De la generatione de le cose, che sotto la terra sono, e de le cause de’ loro effeti e nature

Name: De la generatione de le cose, che sotto la terra sono, e de le cause de’ loro effeti e nature
Author: Giorgio Agricola

by Giorgio Agricola

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First edition

8vo 14.9 x 9.7 cm , 28 ff. the last blank , 467 ff., 1 f., with woodcut printer’s devices, 1 full-page woodcut on verso of f. 142 trimmed to the outer margin, and woodcut initials. Bound in 17th-century full morocco elaborately stamped in gold, all edges gilt. Spine and extremities restored. Some minor marginal waterstaining and spotting towards rear of volume, otherwise very good and internally fresh. Rare first Italian edition and first edition

Binding: Leather

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