Girolamo Tiraboschi - Storia della Letteratura Italiana - 1795

TIRABOSCHI Girolamo. Storia della Letteratura Italiana. Venezia, presso Antonio Fortunato Stella 1795 (The name of the printer appears in tome 9 on p. XXXIX). First Venetian edition of the greatest history of our literature. First great historiographical treatise on Italian literature. The work includes all expressions of culture, philosophy, theology, mathematics, medicine, astrology, law, and institutions dedicated to their transmission, schools, academies, libraries. It starts from the Literature of the Etruscans, Magna Graecia, and Romans until the death of Augustus and the literary production of the 18th century. Nine tomes in 16 volumes. Tome 9 contains a eulogy of Tiraboschi and the General Index of the work. Beautiful coeval full parchment binding. Title and volume number in gold on a label. Friezes on the spine. Red edges. Author’s portrait on the frontispiece in the first volume. Bookplate of William Hopetoun, Earl of Northesk. Size: 22x15 cm, pp. Vol. 1 XXVI, XXX, 400. Vol. 2. XXXIV, 488. Vol. 3 XLVIII, 452. Vol. 4 XII, 488. Vol. 5(1) XXVIII, 320, VIII, . Vol. 5(2) VIII from 321 to 632. Vol. 6(1) XII, 406. Vol. 6(2) VIII, from 409 to 764. Vol. 6(3) VIII, from 765 to 1128. Vol. 7(1) XII, 382. Vol. 7(2) VIII, from 383 to 729. Vol. 7(3) VIII from 783 (numbering error) to 1287. Vol. 7(4) VIII, from 1291 to 1684. Vol. 8(1) XVI, 339. Vol. 8(2) XX, from 341 to 630. Vol. 9 XXXIX, 318. Complete work. In wonderful condition.