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Vlyssis Aldrovandi patricii Bononiensis De quadrupedibus solidipedibus volumen integrum

Aldrovandi, Ulisse, 1522-1605?, author, Uterverius, Joannes Cornelius, Bernia, Marco Antonio, active 1638-1661, editor, Tebaldini, Nicolò, active 1602-1649, printer, Coriolano, Giovanni Battista, -1649, engraver · 1639 · 7 pictures

A 1639 natural history treatise on hoofed quadrupeds by Ulisse Aldrovandi, a Bolognese naturalist, printed in Bologna for scholars and naturalists. Its pictures are small woodcut decorations: a grotesque bracket ornament, a historiated initial P, a classical urn with swags, and a strip of foliage with figures, offering designers period ornament to adapt for borders and headings.

Zoology · Mammals · Natural history

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