third edition, title within fine engraved decorative border depicting various animals, 5 full-page engraved illustrations, 2 illustrations closely trimmed at head, contemporary vellum, lacking ties, rebacked in later parchment, Nissen, ZBI,1; Wellcome 1, 1], small 4to, Nuremberg, Sebastian Heusler, 1603. *** Rare. We can trace only this copy at auction. Discusses all aspects of snakes and their venom. Nissen considers that an 'example of the excellent art of dissection of that time is the dissection of a rattlesnake by the Italian physician...Abati' (Nissen, ZBI).
third edition, title within fine engraved decorative border depicting various animals, 5 full-page engraved illustrations, 2 illustrations closely trimmed at head, contemporary vellum, lacking ties, rebacked in later parchment, Nissen, ZBI,1; Wellcome 1, 1], small 4to, Nuremberg, Sebastian Heusler, 1603. *** Rare. We can trace only this copy at auction. Discusses all aspects of snakes and their venom. Nissen considers that an 'example of the excellent art of dissection of that time is the dissection of a rattlesnake by the Italian physician...Abati' (Nissen, ZBI).
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