Historia naturale di Ferrante Imperato napolitano : nella quale ordinatamente si tratta della diuersa condition di minere, pietre pretiose, & altre curiosità : con varie historie di piante, & animali, sin'hora non date in luce.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Italian |
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Venetia :
Presso Combi & La Noù,
MDCLXXII [1672]
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| Edition: | In questa seconda impressione aggiontoui da Gio. Maria Ferro spetiale alla sanità, alcune annotationi alle piante nel libro vigesimo ottavo ... |
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| Item Description: | Original edition published: Dell'historia naturale di Ferrante Imperato ... libri XXVIII ... Napoli : C. Vitale, 1599. "Dedicata all' Altezza Serma. di Giovan Federico duca di Brunsvvick, et Lunenburg" Signatures: [cross]⁴ A-3M⁶, a⁴ ; 356 leaves. Leaves 3A2-6 are signed 2A2-6; 3C1 is signed 3T1; 3H3 is signed 3G3; 3K2-3 are signed 2L2 and 3L3, respectively. Title page printed in red and black; initials; head- and tail-pieces. Illustrations: Large engraving with legend "Ritratto del museo di Ferrante Imperato" (reproduced in Baroque book illustration / by Philip Hofer. Cambridge [Mass.], 1951, number 76); engraved title page vignette; approximately 125 woodcuts, copies of those in the original edition, depicting minerals and rocks, marine organisms, plants, snakes and insects. Errata on final page. Includes index. |
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| Physical Description: | 8 unnumbered pages, 696 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 34 cm (folio) |
| Place of Publication: | Italy -- Venice. |