Catalogue 36
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Natural History
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"The First Handbook of Modern Systematic Mineralogy" - Horblit
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AGRICOLA, Georgius. De ortu & causis subterraneorum; de natura eorum quar efflunt ex terra; de natura fossilium; de veteribus & novis metallis; Bermannus, sive De re metallica Dialogus; Interpretatio Germanica vocum rei metallicae, addito Indice foecundissimo. Basel, Froben, 1546.
First edition of a collection of fundamental texts by the "Father of Mineralogy" (Werner apud PMM).
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The First Study of Developmental Osteology
With Five Engraved Plates of Mammals & Birds
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FALLOPIO, Gabriele / Ed. COITER, Volker. Lectiones de partibus similaribus humani corporis, ex diversis exemplaribus a Volchero Coiter... Nuremberg, Theodor Gerlach, 1575.
First edition. A series of anatomical lectures by Falloppio in their first published appearance, including 2 tracts by Coiter on the comparative osteology of quadrupeds and birds, the first study of developmental osteology. The Lectiones is illustrated with 5 large engraved plates, pronounced by Herlinger far superior in quality to the zoological illustrations of Aldrovandi[;] they occupy a prominent position in the history of zoology and comparative anatomy.
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"A Prophet Of The New Botany That Was To Come"
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PENA, Pierre / LOBEL, Mathias de / RONDELET, Guillaume. Nova Stirpium Adversaria, Perfacilis Vestigatio, Luculentaque Accessio Ad Priscorum, praesertim Dioscorides, & Recentiorum, Materiam Medicam... Antwerp, Christoph Plantin, 1576.
Augmented edition of Lobel's chief botanical work, written in collaboration with student Pierre Pena, describing the system of botanical classification which distinguishes different groups of plants by the characters of their leaves.
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The First Appearance of Pliny's Natural History in the Spanish Language
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PLINY, Caio / Ed. & tr. HUERTA, Geronimo de. Traducion de los libros de Caio Plinio Secundo, de la historia natural de los Animales. Alcala, Justo Sanchez, 1602.
Rare second edition (first 1599) of Books VII & VIII of the Younger Pliny's Natural History in Spanish, bound with the first edition of Book IX, devoted to fish.
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First Edition, First Issue:
With 32 Large-Scale Botanical Woodcuts
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PORTA, Giovanni Battista della. Phytognomonica octo libris contenta. Naples, Orazio Salviani, 1588.
First edition, first issue of the first work to classify plants according to natural habitat and as such offering an important pre-Linnaean taxonomy, by the Neapolitan polymath Porta.
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