Bettinelli Saverio, Bertolotti Antonio - Lotto di Opere su Mantova tutte in Prima Edizione - 1774

Bettinelli Saverio. Delle Lettere e delle Arti Mantovane. Mantova for the heir of Alberto Pazzoni, 1774. First Edition. Rare original edition of the historical-artistic work dedicated to Mantova by the renowned Mantuan scholar and academic. The work, divided into two Discourses, discusses the lives and works of authors and artists active in Mantova from 1000 to 1500 (First Discourse) and from 1500 to 1600 (Second Discourse). It includes an extensive dissertation on the Gonzaga family and the question of Mantegna's Mantuan origin. Finally, a poem in unrhymed hendecasyllables dedicated to Mantova. Bound in rustic, multicolored cardboard from the period. Medal with engraved portrait on the front and back at the title page. Dimensions 27x20 cm, VI, 2nn, 167 pages. Excellent condition.

Bertolotti Antonio. Prisons and Prisoners in Mantova. Rome, Tipografia delle Mantellate, 1888. First Edition. Rare original edition of the renowned essay on the prison regime in Mantova from the 13th to the 19th century. An important collection of documents and information on regulations concerning incarcerations, detainees, prisons, arrests, torture, death sentences, and executions. Modern cardboard binding. Title in gold on the spine. Dimensions 23x15 cm, 156 pages. Excellent condition.

Bertolotti Antonio. Architects, engineers, and mathematicians in relation to the Gonzaga family. Genoa, Typography of the Sordomuti Institute, 1889. First Edition. Very rare original edition of the work on artists and scientists active in Mantova by the renowned Lombard historian. News and documents on the lives and works of civil and military architects and engineers who operated at the Gonzaga court in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. Modern cardboard binding. Title in gold inlay on the spine. Dimensions 22x15 cm, 140 pages. Excellent condition.