[Rarebooks] FS: 16th Century folio with wonderful woodcuts of fish and aquatic life

[Charles Agvent]

RONDELET, Guillaume [RONDELETIUS, Gulielmus] LIBRI DE PISCIBUS MARINIS, 
IN QUIBUS VERAE PISCIUM EFFIGIES EXPRESSAE SUNT QUAE IN TOTA PISCIUM 
HISTORIA CONTINEANTUR, INDICAT ELENCHUS PAGINA NONAET DECIMA. POSTREMO 
ACCESSERUNT INDICES NECESSARIJ. Matthiam Bonhomme Lyons 1554/1555 First 
Edition.  Folio (8" x 13") bound in recent full calf with five raised 
bands, gilt-lettered spine label, and some blind tooling. Two parts in 
one volume: (16), 583, (25); (12), 242, (10) pages. Titles with woodcut 
device, each part with privilege leaf and woodcut portrait of the 
author, woodcut initials, ornaments and over 400 woodcut illustrations 
of fish and other forms of aquatic life throughout. Adams R 746 & 757; 
Casey Wood, 541: "this famous grandfather of modern ichthyology"; Nissen 
3474; Norman 1848. Woodcut of fish on page 238 of first part pasted over 
with another woodcut, Y4 in first part and g2 & n3 in second all 
slightly defective at fore-edge (repaired with loss of a few letters, 
some supplied in manuscript), H1 of second part defective at foot (no 
loss) and H6 (final leaf) stained at edges and defective (no loss, 
laiddown), small ink monogram stamped on verso of first title, very 
light water-staining to upper half, otherwise very clean. Near Fine copy 
of this scarce title with wonderful woodcuts.     $8500.00
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