Lot N. 297
2 Volumi di Opuscoli diversi
These two bound volumes, assembled by a collector, contain a wide-ranging and eclectic set of pamphlets and treatises covering:
Astronomy and scientific curiosities (Herschel’s moon observations)
Biographies and political history (Napoleon Bonaparte)
Prophecy and eschatology (Joachim of Fiore and Bishop Anselmo of Marsi)
Education (report on girls’ schools in Gubbio)
Administration and law (Papal regulations, manual for Fabbricieri)
Religious instruction and critique (homilies, sermons, and treatises on preaching)
Literature and rhetoric (student rhetoric, arithmetic refutations)
The collection combines works of varying rarity and significance, ranging from extremely rare early 17th-century printed prophecies to 19th-century administrative manuals, illustrating both scholarly and practical concerns of Italian intellectual and ecclesiastical culture over three centuries. The condition of individual works ranges from poor (heavily damaged prophecies) to excellent (administrative manuals, educational reports).