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<dl><dd>T.p. woodcut of Cospi's emblem as Accademico Gelato. His engraved port. by Adriaen Haelwegh after Justus Suttermans. Folded etched view of the Museo by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli. Woodcut head-piece by Veronica Fontana with port. of Ferdinand III, Duke of Tuscany, to whom work is dedicated. In-text woodcut ill., also by Fontana; see Allgemeines Künstler-lexikon. Head- and tail-pieces, initials</dd>
<dd>Signatures: +-++ A-2V 2X-2Y</dd>
<dd>Includes index</dd>
<dd>Getty copy contains 2 copies of gathering R</dd>
<dd>Binding: later coarse gray paper. Front pastedown is printer's waste, an engraved title sheet for "Le lacrime della Fama" dealing with death of Lucrezia Orologia, marchesa degli Obizzi. Edges untrimmed</dd>
<dd>[24], 532 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : 33 cm (fol.)</dd>
<dd>Preface signed: Ferdinando Cospi</dd>
<dd>Signatures: [dagger]-2[dagger]⁶ A-2V⁶ 2X-2Y⁴</dd>
<dd>Title printed in red and black</dd>
<dd>Title page woodcut of Cospi's emblem as Accademico Gelato. His engraved port. by Adriaen Haelwegh after Justus Suttermans. Folded etched view of the Museo by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli. Woodcut head-piece by Veronica Fontana with port. of Ferdinand III, Duke of Tuscany, to whom work is dedicated. In-text woodcut ill., also by Fontana; see Allgemeines Künstler-lexikon. Head- and tail-pieces, initials</dd>
<dd>Libro primo, nel quale brevemente si tratta de gli animali pedestri, e volatili, che nel sudetto Museo si conservano -- Libro secondo, in cui si favella de gli animali acquatili, e loro parti, che in esso si conservano -- Libro terzo, in cui si descrivono le cose artifiziose, antiche, e moderne d'esso museo, spettanti à varie scienze, &amp; arti liberali, &amp; alcune manifatture nobili delle mecaniche -- Libro quarto, in cui si descrivono le medaglie antiche, e moderne, &amp; i bassi rilievi sacri, e profani di bronzo, che in esso museo si conservano</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Cospi, Ferdinando, b. ca. 1608; Natural history; Art objects; Numismatics; Cabinets of curiosities; Cospi, Ferdinando, 1606-1686 -- Natural history collections -- Catalogs; Natural history museums -- Italy -- Bologna -- Catalogs; Antiquities -- Private collections -- Italy -- Bologna -- Catalogs; Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800; Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works -- Catalogs; Antiquities -- Private collections; Natural history museums; Scientific apparatus and instruments; Italy -- Bologna</div>
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Legati, Lorenzo, -1675</div>
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