Niccolò Gaetano dell'Aquila d'Aragona - Avvertimenti intorno alle passioni dell'animo - 1732

Niccolò Gaetano dell'Aquila d'Aragona – On warnings around the passions of the soul – Naples, Felice Mosca, 1732

Interesting eighteenth-century Neapolitan edition of this treatise on moral philosophy, dedicated to the study of human passions and their governance through reason and virtue.

The work presents notable historical and cultural interest for the author's relations with Giambattista Vico and for the critical discussions concerning the possible contribution of the Neapolitan philosopher to its development.

Valuable typographic title page in red and black, enhanced by an allegorical vignette engraved. Present a large intaglio portrait of Antonio Gaetano dell'Aquila d'Aragona, engraved by Antonio Baldi, as well as elegant headpieces, ornaments and figurative initial capitals.

Binding with boards decorated with floral motifs impressed and a light cloth spine, bearing a red badge with gilded titles.

A work of interest for antique book collectors, eighteenth-century philosophy, history of Neapolitan culture and Vichean studies.