"To give the future some incentive to chase the truth": Fedele Soldani - Difesa degli atti di S. Romolo Martire (1741)

Difesa degli atti di S. Romolo Martire Discepolo di S. Pietro Apostolo. Stampati nel primo Tomo dell’ Istoria di Passignano estratta da una lettera scritta ad un suo amico dal molto reverendo padre maestro D. Fedele Soldani Vallombrosano. In Firenze MDCCXLI. [1741] (240 x 180 mm) pp. 23. A-C4 . Woodcut illustrations on p. 19. Text in Italian with Latin quotations. Typeset on paper, dated on final page (Firenze S. Trinita 25. Giugno 1741). Rebound in heavy cardboard with front and back fly leaf added. Provenance stamp of P. Popa with motto: “De his non gustabit asnus.” Overall VERY GOOD condition.  The Vallombrosan monk, Fedele Soldani (1696-1765), is perhaps best known for his Historia monasterii S. Michaelis de Passiniano (The History of the Monastery of Saint Michael of Passiniano), a 16th century Umbrian establishment where Galileo Galilei was taught mathematics as an aspiring novice and which served as one of the many power-play-points during the restructure of Tuscany as the Med