Factum est

Appendice documentaria a cura di Sandro Corradini. Bibliografia. Milano, Electa 1987, cm.24x30, pp.158, numerose figure a colori nel testo, legatura editoriale in tutta tela, con sopraccoperta figurata a colori cofano.

Introduzione di Vittorio Viale. Con nun sagiio su "Le arti minori di Mercedes Ferrero Viale". Novara, Banca Popolare 1962, cm.27x38, pp.34, 131 riprod.in tavv.a col.ft. legatura ed.in tutta tela, soprac.fig.a col. (lieve menda alla sopracoperta).

Milano, Electa 1986, cm.25,5x28,5, pp.104, numerose tavole a colori nel testo, legatura editoriale copertina figurata a colori in cofanetto.

Prima edizione. Milano, Feltrinelli 1961, cm.12,5x20, pp.244, legatura editoriale copertina figurata.

English version by Edward O. Marsh, Jeremy Brooks. London, Eyre Methuen 1980, cm.12x19, pp.107, brossura con copertina figurata a colori. Considered the high point of Gogol's writing for the stage and a masterpiece of dramatic satire, The Inspector General skewers the stupidity, greed, and venality of Russian provincial officials. When it is announced that the Inspector General is coming to visit incognito, Anton, the chief of police, hastens to clean up the town before his arrival. Local officials scurry to hide evidence of bribe-taking and other misdeeds, setting the stage for the arrival from St. Petersburg of Ivan, a penurious gambler and rake who is promptly taken by the townspeople to be the dreaded Inspector General. Ivan, and his servant, Osip, soon take advantage of the situation with hilarious results. First performed in 1836, the play transcends regional and national boundaries to offer a biting, highly entertaining glimpse of universal human foibles and failings.