Dell'uso di percuotere l'amica. Dissertazione erudito-galante. Tradotta dal Francese e dedicata agli Amanti.

Written in french by two swedish gentlemen, translated into english by Thomas Nugent L.L.D. and fellow of the sociey of antiquaries. London, Printed for L.Davis and C.Reymers, printers to the Royal Society 1769, 2 volumi. cm.13,5x20,5, pp.XI,444 (4),IV,394 (12), legature in tutta pelle, titoli e fregi ai dorsi, tagli rossi. First english edition. Although it is stated on the title-page that the authors were Swedish, in fact the author was Pierre Jean Grosley, the prolific French writer known for his erudition and insights. His "Observations on Italy" (originally published in French in 1764) is his most important work. Along with being an excellent account of Italy, Grosley also demonstrates within it through his descriptions of his countrymen in Italy, many foibles and vanities which are part of the French character. It is suggested by Nugent that by claiming the authors to be anonymous travelers from Swedish, the French public would accept the this criticism more easily than if it came from a Frenchman. It has also been suggested that as a travel narrative it would be considered of greater value if the travelers were from somewhere farther away. Sections within the book relative to the article of Venice, and the Sacred panegiric of the seraphic father Saint Francis were by Francesco da S. Augustino Macedo and had originally been printed in Padua. There is also a comparative history of Italian and French music; an essay which "fell into my hands" according to the "Editor."

Venezia, Marsilio Ed. 2000, cm.15,5x21, pp.467, brossura cop.fig.a col. Coll.Saggi.

Firenze, Olschki Ed. 2014, cm 17 x 24, xxvi-274 pp. Biblioteca storica toscana - Serie I, 73. Italiano Bartolomeo Marchionni fu forse il più noto tra i mercanti-banchieri stranieri attivi in Portogallo nel periodo delle scoperte geografiche e della creazione dell’impero. La sua attività a Lisbona si svolse in un periodo chiave dell’economia del continente europeo, ora legata anche all’Africa e all’Asia. Marchionni favorì inoltre la diffusione di notizie sulle grandi scoperte e fu un punto di riferimento per l’arrivo a Lisbona di uomini e capitali provenienti da molte piazze del Vecchio Continente. / Bartolomeo Marchionni has been one of the most famous foreign merchant-bankers who worked in Portugal during the rise of the Portuguese empire. He was active in Lisbon in a time of great development of European economy and its relations with Africa and Asia. Marchionni spread the news about the great geographical discoveries and acted as a reference for men and capitals arriving in Lisbon from different markets of the Old Continent.