Vita costumi e scritti del conte Giammaria Mazzuchelli Patrizio Bresciano
Brescia: Giambattista Bossini, 1776. Item #76
8vo. 200 x 140 mm. (8 x 6 inches). 120 pp. Engraved portrait by Domenico Cagnoni, woodcut ornament on the title-page. Contemporary red paste-paper boards; some small abrasions to edges, joints rubbed, but sound and attractive. Ownership stamp of Fratelli Campori on the title-page.
First edition. Detailed biography of the Brescian Count (1707-1765), who was a member of the Tuscan elite, a historian, biographer, bibliographer and member of numerous societies and academies in both Brescia and Florence. Rodelli was Mazzuchelli's sometime secretary and collaborator who managed much of his literary output and organized his papers after his death. Among his many publications he is most widely known for his ambitious biography of Italian writers from the 13th century to 1700 entitled, Gli Scritti Italiani.
Rodelli's biography focuses on Mazzuchelli's scholarly life and records the names of the over 240 writers in Italy and abroad with whom he corresponded. He also provides detailed descriptions of his published and unpublished works. This biography is a key document in establishing the vast scholarly work of this mid-century historian.
NUC cites copies and Library of Congress and OCLC adds Duke, Harvard, Newberry, Illinois, Stanford and Berkeley. Laterza III, 564. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/gian-maria-mazzuchelli.
Price: $450.00