First edition of an important work on grasses
MONTI, Giuseppe.
Catalogi stirpium agri Bononiensis Prodromus gramina ac hujusmodi affinia complectens ...
Bologna, Constantinum Pisarri, 1719. 4to. With 3 engraved plates of plants (1 folding, 2 full-page), an engraved printer's device on the title-page, 2 woodcut initials, woodcut head- and tailpieces at the beginning and end of each chapter, and the title-page printed in red and black. Early 19th-century gold-tooled quarter black sheepskin, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, purple paste paper sides, yellow reading ribbon. [8], V, [17], 66, [8] pp. Full description
€ 950
Bologna, Constantinum Pisarri, 1719. 4to. With 3 engraved plates of plants (1 folding, 2 full-page), an engraved printer's device on the title-page, 2 woodcut initials, woodcut head- and tailpieces at the beginning and end of each chapter, and the title-page printed in red and black. Early 19th-century gold-tooled quarter black sheepskin, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, purple paste paper sides, yellow reading ribbon. [8], V, [17], 66, [8] pp. Full description