Arrighi, Guiseppe Maria]. - Viaggio di Licomede in Corsica.. - Lot 355

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Arrighi, Guiseppe Maria]. - Viaggio di Licomede in Corsica.. - Lot 355
Arrighi, Guiseppe Maria]. - Viaggio di Licomede in Corsica... / Voyage de Lycomède en Corse, et sa Relation historique et philosophique sur les mœurs anciennes et actuelles des Corses, à un de ses amis. Paris, Lerouge jeune, 1806. 2 volumes in 1 in-8, later binding in half vellum, marbled paper boards. Edges and corners rubbed, modest binding - [1 f.], V, 307 pp. (f. 191 misplaced, the pagination changes from 162 to 165 without missing); [1 f.], 219 pp. (angular repair to last 15 ff.). First edition. Bilingual Italian/French text. The French translation is by Marie de La Fresnaye. The volume is dedicated to Prince Louis, Napoleon's brother. Corsica has been ill-served by those who have written about her, whether they were her detractors or her admirers, "so that an immense welter of contrary opinions having obscured the truth, one has said of the Corsicans, or excessively all the good, or all the bad possible." Arrighi, through the pen of his imaginary traveler Lycomedes, intends to finally give the truth about the island. Rare.
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