[Curiosa] Aldrovandi, UlyssisMonstrorum historia, cum paralipomenis historiae omnium animalium...Bologna: Nicolai Tebaldini, 1642 (but 1658). Reprint (originally published in 1642). Folio. (vi), 748, (28) (index). Two parts in one volume. Profusely illustrated with woodcuts depicting monsters, human deformities, and other strange creatures. Nineteenth-century three-quarter brown calf over speckled paper-covered boards, front and rear boards detached but present; boards and spine rubbed and worn; top of spine perished, other areas starting; title-page trimmed, library ink stamp on verso; pp. 121-132 supplied in MS.; scattered soiling and spotting. Issued and bound with: Ambrosinus, BartholomaeusParalipomena... Bologna: Baptistae Ferronii, 1657 (but colophon is 1658). 159, (1), (6) (index) pp. Profusely illustrated. Sold with all faults.A fascinating and odd work of teratology, illustrated with magnificent woodcuts of monsters, mythical creatures, and human deformities.Provenance: From the collection of Dr. Morris V. Shelanski of Wynnewood, PA.