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Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1781-1782. 16 vols. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels, marbled endpapers. Fine edition of Metastasio's plays, profusely illustrated with engraved portrait, vignettes, and 94 plates of illustrations after P.A. Novelli and G. Gobis. Very light rubbing to boards; bookplates and ephemera tipped in front pastedowns; otherwise a fine set.


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A group of 10 volumes by the Italian poet Pietro Metastasio. Naples, 1781. Vols. 4 and 5. Naples, 1782. Vol. 8. Naples, 1785. Vol. 14. Read more…


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