Descrizione

In-32 (mm. 65 x 40), piena pelle coeva (dorso ben restaurato), decorazioni e titolo oro ai piatti e al dorso, in astuccio moderno, pp. (2),XV,1097,(5), con un ritratto del Manzoni. "Edizione originale" in questo formato. Cfr. Bondy "Miniature Books", p. 97: "One of the most compendious one-volume works ever published in miniature format is the 1902 edition of Manzoni's great novel "I promessi sposi". The printer-publishers are the brothers Salmin of Padua who were responsible for the sensational "Dantino" and the tiny Galileo. In this volume dedicated to Queen Margherita of Savoy they have departed from the use of the ultra-small type used in these earlier volumes and employ a good legible 4,5-point type. Spielmann, n. 355A, writes: 'One of the most important and extensive works ever produced in such tiny compass'".Esemplare ben conservato.