ROSSINI, Giovanni.
Alla memoria di Maria Antinori vedova del Marchese Consalvi di Macerata morta improvvisamente la sera del XIV marzo in Firenze. Ode ...
Pisa, Niccolo Capurro, 1852.
Large 8vo, pp. 11, [1]; a little light foxing; very good uncut copy in contemporary printed wrappers; lightly foxed and creased; contemporary ink inscription to title 'Di A. Garagalli dono dell'Autore'.
[with:]
—. ‘Alla memoria di Maria Antinori Vedova Consalvi ...’ [Florence,] Benelli, [1852].
Single sheet (304 x 207 mm), text printed within black mourning border; small chip to lower margin, creases where folded; very good.
[and:]
—. Autograph letter signed. Pisa, 20 April 1852.
8vo (172 x 106 mm), p. 1; 13 lines in brown ink; good.
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Alla memoria di Maria Antinori vedova del Marchese Consalvi di Macerata morta improvvisamente la sera del XIV marzo in Firenze. Ode ...
Scarce first and only edition of this poem in memory of Maria Antinori, widow of the Marchese Consalvi, on her death at the age of thirty-five, penned by the poet, playwright, historical novelist, and art historian Giovanni Rossini (1776–1855).
Loosely inserted in the book are a broadside announcement of Maria Antinori’s death and an autograph letter by Rossini to an unknown recipient, enquiring about the upcoming sale of paintings from the Rinuccini collection, praising two works by Carlo Dolci and predicting competition from Count Trivulzio.
We have been unable to trace any copies outside Italy.
