Poesie
By: del Signor Abbate Pietro Metastasio, poeta e bibliotecario Cesareo
Publisher: presso Pietro Durand
Published: 1773
Place of publication: Parigi
Language: ita
Subjects: Italian drama; Italian poetry; Operas; Librettos
Work titles: Works
Notes: Vols. 7-8 have imprint: G.C. Molini.

Dedication signed: G. Conti.

Preface by Giuseppe Baretti.

Published originally in 6 v. by Durand in 1773, to comprise the author&s "Poesie." Vols. 7-8 were published by Molini in 1783, without change of title or, essentially, of the original engraved title-page, so as to include all of the author's works in accordance with the 1780-1783 (i.e. 1782) Paris edition of his "Opere." Cf. Molini's publisher's notice, in v. 7.

Tail-pieces; engraved title-pages.