Lot 241 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, ‘Ornithologiae hoc est De auibus historiae libri XII’, Bologna 1599

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Group of nine important xylographs – including four with watermarks – consisting of four pages from the first edition of 1599. Elegant bird figures painted on virgin-painted paper present flaws, unframed. Xylography on paper, dimensions 14.1×9.8 in.

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