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LICETI, FORTUNIO. De monstris . . . editio novissima. Edited by Gerard Blasius. 3 engraved plates; 70 half-page illustrations. [18], 316, [26] pages, including engraved additional title. 4to, 194x154 mm, contemporary vellum boards, soiled, missing surface portions from top of backstrip; dampstaining through most of volume, old gift inscription on front endleaf. Amsterdam: Andreas Frisius, 1665
first blasius edition, with an appendix containing contemporary accounts of monstrosities. "One of the earliest classifications of deformities, Liceti's work was still under review in works on malformation in the 19th century. Includes both real and imaginary cases"--Garrison-Morton 534.52 (1616 original edition).
