Ugo Foscolo - Opere edite e Postume - 1923

Important collection of the edited and posthumous works of Ugo Foscolo (1778–1827), a fundamental figure in Italian literature between Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Published in Florence by the publisher Felice Le Monnier, in the new edition of 1923, this collection brings together in twelve volumes a wide selection of the poet's literary, epistolary, political, and critical production, as well as his poetry.

The collection includes the different sections of the edition, arranged and curated by important nineteenth-century scholars, among them Francesco Silvio Orlandini, Enrico Mayer, and Giuseppe Chiarini. A body of considerable interest for the collector of Italian literature, for Foscolo scholars, and for anyone wishing to preserve a significant testimony of the Foscolian editorial tradition.

The volumes present a uniform editorial design, with dark cloth bindings featuring an impressed weave, titles and volume indications on red labels on the spine, stamped in gold.

Composition of the collection

The series is composed of the following twelve volumes:

Prose letterarie, volumes I, II, III and IV.
Prose politiche, single volume.
Epistolario, volumes I, II and III, collected and arranged by Francesco Silvio Orlandini and Enrico Mayer.
Poesie, single volume, collected and arranged by Francesco Silvio Orlandini.
Saggi di critica storico-letteraria, volumes I and II, translated from English and collected and arranged by Francesco Silvio Orlandini and Enrico Mayer.
Appendice, edited by Giuseppe Chiarini.

The volumes exhibit a uniform binding, with signs of time and superficial wear, particularly on the spine labels. The papers show natural yellowing and stains due to paper aging. Foxing and darkening at the edges. Overall, the collection preserves the characteristic appearance of literary editions destined for early twentieth-century libraries.