Vlyssis Aldrovandi philosophi, et medici Bononiensis De reliquis animalibus exanguibus libri quatuor

Aldrovandi, Ulisse, 1522-1605?, author, Ferroni, Giovanni Battista, 1628?-1678?, printer, Bernia, Marco Antonio, active 1638-1661, publisher, Aldrovandi, Francesca Fontana, Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner. DSI, Roper, Clyde F. E., 1937- donor. DSI · 1642 · Bononiæ : Typis Jo. Baptistae Ferronij · 71 pictures

Published in Bologna in 1642, this natural history volume by the physician Ulisse Aldrovandi catalogues invertebrates such as molluscs and crustaceans for scholars and naturalists. Its woodcut pictures show shells in close detail, with ribbed, scaled and fan-shaped surfaces that a designer could draw on for pattern, texture and organic line work.

Invertebrates · Mollusks · Crustacea · Zoology

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