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The first edition of Filippo Paruta’s La Sicilia descritta con medaglie (Palermo, 1612) was a bibliographical rarity which was in Mazarin’s library thanks to Cardinal Francesco Barberini. This article elucidates how the second edition by Leonardo Agostini (Rome, 1649) was dedicated to Gaston d’Orléans, revealing two preparatory copies (Vatican Library, French National Library) and the role played by the same cardinal, whose antiquarian Agostini was. Barberini had known the dedicatee since his legation to Paris in 1625. Gaston d’Orléans’s interest in both numismatics and Italy is thereby illustrated. |
