Shelfmark
Ga.8.21(02)
Author
Uniform title
[Esperienze intorno a diverse cose naturali ... portate dall' Indie. Latin. 1685]
Title
Francisci Redi, nobilis Aretini, Experimenta circa varias res naturales, : speciatim illas quæ ex Indiis afferuntur. Ut & alia eiusdem opuscula, quæ paginâ sequenti narranutur.
Varying form of title
Added title page title: Experimenta naturalia
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Experimenta circa varias res naturales
Publication, distribution, etc.
Amstelaedami : Apud Henr. Wetstenium., M D C LXXXV. [1685]
Physical description
[8], 312, [32] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm. (12mo.)
Note
First part, "Opusculorum pars prior" published separately, and has title: Opusculorum pars prior, sive Experimenta circa generationem insectorum.
Note
Includes index at end.
Note
Contains, also: "Observationes de viperis", "Epistola de quibusdam objectionibus contra suas De viperis observationes", and "Observationes, circa illas guttula & file ex vitro"; each with half title page.
Note
Woodcut title vignette, initials, headpieces.
Note
Added engraved title-page: Francisci Redi Experimenta naturalia.
Note
Half-title: Francisci Redi Opusculorum. Tomus alter.
Note
Signatures: pi⁴ A-O¹² P⁴.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731 on rear pastedown. Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on front pastedown.
Binding
Contemporary dark brown mottled calf; blind tooled quadruple fillet border; gold tooled dot roll on board edges; gold tooled decoration on spine, including scroll and branch ornaments, and title; four raised bands; red and brown sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Second of two items in volume.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dk.7.17.
Subject
Serpents Early works to 1800.
Subject
Natural history Pre-Linnean works.
Added entry--name
Wetstein, Henricus printer.
Added entry--name
Redi, Francesco, 1626 - 1698 Observationes, circa illas guttula & file ex vitro.
Added entry--name
Redi, Francesco, 1626 - 1698 Epistola de quibusdam objectionibus contra suas De viperis observationes.
Added entry--name
Redi, Francesco, 1626 - 1698 Observationes de viperis.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
lat ita
Identifier
B46467