Nedda: Bozzetto Siciliano

Milano: Gaetano Brigola Editore, 1874. Very Good. Milano: Gaetano Brigola Editore, 1874. First Edition. Small, slim octavo; early 20th century parchment over black paper-covered boards, spine lettered in black; 61pp. Moderate wear to boards, textblock significantly toned due to poor paper quality, else Very Good and sound.

Devastating novella by the Italian novelist Giovanni Verga (18401-1922),this work marking the author's break from the Scapigliatura (bohemian) movement that dominated his two previous works as he ventured into the realist territory for which he would become famous.