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              <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;PROVENANCE:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Spine has the initials D.V.C stamped on and the number 296 written beneath the initials. On inner pastedown: bookplate with the inscription: Ex-libris Charles Atwood Kofiod. Mr. Kofoid (1865-1947) was a zoologist based in America. Over his bookplate is one from the CRRS. A library call number that reads D4 Ge.1 495 is written in the top left corner. On title page: stamped twice with an image showing a cross in an oval frame with the initials SPBCN. Stamp is possibly form an ecclesiastical library in Naples. CRRS call number QL 41 G4 1585 Large CRRS Rare V.2-3 written in top left corner of *1r. T&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;here is another SPBCN stamp on the title page of Vol 3.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Victoria University CRRS library stamp on last leaf on third volume.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;RELATED:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Original printed in 1555. Vol 3 has been bound with Vol 2.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;TITLE PAGE:&lt;br /&gt;Vol.2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;CONR. GESNERI │ TIGVRINI, MEDICIN&amp;AElig; │ ET PHILOSOPHIAE PROFESSORIS │ in Schola Tigurina, Hiſtori&amp;aelig; Animalium Liber II. │ quieſt de Quadrupedibus Ouiparis. │ &lt;em&gt;NVNC&lt;/em&gt; [swash on &lt;em&gt;N&lt;/em&gt;] &lt;em&gt;DENVO&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;RECOGNITVS&lt;/em&gt; [swash on &lt;em&gt;R&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt;] &lt;em&gt;ACPLVRIBVS&lt;/em&gt; [swash on &lt;em&gt;P&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;B&lt;/em&gt;] &lt;em&gt;IN&lt;/em&gt; │ &lt;em&gt;locis ab ip&amp;int;o&amp;nbsp;authore&amp;nbsp;ante&amp;nbsp;obitum&amp;nbsp;emendatus&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;auctus&lt;/em&gt;,&amp;nbsp;atque&amp;nbsp;aliquot&amp;nbsp;nouis&amp;nbsp;Ɨconibus [swash on &lt;em&gt;Ɨ&lt;/em&gt;]│ &lt;em&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;de&amp;int;criptionibus locupletatus, acdenique&lt;/em&gt; [tail on &lt;em&gt;e&lt;/em&gt;] &lt;em&gt;breuibus in margine&lt;/em&gt; [tail on &lt;em&gt;e&lt;/em&gt;] │ &lt;em&gt;Annotationibus illuſtratus.&lt;/em&gt; │ ADIECTI SVNT INDICES ALPHABETICI VNDECIM │ ⌠uper nominibus Ouiparorum quadrupedum in totidem linguis diuer⌠is: &amp;amp; ante │ illos Enumeratio eo ordine quo in hoc volumine continentur. │ [woodcut of a lizard, 65 x 130 mm.] │ FRANCOFVRDI │ Ex officina Typographica Ioannis Wecheli, │ &lt;em&gt;Ɨmpenſis&lt;/em&gt; [swash on &lt;em&gt;Ɨ&lt;/em&gt;] &lt;em&gt;Roberti&lt;/em&gt; [sash on &lt;em&gt;R&lt;/em&gt;] &lt;em&gt;Cambieri.&lt;/em&gt; │ M D L X X X V I. │ Cum gratia &amp;amp; priuilegio S. C&amp;aelig;ſare&amp;aelig; Maieſtatis ad decennium.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vol.3&lt;br /&gt;CONR. GESNER&amp;lt;I&amp;gt; │ TIGVRINI, MEDICIN&amp;AElig; │ ET PHILOSOPHIAE PROFESSORIS │ in Schola Tigurina, Hiſtori&amp;aelig; Animalium Liber III. │ qui eſt de Auium natu&amp;lt;ra&amp;gt;. │ &lt;em&gt;NUNC&lt;/em&gt; [swash on &lt;em&gt;N&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;U&lt;/em&gt;] &lt;em&gt;DENVO&lt;/em&gt; [swash on &lt;em&gt;D&lt;/em&gt;] &lt;em&gt;RECOGNITVS&lt;/em&gt; [swash on &lt;em&gt;R&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt;] &lt;em&gt;AC&lt;/em&gt; [swash on &lt;em&gt;A&lt;/em&gt;] &lt;em&gt;PLVRIBUS&lt;/em&gt; [swash on &lt;em&gt;P&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;U&lt;/em&gt;] &amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;ƗN&lt;/em&gt; [swash on &lt;em&gt;Ɨ&lt;/em&gt;] │ &lt;em&gt;locis emendatus, multi&amp;int;que nouis Ɨconibus&lt;/em&gt; [swash on &lt;em&gt;Ɨ&lt;/em&gt;] &lt;em&gt;&amp;amp; deſcriptionibus locupletatus, ac&lt;/em&gt; │ &lt;em&gt;denique breuibus in margine annotationibus illuſtratus, ſicut plenius&lt;/em&gt; │ &lt;em&gt;decima pagina indicabit.&lt;/em&gt; │ ADIECTI SVNT AD CALCEM LIBRI INDICES ALPHA-│betici decem ⌠uper nominibus Auium in totidem linguis diuerſis: &amp;amp; ante illos Enumeratio │ Auium eo ordine quo in hoc volumine continentur. │ [woodcut of a bird with bells on its legs standing on a log, 110 x 125 mm.] FRANCOFVRDI │ Ex officina Typographica Ioannis Wecheli, │ &lt;em&gt;Ɨmpenſis&lt;/em&gt; [swash on &lt;em&gt;Ɨ&lt;/em&gt;] &lt;em&gt;Roberti&lt;/em&gt; [swash on &lt;em&gt;R&lt;/em&gt;] &lt;em&gt;Cambieri.&lt;/em&gt; │ M D L X X X V. │ Cum gratia &amp;amp; priuilegio S. C&amp;aelig;ſare&amp;aelig; Maieſtatis ad decennium.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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