Author: De Luca, Ferdinando
Title: Della Opportunita Speciale Dell'Istmo Di Suez Nella Quistione Del Meridiano Geografico Universale
Description: (Napoli: R. Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche di Napoli, 1865). 1865). (Napoli: R. Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche di Napoli, 1865). 1865). Good. - Quarto [12 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover, printed self-wraps. 10 pages. There is a piece out of the top corner of each leaf & the bottom corners are bumped. There is light creasing to the leaves with a horizontal crease to each leaf where the pamphlet has been folded. There is a repaired tear to the front edge of each leaf at the fold. Ex-library with a library blind stamp and a discard stamp on the title. Good only.

Inscribed along the top of the title page and signed "l'autore".

Ferdinando De Luca [1785-1869] was a Naples geographer and mathematician. This text, which is in Italian, with some passages in French, advocates a universal meridian, which would be recognized by all countries. Good .

Keywords: GEOGRAPHY; MERIDIAN; FERDINANDO DE LUCA; GEOGRAPHER; MATHEMATICIAN; ITALIAN; NEAPOLITAN; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; INSCRIBED; AUTOGRAPH; DELLA OPPORTUNITA SPECIALE DELL'ISTMO DI SUEZ Nella Quistione del Meridiano Geografico Universale.

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