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Balestrieri, Domenico

Rimm milanes de Meneghin Balestrieri Accademech transformae, 1744

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€ 250 - 350

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€ 320

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Information

Milan, in la stampa de Donae Chisolf, 1744. In 4 ° 283 x 210 mm. Copper engraving with the insignia of the transformed on the frontispiece, portrait of the dedicatee of the work Giuseppe Maria Imbonati, portrait of the author in the act of reading the work of the Secretary Maggi, 2 headboards, 1 drop cap and 16 end caps engraved by Gaetano Bianchi, some stains on the title page and on a few papers, modern binding in full burgundy leather, some peeling, volume preserved in a marbled cardboard case, small lacks.

Specialist Notes

First edition of the most important work of the famous Milanese dialect writer Domenico Balestrieri (1714-80). Absorbed above all by his love for poetry, especially for the dialect, he was, together with Count Imbonati and his friend Tanzi, one of the first and most zealous restorers of the Accademia dei Trasformati. Hoepli 39; Predari, p. 372 ;. DBI V, p. 550.