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Scala naturale, ouero Fantasia dolcissima / di Gio. Camillo Maffei, da Solofra, intorno alle cose occulte, e desiderate nella filosofia.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection IC55 M2693 564s 1581
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maffei, Gio. Camillo (Giovanni Camillo), active 1563.
- Standardized Title:
- Scala naturale
- Language:
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history--Pre-Linnean works.
- Natural history.
- Astronomy--Early works to 1800.
- Astronomy.
- Meteorology--Early works to 1800.
- Meteorology.
- Penn Provenance:
- Toma, Giacomo de (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- San Giorgio maggiore (Monastery : Venice, Italy) (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 140 leaves : illustrations (woodcuts), 1 portrait (woodcut) ; 16 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Scala natvrale, overo Fantasia dolcissima
- Fantasia dolcissima
- Fingerprint:
- o-di uee. a..I saCo (3) 1581 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- In Venetia : Per Gio. Varisco, e compagni, MDLXXXI [1581]
- Notes:
- A work mainly on natural history, but with sections on astronomy, meteorology and other sciences.
- Previously published in 1564 and 1573; later editions, with different publisher statements, appeared in ca. 1595 and 1601. Cf. NUC pre-1956 and BN.
- Signatures: A-R⁸ S⁴.
- Text in italic script.
- Publisher's device (Zappella 1094) on title page; portrait of the dedicatee Giovanni di Capua on verso of title page.
- Woodcut initials; head-pieces.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of Giacomo de Toma ("Ex libris D. Giacomo de Toma") on front pastedown.
- Culture Class Collection copy has ms. ownership inscription of the Monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice ("Est S[anc]ti Georgij Maioris Ven[etiarum]") on title page.
- Culture Class Collection copy has title ("Scala naturale del Mafei") in ms. on title page.
- Cited in:
- Marshall, R.G. STC Italian, II, p. 297
- Houzeau & Lancaster. Astronomie, 2617
- EDIT 16 CNCE 49709
- OCLC:
- 16750527
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