of the Opera "( L.Vigliani). "The modern edition of London (Livorno), edited by Gaetano Poggiali is also good". & Nbsp; Gamba, 2002.