PLAGUE Renzo chariot of plague victims. Print by Gallo Gallina (1796-1874) shows that 'The Betrothed' Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) as the first edition came out in 1827. Renzo back to Milan during the plague epidemic of 1630 to look for Lucia; but is attacked by the crowd that believes a infector and manages to save himself taking refuge in a chariot of Monatti. Later in the Lazaretto regain its persecutor Don Rodrigo. Ironing a series of 12 published independently from the novel by Ricordi in Milan; between July 1828 and February 1830.