LICETUS (Fortunius).

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LICETUS (Fortunius).
Monsters. Editio novissima. Amsterdam, Andrea Frisi, 1665. In-4, brown speckled calf, spine gilt, gilt roulette on the cuts, red speckled edges (contemporary binding). Second edition of this famous book on human and animal monstrosities. Stunning copperplate engraved illustration, including a frontispiece, a vignette on the title and 73 figures including 3 plates out of text. Handwritten ex-libris of the period on the title, scratched. Rubbed binding, cracked upper hinge and a split jaw, missing headdresses, blunt corners.
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