Ad venandam veritatem. Nuove ricerche sulle scienze della Terra nel «Giornale de’ Letterati d’Italia»

This paper resumes and extends a previous study published in 2012 on the role played by the Earth sciences in the «Giornale de’ Letterati d’Italia», and on the many different cultural, social, philosophical, academic, political, religious, and scientific factors which influenced the editorial policies of this journal, whose pages focused more on certain topics – and authors – rather than others. By examining a few, selected case studies, an analysis is provided of the troubled process linking scientific research and publications in early modern Italy, and of the intricate background underlying the development of the newborn Earth sciences during the first decades of the XVIII century.