Vico´s Principi di scienza nuova... 1801
| Sold for | 300 SEK |
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| Estimate | 2 000-3 000 SEK |
VICO, GIAMBATTISTA (GIOVANNI BATTISTA). Principi di scienza nuova... d´ontorno alla commune natura delle nazioni. Colla vita dell´autore scritta sa lui medesimo. I-III. Milano (alla tipografia de´Classici Italiani) 1801.
8:o (about 190x118 mm.). (3), IV-LXXIV, (1)-151, (1), (2), (1)-293, (3), (3), 4-165, (3) pp. 1 engraved frontispiece portrait (dampstained in upper left part), 1 engraved plate (dampstained in upper left part), 1 large folding printed table. Contemporary vellum-backed marbled boards, somewhat worn. Red-speckled edges. Partly dampstained in upper outer corner, some foxing.
Löwendahl: China illustata nova. Supplement, 1690. Se also PMM 184.
The first reprint of the definitive third edition (1744) of Vico´s Scienza nuova, originally published in 1725.
References to China and the Chinese on pp. 33, 47, 49, 53, 66, 74, 87, & 127 in vol. I, on pp. 44. 46, 56, 76 81, 130 & 191, in vol. II, and on pp. 50 & 149 in vol. III.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
