Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco

1. ALdROVANdI, Ulisse. de piscibus libri V, et
de cetis lib. unus. Io.c.uterverius collegit. m.A.
Bernia in lucem restituit. Bononiae 1638 (but at
end: Typis Io. B. Ferroni, MDCLXI, € 8.000
folio, pp. (6), 732, (28),
bound in contemporary full
stiff vellum. Engraved titlepage
inside a very fine
illustrated border. Estimated
third edition (after 1612 and
1638) illustrated by 400
splendid woodcuts of fishes
and cetaceas. Great important
monography on fishes, including
a long chapter on whale.
“Ce qui est precieux sont les
figures. Elles se composent de
toutes celles de Gessner, de Rondelet et de Belon, et d’un
grand number de dessins nouveau”. One of the best early
monographs on fish. Nissen n.70. Ceresoli p.41. [10432]
2. ARABIc-LATIN BIBLe. evangelium Sanctum
domini nostri Jesu christi conscriptum aq quatuor
evangelistis … Rome, 1591, € 14.000
folio, pp. 462, full vellum binding. This is the first Gospel in
Arabic language, with interlinear translation in Latin.
Illustrated with 149 fine woodcuts, large one third of page
each, signed LP (Luca Pennis or Leonardo Parasole). The
Arabic text is printed
with Granjon’s famous
large font, the
catchwords are in the
small Arabic (Avicenna
Arabic). The
Latin tex was prepared
by Antonius Sionita.
The beautiful woodcuts,
of 81 different
kinds, were executed
after designs by A.
Tempesta. Graesse, II,
531. Brunet, II, 1122-
23. [3320]
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