Author: Aldrovandi, Ulisse
Title: Quadrupedum omnium bisulcorum historia
Description: Apud Io. Baptistae Ferronii 1642 [6], 1040, [8 (of 12)], engraved title, 89 woodcuts, some full page. . HB. Folio (360x240mm), cont. calf boards, rebacked, raised bands to spine, new endpapers (with small window cut to show contemporary inscription on original endpaper beneath), corners restored, some scuffing. Recent tissue guards inserted between a few leaves at beginning and end; some old, mostly light, dampstaining (including to first 50 pages and margins towards end). Lacks two leaves from the indexes, a2 and a5.. Second edition. Colophon dated 1641. This volume, first published in 1621, includes cloven-hoofed quadrupeds, including, cattle, deer, pigs, antelopes, gazelles, goats, sheep, etc., and also with fine woodcuts of camels, a giraffe and a rhinoceros (the latter based on Dürer's famous woodcut of 1515).Nissen ZBI 76..

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