Giacomo Leopardi
Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist, 1798-1837
Leopardi is considered the greatest Italian poet of the 19th century and one of the most important figures in the literature of the world, as well as one of the principals of literary romanticism; his constant reflection on existence and on the human condition—of sensuous and materialist inspiration—has also earned him a reputation as a deep philosopher. Although he lived in a secluded town in the conservative Papal States, he came into contact with the main ideas of the Enlightenment and is widely seen as one of the most radical and challenging thinkers of his time. Through his own literary evolution, Leopardi created a remarkable and renowned poetic work
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To the publisher Antonio Stella in Milan, enquiring whether his essay on “il Diogini del Mai” (i.e., Mai's discovery of Dionysius of Halicarnassus) might be included in the next issue of the "Spettatore Italiano", urging Stella that, if so, it should be published quickly, because of the novelty of the subject matter, but that he should take particular care over the small amount of Greek text in the essay, since it comprises a number of detailed emendations which would be rendered quite unintelligible by any errors of type-setting. Leopardi promises to send him any further dissertations he writes on the many discoveries of Angelo Mai, and asks if copies might be sent to his father and to the critic known as Mezio. - Overall browning and spotting, one small hole slightly affecting the text, seal tear at corner.