Goldoni, Carlo; Baratti, Antonio; Novelli, Pietro Antonio — Delli Componimenti Diversi Di Carlo Goldoni
Venezia, G. Pasquali, 1764. Hardcover. Vellum binding. Leather label with gilt decoration and lettering on spine. Engraved frontispiece. Vol. I 270 pp.; Vol. II 287 pp. Engraved half-titles and title pages with vignettes. Speckled edges. Italian/Venetian. "Of the various compositions by Carlo Goldoni." Two volumes in one. A collection of works by popular Venetian playwright and librettist Carlo Goldoni, who is still known and well-loved today for his witty comedies although he also wrote libretti, tragedies, and poetry. This edition was published around the same time as the publication of "Gli amori di Zelinda e Lindoro," Goldoni's final comedy. VG, some shelf wear and soiling on case, some mild foxing, some markings in pencil on front pastedown, occasional stamps of ownership, otherwise remarkably clean and tight especially considering age .
