The Folk-Songs of Italy
1887, a first edition but in poor condition.
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Printing Details
First edition. Small hardback, bound in vellum with printed titling to spine and upper board. 17.5 × 11cm, 290pp.
Full title: The Folk-Songs of Italy. Specimens, with Translations and Notes from Each Province: and Prefatory Treatise
This copy from the library of folklorist Francesca Claremont, with her signature to the ffep.
A collection tradition folk-songs from all over Italy, with chapters on Sicily, Tuscany, Venice, Istria, Piedmont and Lombardy, Friuli, Sardinia, Corsica, Liguria, Vicentino, Le Romagne e le Marche, Piiceno, Umbria, Rome and neighbourhood, Southern Italy, and Modern. A lengthy introduction is followed by the lyrics of the songs.
Condition
Poor. Quite a scarce book but this copy has the spine detached at the front hinge, and with loss at the head of the spine, and the front board weak at the hinge but still attached. The contents are a little musty but otherwise in good readable condition.
Price
£12.00
