Sopra gli scavi fatti nelle antichissime capanne di pietra del Monte Loffa a Sant'Anna del Faedo.

8vo (232x135 mm). 40 pp., III engraved folding plates at the end of the volume. Contemporary wrappers (binding marginally and slightly foxed, spine slightly worn). Occasionally browned and with the first flyleaf detached from the book block, but a good and genuine copy. The essay is an editorial excerpt from the volume LXII, series III, of the Academy of Agriculture, Arts, and Commerce of Verona.

First and only edition of this interesting and rare paleontological study on the stone settlements on Monte Faedo in Verona. The excavations conducted by Stefano De Stefani in 1885 on the ancient stone huts of Monte Loffa in Sant'Anna del Faedo revealed an important prehistoric settlement, dating primarily to the Bronze and Iron Ages. This pioneering research led to the discovery of dwellings and stone, bronze and ceramic artefacts, making a significant contribution to Veronese palaeontology and to our understanding of protohistoric dwellings in use in that area between the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age.

Stefano De Stefani was first and foremost a chemist and botanist. It was only in his later years that he turned to the study of paleontology, a field in which he gained renown in scientific circles throughout Italy. He earned his degree in pharmaceutical chemistry in 1841 from the University of Padua. In 1856, he joined the large group of Veronese naturalists with whom he founded the Ibis Society, which aimed to popularize science among the lower classes of Verona's population. The topics addressed and published ranged from geology and paleontology to chemistry and medicine, from literature to painting, from poetry to tea cultivation. Stefano De Stefani was also a pioneer in prehistoric studies in the Verona area and a leading figure in the earliest research on Lake Garda and the Lessinia region, which he investigated systematically, identifying and documenting hundreds of previously unknown lithic sites. His archaeological investigations are also closely linked to the history and activities of the early years of the Verona Civic Museum.

Italian Union Catalogue, LO1\0809379.

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