La coltura italiana
Features
Author: Giuseppe Prezzolini, Giovanni Papini
Publisher: Francesco Lumachi editore
Place of printing: Florence
Year of publication: 1906
Product Condition:
Example in fair condition. Publisher's paperback with titles on spine and front cover; dust spots and blooms to the dishes; abrasions on edges and corners, partly folded; spine titles rather faded and headphones missing; flourishes on the back plates. Rather loose binding. Burnished cuts with dust spots; last cut closed. Cards well preserved, slightly browned; small brown spot in the lower margin from page 75 to 79 and from page 92 to 95. Text in Italian.
Pages: 172,(10)
Format: In eighth
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 23
Width: 15
Description
First edition of this collection of articles which appeared in various periodicals of the time, including the "Leonardo"; the authors signed themselves with the pseudonyms of Giuliano the Sophist and Gian Falco. From the Introduction: “We are not sure that there is a real Italian crop, with its own life and physiognomy, but we are too sure that this crop is doing badly. That's the reason we want to talk about it. This book is therefore the reaction of two intelligences which, as they try to rise more and more, feel they are breathing badly in the intellectual air of their country”. On the back cover, advertisement of the "Leonardo
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