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| HISTORY Fine Condition Fully Illustrated. Referenced as the Authoritative History of Naples. PARTHENOPOEIA OR THE HISTORY OF THE Moft Noble and Renowned Kingdom OF NAPLES, With the Dominions thereunto annexed, and the LIVES of all their KINGS. The firft Part By that Famous Antiquary SCIPIO MAZZELLA, MADE ENGLISH by Mr SAMSON LENNARD, HERALD of ARMES. The Second Part Compiled by JAMES HOWELL Efq; who, befides fom Supplements to the Firft part, drawes on the Threed of the Story to thefe prefent Times, 1654. ILLUSTRATED WITH THE FIGURES OF the Kings, and the Arms of all the Provinces. LONDON Printed for Humphrey Mofeley, and are to be fold at his Shop at the Princes Armes in S. Paul's Church-yard, 1654. ~ FIRST ENGLISH EDITION ~ Later (probably early C20) half calf, early C18 ink signature to title and C17 inscription to front free endpaper, some light age toning and a few minor spots, generally very good clean crisp condition. A folio volume, it measures approximately 29cm (11½") x 20cm (8") x 2.5cm (1"). Pagination pp. [16], 191, [1], [4], 62, [2], collated and completes with numerous woodcut illustrations within the text. Wing M1542. Scipione Mazzella, Italian writer and historian was born in Naples around the middle of the sixteenth century. Very little is known about Mazella except what may be gleaned only from his works. He wrote several works on antiquities and history. His major work Descrittione del Regno di Napoli was highly praised for its breadth of vision and its contribution to knowledge of the Kingdom of Naples as a whole, at the end of the sixteenth century. Mazella's work "represents a significant development ... and goes beyond merely a celebration of the capital but systematically observes the Kingdom of Naples as a whole. The book was translated into English by Samson Lennard and published under the title The Kingdom of Naples, London 1654. It was edited by James Howell, "a writer particularly attentive to events in Naples, as shown by his own A History of the Late Revolutions in the Kingdom of Naples, (London 1652)." According to Pedio (1973) much of our current knowledge of Naples in the early seventeenth century is derived from the work Mazella. | |||||||||||||||
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