Item #002899 De monstris ac monstrosis quibusdam ad Josephum Puteum. Giovanni Battista BIANCHI, Janus PLANCUS.
De monstris ac monstrosis quibusdam ad Josephum Puteum.
De monstris ac monstrosis quibusdam ad Josephum Puteum.
De monstris ac monstrosis quibusdam ad Josephum Puteum.
De monstris ac monstrosis quibusdam ad Josephum Puteum.
De monstris ac monstrosis quibusdam ad Josephum Puteum.
De monstris ac monstrosis quibusdam ad Josephum Puteum.
De monstris ac monstrosis quibusdam ad Josephum Puteum.
De monstris ac monstrosis quibusdam ad Josephum Puteum.
De monstris ac monstrosis quibusdam ad Josephum Puteum.

De monstris ac monstrosis quibusdam ad Josephum Puteum.

Venice: Typis Joannis Baptistae Pasqualis, 1749.

1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near Fine. Item #002899

4to (320 x 227 mm). 18 unnumbered leaves including title, woodcut device on title, head-piece, 3 engraved plates by Arimini bound at end. Signatures: a-c4 d6. Contemporary carta rustica (inner hinges weak). Very minor occasional spotting to final leaves, excised lower blank portion of title-leaf resored with new paper, but generally a crisp and clean copy with wide margins. ----

Wellcome II, p.161. FIRST EDITION. Large paper copy. FIRST EDITION of this short work on monstrosities published under Bianchi's pseudonym Janus Plancus. Bianchi (1693-1775) was professor of anatomy in Siena and later physician in Rimini (see Goldschmid, p.59). The engravings depict Siamese twins of a cow and a cat and other zoological and botanical deformations. - Visit our website for additional images and information.

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