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D’Ancora, Gaetano.
Saggio dell’uso de’ Pozzi presso gli Antichi specialmente per preservativo de’ Tremuoti.
Naples, Giuseppe Maria Porcelli, 1787, 1787
400.00 €
Pregliasco Libreria Antiquaria
(Torino, Italy)
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First edition of this rare treatise – dedicated to William Hamilton - by the Neapolitan antiquarian, and naturalist D’Ancora, known for his studies on Herculaneum (see item 88). The author deals with the pozzi cavi, a seismic protective system, whose origin may be traced to Antiquity, and supports his observations and findings with extensive bibliographical details, mostly taken from Plinius (see items A and 1). A. Ottaviani, Gaetano D’Ancora fra antiquaria, filologia e storia naturale, in Le scienze a Napoli tra Illuminismo e Restaurazione, Roma 2011, pp. 61-78.
