Sulle vicende della tipografia Cosentina. Memoria letta in una seduta generale dell' Istituto Cosentino dal Signor Andrea Lombardi

Cosenza: Presso Francesco Migliaccio, 1816. 8vo. 175 x 115 mm. (7 x 4 1/2 inches). 40 pp. Modern wrapper. Ownership stamp in ink on title-page of Marchese Tommasi. Only edition. Rare, short history of printing in Cosenza, a province in Calabria, south of Naples. The author, a member of Provincial Council and numerous societies devoted to the economic development of Calabria, wrote this essay to describe the history of printing in Cosenza, focuses on the first book printed in 1478, the subsequent closure of the press, and the reestablishment of printing in 1593. He includes a bilbliography of 32 works printed in Cosenza that were unique editions, and to best of his knowledge never reprinted. A quick check of the British Museum's Short Title Catalogue of Italian Books, proves him mostly correct. (Inventory #: 71)