[Futurism]. Enquête internationale sur le Vers libre et Manifeste du Futurisme. Milan, Editions de Poesia (Officina Grafica Bertieri e Vanzetti), 1909 [but February 1910?]. Modern half-leather binding with printed editorial paperbacks included. First edition edited by Marinetti of the work containing the opinions of about forty European intellectuals on the inquiry promoted by the magazine "Poetry." Also in the lot are Tullio Panteo's Il poeta Marinetti of 1908, the first edition ofLe ranocchie turchine col manifesto del Futurismo by F.T. Marinetti of 1909,the first Italian book to host as a preface the complete text of the Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism, the Almanacco purgativo of 1914, and the Literary Almanac of 1933. (12)

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