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ALPINUS, Prosperus (1553-1617). Historiae Aegyptae Naturalis ... qua contintur rerum Aegyptiarum. Edited by Bartolomeo Cellari. Leyden: Gerard Potuliet, 1735.
2 volumes in 1, 4° (252 x 190mm.). Titles printed in red and black, 102 engraved plates, 9 folding, of animals and plants etc. (Some leaves slightly browned.) Contemporary mottled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, pale lettering pieces (slight wear at extremities).
FIRST EDITION of volume I; the second volume comprising De Plantis Aegyptii. Nissen BBI 20; Pritzel 113.
2 volumes in 1, 4° (252 x 190mm.). Titles printed in red and black, 102 engraved plates, 9 folding, of animals and plants etc. (Some leaves slightly browned.) Contemporary mottled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, pale lettering pieces (slight wear at extremities).
FIRST EDITION of volume I; the second volume comprising De Plantis Aegyptii. Nissen BBI 20; Pritzel 113.