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261 - Marine Life.-ÂBattarraÂ(Giovanni Antonio)ÂEpistola selectas de re naturali observationes complectens,Âengraved title vignette depicting a lynx, owl, and fungi, 4 engraved folding plates,Âcontemporary vellum, faded title in manuscript to spine, worming to spine and lower cover,Â4to, Rimini, ex Typa Albertiniana,Â1774.
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Marine Life.-ÂBattarraÂ(Giovanni Antonio)ÂEpistola selectas de re naturali observationes complectens,Âengraved title vignette depicting a lynx, owl, and fungi, 4 engraved folding plates,Âcontemporary vellum, faded title in manuscript to spine, worming to spine and lower cover,Â4to, Rimini, ex Typa Albertiniana,Â1774. *** Rare work on marine life and plants. Battara (1714-89) was a monk at Rimini, physician and mycologist, best known for his study of fungi in the area,ÂFungorum Agri Ariminensis historia. He was also the editor of the second edition of Buonanni'sÂRerum Naturalium Historia,Âdescribing the collection assembled by Athanasius Kircher.
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