Oct 14, 2021 - Sale 2582

Sale 2582 - Lot 96

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
Rodotà, Pietro Pompilio (1707-1770)
De' Giuochi d'Industria, di Sorte, e Misti di Quello in Particolare, che si Denomina Lotto di Genova.

Rome: Nella Stamperia di Giovanni Zempel, 1769.

First edition, quarto, title page printed in red and black, [together with] a lottery ticket from 1770 inserted; bound in later half parchment and printed paper-covered boards, 9 1/2 x 7 in.; the ticket 4 x 2 3/4 in.

In the text, Rodotà writes about whether it is helpful or perhaps dangerous to predict future lottery numbers using dreams, the Kabbalah, or astrology.

Rare at auction; Worldcat lists eight copies worldwide.