My Prisons, Memoirs of Silvio Pellico of Saluzzo. Edited and translated

by Andrew Norton and with Additions in Volume Ii by Signor Maroncelli by Silvio Pellico

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First edition

First Edition in English. x, 367, 1 ; vii, i , 276pp. 2 vols. 12mo. Original publisher's pebbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fine copy. Ownership signature of Mary Pratt on the half-title. American Imprints #39458. Item #333244 The simple narrative and naive egotism of Le mie prigioni has established his strongest claim to remembrance, winning fame by his misfortunes rather than by his genius. The

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