Vittorio Alfieri — Opere Scelte Di Vittorio Alfieri

Paris, Baudry, 1847. Leather. An impressive volume of the selected works of the Italian poet and dramatist Count Vittorio Alfieri. An impressive volume of the selected works of the Italian poet and dramatist Count Vittorio Alfieri. Considered the "founder of Italian tragedy", Vittorio (1749-1803) may be considered the founder of a new school in the Italian drama. His country hailed him as her sole tragic poet; and his successors in the same path of literature have regarded his bold, austere and rapid manner as the genuine model of tragic composition. This volume features many of his plays, alongside examples of his satire, sonnets and odes. Featuring a handsome vignette title page opposite an engraved frontispiece of Alfieri, protected by its original tissueguard. Bound by F. W. Rinck, The Hague. Uncommon. In a quarter morocco binding with marbled boards. Externally, rubbed with some light wear and very minor loss to the extremities and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Dark spotting throughout, heaviest to first and last few pages and tissueguard. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Good Only . Ill.: Not stated. Good Only .