Grévin, Jacques (c. 1539-1570) Deux Livres des Venins.
Antwerp: Christofle Plantin, 1568.
First edition in French, two parts in one quarto volume, second title dated 1567; illustrated with text woodcuts of poisonous animals including many varieties of snake, the so-called "pharaoh's rat" (aka Egyptian mongoose), dragons, lizards, spiders, insects, scorpions, centipedes, shrews, salamanders, moray eel, stingrays, fish, a rabid dog, mushrooms, frogs & toads, and a variety of poisonous plants; marginal water staining throughout; a leaf or two with a stress break to the printed surface that does not extend to any margin; modern half morocco with marbled paper boards; 6 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.
