Leopardi. Viani, Prospero. Appendix to the Epistolary... Lot 521

[Leopardi]. Viani, Prospero. Appendix to the Epistolary and Youthful Writings of Giacomo Leopardi. Florence, Barbèra, 1878. In 8° (190 x 125 mm); LXXXVI, 258, [2] pages. Portrait of Leopardi on the frontispiece (flourishes). Modern half red leather binding with corners, gilt title to spine, editorial paperbacks included. Handwritten dedication by Teresa Teja Leopardi, second wife of Carlo Orazio Leopardi, younger brother of Giacomo, to Ignazio Bartoli, bishop of Senigallia. The Foreword also contains handwritten corrections by Teresa Leopardi who would publishNote biografiche sopra Leopardi e la sua famiglia in 1882. Also in the lot is Appressamento della morte, unpublished cantica by Giacomo Leopardi, edited by Zanino Volta in 1880. (2)