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Concologia - Buonanni, Filippo

Recreation of the eye and mind in the observation of snails, 1681

Estimate

€ 300 - 600

Sold

€ 968

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

[Rome, Varese, 1681]. In 4th. 1 vol. [of 2] (only the part containing the tables). Frontispiece, illustrated page, 109 plates divided into 3 classes, including 3 engraved titles, 16 pages of indexes, handwritten note in the margin of a plate, some rare redness and blooming, small lack on the white margin of one paper, exemplary without binding.

Specialist Notes

First edition of this splendid baroque book: the first treatise dedicated entirely to the study of shells and molluscs. For sale only the part containing the elegant plates describing a total of 439 shells.

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