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2006. Bueno. Generalitat Valenciana Valencia 1854 pág 21x15 cm Tapa dura con sobrecubierta Obras completas de Juan Andrés y Morell que la Biblioteca Valenciana ha ido editando. Las más de mil trescientas cartas del jesuita aquí reunidas representan su variado carteo.
Cartas Familiares del Abate D. Juan Andrés a su Hermano D. Carlos Andrés . . by ANDRES Y MORELL, JUAN - 1790
by ANDRES Y MORELL, JUAN
Cartas Familiares del Abate D. Juan Andrés a su Hermano D. Carlos Andrés . .
by ANDRES Y MORELL, JUAN
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- Hardcover
Madrid: Imprenta de Sancha, 1790-93, 1790. A mixed set of later printings or editions; the first editions of the five volumes were originally published over a six-year period beginning in 1786. Cf. Palau 12207. Vellum worn on two volumes; some worming (most significantlt on volume five); a made-up or "married" set, in sound, decent condition.. 5 vols, 8vo, contemporary limp vellum, titles and volume numbers in manuscript on the spines. With half-titles in volumes one and three. The popular and influential account of Italy by Juan Andrés y Morell (1740-1817), the Spanish Jesuit priest, humanist and writer. The letters, written between 1785 and 1791, center on visits to museums, academies, libraries, booksellers, artists and scientists in Rome, Florence, Verona, Venice, Padua, Bologna and Mantua. Four of the five volumes contain indices that detail the contents of the letters. Andrés resided in Italy after the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain. He was an important figure in the Spanish Enlightenment. See Wikipedia.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Format/Binding Cf. Palau 12207
- Book Condition Used - Vellum worn on two volumes; some worming (most significantlt on volume five); a made-up or "married" set, in sound, decent condi
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition A mixed set of later printings or editions; the first editions o
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Madrid: Imprenta de Sancha, 1790-93
- Date Published 1790