RONDELET GUILLAUME Libri de Piscibus Marinis in Quibus Verae

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RONDELET, GUILLAUME. Libri de Piscibus Marinis, in Quibus Verae Piscium Effigies Expressae Sunt. / Universae Aquatilium Historiae Pars Altera, Cum Veris Ipsorum Imaginibus. 2 woodcut portraits of the author, several hundred woodcut illustrations throughout the text, [16], 583, [25]; [12], 242, [10] pages. 2 volumes in one. Folio, 13 1/2x8 1/2 inches, attractive modern paneled calf; title-page a bit worn and soiled, short tidemarks confined to margins, early ink marginalia, illustration to page 238 pasted on. Lyons: Matthias Bonhomme, 1554, 1555

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First edition of Rondelet's towering achievement in the study of ichthyology and all varieties of aquatic life. His research and examinations surpassed more species than any previous work in that field. "It influenced the development of ichthyological research and remained the standard reference for over a century" (Norman.) Adams R746; Nissen ZBI 3474; Norman 1848.