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CESALPINO, Andrea (1519-1603). De metallicis libri tres. Rome: Alvise Zanetti, 1596.
4o (215 x 151 mm). Engraved arms of Pope Clement VIII in title. (Some browning to final gatherings, some pale mostly marginal foxing.) Contemporary limp vellum (two sections repaired with vellum). Provenance: Naples, Capuchins of the Conception (inscription "Libraria della Concettne" on title, notation on front endpaper in the same hand, ink stamp on title); ?BAC (monogram with coronet, inkstamp on title-page; ?L.C.D.N. (embossed stamp on title-page).
FIRST EDITION of this work on minerals and metals, a continuation of Mercati's catalogue of the Vatican Metallotheca, but focussed mainly on the papal collection of gems and marbles. Adams C-19; Hoover 212; Partington II, pp. 89-92; Norman 433.
4o (215 x 151 mm). Engraved arms of Pope Clement VIII in title. (Some browning to final gatherings, some pale mostly marginal foxing.) Contemporary limp vellum (two sections repaired with vellum). Provenance: Naples, Capuchins of the Conception (inscription "Libraria della Concettne" on title, notation on front endpaper in the same hand, ink stamp on title); ?BAC (monogram with coronet, inkstamp on title-page; ?L.C.D.N. (embossed stamp on title-page).
FIRST EDITION of this work on minerals and metals, a continuation of Mercati's catalogue of the Vatican Metallotheca, but focussed mainly on the papal collection of gems and marbles. Adams C-19; Hoover 212; Partington II, pp. 89-92; Norman 433.