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Quadrupedum Omnium Bisulcorum Historia

1621
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Quadrupedum Omnium Bisulcorum Historia
  • Author: Ulisse Aldrovandi (Italian, Bologna 1522–1605 Bologna)
  • Engraver: Frontispiece engraved by Giovanbattista Coriolano (Italian, Bologna 1590–1649 Bologna)
  • Publisher: Sebastianus Bonomius
  • Editor: Geronimo Tamburini (Italian)
  • Editor: Thomas Dempster (active 17th century)
  • Published in: Bologna
  • Date: 1621
  • Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations, engraved frontispiece
  • Dimensions: 13 3/4 × 10 1/16 × 2 3/4 in. (35 × 25.5 × 7 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1945
  • Object Number: 45.98.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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