Vincenzo Monti

Saggio diviso in quattro parti dei molti e gravi errori trascorsi in tutte le edizioni del Convito di Dante.

Milan, Società Tipogr. dei Classici Italiani, 1823.

8° (191 x 115 mm). xiii, [1], 160 pages. Contemporary half-morocco, boards covered with marbled paper. Smooth spine, divided in compartments by narrow gilt frieze, title in gilt lettering. Edges speckled red. Corners lightly bumped, the papers on covers abrased in places. A very fine copy, paper flaw to the outer lower corner of pages 111-112.

Provenance: Livio Ambrogio collection.



The work, here in first edition, by the well-known Italian poet and great admirer of Dante Vincenzo Monti (1754-1828) is dedicated to another great admirer of the Florentine poet: the famous Dante collector Gian Giacomo Trivulzio (1774-1831).