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Naples, Francesco Morello, 1764. In 4°. Half-title, woodcut brand on the title page, woodcut initial and final pages, water stains in the first quires, some wormholes that rarely touch the text, hole in the white upper margin of the last 5 leaves, contemporary half-vellum binding, defects. Ownership signature on the half-title, modern dedication on the flyleaf.
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A rare treatise on the epidemic that struck Naples in 1764 and its lethal effects on the population, written by the renowned scientist Celestino Cominale, author of Anti-Newtonianismi pars prima in qua Newtoni de coloribus systema evertitur (in which he questioned Newton's theory of colors). The "great epidemic of putrid fevers" caused approximately thirty thousand deaths in the Campania region and was eradicated thanks to the concerted efforts of what can be considered one of the first international humanitarian missions, which sent grain supplies to Naples to slow the spread of the "fevers."
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