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Journal of the History of Collections Advance Access originally published online on September 27, 2007
Journal of the History of Collections 2007 19(2):225-237; doi:10.1093/jhc/fhm024
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

The figure of the naturalist–antiquary in the Kingdom of Naples

Giuseppe Giovene (1753–1837) and his contemporaries

Maria Toscano


  Abstract

Genuine products of Enlightenment encyclopaedic culture, the naturalist–antiquaries followed Bacon and Buffon in applying the scientific inductive method with its reliance on material evidence to the study of history. This gave rise both to original research and to the formation of collections combining naturalist and antiquarian studies. This approach was particularly prevalent in Britain and in Italy in the Veneto and the Kingdom of Naples, thanks to exchanges between scholars. Giuseppe Giovene's collection and library are highly representative of this intellectual activity in southern Italy, with its vital local roots and awareness of contemporary developments abroad.

Address for correspondence Maria Toscano, Via Roma 62, 80048, Sant’Anastasia, Naples, Italy. maria_toscano{at}libero.it

Translated by Mark Weir


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