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SCILLA, AGUSTINO. 1629-1700.:De Corporibus Marinis Lapidescentibus. Rome: Johann Zempel, 1759.
4to (265 x 200 mm). Title with engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece facing first page of text, 31 engraved plates, engraved initials and head-pieces. Later vellum. Light soiling and wear to binding, scattered spotting, light offsetting from plates.
Provenance: George Sarton (Belgian-American science historian, 1884-1956, bookplate to paste-down).
Third Latin edition. The detailed plates show a variety of fossils including mussels, corals, snails, and shark. The Sicilian painter Agostino Scilla shows the close correspondence between fossils and parts of living animals. See Nissen, ZBI 3780.
阿古斯蒂诺·西拉。1629–1700. 来自Corporibus Marinis Lapidescentibus。罗马:约翰·泽佩尔,1759年。