NICCOLAI (Alfonso) - Lot 175

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NICCOLAI (Alfonso) - Lot 175
NICCOLAI (Alfonso) Il Tobia dissertazioni of Alonso Niccolai. Firenze, Viviani, 1765. 15 dissertations in one volume in-4: IX, (1), 317pp. Bound in contemporary Italian vellum, gilt title on smooth spine, red speckled edges. This text is part of the "Leçons d'Écriture Sainte", published in Florence between 1756 and 65 in thirteen volumes: "These are learned dissertations in which the sacred text is explained in the form of paraphrases". The author tries to imitate Boccaccio. Niccolai was born in Lucca in 1706 and lived for a long time in Rome and Florence. A Jesuit, he was a renowned interpreter of the Holy Scriptures and had the title of imperial theologian of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. He died in 1784.
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