Title: Poesie Dell'abate Pietro Metastasio, 1783. Tome XI of XII. Arms of Louis XVI
Author: Pietro Metastasio
Publisher: Parigi, Presso G.C. Molini
Condition: Very Good
A late 18th century edition of Poems by Abbot Pietro Metastasio, being the 11th of 12 volumes.
This volume is bound in a morocco armorial binding with gilt tooling and bearing the arms of Louis XVI, the last King of France before the French revolution, the events of which would lead to his deposition and eventually execution. The arms are a reduced variant of a crest attributed to Louis XV, one which was also used later by Charles X. There is also a bookplate for one Amaury de Ghellinck d'Elseghem Vaernewyck.
One finely bound volume in 12mo, 534 pages
This volume is in very good shape, with light rubbing and staining to the binding, and a small crack to the front cover. There is some staining to the margins at the beginning and end of the volume, the rest of the text bearing very little foxing or staining.