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ALDROVANDI, Ulisse (1522-1605). Monstrorum historia. Cum paralipomenis historiae omnium animalium. Bartholomaeus Ambrosinus ... volumen composuit. Edited by Marco Antonio Bernia. Bologna: N. Tebaldini, 1642.
Part 1 only (of 2), 2° (345 x 232mm). Engraved title by G.B. Coriolano, 366 woodcuts, many full-page, decorative head- and tailpieces. (Engraved title cropped at bottom and torn with slight loss at inner margin, final leaf creased, the second part by Ambrosini lacking.) 17th-century calf, spine gilt, red edges (worn). Provenance: Robert More of Linley (d. 1780: bookplate).
Aldrovandi's celebrated history of monstrosity and deformity ends with the errata leaf, and is bound without the short second part by Ambrosini. BM(NH) 27; Brunet I, 156; Nissen ZBI 74.
Part 1 only (of 2), 2° (345 x 232mm). Engraved title by G.B. Coriolano, 366 woodcuts, many full-page, decorative head- and tailpieces. (Engraved title cropped at bottom and torn with slight loss at inner margin, final leaf creased, the second part by Ambrosini lacking.) 17th-century calf, spine gilt, red edges (worn). Provenance: Robert More of Linley (d. 1780: bookplate).
Aldrovandi's celebrated history of monstrosity and deformity ends with the errata leaf, and is bound without the short second part by Ambrosini. BM(NH) 27; Brunet I, 156; Nissen ZBI 74.
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