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Parma, Fratelli Gozzi, 1797. In 8°. With 3 copper engraved plates at the end of the volume, rare and slight foxing, half leather binding and marbled paper, lacks and defects on the spine. Stamp on the title page, paper ex-libris on the verso of the Florentine surgeon Umberto Calamida (1871-1940).
First edition of this interesting treatise on communication through hand gestures and finger positions compiled by the famous Spanish Jesuit Vicente Requeno y Vivès (Calatorao, Zaragoza, 1743 - Tivoli, 1811). The text is divided into two parts: the first describes the use of hands to communicate numbers, especially in antiquity, while the second part focuses on the use of hands in the theatrical world. A brilliant and versatile figure, Requeno y Vivès spends his life between Spain and Italy dedicating himself to archeology (he was a disciple of Winckelmann), numismatics, philosophy and chironomy, he was also an eccentric inventor.< div>
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