From the Press of the Poet, Printer, & Polemicist

Linton, William J.

Italy’s Answer . . . With Three Wishes. [Caption titles].

Brantwood (Coniston, Windermere): Printed for the Author, ca. 1866. Item #987

Narrow folio 445 x 140 mm., [17 ¼ x 5 ½ inches].  Printed on recto only.  Folded across the middle, edges with minor tears, light use and foxing at edges,

First (?) separate printing of these two poems, the first on the cession of Venetia to Italy by Napoleon, and the second re: Bismarck, Garibaldi, and other affairs, signed “Spartacus.”  Written during the struggle for Italian independence and the rise of German nationalism, Linton, a printer, poet, engraver, and friend of Mazzini, published numerous articles on liberal subjects from his press in Branston. 

This broadside appears to be a proof printing of the two poems and could very well be from Linton’s press in Brantwood.  OCLC reports only copies in the Linton Archive at Yale, the source for the printing date of 1866 for the proof sheet.

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Price: $150.00