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Manzoni, Alessandro

The betrothed, 1840

Estimate

€ 200 - 300

Sold

€ 839

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Milan, Guglielmini and Redaelli typography, 1840. In 8° large. Frontispiece and vignette on the title page in woodcut, text framed by double fillet. 450 woodcuts in the text by Francesco Gonin. Modern binding in full burgundy leather with gold-embossed friezes. Many pages with obvious damp stains and redness due to the quality of the paper. Lot not subject to return.


Specialist Notes

First illustrated and first definitive edition after the "rinsing in the Arno", containing in the appendix the unpublished History of the Infamous Column, introduced by its own frontispiece.

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