BINDING:
Calfskin over pasteboards.Sewn onto bands. Flatbacked. Headband and tailband present. Five ribs on spine; six compartments. In compartment two is a brown leather label with ALDROVAND │ SERPENTUM │ ET │ DRACONŪ (note the missing I on Aldrovandi) stamped on with gold.
CONDITION:
Binding -- light damage to leather near spine.
Pages -- little to no damage.
Generally good condition.
DEDICATIONS:
To Francesco Peretti (a2v)
To the Reader (a3v)
Statement of Privilege (a3r)
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Engraved title page, decorated initials (woodcut), printer's devices and ornaments (woodcuts), woodcut images of snakes and dragons.
MARGINALIA:
Printed Marginalia: Moderate reference notes.
Handwritten Notes: Autograph on title page (illegible).
RELATED:
This copy is the 1640 reprinting of the 1639 edition.
TITLE PAGE:
[Within an engraved compartment depicting an archway: at the head two puti flank a heraldic shield with a rampant lion, at the sides are two dragons with DOMINIVM written under the left and VIGILANTIA written under the right, at the foot is another dragon flanked by two serpents; signed Io. Bapt. Coeiolanus F.; 338 x 220 mm. platemark 340 x 224 mm. enclosing 125 x 91cmm.] VLISSIS ALDROVANDI │ PATRICII BONONIENSIS │ SERPENTVM, ET DRACONṼ HISTORIÆ │ LIBRI DVO │ BARTHOLOMÆVS AMBROSINVS │ In Patrio Bonon Gymnasio ʃimpʃicium med. │ Proƒesʃʃor ordinarius, │ Horti publici, nec non Musęi Illmi Senatus Bonon │ Pręƒectus │ Summo labore opus │ concinnauit │ AD ILLVSTRISSIMVM REVERENDISSIMVM, │ ET EXCELLENTISSIMṼ VIRVM │ D. FRANCISCṼ PERETTVM │ ABBATEM │ VENARFRI PRINCIPEM NOMENTI MARCHIONĒ, │ ET CELANI COMITEM MERITISSIMVM │ Cum Indice memorabilium, nec non uariarū linguarū locupletiʃʃimo. │ [below compartment] Sumptibus M. Antonij bernię Bibliopolę Bononiensis. │ [below comparmtnet] BONONIÆ, apud Clemeritem Ferronium MDCXXXX. Superiorū permiʃʃu.
TABLES/INDEXES:
Index (2O1v)
TYPE:
Roman, italics.
FORMAT:
2°: †4 A – 3P6 3Q8 3R6 3S8, 2A- 2O6(-2O6) [$3 signed (+3Q4, +3S4; -†1, -†2; †3 signed '†2', 2A1, 3L2 signed ‘3L1’, 2H3 signed as "2H1")]. 475 leaves, pp. [8], 1-748 749-776, 1-2 3-24 25 26-56 57 58-74 75 76-134 135 136-159 160 [=936],[6](misprinted 135 as '139').Boards measure: 36 x 23.5 cm. Leaves measure: 34.5 x 23 cm.
TITLE PAGE:
[within an engrave compartment depicting an archway with a portrait of Ferdinand II; 330 x 220 mm.; signed Io: Bapt. aCoriolanus F. Bonon.; plate mark 334 x 224 mm.] VLYSSIS ALDROVANDI │ PATRICII BONONIENSIS │ MONSTRORVM HISTORIA. │ CVM PARALIPOMENIS HISTORIÆ │ OMNIVM ANIMALIVM. │ BARTHOLOMÆVS AMBROSINVS │ in patrio Bonon. Archigymnasio Simpl. Med. │ Profeſſor Ordinarius, Muſęi Illustriss. Senatus │ Bonon., et Horti publici Pręfectus Labore, et │ Studio uolumen compoſuit. │ MARCVS ANTONIVS BERNIA │ in lucem edidit Proprijs ſumptibus │ AD SERENISS. ET INVICTVM │ FERDINANDVM II │ MAGNVM HETRVRIÆ DVCEM. │ cum Indice copioſiſſimo│ [within a slot] BONONIÆ Typis Nicolai Tebaldini MDCXLII. │ Superiorum permiſſu.