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AGRICOLA, Georgius (1494-1555). De la generatione de le cose, che sotto la terra sono, e de le cause de' loro effetti e nature. Venice: Michele Tramezzino, 1550.
8° (150 x 100mm). Printer's large woodcut device on title and final leaf, full-page woodcut diagram, large historiated initials. (Title lightly soiled with minor tear to fore-edge, occasional light soiling, diagram closely shaved.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on fore-edge (front hinge split, lacking ties, lightly soiled and rubbed). Provenance: Bonifacio Vannozzi (1540-1621, author; ownership inscriptions and annotations) — Il Polifilo Milano (bookseller’s ticket).
FIRST ITALIAN EDITION. The final leaf (3N4) of the present copy has Tramezzino's device printed on the recto, but the final leaf of the Adams copy is described as blank. Adams-339.
8° (150 x 100mm). Printer's large woodcut device on title and final leaf, full-page woodcut diagram, large historiated initials. (Title lightly soiled with minor tear to fore-edge, occasional light soiling, diagram closely shaved.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on fore-edge (front hinge split, lacking ties, lightly soiled and rubbed). Provenance: Bonifacio Vannozzi (1540-1621, author; ownership inscriptions and annotations) — Il Polifilo Milano (bookseller’s ticket).
FIRST ITALIAN EDITION. The final leaf (3N4) of the present copy has Tramezzino's device printed on the recto, but the final leaf of the Adams copy is described as blank. Adams-339.
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