Shelfmark
Gb.3.23
Author
Telesio, Bernardino, 1509 - 1588 author.
Title
Bernardini Telesii Consentini, Varii de naturalibus rebus libelli / ab Antonio Persio editi. Quorum alij nunquàm antea excusi, alij meliores facti prodeunt. Sunt autem hi De cometis, & lacteo circulo. De his, quæ in aere fiunt. De iride. De mari. Quod animal vniuersum. De vsu respirationis. De coloribus. De saporibus. De somno. Vnicuique libello appostitus est capitum index.
Varying form of title
Varii de naturalibus rebus libelli
Varying form of title
Varii de natvralibvs rebvs libelli
Publication, distribution, etc.
Venetiis : Apud Felicem Valgrisium., M. D. XC. [1590]
Physical description
8 parts ([4]; [2], 25, [1]; 18, [2]; 17, [1]; 45, [1]; 8; 15, [1]; 13, [1], 13, [5] leaves) : ill. ; 23 cm. (4to.)
Note
Each part with separate title-page, pagination and register.
Note
Signatures: part 1: A⁴ A² ²A-E⁴ F⁶; part 2: A-E⁴ (E4 blank); part 3: A-C⁴ D⁶; part 4: A-K⁴ L⁶; part 5: A-B⁴; part 6: A-D⁴ (D4 blank); part 7: A-B⁴ C⁶; part 8: A-C⁴ D² E⁴.
Note
Woodcut illustrations throughout.
Note
Device on title page is that of Felice Valgrisi's father, Vincenzo Valgrisi, featuring two disembodied arms emerging from clouds to grasp a tau cross, entwined with a serpent; printer's name "VIN" and "CENT" on either side of the cross; ornamental initials; "De iride" illustrated with astronomical diagrams of the Sun and the planets.
Note
Errata: leaves [2]-[5] at end (leaves E1-E4).
Citation/references note
Adams, T294
Citation/references note
BM Italian, 1465-1600, p.662
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on verso of title-page.
Binding
17th century mid brown sprinkled calf, possibly French; blind tooled double fillet border; blind tooled single fillet on board edges; blind tooled double fillet on spine; blind tooled single fillet hatching on board edges near spine at head and tail; binders' waste as pastedowns on both boards, a French religious text in small format; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dd.6.1.
Subject
Nature Early works to 1800.
Subject
Astronomy Early works to 1800.
Subject
Comets Early works to 1800.
Subject
Rainbows Early works to 1800.
Subject
Respiration Early works to 1800.
Subject
Sleep Early works to 1800.
Subject
Milky Way Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Persio, Antonio, 1542 - 1597 editor.
Added entry--name
Valgrisi, Felice, active 1574 - 1597 printer.
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Identifier
B46989