Venice, Ferdinando Ongania, 1879. cm. 6.1x4.7. 2 parts in 1 volume. Two portraits in the front door of each part, numerous engraved vignettes, light browning and sporadic blooms, editorial parchment binding with decorated plates, title within the spine, very slight defects.
Specialist Notes
Edition of 1000 copies containing 6 sonnets "recently discovered by G. Veludo". Ongania explains in the preface that he adopted the famous "fly's eye" font used the previous year by the Salmin Brothers for Dante in miniature.
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