Stanislao CANOVAI
Elogio d'Amerigo Vespucci che ha riportato il premio dalla Nobile Academia Etrusca di Cortona nel di 15 d'ottobre dell'anno 1788 con une Dissertazione Giustificativa di questo celebre navigatore[An Attempt to Restore the Reputation of Amerigo Vespucci]
Pietro Allegrini|Firenze [Florence] 1788|16 x 23.4 cm|Relié
First edition of the author's first work; Aboal Amaro, Amerigo Vespucci, page 31. Leclerc, 263 (does not mention this edition). Sabin, 10704.
Contemporary limp cream paper boards, plain spine, original binding.
Spine worn with some loss, a marginal stain affecting two leaves at the beginning, otherwise a clean and attractive copy.
This essay, in which the author argued "with a certain force of reasoning" (Larousse) that Vespucci discovered America before Christopher Columbus, was awarded the prize of the Academy of Cortona in 1788. The Florentine scholar Stanislas Canovai (1740–1811) devoted his life to restoring the reputation of the famed navigator Amerigo Ves
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