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MATHIAS, T[homas] J[ames]. Poesie liriche toscane.

Napoli [i.e. Naples]. Presso Agnello Nobile libraio-stampatore, 1820. Second Neapolitan edition.
8vo. iv, 182pp, [6]. With a terminal index. Contemporary gilt-tooled green straight-grain morocco, marbled endpapers. Rubbed and marked, with surface wear and scoring to boards, head of spine worn, corners bumped. Inked ownership inscription of Kathleen Speight, Cambridge 1937 to head of first blank fly-leaf. Armorial bookplate to FEP. Scattered spotting, browning to initial leaves.
The second Neapolitan edition of an anthology of Tuscan lyric poetry compiled by Italian scholar Thomas James Mathias (1753/4-1835).
£ 75.00 Antiquates Ref: 34712