QUATTRO VOLUMI DELL’ABATE GIOVANNI MELI Lot n° 478

FOUR VOLUMES BY ABATE GIOVANNI MELI: 1) Joannis Meli CARMINA SICULA, ED. Panormi, Ex Typographia Pedone et Muratori MDCCCXXX. 16°. Half-leather binding with marbled plates and gold tioli within gusset at spine. Gold friezes on spine. Gore and flourishes to pages. Pp. XIII, 122 (1). 2) POESIE SICILIANE DI GIOVANNI MELI, ed. Palermo, Roberti Editore 1839. Sixth Sicilian edition. Work dedicated to Antonino Turretta. 2 volumes in 16°. On the antiporta of the 1st vol. engraved portrait of the Author. Four tomes in two volumes. Half-leather binding with marbled plates and spattered cuts. Gilt titles and friezes on backs. Pp. V, 281 (6); 280 (1).3) POESIE SICILIANE DI GIOVANNI MELI, ed. Palermo, Tipografia Pagano 1853. Eighth Sicilian edition. Coll'aggiunta della grammatica e d'un dizionario di voci siciliane usati nella stessa opera. 8°. On the antiporta engraved portrait of the Author. Printed in two columns. Half-leather binding with marbled plates and spattered cuts. Titles and fillets in gold on backs. Spotting and staining to pages. Pp. 323, XL.