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ARISTOTLE. Historia general de aves y animales, translated by Diego de Funes y Mendoça. Valencia: Pedro Patricio Mey, 1621. Small 4° (202 x 152mm). Woodcut arms on title, woodcut initials. (M3-M6 with shorter outer margin, probably supplied from another copy, spotted, some light browning and a few leaves lightly waterstained.) Contemporary limp vellum (front cover nearly detached, lightly soiled, lacking ties). Provenance: Fernando Henao Monzaraz (inscription on title) -- Joaquin M. Abaurre, 1926 (bookplate).
FIRST SPANISH EDITION of Aristotle’s work on birds. It was translated by Diego Funes y Mendoça (c. 1560-1625) who added observations by other Greek and Latin authors. Palau 16716.
FIRST SPANISH EDITION of Aristotle’s work on birds. It was translated by Diego Funes y Mendoça (c. 1560-1625) who added observations by other Greek and Latin authors. Palau 16716.
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