Sonetti by Cleobulo Paleofilo (2 results)

Cartonato coevo con titolo ms. su etichetta cartacea al ds. (tracce di usura). Tagli colorati. Buon esemplare. Edizione originale. Melzi I, 215. 8vo (cm. 17), 378 pp.

Condition: Very Good. Firenze [Florence]: Nella Stamperia Bonducciana, 1782. First Edition. Small octavo; contemporary mottled calf over marbled paper-covered boards, green and white gilt spine labels, all edges speckled red, marbled endpapers; 378pp.; woodcut title page device, initials, head- and tail-pieces. Darkened spine leather dried and starting to crack along joints, exposure at corners, ex-Bibliotheca College Cremsensis with their 19th-century internal markings including ex libris to front pastedown; overall a Good to Very Good, internally fresh and sound copy. Poetry collection including several pieces relating to the ongoing Revolutionary War in the United States: "In Morte di Riccardo Montgomeri Generale degli Stati Uniti di America" (p. 99); "Al Famoso Paolo Jones [John Paul Jones]" (p. 101); "Pensieri di M. Linguet sopra le Colonie Americane" (p. 110); and "Desiderio della Pace Nella Presente Guerra d'America" (p. 117).…