Vlyssis Aldrouandi ... Monstrorum historia : cum Paralipomenis historiae omnium animalium

Title Variants

Alternative: Monstrorum historia

Alternative: Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... Monstrorum historia

By

Aldrovandi, Ulisse, 1522-1605

Tebaldini, Nicolò, active 1602-1649 , printer
Ferroni, Giovanni Battista, 1628?-1678? , printer
Bernia, Marco Antonio, active 1638-1661 , publisher
Coriolano, Giovanni Battista, 1649 , engraver
Ambrosini, Bartolommeo, 1588-1657 , Paralipomena accuratissima historiae animalium

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Bononiae [Bologna], Typis Nicolai Tebaldini, MDCXLII [1642]

Notes

Signatures: [cross]⁴ A-3P⁶ 3Q⁸ 3R⁶ 3S⁸ ²A-O⁶(O6 blank).

In 2 pts., 2nd pt. has separate t.p.: Paralipomena accuratissima historiae omniae animalium, quae in voluminibus Aldrouandi desiderantur ... Bononiae MDCLVII [1657], Typis Io. Baptistae Ferronij.

Colophon: Bononiae, Typis Io. Baptistae Ferronij 1658. Impensis Marci Antonij Berniae.

Printer's device on t.p. of 2nd pt.: Liberty with 2 books at her feet with the label "Bononia docet"; register, and printer's device at colophon: Hercules slaying the Lernaean Hydra with a club, palm tree in background, motto: "Invidia virtute superatur."

Engraved t.p. signed: Io. Bapt. Coriolanus F. Bonon.

Title of first pt. within historiated border; head- and tail-pieces; initials; side notes.

Engraved t.p. (1st pt.) signed: Io. Bapt. Coriolanus F. Bonon.

BL Italian, 17th cent., | p. 15 (variant)

Osler | 1769

Subjects

Abnormalities , Abnormalities, Human , Animals , Animals, Mythical , Early works , Early works to 1800 , Hypertrichosis , Monsters , Natural history , Pre-Linnean works

Call Number

QL991 .A43 1642

Language

Latin