Manualetto di tecnica sindacale. Firenze. Edizioni U 1947 in-16, pp. 222, broch. edit. Edizione a se stante, riveduta e corretta, di questo manuale che raccoglie le lezioni tenute nel lontano 1920-21 presso la Scuola di previdenza e di legislazione sociale della Società Umanitaria di Milano, fondata da Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani, il "padre delle Camere del lavoro". L'opera fu infatti data alle stampe una prima volta nel '22 sui "Problemi del Lavoro",... € 80
Memoire sur les tremblemens de terre de la Calabre Pendant l’année 1783… Rome Antonio Fulgoni 1784 8° (192x123 mm). 70 pp. Contemporary marbled boards backed in leather. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Red sprinkled edges. Corners and margins of both covers light torn, lettering piece slightly chipped. An excellent copy. The celebrated geologist of the Alps, who in 1781 had climbed Mount Etna and visited the Aelion archipleago, travelled in February and March 1784 in the area affected by the... € 1.700
Memoria e statistica sui terremoti della provincia di Cosenza nel 1870... Cosenza Tipografia Municipale 1871 289x210 mm. 59 pp. Numerous diagrams in text. Original printed wrappers, lacking the front cover, remains of spine, a minor wear to rear cover. A very good copy, somewhat browned and soiled the first page. Slightly marginal spotting. With a catalogue of the meteorological phenomena observed from 15 September 1867 to 31 December 1869 € 145
Memoria storico-fisica sul Tremuoto de’ 20 Febbraro mdcccxviii… Catania Stamperia de’ Regi Studi 1818 212x136 mm. 67, [1] pp. Original printed wrappers, both covers framed by engraved border, and decorated with a small central ornament. A few tiny wormholes, affecting one or two letters. Otherwise a very good, wide-margined copy. Inscribed by the author on recto of the front endpaper ’Al Sig.r Conte Cesare Borgia, Commendatore del S.G.O. in attestato d’ossequio L’Autore’. Divided in two parts,... € 400
Memoria sul Tremuoto degli 11 Gennaro 1848… Siracusa Antonio Puleio 1852 193x116 mm. 59, [2] pp. Contemporary wrappers, a bit soiled the front cover. An excellent copy, slightly finger-soiling to title, otherwise internally very clean. A very rare account on the Sicilian earthquake of 1848, by a member of the Accademia Gioenia, at Catania. € 220
Memoria sul Tremuoto de’ 26 Luglio del corrente Anno 1805… Naples Vincenzo Orsino 1806 8° (213x124 mm). xvi, 224 pp. One folding map of Molise, after Gaetano Montefuscoli, and engraved by Nicola Cesarano (minor tear to inner blank margin); one engraved plan of the ‘Quartiere Palazzo’ in Naples; one engraved folding diagram. Contemporary marbled wrappers. A very good copy, uncut and partly unopened. Title light soiled, marginal staining. Spotting throughout, margins and corners... € 720
Nuove Riflessioni sulle Cause Naturali dei Terremoti di Fuligno… Dedicate A Sua Eccellenza Reverendissima Monsignor Gio. Ignazio Cadolini… Foligno TipografiaTomassini 1832 201x123 mm. [4], v, [5], 75, [3] pp. Original wrappers, with title printed within border, preserved in modern pasteboards. Front cover partly detached, a minor repair on verso. Corners slightly torn. A very good copy, uncut. Light spotted throughout, an unsignificant paper flaw to lower blank margin of p. v. A few pencilled marginal notes and very faint underlining. Detailed account of the... € 145
Nuovo strumento per lo studio dei fenomeni microsismici… Florence Tip. dell’Arte della Stampa 1879 243x160 mm. 7 pp. Original printed wrappers, slightly soiled. A very good copy. On the upper margin of the first page ‘omaggio dell’autore’. On the upper cover the inked number ‘269’. The first presentation of the ‘ascoltatore endogeno’, the seismic instrument projected by the engineer Mugna, director of the Observatory at Forlì. Offprint from: Rivista Scientifico-Industriale, x (1879). € 55
Opere… in versi e in prosa. Vol. unico. Florence David Passigli e Soci 1836 182x110 mm. [8], 710. pp. Frontispiece with engraved author’s portrait. Seven plates. Contemporary marbled boards backed in leather. Spine in compartments, author’s name in gilt. Edges sprinkled. Severe damage, specially to lower cover, and to the lower margin of the last leaves. A very rare example of a book damaged by earthquake, and survived the catastrophic disaster of Messina. At bottom of... € 400
Osservazioni fatte in occasione di una escursione sulla Riviera Ligure di Ponente dopo i terremoti ivi seguiti in questo anno. Roma 1888 288x195 mm. 25 pp., numbered [129]-153. Contemporary wrappers, with title in manuscript on front cover; slightly soiling. An excellent, unopened copy. On top of the first page, a note by a contemporary hand ‘Estratto: Memorie Accad. Pontif. Dei Nuovi Lincei vol. iii Roma 1888’. Written from the Collegio alle Querce at Florence, on 22 November 1887. Offprint from: Memorie dell’Accademia Pontificia... € 55
Osservazioni sui Tremuoti in occasione del Tremuoto che scosse orribilmente la città di Catania la sera de’ 20 febbraro 1818… Catania Francesco Pastore 1818 207x150 mm. 63, [1] pp. One folding table, containing the Giornale Meteorologico, from 20 February to 30 April 1818 (a long tear long the inner margin). Contemporary blue wrappers, spine rather frayed, corners and sides torn. Some staining, sporadic finger-soiling, a few small holes to both covers. A few computations scribbled on the upper cover, by a contemporary hand. A very good, wide-margined... € 450
Per l’Osservatorio geodinamico di Catania. Risposta… al Ch. Prof. Timoteo Bertelli. Palermo Lorsnaider 1886 220x146 mm. 4 pp. Contemporary wrappers. A very good copy, last page toned. Inscribed by the author on the upper margin of the first page ’All’Illustre Sig.e Prof.e F. Gateo O. di G. d. Lisa’. Reply to Bertelli’s observations on De Lisa’s polemical papers on the Catania observatory. € 35
Perturbazione elettrica foriera del terremoto Florence Tip. dell’Arte della Stampa 1887]. 240x161 mm. 7 pp. Original printed wrappers, rather browned. To the lower cover some soiling along fold. A very good copy. On upper cover the stamped shelfmark ‘Sc. Esatte in 8° Nr. 461’, and ‘L’a.’. On lower cover manuscript address ‘Ch.mo Prof. Comm. Michele Stefano De Rossi Direttore dell’Osservatorio Geodinamico Roma’, probably by Luvini’s hand, and remains of the postal stamp (light... € 40
Presentazione di una nota del Ch. P. Egidi sul pendolo microsismico ed osservazioni sulla medesima… Rome Tipografia delle Scienze Matematiche e Fisiche 1890 300x220 mm. 11 pp. Two illustrations in text. Original printed wrappers. An excellent, mainly unopened copy. Offprint from: Atti dell’Accademia Pontificia dei Nuovi Lincei, xlii (1890). € 40
Programma dell’Osservatorio ed Archivio Geodinamico presso il R. Comitato Geologico d’Italia. Con istruzioni per gli osservatorii e descrizioni d’istrumenti. Rome Tipografia della Pace 1883 230x150 mm. 146 pp. Eight lithographic plates (one folding), showing instruments; numerous illustrations in text. Original printed wrappers, corners of lower cover torn. An excellent copy, partly unopened; upper and lower margins somewhat browned. In 1883, after the catastrophic earthquake occurred in the island of Ischia that destroyed the town of Casamicciola, causing over 2,300 deaths, was... € 125
Quadri statistici topografici giornalieri dei terremoti avvenuti in Italia negli anni meteorici 1875-1876 e segnatamente del massimo sismico prenestino del 26 ottobre 1876. Memoria… Rome Tipografia delle Scienze Matematiche e Fisiche 1877 300x218 mm. See the previous item. Original printed wrappers, spine frayed, sides of both covers somewhat damaged. A very good, unopened copy. Light soiling to the outer blank margin. € 55
Ragguaglio della Vittoria Navale conseguita a Dardanelli dall'armata della Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia sotto il comando...di Lorenzo Marcello, Capitan General da Mar contro l'Armata Turchesca, 26 giugno MDCLVI. Roma Danesi 1918 in-8, pp. (16), ritratto di Lorenzo Marcello in antiporta, tavola a p. pagine in fine. Legatura d'amatore in carta decorata coeva. Splendida riproduzione anastatica dell'edizione del 1656, impressa in soli 500 esemplari numerati (n.450). Allegato vi è anche un secondo ritratto del Marcello su foglio sciolto. Perfetto esemplare. € 60
Relatione del danno cagionato dal Terremoto, Successo à dì 7. Giugno 1695. Nelle Città di Bagnarea, Orvieto, e Luoghi convicini. Roma Giovanni Francesco Buagni 1695 4° (205x153 mm). [2] ll. Woodcut vignette on title, showing a town. Unbound. A very good copy, leaves rather browned. Provenance: the Roman Dominican convent of Santa Maria sopra Minerva (contemporary inked ownership note on title, ‘Bibliot: Conventui S.ae M.ae Super Minervam’). Very scarce report – not in Baratta - on the 1695 earthquake in Central Italy, one of the... € 760
Relazione del spaventevole Terremoto Accaduto in Lisbona, ed altre parti del Portogallo, ed in diverse Provincie della Spagna Il dì primo Novembre del present’Anno 1755 Ancona Nicola Bellelli 1755 Folio (280x197 mm). [2] ll. Woodcut ornament on title; woodcut initial on first verso, tailpiece at end. Unbound. A very good, untrimmed copy, light spotted at folds. Exceedingly rare copy of one the earliest Italian report on the horrible earthquake which caused the complete destruction of the rich and beautiful city of Lisbon. A disaster of catastrophic, almost unconceivable proportions that... € 810
Relazione del terribile Terremoto accaduto nella Città del Borgo a S. Sepolcro, Castello di Cespaja, e Villaggio di Selci il dì 30. Settembre 1789 n.p. 1789 Small 4° (195x131 mm). 4 pp. One woodcut headpiece on title; on verso of the last leaf woodcut vignette, depicting a town destroyed by earthquake. Original decorated wrappers, with criss-cross design. An excellent copy, margins somewhat trimmed. On 30 September 1789 a violent earthquake hit the territory of the upper valley of the Tiber (Valtiberina), in Central Italy, and coeval reports... € 400
Relazione della Cupola dipinta dal Cavaliere Carlo Cignani, e scoperta l’anno 1706. in Forlì. Forlì Giovanni Felice Dandi (?) 1706]. 8° (202x141 mm). [10] of [34] ll. Woodcut initials and tailpieces. Bound in modern pale pink wrappers. A very good copy. leaves slightly browned, staining to gutter of the last leaf, a bit soiling at blank margins. On 24 March 1683 Carlo Cignani (1628-1719), one of the most important late Baroque artists working in Bologna, began in the Forlì Cathedral the frescoes of the cupola of the... € 1.300
Relazione di quanto si è fatto in Malta alla prima confusa, ma tristissima notizia delle ruine cagionate in alcune parti della Sicilia dal Terremuoto Malta F. Giovanni Mallìa 1783 Folio (282x203 mm). 4 pp. Woodcut Royal arms on the first page, large cul-de-lampe at end. Unbound. A very good copy, slightly staining and browning. The devastating earthquake occurred in 1783 had a great echo in the Mediterranean area. From the island of Malta – as reports the present, and very rare account - immediatly sailed to Messina some ships with food aid, medical supplies and... € 680
Relazione overo Itinerario fatto… Per riconoscere li danni causati dalli passati Terremoti seguiti li 14. Gennaro, e 2. Febraro mdcciii. Nella Provincia dell’Aquila, e tutti li Luoghi circonvicini Per darne di essi distinta notizia al Sig. Vice-Re di Napoli. Rome and Perugia Costantini 1703 Small 4° (204x133 mm). [2] ll. One 10-line animated initial on verso of the first leaf. Unbound. A very good copy. Very rare official account written by the auditor Uria Llanos in behalf of the Vice-King of Naples, of the seismic sequence that on 14 January and 2 February stroke L’Aquila district. The report describes in detail the geological effects of the earthquake, giving a dramatic... € 1.250
Relazione sui Terremoti di Fuligno e dell’Umbria accaduti in Gennajo 1832… Rome Antonio Boulzaler 1832 210x133 mm. 15 pp. Small engraved vignette on title. Lacking both covers of the original blue wrappers, remains of spine. A good copy, heavy and marginal spotting. Inscribed by the author on recto of the front endpaper ’Al Chiarissimo Sig.o Antinori Direttore dell’I. e R. Museo di Firenze In attestato di stima L’Autore’. Account of the earthquake that on 13 January 1832 struck Foligno and other... € 235
Relazioni storiche dei danni cagionati dal tremuoto nel dì 14 Agosto 1846. nelle colline pisane e nelle città di Livorno, Pisa e Volterra… Livorno F. and G. Meucci 1846 195x118 mm. See no. 112, IV. Original printed wrappers. A few, light spotting to some leaves, mainly marginal. An excellent copy. A brief account of damage and victims provoked by the seismic sequence of 1846 € 90
