MALPIGHI, MARCELLO. Opera omnia...London: Robert Scott & George Wells 1686. 2 volumes in one, contemporary calf, spine gilt, joints cracked, corners very worn; lacks E and E2, some minor spotting and browning (mostly marginal). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, first issue without the 7 supplementary plates (which were inserted in the second issue). Engraved frontispiece and 116 engraved plates. Garrison-Morton 66; NLM/Krivatsy 7319; Waller 6201a; Wing M-342. Provenance: Philippe de Vilmorin, bookplate -- Robert de Belder -- SCRIPTORES REI RUSTICAE. Libri de re rustica (ed. Piero Vettori . Paris: Robert Estienne, 1543. Parts I-III (of 5) in 2, 8vo, sixteenth-century calf, gilt arabesque medallions in center of each cover, edges stained red, hinges cracked, top of one spine chipped . FIRST ESTIENNE EDITION. Estienne's device (Schreiber 7) on 3 title-pages, small woodcut diagrams in part 1. Adams E817 (volume 2 only); Hunt 49; Mortimer French 489; Renouard Estienne , p.55, no. 2; Schreiber 70a & b. Provenance: "Ad Bibliothecam Archi-Episcopalis Presbyterorum & Alumnorum Collegii," booklabel -- Kenneth K. Mackenzie/Horticultural Society of New York, bookplate -- Robert de Belder. Sold not subject to return.
MALPIGHI, MARCELLO. Opera omnia...London: Robert Scott & George Wells 1686. 2 volumes in one, contemporary calf, spine gilt, joints cracked, corners very worn; lacks E and E2, some minor spotting and browning (mostly marginal). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, first issue without the 7 supplementary plates (which were inserted in the second issue). Engraved frontispiece and 116 engraved plates. Garrison-Morton 66; NLM/Krivatsy 7319; Waller 6201a; Wing M-342. Provenance: Philippe de Vilmorin, bookplate -- Robert de Belder -- SCRIPTORES REI RUSTICAE. Libri de re rustica (ed. Piero Vettori . Paris: Robert Estienne, 1543. Parts I-III (of 5) in 2, 8vo, sixteenth-century calf, gilt arabesque medallions in center of each cover, edges stained red, hinges cracked, top of one spine chipped . FIRST ESTIENNE EDITION. Estienne's device (Schreiber 7) on 3 title-pages, small woodcut diagrams in part 1. Adams E817 (volume 2 only); Hunt 49; Mortimer French 489; Renouard Estienne , p.55, no. 2; Schreiber 70a & b. Provenance: "Ad Bibliothecam Archi-Episcopalis Presbyterorum & Alumnorum Collegii," booklabel -- Kenneth K. Mackenzie/Horticultural Society of New York, bookplate -- Robert de Belder. Sold not subject to return.
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