Reale Istituto d'Incoraggiamento di Napoli

According to Di Battista (2000), p.263, the Institute was founded in 1806 as the Regal Società d'Incoraggiamento alle Scienze Naturali, but it was also known contemporaneously as the Società d'Incoraggiamento per le Scienze e le Arti Utile. Di Battista (2000), p.263 notes that the Society was formed to meet two substantially different requirements: on the one hand to take up the inheritance of the then extinct eighteenth century Reale Accademia delle Scienze e Belle-Lettere di Napoli (1780-1788), and on the other hand to direct theoretical studies to socially useful applications that were encouraged by the state.

Di Battista (2000), p.263 also indicates that as a consequence of the founding in 1808, May [by King Giuseppe Napoleone Bonaparte, i.e. Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte (1768 –1844)] of the Società Reale (di Napoli) [see Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere e Arti in Napoli ] it became necessary to change the name of the Society presently being considered to Istituto Regale d'Incoraggiamento. The change was by Royal decree of 1808, July 7. Di Battista (2000), p.263 points out that the fuller name was, in fact, Real Istituto d'Incoraggiamento alle Scienze Naturali di Napoli.

It seems likely that the Istituto no longer exists. A holdings record in the Cat. Ital. Per. ACNP for the Atti of the Istituto gives the holdings as 1888 - 1937. (We have seen other holdings records for this journal that give the end date as 1931.) We have found no evidence of the existence of the Istituto past 1937.

This location is supported by the name of the Institute.

Di Battista (2000), p.263 gives the start date of the first name, and indicates that the other form was also used.

Di Battista (2000), p.263 gives 1808, July 7 as the start date for the next name.

Di Battista (2000), p.263 gives the start date for this name.

Its publications establish this name from 1811 until at least 1840.

Its publications establish that this name was not in effect until 1840 at the earliest, and may not have been in effect until later.

Its publications establish that this name lasted until 1864.

Its publications.

Its publications.

Its publications.

Its publications.

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According to a record in the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB), for 1.1811 - 6.1840 the title was Atti del Real Istituto d'Incoraggiamento alle Scienze Naturali di Napoli.

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The record in the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB) gives the holdings as: 4.Ser. 1.1888 - 11.1898; 5.Ser. 1.1899 - 5.1904; 6.Ser. 1904 - 1928/31.

The holdings record in the Cat. Ital. Per. ACNP gives the holdings as 1888 - 1937.

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