REDI, FRANCESCO. Osservazioni intorno alle Vipere. Title in red and black with engraved emblem of the Accademia della Crusca. 91, [5] pages. 4to, 234x171 mm, contemporary vellum boards, warped, with spotting along left side of front cover; binding and contents bumped in upper inner corner, 2 tiny wormholes through front free endpaper, half-title, and title, but an internally crisp and clean copy with wide margins. Bookplates of Franz Pollack-Parnau and Jean A. Bonna. Florence: All'Insegna della Stella, 1664
first edition; state of title with engraved (instead of woodcut) emblem. "Redi's first work, the first methodical study of snake venom, marks the beginning of experimental toxicology"--Norman 1810. Garrison-Morton 102; Prandi 2. See also lot 272.
