Italian Literature.- Metastasio (Pietro) [Trapassi (Pietro Antonio Domenico)]...

Italian Literature.- Metastasio (Pietro)

[Trapassi (Pietro Antonio Domenico)] Poesie, 10 vol., engraved frontispieces by Stagnon (some repeated), after Alberti, woodcut printer’s device on titles, initials, occasional spotting, contemporary tree calf, covers ruled in gilt, spine elaborately gilt tooled with foliage and central devices incorporating small anchors, title on morocco label, a.e.y., head and tail of spine mostly damaged, spine scuffed with occasional loss, 8vo, Turin, Stamperis Reale, 1757-1768; with other 3 works in 5 volumes (15)

***Collected works by the Italian poet and librettist Metastasio (1698-1782), edited and with a prefatory ‘Dissertazione by Ranieri de' Calsabigi.