8vo. 8, 66, [2], 6pp. With initial and terminal catalogues of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp.

The first edition of Algernon Charles Swinburne's (1837-1909) long lyric poem inspired by contemporary Italian politics, and dedicated to Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), whom Swinburne met just prior to publication.