By Giovanni Rosini
Pisa   Dalla Tipografia
7" by 4" xii, 254pp, [2pp]; 285pp, [3pp]; 259pp, [1pp]; 241pp, [3pp]
A four volume set of Giovanni's second historical novel 'Luisa Strozzi', a romance novel in the original Italian.
By Giovanni Rosini

1832-33 Luisa Strozzi Storia del Secolo XVI

Pisa   Dalla Tipografia
7" by 4" xii, 254pp, [2pp]; 285pp, [3pp]; 259pp, [1pp]; 241pp, [3pp]
A four volume set of Giovanni's second historical novel 'Luisa Strozzi', a romance novel in the original Italian.
£150.00
: 1kgs / : 622P26

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Leather Binding, Original Binding

Complete in four volumes. In the original Italian. 'Luisa Strozzi' is a historical novel set in the sixteenth century. The novel is about Luisa, the daughter of Filippo Strozzi, the wealthiest and nobelist man in Italy. Luisa is of a rare beauty, attracting the attention of those she would rather avoid; the dissolute Aleesandro de Medici. Medici is upset when Luisa rejects him, and follows her to the French Court, where she escaped to avoid him. 'Luisa Strozzi' was Giovanni Rosini's second novel. Rosini was a poet and Professor, who taught rhetoric at the University of Pisa for most of his life. He also published the historical novels 'La Monaca di Monza', and 'Ugolino Gherardesca'. He wrote the poem 'The Marriage of Jupiter and Latona' upon the marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise in 1810, and was awarded with a prize of 10,000 francs. With a frontispiece to Volume I, showing 'Antonio Carafulla' by G. B. Gatti.

Condition

In the original quarter mottled calf with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Some light rubbing to the paper to the boards. Tidemark to the head of the front board of Volume IV. Some loss of leather to the leather to the front joint of Volume IV. Some light discolouration to the paper to the joints. A little loss to the tail of the spines of Volumes I and II. Minor bumping to the extremities. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front pastedowns, 'B. D. Phillips May 1960'. Label to the front pastedown of Volume I, 'Sansoni Antiquariato Via Ricasoli, 44 Fierenze'. Pages are lightly age-toned with the odd scattered spot. Pages are a little cockled. Tissue guard for the frontispiece of Volume I is detached but present.

Very Good

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