Alessandro Manzoni. I PROMESSI SPOSI. STORIA MILANESE DEL SECOLO XVII. (6) parts in (3) volumes (complete). Florence: Per Vincenzo Batelli e Comp., 1827. Half calf over patterned paper boards, gilt tooled spine. 16mo; XVI, 222, [2]; 168pp.; 216; 200pp.; 224; 247, [1]pp. With frontispiece before each of the (6) parts.

6 x 3 7/8 in. each

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Vincenzo Batelli (Florence, 1786-1858) was an important Italian printer known for publishing editions of the works of Ovid, Manzoni, and many others. Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed) was first published in 1827, with Batelli's extremely popular reprint of the novel published the same year.

Boards with edgewear, corners rubbed, spines near pristine; pages lightly toned with foxing, occasional minor fold, crease, tear, or stain. A very good and complete set of this significant edition.