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Historia de animalibus


Peri zoon istorias Historia de animalibus
Engraved by: Léonard Gaultier (French, c. 1561–c. 1635)
Woodcuts by: Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
Author: Aristotle
Printer: Raymond Colomerius (French, 17th century)
1619
Place of Publication: Toulouse, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with engraved title vignette and numerous woodcuts
Dimensions Overall: 36.2 x 24 x 9.5 cm (14 1/4 x 9 7/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number1971.730
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Toulouse: Raymond Colomerius, 1619

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet I, 473; Bibliothèque Nationale, Inventaire 17th, v. 4, p. 514, nos. 488
Description(Toulouse: Raymond Colomerius, 1619) Folio; 652 leaves; contemporary gilt-stamped brown calf (cream-colored phase box).

Allegorical title vignette; text illustrations of insects, body parts, diagrams, etc.
ProvenanceAlgernon Morton (b. 1845 - d. 1878), Philadelphia; his brother, Charles M. Morton (b. 1848 - d. 1913), Philadelphia and Atlantic City, NJ. 1971. gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule, III (b. 1925 - d. 2008) and Emily Townsend Vermeule (b. 1928 - d. 2001), Cambridge, MA to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 8, 1971)