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(VERRI, ALESSANDRO.) Tresham, Henry. Le Aventure di Saffo, Poetessa di Mitilene. Aquatint title, leaf of engraved text, and 18 aquatint plates by Tresham. Folio, 455x336 mm, contemporary mottled sheep gilt, front cover additionally stamped "Cav[alie]re Alessandro Verri," spine ends chipped, few stains on covers; dampstain in blank upper inner corners throughout, light to moderate foxing on most plates. Rome, 1784
first edition of a suite of dramatic aquatints inspired by Verri's popular 1780 novel about the Greek poet Sappho's legendary tragic infatuation with Phaon. Tresham (1751-1814) was an Irish painter and art dealer who worked in Rome during the 1770s-80s and was elected to the Royal Academy following his return to England.
