Recreatio mentis et oculi in obseruatione animalium testaceorum curiosis naturae inspectoribus /
italico sermone primùm proposita a P. Philippo Bonanno Societatis Iesu ; nunc denuò ab eodem latinè oblata, centum additis testaceorum iconibus, circa quae varia problemata proponuntur.

Description

Main Author

Buonanni, Filippo, 1638-1725.

Related Names

Varesi, 17th cent.

Language(s)

Latin

Published

Romae : Ex typographia Varesij, 1684.

Subjects

Shells > Shells / Early works to 1800.
Mollusks > Mollusks / Early works to 1800.
Etchings > Etchings / Italy > Etchings / Italy / 17th century.

Note

Errata, M4v.
Includes index.
Signatures: [dagger]⁶([dagger]1+chi²) A-2M⁴. Chi² bears dedication to prince Giovanni Battista Pamphili. Plates at end signed: pi² a-2c⁴ 2d⁶ 2e-2l⁴.
Plate count includes 3 blank leaves, frontispiece, etched title for plate section at end and 3 titles for subsections. Six plates bound in text section. Plates depict single shells, except for the last 6 which depict shells arranged to form faces.

Physical Description

[16], 270, [10] p., [148] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. (4to)

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