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Sale 428: Americana - Travel - Natural History - Cartography (#428) 05/13/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #74Osservazioni Intorno Alle Vipere

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Sale 428: Americana - Travel - Natural History - Cartography (#428) 05/13/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Title:

Osservazioni Intorno Alle Vipere

Author:

Redi, Francesco

Place Published:

Firenze

Publisher:

All' Insegna della Stella

Date Published:

1664

Description:

91, [4] pp. (4to) 9½x7, early full vellum, recased with new endpapers. First Edition.

Large paper copy. "Redi's first work, the first methodical study of snake venom, marks the beginning of experimental toxicology" - Norman. Garrison-Morton 2102; Norman 1811. With Haskell F. Norman's bookplate.

Condition:

Some worming to vellum at spine, covers slightly bowed; some occasional light foxing; very good.

Item#:

210104

Headline:

Rare work on Snake Venom 1664
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