(Arditi, Michele). L'Ermatena ossia la impronta da darsi al gettone della Regal Società.

Naples, Chianese, 1816.

Large 4to. VIII, 69, (1) pp. With engr. frontispiece (Raff. Estevan inc.) and 2 engr. plates. Contemp. marbled boards.

 450.00

Only edition of this study of Hermathenas. The lawyer and archaeologist Michele Arditi (1746-1838) was also active as a composer and philosopher (cf. ABI I 67, 248-267).

Slight brownstaining; altogether a good, wide-margined copy from the library of Duke Max in Bavaria (1808-88), father of Empress Elizabeth of Austria.

References

Meusebach coll. 1276. ICCU SBLE\012508 (diff. collation) and 004518 (diff. imprint). OCLC 46268936 & 32053712.