To Lord Byron, poet : 1 letter signed : 29 Sep 1818 : (B'ANA 0242) : from Venice : in Italian; body of the letter in a scribal hand; regarding his wife's brazen and immoral nature; imploring Byron to spare himself trouble by keeping his distance from her. Published with translation and commentary as SC 625 in Shelley and his Circle, v. VII, p. 350f.
Biographical/historical: Andrea Magnarotto, Venetian baker. He was the husband of Margherita Cogni, "La Fornarina," with whom Lord Byron had an affair from ca. August 1817 to sometime in 1819.
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