First edition of the second work on zoology in the history of western book printing
De animalibus. Alberti Magni de rerum proprietatibus opus.
Rome: Simon Nicolai Cardella de Luca, 1478. Folio (327 x 225 mm). 390 (of 392) leaves. Without printed signatures and page numbers, collation: [a8; b12 c-g10 h8 i-k10 l-q8 r-u10 x8 (-x1^8) y-z10 A10 B8 C-S10]. Lacking bifolium [x1^8], blank [b1] present. Title and imprints from colophon on leaf [S3]..... More