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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_17492
dc.contributor.author	Dall’Aglio Stefano
dc.title	Volumi in viaggio. Una storia di circolazione libraria nell’Europa del Seicento
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	The article analyses the circulation of the Trattato della direzione de’ fiumi, a treatise of hydraulic engineering written by the Roman mathematician Famiano Michelini in 1664. The work was supported from the beginning by the Florentine prince (and future cardinal) Leopoldo de’ Medici, who sent copies of the book to many different places in and outside of Europe. In this respect, Leopoldo played a crucial role as broker within a lively network of international scholars. The article draws significantly on a newly discovered corpus of letters sent by Leopoldo to his agent in Rome, Ottavio Falconieri.
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi di archivistica, bibliografia, paleografia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-10-23
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-05-22
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-733-3/volumi-in-viaggio-una-storia-di-circolazione-libra/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-727-2/010
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9875
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9093
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-733-3
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-727-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Books
dc.subject	Famiano Michelini
dc.subject	Hydraulics
dc.subject	Leopoldo de’ Medici
dc.subject	Letters
dc.subject	Ottavio Falconieri

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Volumi in viaggio. Una storia di circolazione libraria nell’Europa del Seicento

Stefano Dall’Aglio Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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The article analyses the circulation of the Trattato della direzione de’ fiumi, a treatise of hydraulic engineering written by the Roman mathematician Famiano Michelini in 1664. The work was supported from the beginning by the Florentine prince (and future cardinal) Leopoldo de’ Medici, who sent copies of the book to many different places in and outside of Europe. In this respect, Leopoldo played a crucial role as broker within a lively network of international scholars. The article draws significantly on a newly discovered corpus of letters sent by Leopoldo to his agent in Rome, Ottavio Falconieri.

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Oct. 23, 2023

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May 22, 2023

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978-88-6969-733-3

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978-88-6969-727-2

Keywords: Letters • Books • Leopoldo de’ Medici • Ottavio Falconieri • Famiano Michelini • Hydraulics

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