Sale 2488 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 16, 2018

147 c   FERRER DE VALDECEBRO, ANDRÉS. Govierno General, Moral, y Politíco. Hallado en las Fieras, y Animales Sylvestres. Sacado de sus Naturales Virtudes, y Propiedades. 18 primitive half-page woodcuts of animals and 10 chapter tailpieces. [16], 398, [50] pages. 4to, 192x138 mm, 18th-century tree sheep gilt, top of spine chipped; scattered foxing, dampstain in outer margins at beginning and end, tear across D1 causing slight loss to sidenote. Palau 90591; Praz, page 335. Barcelona: en Casa de Cormellas por Thomás Loriente, 1696 [300/500] Treatise first published in 1658 on the characteristics of various animal species, and their supposed virtues as a source of moral guidance. Alden 696/95; Palau 90590; Praz, page 335. 148 c   GALLO, AGOSTINO. Le Vinti Giornate dell’Agricoltura, et de’ Piaceri della Villa . . . Di nuovo ristampate, & in molti luoghi ampliate. Hand-colored woodcut arms of the dedicatee, Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Savoy, on title; 12 full-page woodcut illustrations of farm tools and other implements, partly hand-colored. [24], 428, [16] pages. 4to, 210x156 mm, contemporary limp vellum, soiled and worn; conspicuous dampstaining on last several leaves of text, occasional marginal foxing, soiling, and dampstains elsewhere, title and author in ink on top edges. Turin: heirs of Niccolò Bevilacqua, 1580 [300/500] Popular treatise on agriculture and country estate management first published in 1550. 148 147