[Verri]. Keepers, Pietro. News on the life of Count Pietro Verri. Milan, Società tipografica de' classici Italiani, 1843. In 8° (207 x 135 mm); 64 pages. Portrait of Verri on the frontispiece. Rear binding in green half morocco with gold title on spine (spine faded). Fresh, marginal specimen of this first edition. Also in the lot is a fresh copy printed on strong paper of the Historical Eulogy of Pietro Verri written by ab. Isidoro Bianchi from 1803. (2)

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