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Lot 80

ALDROVANDI (ULISSE)
De piscibus libri V et de cetis lib. Unus, Bologna, Nicolò Tebaldini, 1638 [colophon: M.A. Bernia, 1661]

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
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ALDROVANDI (ULISSE)

De piscibus libri V et de cetis lib. Unus, engraved title with allegorical border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, woodcut illustrations throughout (c.142 full-page), woodcut printer's device on final leaf, occasional spotting and a few small dampstains at edges, small repair to title (a few letters filled in), untrimmed in old vellum, a few narrow worm-trails to upper cover [; Nissen ZBI 70; Westwood & Satchell, p.3], folio (380 x 260mm.), Bologna, Nicolò Tebaldini, 1638 [colophon: M.A. Bernia, 1661]

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A tall, untrimmed copy of the last edition of Aldrovandi's monograph on fish and cetaceans, with numerous fine woodcuts. The origin of the work dates back to the 1540s, when Aldrovandi went to Rome to counter a charge of heresy. There he met Guillaume Rondelet and accompanied the French physician to the fish markets, an experience which prompted him to study Paolo Giovio's treatise on the subject.

Provenance: Giorgio Tabarroni (1921-2001, history of science scholar and philatelist), bookplate.

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