Persius Flaccus (Aulus) Persio tradotto in verso..
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Persius Flaccus (Aulus) Persio tradotto in verso...,translated by Francesco Stelluti, engraved allegorical title by Matthaus Greuter, engraved portrait of the author, 5 engraved illustrations including 1 full-page study of a bee as seen under a microscope, woodcut decorations and initials, some light browning and foxing, worming to lower edge of front endpapers and slightly affecting blank lower margin of title, old ink inscription to head of front fly-leaf, contemporary vellum titled by hand on spine, [G&M 259; Wellcome I 4917; Nissen ZBI 3988; Cole 403], small 4to, Rome, Giacomo Mascardi, 1630.
***The first edition of Stelluti's translation and the first book to contain illustrations of natural objects as seen through the microscope. Stelluti was a friend of Galileo, and a founding member of the renowned Accademia dei Lincei, the first important scientific society founded in Europe..
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