Vlyssis Aldrovandi philosophi, et medici Bononiensis, De reliquis animalibus exanguibus libri quatuor
By: post mortem eius editi ; nempe' de mollibus, crustaceis, testaceis, et zoophytis
Contributors: Bellagamba, Gio. Battista (Giovanni Battista), active 1596-1613, printer; Milne-Edwards, H. (Henri), 1800-1885, former owner
Published: 1606
Language: lat
Number of pages: 595
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: Colophon: Bononiae, Apud Joannem Baptistam Bellagambam. MDCV [1605].

Dedication signed: Francisca Aldrovanda.

Engraved title page, title within architectural border; woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials; side-notes; printer's device.

Various errors in pagination with pages 409-412, 421-422 repeated.

Errata: page [26] at end.

Signatures: pi² A-3F⁶.

Register of signatures: page [28] at end.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 172

extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX

SCNHRB has two copies (copy 1 missing).

SCNHRB copy 2 (39088004456802) lacking portrait plate found in some copies.

SCNHRB copy 2 stamped on title page: H. Milne Edwards.

SCNHRB copy 2 has faint stamp on the Smithsonian Institution on 2nd leaf, with pencilled accession no. 171 484.

SCNHRB copy 2 has pencilled notations on pages 203-205.

SCNHRB copy 2 bound in modern dark brown calf, title in gilt and blind decoration on spine; stamped Horton Bindery; conservator's note tipped-in on back pastedown.