Paolo GIOVIO
De romanis piscibus libellus, doctus, copiosus & elegans, iam recens aeditus
Per Ioannem Grapheum|Antverpiae [Antwerp] • [Anvers] [Antwerp] 1528|10 x 15.50 cm|relié
New edition, rare, after the editio princeps of 1524 in Rome.
Modern full vellum Bradel binding. Smooth unlettered spine. Title leaf with small lacks to outer margin, same for the last leaf. Paper yellowed. Scattered foxing. Lacking the final blank leaf h8 with the printer's device on verso.
Physician, then bishop and major historian of his time, Paul Jove (in French) focused in this work on zoology and more particularly on fish of Antiquity. Govio's book is not properly speaking a naturalist work, the author contenting himself with drawing from literary sources to describe different fish, even certain monstrous fish as they were perceived by Latin or Greek authors. Govio describes
Modern full vellum Bradel binding. Smooth unlettered spine. Title leaf with small lacks to outer margin, same for the last leaf. Paper yellowed. Scattered foxing. Lacking the final blank leaf h8 with the printer's device on verso.
Physician, then bishop and major historian of his time, Paul Jove (in French) focused in this work on zoology and more particularly on fish of Antiquity. Govio's book is not properly speaking a naturalist work, the author contenting himself with drawing from literary sources to describe different fish, even certain monstrous fish as they were perceived by Latin or Greek authors. Govio describes
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