Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Victor Alfieri [Two Volumes]
- London: Henry Colburn, 1810
London: Henry Colburn, 1810. Very Good. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, Conduit-Street, New Bond-Street, 1810. First English Edition. Two volumes; octavos; contemporary calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, all edges speckled blue; x,286,[2]; [2],328pp. Leather a bit dried and starting to flake, bottom fore-edge corner of first fourteen leaves of Vol. I clipped but not approaching text, both volumes bound without half title pages, though Vol. I retains publisher's advertisements in rear; a Very Good, sound set overall.
First appearance in English of the late Italian dramatist and poet's memoirs in which Alfieri gives glimpses of the development of his brilliant but difficult character: a large inheritance, ill health, being forced to wear a nightcap to mass as a form of punishment, etc. An uncommonly forthright self-examination by one of the most influential Italian dramatists of the 18th century.
First appearance in English of the late Italian dramatist and poet's memoirs in which Alfieri gives glimpses of the development of his brilliant but difficult character: a large inheritance, ill health, being forced to wear a nightcap to mass as a form of punishment, etc. An uncommonly forthright self-examination by one of the most influential Italian dramatists of the 18th century.