Giambatista Casti [Giovanni Battista Casti] — Novelle Di Giambatista Casti

Parigi, Nella Stamperia Italiana, 1804 . Leather. Handsomely bound in half calf, this is a delightful three volume edition of the poetical works of Italian writer Giovanni Battista Casti. In the original Italian. Complete in three volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece to volume I. A wonderful collection of the works of Giovanni Battista Casti, an Italian poet, satirist, and author of comic opera librettos. With the bookplate of Ferguson of Raith, a Whig Member of Parliament for Fifeshire, Haddingtonshire and Kirkcaldy Burghs, to the front pastedowns. In a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards, and with gilt detailing and blind tooling to back strip. Light rubbing to back strip head and tail and joints. Front joint head of volume I and rear joint tail of volume II starting, but boards remain firmly held. Bookplate to front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .