Saturday, January 25, 2003

I have just published the following book:

Un secolo di evoluzionismo in Italia: bibliografia 1859 - 1959. Con l'elenco
completo delle opere di Charles Darwin pubblicate in Italia
Presentation of Prof. Pietro Omodeo (Department of Biologia Evolutiva, University
of Siena)
Partner-Ship, Prato, Italy. 2003. 8°, 320 pages, dust jacket. Bibliotheca
series, illustrated with 165 colour & b/w pictures, one diagram.
ISBN 88-88576-02-09
You can find more information at the web site Presentazione
I manage also an offline electronic version of the bibliographical data
that cover the period 1801-today (with more than 6500 records).

Short description of the book.
It contains over 3000 bibliographic citations arranged in alphabetic order
by author.
The bibliography is made in three parts: the first section reports the bibliographical
citations of books obtained consulting a large number of reference books/Internet
catalogs covering over a period of 150 years of italian history. The second
section analizes each Darwin’s book translated in italian until the most
recent. Every book is described completely not leaving out editorial notes.
The section is completed with a selected bibliography of the most important
articles or books chapters concerning the developments of Darwinism/Evolutionism
in Italy (more than 400 titles).
Going through the list of the books you will discover rare and unknown works
of which no-one knew the existence. Synoptical tables show a global view
of the development of all of Darwin’s works.
We believe the publication could be a precious tool for scholars, researchers,
collectors but also curious readers.
At the end of the book you will find an extensive bibliography on the material
I consulted to realize the book.
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