Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837), Italian poet, wood engraving, published 1895 - stock illustration

Giacomo Leopardi (1798 - 1837), Italian poet, essayist and philologist. He is considered the greatest Italian poet of the nineteenth century and one of the most important figures in world literature, as well as one of the principals of literary romanticism. Wood engraving based on a contemporary etching, published in 1895.