Summary
Rados Antonio Michieli Vitturi:
Osservazioni Del Conte Rados Antonio Michieli Vitturi Sopra la Lettera del Sig. Pietro Nutrizio Grisogono a lui diretta, che servono per Apologia del suo Saggio sopra la Repubblica della Dalmazia
It is a polemical work from 1779 written by the Trogir nobleman and polyhistor Radoš Anton Michieli Vitturi. The book is a defense (apology) of his earlier work on the history and social organization of Dalmatia
Michieli Vitturi, Radoš Antun (Ante), Croatian polyhistorian (Split, 24 August 1752 – ?, 1822). He was a member of the delegation for agriculture of the Republic of Venice, and in 1790 he was appointed superintendent for agriculture in Dalmatia. Founded the Agrarian Academy in Kaštel Lukšić, participated in the work of the Split Public Economic Society, wrote about legal relations between landowners and their subjects. He wrote several works on the cultivation of olives, tobacco, corn and other crops. He is considered the founder of scientific agriculture in Dalmatia. He wrote archeological-historical treatises on ancient Salona, M. de Dominis, F. Petrić, etc. His Survey on the ancient city of Salona (Saggio sopra l'antica città di Salona, 1779) is one of the earliest attempts at a monographic treatment of the history and monuments of ancient Salona.
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