Fore-edge painting.- Milton (John) Il Como favola Boschereccia, translated

Fore-edge painting.- Milton (John) Il Como favola Boschereccia, translated by Gaetano Fedele Polidori, with Italian poem by the translator to Emilia Delmé Polidori to title verso, bound with other works translated by Polidori, Henry Yates Thompson bookplate, contemporary straight-grain navy morocco, tooled-in blind with gilt decorations to corners, some rubbing to extremities, fore-edge painting under gilt depicting a view of Venice, contemporary straight-grain green morocco slip-case, some wear and discolouration, 8vo, 1809. *** Sammelband of English literary works translated into Italian by Gaetano Fedele Polidori, the father of John Polidori, author of The Vampyre. Polidori, the elder, operated a private press from his home, from which he notably published first works by his grandchildren.

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