[Archeology/Rome] De Samuele Cagnazzi, Luca: On the values of the measures and weights of the ancient Romans derived from the originals existing in the Royal Bourbon Museum. Naples, Angelo Trani, 1825

Format in-8°, mm. 215x140, pp. (8), 153, (7), 2 cc. of plates. Later binding in half parchment with gold titles and decorations on the spine. Boards covered in marbled paper. Copy in excellent condition with sporadic foxing and minimal signs of aging.

First edition printed in Naples in 1825 for Angelo Trani, report on the weights and measures of the ancient Romans, from the finds of the Royal Bourbon Museum of Naples, coming from Herculaneum and Pompeii, work of Luca De Samuele Cagnazzi (1764-1852), Italian mathematician, statesman and politician. With 1 lithographic portrait on the frontispiece of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and 1 folding chalcographic plate at the end.