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De Nola opusculum. Venice: Johannes Rubeus, Vercellensis, 1514.
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LEONE, Ambrogio (1458-1525)
De Nola opusculum. Venice: Johannes Rubeus, Vercellensis, 1514.
Rare first edition, from the library of Etienne Baluze (1630-1718), of one of the earliest works on archaeology.
Divided into three sections, Leone pioneers a multidisciplinary approach with sophisticated analysis of De Nola’s ancient geographical territory, history, and social and religious condition, contributing to a shift in antiquarian studies. Leone describes the city through buildings, inscriptions and antiquities, documenting the ancient city and offering an exclusive, comprehensive insight to De Nola, the first of its kind. Written in celebration of the city with attention to ancient historiography over courtly historiography, the text marks an influential scholarly achievement. Bianca de Divitiis, Fulvio Lenzo, and Lorenzo Miletti. 2018. ‘Introduction.’ Ambrogio Leone’s de Nola, Venice 1514, July, 1-10.
Folio (292mm x 209mm). 4 engraved plates by Girolamo Mocetto (title slightly soiled, small area of dampstaining to quires a and b affecting two plates, minor marginal wormholes, plate 4 with tiny losses due to adhesion). 20th-century speckled calf, gilt-ruled double fillet border and blind scroll inside border, spine lettered in gilt. Provenance: Etienne Baluze (French scholar and Colbert's librarian, 1630-1718; signature at foot of title, 'Stephanus Baluzius Tutelensis', presumably no.1095 in his Bibliotheca Baluziana of 1719).
De Nola opusculum. Venice: Johannes Rubeus, Vercellensis, 1514.
Rare first edition, from the library of Etienne Baluze (1630-1718), of one of the earliest works on archaeology.
Divided into three sections, Leone pioneers a multidisciplinary approach with sophisticated analysis of De Nola’s ancient geographical territory, history, and social and religious condition, contributing to a shift in antiquarian studies. Leone describes the city through buildings, inscriptions and antiquities, documenting the ancient city and offering an exclusive, comprehensive insight to De Nola, the first of its kind. Written in celebration of the city with attention to ancient historiography over courtly historiography, the text marks an influential scholarly achievement. Bianca de Divitiis, Fulvio Lenzo, and Lorenzo Miletti. 2018. ‘Introduction.’ Ambrogio Leone’s de Nola, Venice 1514, July, 1-10.
Folio (292mm x 209mm). 4 engraved plates by Girolamo Mocetto (title slightly soiled, small area of dampstaining to quires a and b affecting two plates, minor marginal wormholes, plate 4 with tiny losses due to adhesion). 20th-century speckled calf, gilt-ruled double fillet border and blind scroll inside border, spine lettered in gilt. Provenance: Etienne Baluze (French scholar and Colbert's librarian, 1630-1718; signature at foot of title, 'Stephanus Baluzius Tutelensis', presumably no.1095 in his Bibliotheca Baluziana of 1719).
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