Zoology - Herpetology Severino, Marco Aurelio Vipera pythia. Id est, De Viperae Natura, Veneno, Medicina, Demonstrationes, et Experimenta nova. With 25 etchings by Giovanni Georgi, of which 1 illustrated title page, 1 frontispiece w. portrait of the author. Portrait of the author and 23, 19 of which are full-page text illustrations, as well as title vign. and numerous initials and vign. Init. and vign. in woodcut. And: Giovanni Battista Odierna: Dentis in vipera virulenti anothomia (!) ... Epistola. Padova, Paolo Frambotti, 1651 a. Palermo, Salerno V.G. Impr. de Denti P., 1646. 9 pp. (wheel tit., front., tit., dedic., pref., index), 522, 24 (pers. and subject notes, errata) a. 11 (1) pp. cl.-4°. Pgmt. d. Zt. w. span. Edges, hs. RTit. and three-sided. Colour ed. Early work with splendid etchings on snakes and their venoms, here with an appendix on the anatomy of the snake's tooth, otherwise not traceable for us. - Nissen, A. Zoologische Buchillustration, 3829 (copy without errata leaf) - Sallander, H. Bibliotheca Walleriana, vol. I, 8893 (knows only this edition) - Osler, W. Bibliotheca Osleriana, 3961 (copy without frontispiece) - Garrison, F.H. Medical bibliography, 289. - Title edition of Severino's early monograph on snakes, snake venoms and the remedies extracted from them, with detailed treatment of mythological and cultural-historical aspects, which Giovanni Georgi also congenially depicted in his etchings. The first edition of this book was published in 1650. The physician Marco Aurelio Severino (1580-1656), who worked in Naples, is known today above all for his research into comparative anatomy, "he dissected many animals and was convicted that the microscope would throw light on comparative anatomy." (Garrison-Morton, referring to Severino's "Zootomia Democritaea", 1645). - Attached is the first print of a treatise by the Sicilian scholar Giovanni Battista Odierna (1597-1660), a pupil of Galileo, on the anatomy of the snake's tooth ("Dentis in vipera virulenti anothomia (!) ..."), which is not available to us via OCLC and KVK in any copy. - Actually complete copies with the author's portrait and the errata leaf are rare, cf. the specimen copies of the reference works. - Title page upper right and endpapers verso with hs. Owner's notes in an old hand on verso. - Binding partially discoloured, stained and rubbed, endpapers, title page and appendix foxed in places, some leaves browned, frontispiece slightly fingerstained, otherwise a well-preserved copy with clean etchings, as is rarely the case. Zoology. - Herpetology . - {With 25 etchings by Giovanni Georgi, where of 1 illustrated title leaf, 1 frontispiece plate with the author's portrait, as well as 23, of which 19 full-paged text illustration.} - {Early, profusely etched work on snakes and their venoms, our copy with an additional pamphlet on the anatomy of snake's teeth, otherwise not known to us}. - Second impression of Severino's early monograph on snakes, venoms and the remedies extracted from them, with detailed treatment of mythological and cultural-historical aspects, congenially depicted with etchings by Giovanni Georgi. The first impression of present edition was published in 1650. The physician Marco Aurelio Severino (1580-1656), who said to have worked in Naples, is primarily known for his research into comparative anatomy, 'he dissected many animals and was convicted that the microscope would throw light on comparative anatomy'. (Garrison-Morton, referring to Severino's 'Zootomia Democritaea', 1645) - {Attached is the first printing of a treatise by Sicilian scholar Giovanni Battista Odierna (1597-1660), a pupil of Galileo, on the anatomy of the serpent's tooth ('Dentis in vipera virulenti anothomia (!) ...'), which is not traceable for us via OCLC and KVK in any copy}. - Complete copies, incorporating the author's portrait and the errata leaf are rare indeed, cf. the copies mentioned in quoted reference works. - Upper right of title page and first fly leaf verso with owner's remarks. - Binding partially stained and worn, endpapers, title page and appendix foxed in places, some leaves time-stained, frontispiece slightly finger-stained, otherwise a well-preserved copy with clean and bold etchings, as is rarely the case. This lot is taxed. A surcharge of 24.95% will be added to the hammer price and 7% (books, art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, silkscreens, offset prints, photographs) to the final invoice amount in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offsetprints and Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union.