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ORTOLANI, Giuseppe Emanuele (1758–1828).
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ORTOLANI, Giuseppe Emanuele (1758–1828).
See original version (Italian)
Estimate €300 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
ORTOLANI, Giuseppe Emanuele (1758–1828). Biographies of Illustrious Men of Sicily. Naples: Nicola Gervasi, 1817–1821.
First edition of the most comprehensive collection of biographies devoted to the leading figures of Sicilian history and culture. The work brings together the lives of illustrious Sicilians – sovereigns, statesmen, clergymen, men of letters, scientists, artists and military figures – each accompanied by an engraved portrait by Raffaello Morghen (1758–1833), Giuseppe Biondi (1778–1852) and other engravers of the period. Published in instalments and without continuous pagination, the work contains a varying number of biographies from copy to copy, with up to 193 recorded in OPAC; this copy comprises 176 biographies, each accompanied by the corresponding engraved portrait.
4 volumes, 4to (250 × 190 mm). Engraved title-page to each volume and 176 engraved portraits, one accompanying each biography (foxing). Nineteenth-century half-leather binding, gilt titles and decorations on the spines, cloth boards (minor defects). (4)
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