Studi di archivistica, bibliografia, paleografia

Collana | Studi di archivistica, bibliografia, paleografia
Volume | «Con licenza de’ Superiori»
Capitolo | Volumi in viaggio. Una storia di circolazione libraria nell’Europa del Seicento

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

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.


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Presentato: 22 Maggio 2023 | Pubblicato 23 Ottobre 2023 | Lingua: it

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

Copyright © 2023 Stefano Dall’Aglio. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-727-2/010


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