[LEOPARDIANA] MONTANARI, Giuseppe Ignazio (1801-1871). Biography of Count Giacomo Leopardi of Recanati. Bologna: Bortolotti, 1838. Extremely rare first independent biography of Giacomo Leopardi, dedicated to Antonio Ranieri and written by the Emilian scholar Montanari, among the first to recognise the greatness of the poet from Recanati. 8vo (195 × 125 mm). 26 pages, engraved urn to title-page, in later wrappers. (1)