REDI, Francesco. Esperienze intorno a diverse cose naturali, e particolarmente a quelle, che ci son portate dall'Indie … scritte in una lettera al Reverendissimo Padre Atanasio Chircher. Firenze, All’Insegna della Nave, 1671.
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Start Price 1 800 €
Description
4to, mm. 215x150; Binding in half calf of the end of the XVIII century, gilded tiltes on the spine, corners, sprayed edges; pp. 2 bl, [6], 152,
6 copper plates out text. Titlepage in red and black, device of Medici family, woodcut Initials and Ornaments.
RARE ORIGINAL EDITION ILLUSTRATED.
Important treatise of the famous Italian naturalist, addressed to the Jesuit Kircher, which contains the first scientific book on nicotine and its harmful effects. Norman: "Investigations of several botanical and zoological specimens, including some brought` from India; among them were Chinese star anise, 'stones' from cobras and iguanas, vanilla beans, and a leaf from the tree chinchona. "The work of Redi was inspired by the arrival in Florence of medical and natural curiosity, reported by the East and West Indies in 1662 by Franciscan missionaries. Redi speaks among other things, electric shocks torpedoes, the china-china, grass 'Pusu' and 'Ginseng', the horns of rhinos and other animals. The page plates illustrate some of these curiosities, including the Ciapa Pepe, the snake stones, vanilla, of swallows nests of Cochin China.
In this work continues his battle against the idea of spontaneous generation, supported by Athanasius Kircher and his disciples.• Prandi: “Raro.” Esemplare nella Variante B censita in Iccu: nell'ultima riga di p. 13, l'ultima parola, cose, è seguita dalla virgola.
Gamba 816; Razzolini 287; Poggiali I 554; Poggendorf II 584; Vinciana 1750; Sabin 68516; Thorndike VIII 28.[f68]; Prandi 16; Norman 1815.
Buon esemplare.
6 copper plates out text. Titlepage in red and black, device of Medici family, woodcut Initials and Ornaments.
RARE ORIGINAL EDITION ILLUSTRATED.
Important treatise of the famous Italian naturalist, addressed to the Jesuit Kircher, which contains the first scientific book on nicotine and its harmful effects. Norman: "Investigations of several botanical and zoological specimens, including some brought` from India; among them were Chinese star anise, 'stones' from cobras and iguanas, vanilla beans, and a leaf from the tree chinchona. "The work of Redi was inspired by the arrival in Florence of medical and natural curiosity, reported by the East and West Indies in 1662 by Franciscan missionaries. Redi speaks among other things, electric shocks torpedoes, the china-china, grass 'Pusu' and 'Ginseng', the horns of rhinos and other animals. The page plates illustrate some of these curiosities, including the Ciapa Pepe, the snake stones, vanilla, of swallows nests of Cochin China.
In this work continues his battle against the idea of spontaneous generation, supported by Athanasius Kircher and his disciples.• Prandi: “Raro.” Esemplare nella Variante B censita in Iccu: nell'ultima riga di p. 13, l'ultima parola, cose, è seguita dalla virgola.
Gamba 816; Razzolini 287; Poggiali I 554; Poggendorf II 584; Vinciana 1750; Sabin 68516; Thorndike VIII 28.[f68]; Prandi 16; Norman 1815.
Buon esemplare.
