Dell'historia natvrale di Ferrante Imperato napolitano libri XXVIII
Subtitle: nella qvale ordinatamente si tratta della diuersa condition di miniere e pietre : con alcune historie di piante & animali, sin'hora non date in luce
Publisher: Nella Stamparia áa Porta Reale, per Costantino Vitale
Published: 1599
Place of publication: In Napoli
Language: ita
Number of pages: 791
Subjects: Mineralogy; Pre-Linnean works; Catalogs and collections; Early works to 1800; Cabinets of curiosities; Natural history collections; Natural history; Collectors and collecting
Other titles: Dell'historia naturale di Ferrante Imperato; Dell'historia naturale libri XXVIII; Istoria naturale
Notes: "Con privilegio."

Double plate, tipped-in at center, has letterpress on recto, beginning: Ritratto del Mvseo di Ferrante Imperato ...

Woocut printer's device with motto "In dies avctior" on t.p.; woodcut initials, tail-pieces.

Numerous errors in pagination.

Signatures: ap2 sbp6 scp4 sA-3Vp6s.

Includes index.

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SCNHRB copy (39088003155009) stamped on t.p.: Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Jan[?] 20 1892 [ms. acc. no.] 142993.

SCNHRB copy half bound in vellum and marbled paper boards, title in gilt within red leather spine label, sprinkled edges.