(Books & Works on Paper including Autographs & Memorabilia, 31st March 2020) Alfieri (Vittorio) Alfieri (Vittorio) La Virtù Sconosciuta. Dialogo, FIRST EDITION, half title, errata leaf at end, some light intermittent foxing, repair to B5, a little staining or marking, leaves untrimmed, title label to spine, original pattern paper boards, watermarked endpapers, 8vo, Co' caratteri di Baskerville, Kehl, 1786 [1788] *** Scarce edition of the moral pamphlet written by Alfieri during his stay in Alsace in 1786, and printed for the first time in 1788 (but dated 1786). The type of J. Baskerville, typographer and type founder, were purchased by P.-A. C. de Beaumarchais, who transported them to Kehl where he first used them for the edition of Voltaire's works. “I rarissimi opuscoli alfieriani recanti l'indicazione dalla Tipografia di Kehl, furono veramente stampati a Kehl nella tipografia del Beaumarchais, amico dell'Alfieri, fra il 1787 e il 1789, ma quasi tutti con l'anno falso... Il Bustico le ignora tutte e mal riferisce tali edizioni attribuendole a una stampa parigina’ (Parenti, ‘Luoghi falsi’, p. 105).
(Books & Works on Paper including Autographs & Memorabilia, 31st March 2020) Alfieri (Vittorio) Alfieri (Vittorio) La Virtù Sconosciuta. Dialogo, FIRST EDITION, half title, errata leaf at end, some light intermittent foxing, repair to B5, a little staining or marking, leaves untrimmed, title label to spine, original pattern paper boards, watermarked endpapers, 8vo, Co' caratteri di Baskerville, Kehl, 1786 [1788] *** Scarce edition of the moral pamphlet written by Alfieri during his stay in Alsace in 1786, and printed for the first time in 1788 (but dated 1786). The type of J. Baskerville, typographer and type founder, were purchased by P.-A. C. de Beaumarchais, who transported them to Kehl where he first used them for the edition of Voltaire's works. “I rarissimi opuscoli alfieriani recanti l'indicazione dalla Tipografia di Kehl, furono veramente stampati a Kehl nella tipografia del Beaumarchais, amico dell'Alfieri, fra il 1787 e il 1789, ma quasi tutti con l'anno falso... Il Bustico le ignora tutte e mal riferisce tali edizioni attribuendole a una stampa parigina’ (Parenti, ‘Luoghi falsi’, p. 105).
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