Monsters and monstrosities, malformations, teratology
Basel: Henricus Petri, 1557. Folio (272 x 185 mm). [12], 670, [2] pp. Signatures: a4 b2 A6 B-C4 D-Z6 Aa-Zz6 AA-II6 KK4 LL6. Errata, colophon and woodcut printer's device on final leaf LL6. About 1500 woodcut illustrations and repeats, several by H.R. Manuel Deutsch and David Kandel. 20th-century antique style...
Padova: Stamperia del Seminario, 1807. Folio (290 x 212 mm). viii, 79 [1] pp., including first blank, woodcut ornaments, 10 engraved plates by Gaetano Malacarne (plates 8-10 misnumbered). All pages uncut and mostly unopened. Publisher's printed carta rustica wrappers (covers slightly foxed and stained, spine ends chipped with considerable loss)...
Bologna: Ferdinando Pisarri, 1751. 8vo (239 x 180 mm). 70 pp. Signatures: A-D8, E4 (-E4). Title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, historiated woodcut initials and tailpieces, 5 engraved plates (4 folding) by Carlo Antonio Pissarri bound at end, without the final blank E4. 20th-century simple card...
