Dellhistoria Natvrale Di Ferrante Imperato Napoletano Libri Xxviii Nella Qvale Ordinatamente

by Ferrante Imperato Ca 1550 Ca 1625

$45,000 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

First edition

FIRST EDITION. Bound in 19th c. mottled parchment minor wear to extremities and head and tail of spine with gilt spine label. A fine copy, illustrated with 126 woodcuts, with some light intermittent spotting, and instances of foxing and light browning in nine gatherings. Complete with the double-page woodcut view of Imperato’s private cabinet of curiosities in his apothecary shop, printed on heavier paper.

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