Philip Mazzei: My Life & Wanderings : Translated by S. Eugene Scalia : Edited by Marherita Marchione
Morristown: American Institute of Italian Studies, 1980. Item #1560 8vo. 240 x 170 mm., [9 ½ x 6 ¾ inches]. 437, [1] pp., including the following Appendices: Author’s Notes; Translator’s Notes; Index. Five color and fifty-three black and white illustrations within the text, among these a map of Virginia and one of Charlottesville, and twenty-seven reproductions of letters and manuscript materials; woodcut vignettes as section tailpieces. Publishers’ blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and upper cover; unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Manuscript inscription of the editor, "Sr. Margherita Marchione / 10/17/84" on the fly-leaf. Book and Jacket are Fine: showing little to no signs of substantial use or wear. First Edition. Margherita Marchione (1922-2021) was an American scholar of Italian history, language, and literature. She taught at Fairleigh Dickinson University and authored seven volumes on Philip Mazzei (1730-1816), the Italian physician, diplomat and writer best-known in the United States for his friendship with Thomas Jefferson and for his early support of the American Revolution. The present work is an unabridged translation by S. Eugene Scalia of Mazzei’s memoirs originally written in Italian. These are presented alongside extensive notes by the editor as well as a wealth of illustrations and reproductions of archival material produced by and about Mazzei.
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