Risorgimento d'Italia negli studj, nelle arti, e ne' costumi dopo il Mille (Delle lode del Petrarca.)

£250 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

First edition. Saverio Bettinelli (1718-1808) was a Jesuit and an important literary figure. In the second volume of this wide-ranging work he discusses not only literature and music, but the arts of display and chivalric romances. Provenance: Royal Institution (embossed stamp); A.R.A. Hobson.

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