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Brescia

Brescia

Poems and letters in blank verse, 1769

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€ 80 - 150

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€ 103

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Information

[In Brescia: from the prints of Giammaria Rizzardi, 1769]. In 8vo. Engraved title page, vignette with the dedicatee's coat of arms, copperplate vignettes, all engraved by Domenico Cagnoni, contemporary hardboard binding, gold title within a tag on the spine, red spray edges, some small losses, minor defects. Fading dedication on the flyleaf.

Specialist Notes

Giuseppe Colpani (Brescia, 1739-1822). An Enlightenment poet influential in Lombard literary culture and famous for the didactic poems collected in this volume, he was a contributor to "Il Caffè," a friend of Beccaria and the Verris, and a rival of Parini.

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