Giuseppe Morri - Il perito in Romagna ossia il perito agrimensore e stimatore - 1791

Faenza, at Gioseffantonio Archi's, 1791.

An interesting 18th-century Italian treatise on land surveying, practical geometry, topography and valuation, published in Faenza in 1791. The work testifies to the techniques of measuring and valuing land in use in 18th-century Italy, with particular reference to Romagna.

The treatise is divided into 26 chapters and covers, among other things, the use of the praetor's tablet and surveying instruments, altimetry, measurement of surfaces, ancient and modern units of measure and their conversions, the reduction and coloration of maps, land valuation, boundaries, cadastral operations, the measurement and distribution of waters, and the calculation of the capacity of casks and containers.

Collation: VIII, 375, [1] pages; 4 folded copper-engraved plates out of text, numbered I–IV.
Format in 8vo.
Signatures: π⁴ A–Y⁸ Z¹².

A collated and complete copy.

Binding in old rustic boards with a parchment-reinforced spine.
Copy printed on strong paper, with wide margins and deckle edges. Internals generally well preserved, with good print clarity; there are slight yellowings, small stains, folds and modest marginal defects compatible with the age. The folded plates are present and well preserved, with the usual signs of folding.

Dimensions: 25 × 16 × 6 cm.
Weight: about 700 g.

Rare Romagnol technical treatise from the late eighteenth century, interesting for the history of land surveying, practical cartography and valuation.