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SCHOTT, Gaspar (1608-1666). Physica curiosa. Würzburg: sumptibus Johannis Andrae Endteri et Wolfgangi, 1662.
2 parts in one volume, 4° (206 x 164mm). Engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, half-title, 56 engraved plates of which 3 folding. (Some light spotting and browning, occasional faint dampstaining). Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin, original clasps (lightly rubbed at extremities, pastedowns detached from boards). Provenance: ‘Bibliotheca Ducumburgensis’ (17th century inscription on title).
An encyclopaedia of the natural sciences, this voluminous works collects and illustrates numerous human and animal curiosities, including depictions of conjoined and deformed humans and anthropomorphic monsters. Caillet III, 10004: Nissen ZBI 3746.
2 parts in one volume, 4° (206 x 164mm). Engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, half-title, 56 engraved plates of which 3 folding. (Some light spotting and browning, occasional faint dampstaining). Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin, original clasps (lightly rubbed at extremities, pastedowns detached from boards). Provenance: ‘Bibliotheca Ducumburgensis’ (17th century inscription on title).
An encyclopaedia of the natural sciences, this voluminous works collects and illustrates numerous human and animal curiosities, including depictions of conjoined and deformed humans and anthropomorphic monsters. Caillet III, 10004: Nissen ZBI 3746.
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