ROME, BIBLIOTECA CASANATENSE -- Raccolta d'Alcuni fogli concernenti la strepitosa lite tra P.P. Domenicani, e Gesuiti sopra la nuova fabbrica della Libraria Casanatense di Roma . [Rome]: 1719. 4to. 6 ff. (first blank). [ bound with :] Risposta dell' Architetto al Matematico [drophead title]. [Rome: no date but 1719]. 4 ff.; Risposta del Giovane dell' Architetto alla Replica dello Scolare del Matematico . [drophead title]. [Rome: no date but 1719]. 4 ff.; Considerazioni d' un' erudito Cavaliere sopra la lite tra Gesuiti, e Domenicani a causa della Fabrica della Libraria Casanatense . [Rome: no date but 1719]. 4 ff.; Apologia de Gesuiti, e Domenicani sopra la Concordia fatta per la Fabbrica della Libraria Casanatense . [Rome: no date but 1719]. 4 ff.; [Trial procedings:] Pro insigni Bibliotheca Casantensi contra R.mum P. Praepositum Generalem Societatis Jesu, & R.P. Rectorum Collegii Romani. Juris Domini à Cornu . [drophead title]. Rome: Zinghi & Monaldi, 1719; [Trial procedings:] Romana Fabricae... Ioannes Ascevolinus Advocatus. [Rome: no date but 1719]. 4 ff. 7 works in one volume, 4 (213 x 153mm). Contemporary marbled wrappers (upper cover detatched, backstrip torn with loss), 20th-century blue cloth box, blue morocco lettering-piece to spine. Provenance : Early blue ink stamp for an unidentified library; Baron Horace de Landau (1824-1903, monogrammed bookplate). Extraordinary Sammelband documenting the the controversy over the construction of the new building to house the Biblioteca Casanatense. The Jesuits of the Collegio Romano complained that the new building would obscure several of their rooms, including a number of classrooms, and controversy and litigation ensued; the above volume contains seven legal documents and expert opinions, all of which escaped the notice of Ottino & Fumagalli. Girolamo Casanate (1620-1700), appointed Cardinal by Clement X, formed one of the foremost private libraries of his day; Casanate founded the Biblioteca Casanatensis as a public institution; it remains one of the principal collections of incunabula and early printed books in Italy.
ROME, BIBLIOTECA CASANATENSE -- Raccolta d'Alcuni fogli concernenti la strepitosa lite tra P.P. Domenicani, e Gesuiti sopra la nuova fabbrica della Libraria Casanatense di Roma . [Rome]: 1719. 4to. 6 ff. (first blank). [ bound with :] Risposta dell' Architetto al Matematico [drophead title]. [Rome: no date but 1719]. 4 ff.; Risposta del Giovane dell' Architetto alla Replica dello Scolare del Matematico . [drophead title]. [Rome: no date but 1719]. 4 ff.; Considerazioni d' un' erudito Cavaliere sopra la lite tra Gesuiti, e Domenicani a causa della Fabrica della Libraria Casanatense . [Rome: no date but 1719]. 4 ff.; Apologia de Gesuiti, e Domenicani sopra la Concordia fatta per la Fabbrica della Libraria Casanatense . [Rome: no date but 1719]. 4 ff.; [Trial procedings:] Pro insigni Bibliotheca Casantensi contra R.mum P. Praepositum Generalem Societatis Jesu, & R.P. Rectorum Collegii Romani. Juris Domini à Cornu . [drophead title]. Rome: Zinghi & Monaldi, 1719; [Trial procedings:] Romana Fabricae... Ioannes Ascevolinus Advocatus. [Rome: no date but 1719]. 4 ff. 7 works in one volume, 4 (213 x 153mm). Contemporary marbled wrappers (upper cover detatched, backstrip torn with loss), 20th-century blue cloth box, blue morocco lettering-piece to spine. Provenance : Early blue ink stamp for an unidentified library; Baron Horace de Landau (1824-1903, monogrammed bookplate). Extraordinary Sammelband documenting the the controversy over the construction of the new building to house the Biblioteca Casanatense. The Jesuits of the Collegio Romano complained that the new building would obscure several of their rooms, including a number of classrooms, and controversy and litigation ensued; the above volume contains seven legal documents and expert opinions, all of which escaped the notice of Ottino & Fumagalli. Girolamo Casanate (1620-1700), appointed Cardinal by Clement X, formed one of the foremost private libraries of his day; Casanate founded the Biblioteca Casanatensis as a public institution; it remains one of the principal collections of incunabula and early printed books in Italy.
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