New York: Joseph F. Wagner, no date. Early 20th century edition (first ed. was 1832, in Italian). Octavo, maroon cloth gilt. pp (xx), 230. gilt. Spine a little sunned with gilt lettering flaked away, ink owner name at front, else a VG clean and tight copy. No. 10 of the "My Bookcase" series, a library of standard books for Catholics. Pellico was an Italian patriot, and devout Catholic, who was imprisoned for his resistance to the Austrian occupiers of Northern Italy at the time.