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VERA VERA VERISSIMA RELAZIONE  DEI FATTI E DETTI DELLA BACCHETTA DIVINATORIA  DAL SUO PRIMO AVVENTO ALLA SUA MORTE IN TOSCANA

VERA VERA VERISSIMA RELAZIONE DEI FATTI E DETTI DELLA BACCHETTA DIVINATORIA DAL SUO PRIMO AVVENTO ALLA SUA MORTE IN TOSCANA

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VERA VERA VERISSIMA RELAZIONE DEI FATTI E DETTI DELLA BACCHETTA DIVINATORIA DAL SUO PRIMO AVVENTO ALLA SUA MORTE IN TOSCANA

by Giovanni Fabbroni (1752-1822)

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FIRENZE: NELLA STAMPERIA DI GIUSEPPE TOFANI E COMP. , 1791. Rara opera del 1791 sulla storia della bacchetta divinatoria in Toscana. Autore anonimo ma opera attribuita al chimico naturalista e politico fiorentino Giovanni Fabbroni (1752-1822). Febbroni fu direttore del musei di fisica e storia naturale di Firenze, socio dell’Accademia dei Georgofili e direttore della zecca granducale. Scrisse opere di vario genere: arte e archeologia, industria mineraria, economia politica spesso di interesse toscano. In questo trattato Febbroni descrive e cerca di confutare l’arte della rabdomanzia attraverso esperimenti messi in pratica in varie zone della Toscana. Presente una critica a Cagliostro alias Giuseppe Balsamo. Alcune antiche note manoscritte. Spesso viene citato un tale “Sig. T..” indicato con antica non manoscritta come “Touveneille”. Nella parte introduttiva la bacchetta utilizzata in magia. Raro da trovarsi in commercio. In mediocri condizioni ma completo. Copertina morbida coeva in mediocri condizioni con usure e mancanze marginali. Legatura in mediocri condizioni con rotture. Pagine in discrete condizioni: gora d’umidità che attraversa tutto il volume. Segno di rosicchiatura di topo fino a pag. 194 senza perdita di testo. Angolo inferiore destro mancante fino a pag,. 38. In 8. 22x15 cm. Pp. 127+(1). Scarce work of 1791 about the history of divination wand used for dowsing in Tuscany. Anonymous author but attributed to the chemical naturalist and politician from Florence Giovanni Fabbroni (1752-1822). Febbroni was chief of the museums of physics and natural history of Florence, member of Accademia dei Georgofili. He wrote works of differend kind the greatest of them of Tuscany interest: art and archeology, minerary industry, political economy. In this treaty Febbroni describes and tries to refute the art of dowsing through experiments made in different parts of Tuscany. There is also a critic to Cagliostro alias Giuseppe Balsamo. Some antique handwritten notes. A man is often cited as “Sig. T..” indicated as an handwritten note “Touveneille”. In the introductive part the wand used in witchery. Scarce to be find for selling. In poor conditions but complete. Soft coeval cover in poor conditions with wearings in the extremities. Binding in poor conditions with cracks. Pages in fair conditions: dump stain in the whole volume. Sign of mouse until page 194 with no loss of text. Lower right corner lacks until page 38. In 16. 17x11 cm. Pp. (12)+304

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Title
VERA VERA VERISSIMA RELAZIONE DEI FATTI E DETTI DELLA BACCHETTA DIVINATORIA DAL SUO PRIMO AVVENTO ALLA SUA MORTE IN TOSCANA
Author
Giovanni Fabbroni (1752-1822)
Book Condition
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Publisher
NELLA STAMPERIA DI GIUSEPPE TOFANI E COMP.
Place of Publication
FIRENZE
Date Published
1791

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