1821 Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice An Historical Tragedy In Five Acts With Notes The Prophecy of Dante, A Poem

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First Edition, Leather Binding

The first edition of this work.

Bound by Bayntun's of Bath.

First impression, with Doge's speech on p.151 five and a half lines long.

The play is set in Venice in 1355. Marino Faliero, recently elected Doge of Venice, offends one of the chief officers of state, Michel Steno. Steno retaliates by writing on the Doge's throne an indecent libel on Faliero's wife. For this he is tried by the Council of Forty and convicted, but is only sentenced to a month's imprisonment. Faliero is so outraged by this, as he believes, inadequate punishment that he secretly joins in the conspiracy of a group of malcontents to overthrow the constitution of Venice, thinking thereby to gain revenge on his enemies. The plot is discovered and Faliero is executed.

Bound without the adverts.