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Padova, per Paolo Frambotto, 1656, quarto (cm. 30 x 20), contemporary full leather binding with golden heraldic book-stamp at the covers, five-ribs spine with leather label and golden lettering, golden crowned 'M' in the sections of the spine, pp. (20)-306-(12), with number of woodcut initial letters, head- and end-pieces; pretty copper frontispiece and number of copper engravings and woodcuts in the text, representing the natural marvels (shells, minerals, embalmed animals, plants and so forth) and artifacts (antiques) held in Moscardo's famous Wunderkammer. Original edition. Scuffed and scratched binding (yet very solid); widespread but light water-stains inside. Generally, a very good copy. =========== Padova, per Paolo Frambotto, 1656, 4° grande, legatura coeva in piena pelle con cornice e superlibros dorati ai piatti, dorso a cinque nervi, con iniziali coronate in oro ai compartimenti e titoli sempre in oro su tassello in pelle rossa, pp. (20)-306-(13), bella antiporta incisa in rame… Read More

Padua: Per Paolo Frambotto. Con Licenza de'Superiori, 1656. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. An excellent, crisp copy bound in 17th c. speckled calf, spine richly tooled in gold, with very discreet repairs to the end-caps and only light wear. A crisp copy with minor blemishes: Small stain to upper corner of first two lvs., a smaller one to upper margin of lvs. A1-3, leaf V3 with printer's fingerprints in margin, sm. stain at head of 1st index leaf, a few marginal paper flaws, edges sprinkled red and green. 1. Bookplate of the statesman, bibliophile, and collector Nicolas-Joseph Foucault (1643-1721), first Marquis de Magny, who commissioned archaeological excavations at the Ancient Baths of Alauna in Valognes. 2. Bookplate of the Earls of Macclesfield. The Museo Moscardo: A fine copy of this catalogue of the celebrated collection of natural history specimens, archaeological remains, and ethnographic objects, assembled by the Veronese Count Lodovico Moscardo. Moscardo's museum catalogue, like those… Read More