May 29 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2706 -

Sale 2706 - Lot 278

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(BIRDS.) Ulisse Aldrovandi. Two seventeenth-century woodcut-illustrated ornithological volumes.
Request Condition Report Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

- Ornithologiae Tomus Alter (including books 13-18). [5], 862, [57] pages, profusion of woodcut illustrations throughout. Folio, 13½x9½ inches, contemporary vellum, worn and stained but sound; a few leaves dampstained, ink stamps to title-page verso. Bologna: Nicolas Tebald, 1640.

- Ornithologiae hoc est de Avibus Historiae, Liber XII (including books 1-12). Engraved additional title, [16], 893, [56] pages, profusion of woodcut illustrations throughout. Folio, 14x9 inches, eighteenth-century calf-backed boards, moderate wear and repairs; contents with scattered damages and touches of edge dampstain. Bologna: Typographia Manolessi,1681.

Also in This Catalogue