Vlyssis Aldrovandi philosophi, et medici Bononiensis De reliquis animalibus exanguibus libri quatuor
By: post-mortem ejus editi ; nempe de mollibus, crustaceis, testaceis, et zoophytis
Contributors: Ferroni, Giovanni Battista, 1628?-1678?, printer; Bernia, Marco Antonio, active 1638-1661, publisher; Aldrovandi, Francesca Fontana; Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner; Roper, Clyde F. E., 1937- donor
Published: 1642
Language: lat
Number of pages: 593
Subjects: Zoology; Early works to 1800; Mollusks; Invertebrates; Pre-Linnean works; Crustacea
Other titles: Ulyssis Aldrovandi philosophi, et medici Bononiensis De reliquis animalibus exanguibus libri quatuor; De reliquis animalibus exanguibus libri quatuor
Notes: Engraved title page; title within architectural border.

Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials; side-notes.

On title page, statement "Sumptibus Marci Antonii Berniae" precedes place of publication.

Dedication signed: Francisca Aldrouanda.

Colophon: Bononiae : Apud Ioannem Baptistam Ferronium MDCXXXXII [1642]. Sumptibus Marci Antonij Berniae.

Printer's device part of colophon; register above printer's device.

Signatures: pi⁴ A-3F⁶ (pi4 blank).

Page numbers 421-422 are repeated; page 492 misnumbered as 294.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, 68

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SCNHRB copy (39088006358949) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry. Stamped on front paste-down: S. Stillman Berry ... Redlands, California [in manuscript] 2. VII. 1957.

SCNHRB copy in modern binding of taupe goatskin and black cloth, title in gilt within black leather spine label, red sprinkled edges.