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De monstrorum caussis, natura, et differentiis libri duo : in quibus ex rei natura monstrorum historiae, caussae, generationes, & differentiae plurimae a sapientibus intactae : cum generatim & in plantarum, & belluarum genere, tum seorsum in humana specie tractantur : multis illustrium autorum locis difficillimis explanatis de masculo parturiente, de feminis in viros mutatis, de hermaphroditorum natura, de dissimilium specierum : venere prolifica, de castratorum fecunditate, depuero lapidescente, de anomantis aurea parte, alijsque admirabilibus

by: Liceti, Fortunio, 1577-1657; Frambotto, Paolo, active 1625-1664, printer; Varisco, Varisco, printer

Publication date: 1634

Topics: Monsters, Curiosities and wonders, Curiosities and wonders, Monsters

Publisher: Patavii : Apud Paulum Frambottum

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: Latin

Binding: sprinkled calf; double fillets in gilt; spine gilt tooled; armorial stamp in gilt of Louis Hesslin on front and rear boards; armorial bookplate of abbé Fauvel and Félix Dunal on front pastedown; sprinkled edges

Added engraved title page before letterpress title page, included in pagination. Title reads: De monstrorum natura, caussis, et differentiis, libri duo

On 2K4v: Patavii, Apud Variscum Varisci ad Puteum Pictum. Superiorum Permissu

Colophon: Patauii, apud Paullum Frambottum. M. DC. XXXIII; register of signatures at foot of leaf 2N4v; rest of leaf 2N4 bears a bibliography of Liceti's published works

Signatures: [cross]-2[cross]⁴ A-2N⁴

Includes index

Numerous engraved illustrations within text throughout

Title vignette; headpiece; initials; marginal notes