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Matematica e Poesia condannate dalla Ragione. Paradosso. [2 (of 3?) volumes]. – Pietropoli, Giampietro.

Book number: 84048

Matematica e Poesia condannate dalla Ragione. Paradosso. [2 (of 3?) volumes].

Pietropoli, Giampietro.

Dalla Tipografia di Gio. Giuseppe Destefanis a S. Zeno N. 334, Milano, 1811

€ 50,00

22 x 14.5 cm, original paper-covered boards, 2 (of 3) volumes: 446 pages & 476 pages, Text in Italian, covers heavily worn and frayed with loss of paper, spines deteriorated and partially detached, pages browned and wavy throughout, internally complete; author's autograph signature and copy number (No. 436) present on final page of Vol. II, still in good condition, see pictures.

First edition. A polemical work in which the author, Dr. Giampietro Pietropoli, argues paradoxically against both mathematics and poetry as condemned by reason. Each copy was individually signed and numbered by the author as an anti-counterfeiting measure, with a printed notice invoking royal privilege against unauthorized reprinting.