12mo. In two volumes. [4], 283, [1]; [4], 260pp. With half-titles. Contemporary gilt-ruled cats-paw half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting.

The first Parisian edition of Italian Tommaso Groissi’s (1791-1853) historical adventure novel, set in the Duchy of Milan during the fourteenth century, an intensely patriotic work characteristic of the cultural renaissance that preceded the Risorgimento.