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Aquatilium animalium historiae, liber primus cum eorumdem formis, aere excusis Hippolyto Saluiano Typhernate Romae medicinam profitente auctore, Romae MDLIIII

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Author:
Salviani, Ippolito 1514-1572  Search this
Illustrator:
Aretinus, Bernardus active 1554  Search this
Engraver:
Beatrizet, Nicolas 1507?-1570?  Search this
Lafréry, Antoine 1512-1577  Search this
Former owner:
Harry, Robert R (Robert Rees),) 1926- ,- DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[8], 256 leaves illustrations (engravings), portrait 42 cm (folio)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Date:
1554
1558
Notes:
This is the second state of the first edition. The first state of this edition has a colophon dated October 1557
No other parts were published for this edition
Engraved title page with architectural border and a portrait of the author inset in a central cartouche
Imprint from colophon
The engravings are attributed to the illustrator Bernardus Aretinus and the engravers Lafrery and Beatrizet
With 98 numbered illustrations on 81 full pages, engraved in copperplate (the illustrations are misnumbered as 99; but 54 was omitted from the sequence)
Each illustration provides the animal's name in Greek, Latin and Italian
Woodcut publisher's device on leaf 2I8 verso
Initials; side-notes
Leaves printed on both sides
Signatures: [cross]⁸, A-2I⁸
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, S190
Harvard College Library. Catalogue of books and manuscripts. Italian 16th century books, 454
Nissen, C. Schöne Fischbücher, 112
Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, 3555
Wood, C.A. Introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology, p. 549
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SCNHRB copy 39088017216821 is imperfect: The title and dedicatory leaves have been reattached. Leaves 107 and 110 are wanting, and have been replaced with different leaves from another copy of the same work (leaf 107 has been replaced with a duplicate of leaf 235; leaf 110 has been replaced with a duplicate of leaf 238). Photocopies of the missing leaves, made from the Linda Hall Library copy, are on file at the Cullman Library
SCNHRB copy has contemporary letterpress-printed correction labels mounted on the following illustrations: leaf 112 (numbered illustration 32); leaf 130 (numbered illustration 41); leaf 137 (2 labels, on numbered illustrations 45 and 46); leaf 149 (numbered illustration 52); leaf 194 (numbered illustration 71); and leaf 206 (numbered illustration 76)
SCNHRB copy has ink stamps: 1. (on front free endpaper) Library of Robert Rofen; 2. (on t.p.) unidentified cursive initial ("S"?). There are a few handwritten brief annotations or corrections in ink
SCNHRB copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries. Purchased from the Cullman Endowment
SCNHRB copy has a contemporary gilt-tooled red leather binding with raised bands and blue edges; re-backed
Summary:
The first part of the book is composed of double-page synoptic tables of fish species, giving their names in Greek, Latin, and Italian (sometimes distinguishing between the different regional variants, for example names used in Rome, Veneto, or Liguria), the most distinctive properties of each species, and references to the works of classical authors in which the animals are described. The main part of the volume contains the illustrations and in-depth descriptions of aquatic animals (mostly fishes, plus a few cephalopods). Each chapter begins with an illustration of a fish, and a description of its physical appearance and habitat, as well as its nutritional value and culinary preparation, frequently referring to Aristotle, Pliny and Galen, and, in the gastronomic parts, to Athenaeus, Oppianus, and Giovio. Salviani deals with cephalopods at length and distinguishes among five species of octopus. He also describes cuttlefish, the way they procreate, and how to catch them
Topic:
Aquatic animals  Search this
Cephalopoda  Search this
Cooking (Seafood)  Search this
Fishes  Search this
Ichthyology  Search this
Call number:
QL615 .S26X 1554
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1004606