L'osservatore Fiorentino Sugli Edifizj Della Sua Patria [The Florentine Observer On The Buildings Of His Homeland] (Italian)
Title
L'osservatore Fiorentino Sugli Edifizj Della Sua Patria [The Florentine Observer On The Buildings Of His Homeland] (Italian)
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L'osservatore Fiorentino Sugli Edifizj Della Sua Patria [The Florentine Observer On The Buildings Of His Homeland] (Italian)
Author
Lastri, Marco
Original Source
Firenze: Ricci, 1821
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HathiTrust
Publication Date
1821
Date(s) of Reading
- 1861-07-02
- 1861-08-01
- 1861-08-02
- 1861-11-30
- 1861-12-08
- 1861-12-16
- 1861-12-18
- 1861-12-22
Evidence
1861-07-02: "2. Desultory morning, from feebleness of head. Osservatore Fiorentino and Tenneman's Manual of Philosophy. In the evening La Beata." Diary 1861-1877 96
1861-08-01: "August 1. Began Lastri - Osservatore Fiorentino - this morning, intending to go regularly through it. In the afternoon walked with G. to see Nursie surrounded by her little scholars. Struggling constantly with depression." Diary 1861-1877 99
1861-08-02: "2. Read the 2nd and 3rd volumes of Lastri. Looked into the Marmi of Doni. Walked in the park with George. Read Sacchetti and Boccaccio's capital story of Fra Cipolla -one of his few good stories - and the Little Hunchback in the Arabian Nights, which is still better. Read Nardi in the evening." Diary 1861-1877 99
1861-11-30: "30. The last day of November! I have a tiresome little cough, which makes me rather low, and dull. Read Epictetus, and the sixth Satire of ]uvenal, with part of a vol. of the Osservatore Fiorentino. In the evening we had Wilkie Collins, Mr. Pigott, and Mr. Spencer, and talked, without any admixture of music." Diary 1861-1877 105
1861-12-08: "8. Sunday. G. had a bad headache, so we walked out in the morning sunshine. I told him my conception of my story, and he expressed great delight. Shall I ever be able to carry out my ideas? Flashes of hope are succeeded by long intervals of dim distrust. Finished the 8th vol. of Lastri, and began the IXth chapter of Varchi in which he gives an account of Florence." Diary 1861-1877 105
1861-12-16: "16. Read the Compendium Revelationum. In the evening Lastri." Diary 1861-1877 106
1861-12-18: "18. Read Sacchetti, Macchiavelli's History, and Heeren on the XVth Century. Began Lastri X." Diary 1861-1877 106
1861-12-22: "22. Read Politian's Lamia, and the Osservatore. Mr. Blackwood came to lunch with us. Then we walked to Nursie's. In the evening wrote notes, and read Osservatore." Diary 1861-1877 106
1861-08-01: "August 1. Began Lastri - Osservatore Fiorentino - this morning, intending to go regularly through it. In the afternoon walked with G. to see Nursie surrounded by her little scholars. Struggling constantly with depression." Diary 1861-1877 99
1861-08-02: "2. Read the 2nd and 3rd volumes of Lastri. Looked into the Marmi of Doni. Walked in the park with George. Read Sacchetti and Boccaccio's capital story of Fra Cipolla -one of his few good stories - and the Little Hunchback in the Arabian Nights, which is still better. Read Nardi in the evening." Diary 1861-1877 99
1861-11-30: "30. The last day of November! I have a tiresome little cough, which makes me rather low, and dull. Read Epictetus, and the sixth Satire of ]uvenal, with part of a vol. of the Osservatore Fiorentino. In the evening we had Wilkie Collins, Mr. Pigott, and Mr. Spencer, and talked, without any admixture of music." Diary 1861-1877 105
1861-12-08: "8. Sunday. G. had a bad headache, so we walked out in the morning sunshine. I told him my conception of my story, and he expressed great delight. Shall I ever be able to carry out my ideas? Flashes of hope are succeeded by long intervals of dim distrust. Finished the 8th vol. of Lastri, and began the IXth chapter of Varchi in which he gives an account of Florence." Diary 1861-1877 105
1861-12-16: "16. Read the Compendium Revelationum. In the evening Lastri." Diary 1861-1877 106
1861-12-18: "18. Read Sacchetti, Macchiavelli's History, and Heeren on the XVth Century. Began Lastri X." Diary 1861-1877 106
1861-12-22: "22. Read Politian's Lamia, and the Osservatore. Mr. Blackwood came to lunch with us. Then we walked to Nursie's. In the evening wrote notes, and read Osservatore." Diary 1861-1877 106
Citation
Lastri, Marco, L'osservatore Fiorentino Sugli Edifizj Della Sua Patria [The Florentine Observer On The Buildings Of His Homeland] (Italian), George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57766