Falloppio, De medicatis aquis atque de fossilibus tractatus, Venice, 1569, contemporary vellum

Gabriele Falloppio

De medicatis aquis atque de fossilibus, tractatus pulcherrimus, ac maxime utilis. Venice: Lodovico Avanzi, 1569

4to (213 x 150mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials, woodcut diagram, contemporary limp vellum, binding slightly defective, spine recovered with vellum

These two lectures given by Falloppio at Padua on mineral waters and geology and mineralogy were first published posthumously in 1564, edited by one of Falloppio's students, Andrea Marcolini (whose preface also disputes Falloppio's authorship of the Secreti, lot 102). Falloppio's work on petrification was influential in establishing the true organic origins of fossils.

LITERATURE:

Edit16 18540; cf. Eimas 336 (1564 edition)

PROVENANCE:

"Jo. Curt. Mutuatus", inscription at foot of title-page; Baldoino Baldone, inscription on inside front cover; Libreria Aldo Manuzio, Venezia, ink stamp on flyleaf