Giuseppe Ungaretti — Croazia Segreta
Milano, M'Arte Editzioni, 1970 . Cloth. A fine limited edition poem in Italian by Giuseppe Ungaretti, illustrated with two numbered colour plates by Bona de Pisis. With a facsimile of the poem in the author's hand, as well as his facsimile signature.Complete with the original slipcase. A limited edition, this being No. 82 of 119.Ungaretti was an Italian modernist poet and journalist; his most famous poem, 'L'Allegria', was written during his time in the trenches.Illustrated with two colour plates numbered and signed by Bona de Pisis, an Italian Surrealist painter, as well as an iconic photograph of Ungaretti. A beautiful copy of this limited edition. In the original quarter cloth binding, with pages loose as issued. Complete with a slipcase. Externally lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Bona de Pisis. Fine/Fine.