PELLICO, Silvio. Three Piedmontese Short Stories. - Lot 265

PELLICO, Silvio. Three Piedmontese Short Stories. Paris, Ladvocat, 1835. In-8, paperback, cover printed in black. III and 227 pp. Spine burnished with minor paper loss at the bottom, scattered small foxing spots. First French edition. It contains the short stories “Eugilde,” “Imilda,” and “Sister Marguerite.” An Italian writer deeply influenced during a stay in France by the ideas of the Enlightenment and the Revolution, Silvio Pellico (1789–1854) was a leading figure among the patriotic writers who, in the early 19th century, opposed Austrian rule. Arrested, imprisoned, and narrowly escaping a death sentence, he recounted his imprisonment in his major work *My Prisons* (1832), which established him as the embodiment of Italian identity. Paperback copy in fine condition.