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Florence, Piero Matini at the sign of the Golden Lion, 1691. In 4 °. Eye, emblem of the Accademia della Crusca on the frontispiece printed in red and black, initials and woodcut friezes, on paper F4 begins Annotations by Francesco Redi from Arezzo Academic of Crusca on the dithyramb with addition. Tied up with Bonomo, Giovanni Cosimo Observations around 'furs of the human body, Florence, Piero Matini at the sign of the Golden Lion, 1687 . With 1 chalcographic illustration engraved by Francesco Nacci, double-faced eagle with crown engraved in wood on the title page, head and incipit woodcut initial. Linked with Sangallo, Pietro Paolo da, Experiences around to the generation of the Mosquitoes , Florence, VIncenzo Vanagelisti, 1679. With 1 folded plate, woodcut frieze on the title page. Linked with Redi, Francesco , Letter around the invention of eyewear Florence, Piero Matini under the banner of the Golden Lion, 1690. Emblem of the Accademia della Crusca on the title page, example with slight marginal blooms and light bluing of the cards, marbled guard cards, contemporary binding in calfskin with title of the first work embossed in gold within a 5-pin spine, some scratches, abrasions on the b order, flaws to the zipper. Paper bookplate on the counterplate.
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The sample contains another interesting work by Redi concerning the history of glasses, published for the first time in Florence in 1678.