BOCCONE, PAOLO. Icones & Descriptiones rariorum plantarum Siciliae, Melitae, Galliae & Italiae. [Oxford]: Theatro Sheldoniano, 1674. 4to, 230 x 178 mm., old vellum, soiled, small repair to title, small tear to outer margin of G1, occasional light browning. FIRST EDITION. Engraved title vignette, 52 half-page illustrations. Nissen BBI 179; Hunt 329. R.B.Bowman, armorial bookplate; A.Plesch, book-label (sale, Sotheby's London,...) -- BOCCONE. Museo di fisica e di esperienze variato. Venice: Zuccato, 1697. 4to, 223 x160 mm., later mottled calf, some spotting to text, small section of the folding plate torn away, small marginal tears in Q1 and R4. FIRST EDITION. Engraved portrait and 22 plates on 13 leaves, some printed recto and verso, some with four images per leaf. Nissen BBI 180. KKM/HSNY, bookplate. (2)
BOCCONE, PAOLO. Icones & Descriptiones rariorum plantarum Siciliae, Melitae, Galliae & Italiae. [Oxford]: Theatro Sheldoniano, 1674. 4to, 230 x 178 mm., old vellum, soiled, small repair to title, small tear to outer margin of G1, occasional light browning. FIRST EDITION. Engraved title vignette, 52 half-page illustrations. Nissen BBI 179; Hunt 329. R.B.Bowman, armorial bookplate; A.Plesch, book-label (sale, Sotheby's London,...) -- BOCCONE. Museo di fisica e di esperienze variato. Venice: Zuccato, 1697. 4to, 223 x160 mm., later mottled calf, some spotting to text, small section of the folding plate torn away, small marginal tears in Q1 and R4. FIRST EDITION. Engraved portrait and 22 plates on 13 leaves, some printed recto and verso, some with four images per leaf. Nissen BBI 180. KKM/HSNY, bookplate. (2)
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