ID 474365
Lot 146 | MANZONI, Alessandro (1785-1873) - Urania. Milan: Stamperia Reale, 1809.
Estimate value
€ 500 – 800
A rare first edition in contemporary binding of this neoclassical poem written in honor of the Marquise of Condorcet of which Manzoni was a guest in Paris. The work consists of a dialogue between Urania, muse of astronomy and the poet Pindar in which it is concluded that it is thanks to the virtue and beauty of the arts that men have reached civilization
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8vo (230 x 150mm). Half-title, title and 10 text leaves (light stains). Contemporary binding in coloured boards.
| Auction house category: | Books, manuscripts and engravings |
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| Auction house category: | Books, manuscripts and engravings |
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