Alla Piacente. Carmen votivum
Features
Author: Gabriele D'Annunzio
Publisher: s.e.
Year of publication: n.d. [1931]
Product Condition:
Copy in good condition. Oblong volume in full leather of different colors with corners: author's name in gold letters on the spine, gold title on the front cover, two gold frames with repeated motifs frame the covers. The binding appears rather worn, with widespread abrasions on the covers, edges and corners and scratches on the covers. The losses on the lateral margins of the spine allow a glimpse of the paper used for the binding. Paper label of library shelfmark intact on the front cover. Well preserved leaves, slightly browned. Facsimile of autograph printed only on the recto in black and orange. Minimal pencil annotation regarding the price on the upper external corner of the last flyleaf. Text in Italian and Greek.
Pages: s.n. [36 cards]
Format: In sixteenth
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 17
Width: 24
Description
Printed in the unmistakable handwriting of the Poet, this edition of the erotic poem in sestinas without indication of publisher or date (but Mondadori, 1931 or 1932) represents a counterfeit of the original edition, printed in only 200 numbered copies. The pleasant one is Elena Sangro, a silent film star, very well known at the time. The text is interspersed with words in ancient Greek that are then explained by the poet in the appendix to the text in contemptuous “Notes for the Beoti, and for the Beotic tardiness of the Italians. Stupet inscia turba”. The title is followed by a quote from the poet Ser Bonagiunta Orbiciani: "Your Piacenza is more pleasing than another pleasant one; however I like you".
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