Della biblioteca volante Scanzia XV: The lost First Edition - One of the rarest Italian Books

Giovanni Cinelli Calvoli, Della biblioteca volante di Gio. Cinelli Caluoli patrizio fiorentino, e forliuese Accadem. Gelato &c. Scanzia 15. Consagrata al merito singolariss. del ... Lettore F. Cammillo Landi fiorentino agostiniano ..., In Padova, M.DCCIII [1703], Eredi Frambotto. [8], 63 pages.

Contemporary binding with marbled paper covers.

Paper untrimmed; paper clean and un-toned; in very good state.

An old handwritten description of the rarity of the book on inside of front cover.

This book is one of the rarest and most curios Italian books. One of the things, that sell only once in a century.

In Calvili`s biography it is mentioned, that due to a lot of printing errors, Cinelli Calvoli gave the order to destroy all copies of the edition. Yet, a few of them had been sent to people, who had participated in the work. In the biography it is stated, that 5 copies survived. On the inside of the front cover an old hand states, that only three copies survived. I found only one further copy to exist: The copy of the National Central Library in Florence Italy.

The Scanzia XV was reprinted in 1722 with a number of restrictions. The true reason, why this first edition was destroyed, remains unclear. The later re-edition was intensiely reworked.