GIOVIO, Paolo (1483-1552) - Libro de' pesci romani. Venice: Gualtieri, 1560.

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Lot 253 | GIOVIO, Paolo (1483-1552) - Libro de' pesci romani. Venice: Gualtieri, 1560.
GIOVIO, Paolo (1483-1552) - Libro de' pesci romani. Venice: Gualtieri, 1560.

First complete Italian edition of this work, already published in Latin in 1524. The author, a renowned Catholic bishop but also an historian and doctor, analyzes fifty types of fish and crustaceans both from a scientific and gastronomic point of view.

4to (193 x 128mm). Title with woodcut device, woodcut initials (some light stains and spotting, small wormhole at lower edge of the final leaves). Modern half vellum, plates in marbled paper, title in pencil on spine. Provenance: ownership inscription on title.
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