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iccolò Gaetano dell'Aquila d'Aragona – Admonitions concerning the passions of the mind – Naples, Felice Mosca, 1732 Interesting eighteenth-century Neapolitan edition of this treatise on moral philosophy, devoted to the study of human passions and their governance through reason and virtue. The work presents notable historical and cultural interest due to the author's relations with Giambattista Vico and to the critical discussions regarding the possible contribution of the Neapolitan philosopher to its development. Valuable typographic frontispiece in red and black, enriched by an engraved allegorical vignette. There is a large copperplate portrait of Antonio Gaetano dell'Aquila d'Aragona, engraved by Antonio Baldi, as well as elegant initials, ornaments and historiated initials. Binding with boards decorated with floral motifs impressed and a light cloth spine, bearing a red label with gold titles. A work of interest for collectors of old books, eighteenth-century philosophy, the history of Neapolitan culture, and Vico studies.

Estimación:€400

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