Fortunius Licetus De Monstris. Ex recensione Gerardi Blasii, M. D. & P. P. Qui Monstra quaedam nova & rariora ex recentiorum scriptis addidit. Editio Novissima. Iconibus illustrata

by Fortunio Liceti

$12,500 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

First edition

SECOND ILLUSTRATED EDITION The third edition overall of this classic of teratology. The book is introduced by a fantastic engraved title page populated by monsters. The text is illustrated with 73 half and quarter-page engravings of monsters –deformed humans and animals, as well as fantastic, monstrous hybrids of the both. This is the first edition to include Gerard Blasius’ Appendix of new and rare monstrosities”. This new

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