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Bacci, Andrea
Speech of the alicorn [...] In which it is a question of the nature of the alicorn, & of its many virtues: reuisto by its author with addition of experiences, & of many notable things against poisons, 1582
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Florence, Giorgio Marescotti, 1582. In the 8th. Typographic mark on the title page and illustrated initials in woodcut, some glosses of ancient hand on the margins, first issue detached, second partially detached, blooms, light browning, small ink stain on the outer margin of F3 and F4, some slight water gore at the margin lower white, coeval parchment binding, paper gusset back, slight defects, handwritten notations on the back plate. Signature of belonging to the title page and to the guard card.
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Curious discussion on the powers of unicorns, in its second edition, by the physicist, botanist, doctor and wine expert, the Marches Andrea Bacci (1524-1600). The author writes a treatise in open controversy with the absolutely skeptical dissertation by Andrea Marini ( Speech against the false opinion of Alicorn, 1566) and takes his cue from a unicorn cup given to Cosimo I The work is divided into three parts: the first demonstrates the existence of the legendary animal; in the second he explains the characteristics of the unicorn; in the third he focuses on the virtues of the horn and its possible uses. & nbsp;