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NAPOLI 2500: History of a city and its territory

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Sport - Ignarra, Nicola

De Palaestra Neapolitana commentarius in inscriptionem athleticam, 1770

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Naples, Donati Campi, 1770. In 4°. Frieze on the title page, woodcut initials, with 3 leaves of plates, one of which is folded and reproduces a Greek inscription discovered in Naples in the Monastery of Santa Maria Egiziaca in 1764, the other two depict ancient Italian coins, several leaves slightly browned, halo on the lower margin of the first and last leaves, rare foxing, contemporary parchment binding with handwritten title on the spine, stains.

Specialist Notes

This is the first and only edition of this study on the sports practiced in the Vesuvian area in antiquity. This authentic treatise on the sports of Naples represents a significant monograph, enriched with philological annotations and historical-critical analyses, on the gymnastic practices of antiquity and on bullfighting, also known as "Corrida," which took place in the amphitheater of Pozzuoli.

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