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VESUVIUS ARDENS SIVE EXERCITATIO MEDICO-PHYSICA. Motum & Incendium Vesuvii montis in Campania xvi Mensis Decembris, Anni MDCXXXI. Libris II. comprehensa. [Bound with] DELL'INCENDIO Del Monte di Somma, Compita Relatione E di quanto e succeduto insino ad hoggi.
by Croce, Vincenzo Alsario della; Giovanni Orlandi
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Romae, Italy: Ex Typographia Guilelmi Facciotti, 1632. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [viii], 317 pages of text followed by [iii] pages. Uncommon work on Vesuvio by Croce (born circa 1570). Full vellum binding is excellent condition with minor soiling and minor shelfwear. The first half of the text has a small area at the edge of the top margin affected by worming and minor loss from what appears to be predation. Previous owner's heraldic bookplate on the inside front cover: Nordkirchen. Minor browning and minor soiling to the title page. The text is clean and unmarked. There is a 2nd work bound in after the text, which was printed in the week following the Vesuvius eruption and is quite rare. It is "DELL'INCENDIO Del Monte di Somma, Compita Relatione E di quanto e succeduto insino ad hoggi" by Giovanni Orlandi, published by Lazzaro Scoriggion in 1631. 15pp. The final page of this text is creased and a bit soiled on the blank side. 200mm x 157mm (8 11/16" x 6 1/4"). First edition(s)..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019693
- Title
- VESUVIUS ARDENS SIVE EXERCITATIO MEDICO-PHYSICA. Motum & Incendium Vesuvii montis in Campania xvi Mensis Decembris, Anni MDCXXXI. Libris II. comprehensa. [Bound with] DELL'INCENDIO Del Monte di Somma, Compita Relatione E di quanto e succeduto insino ad hoggi.
- Author
- Croce, Vincenzo Alsario della; Giovanni Orlandi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ex Typographia Guilelmi Facciotti
- Place of Publication
- Romae, Italy
- Date Published
- 1632
- Size
- Octavo (8vo)
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Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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