Lot no. 184
LICETI, Fortunio (1577-1657). De monstris. Ex recensione Gerardi Blasii...qui monstra quaedam nova et rariora ex recentiorum scriptis addidit. Amsterdam: Andreas Frisius, 1665.
Study copy of the second illustrated edition (third overall) of De monstris, one of the earliest systematic treatises on human and animal deformities. The work, still cited in medical and scientific contexts well into the 19th century, includes 73 vivid illustrations documenting both real and imaginary cases.
4to (210 x 165mm). 3 plates and 70 illustrations in the text (lacking the allegorical frontispiece, portrait, and letterpress title). Disbound. (1)
See original version (Italian) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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