Vlyssis Aldrouandi patricii Bononiensis Serpentum et draconu[m] historiae libri duo

Aldrovandi, Ulisse, 1522-1605? · 1640 · Bononiae : Apud Clementem Ferronium, sumptibus M. Antonij Berni[a]ę ... · 29 pictures

A natural history of snakes and dragons by the Bolognese naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi, printed in Bologna in 1640 for a scholarly readership. Its pictures are woodcut-style engravings of serpents drawn in long sinuous S-curves, with scale patterns shaded by fine parallel hatching, useful for designers after organic line work, curling forms, and vintage scientific plates.

Snakes -- Early works to 1800 · Dragons -- Early works to 1800

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