Ferrari (Luigi), 1878-1949

(23.5 cm), xlv (1), 636 pp. Publisher’s blue cloth (no dust jacket issued). - An invaluable index of almost 50,000 individual biographies of Italian authors contained in some 387 bio-bibliographical dictionaries, local histories, etc. Facsimile reprint of the edition Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1947 (an edition printed by Hoepli in Spring 1943 had been completely lost during an aerial bombardment). ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy.