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Dec. 15, 2023
Natural sciences - Colonna, Fabio - Lyncei Phytobasanos cui accessit Vita Fabi et Lynceorum notitia adnotationesque in Phytobasanon Iano Planco Ariminensi auctore
Est: €500 - €700
Florence, Pietro Gaetano Viviani, 1744. In 4th. With XXXVIII plates f.t. engraved, copper vignette on the title page, very slight trace of humidity on the last installments, contemporary hardback binding, handwritten title on the spine, slight defects. Membership signature on the guard card
Finarte
Oct. 03, 2019
Colonna Fabio, Phytobasanos cui accessit Vita Fabi et Lynceorum notitia adnotationesque in Phytobasanon Iano Planco Ariminensi auctore... Florentiae: P. Aere, & typis Petri Caietani Viviani, 1744.
Est: €700 - €1,400
In-4° (mm 275x215). Pagine [2], LII, 134, [2] e 38 carte di tavole incise in rame fuori testo legate in fine e numerate I-XXXVIII. Grande vignetta incisa in rame al frontespizio, due testatine calcografiche e due grandi iniziali, con finalini xilografici. Ottima copia stampata su carta forte e a pieni margini, con le tavole in nitida e fresca tiratura. Cartonato coevo riparato al dorso e alle cerniere.
Gonnelli Casa d'Aste
Dec. 16, 2014
Colonna, Fabio
Est: -
Colonna, Fabio. Fabi Columnae Lyncei Phytobasanos cui accessit Vita Fabi et Lynceorum notitia adnotationesque in Phytobasanon Iano Planco Ariminensi. Firenze, Pietro Gaetano Viviani, 1744. In 4o (270 x 205 mm); [2], LII, 134, [2] pagine. Grande vignetta raffigurante la lince, 38 tavole incise in rame fuori testo in fine, numerate da I-XXXVIII e raffiguranti piante e pesci (piccolo abile restauro al verso del frontespizio.) Legatura del secolo XX in piena pelle bazzana con titolo in oro al dorso. Esemplare con le tavole in stato fresco di questa seconda e ultima edizione, ampliata rispetto alla prima del 1592 e particolarmente importante per il commento e le annotazioni di Giovanni Antonio Bianchi. Si tratta di uno dei primi erbari con le incisioni in rame che probabilmente incise e disegnate dallo stesso Colonna "are botanically accurate, with separate details of flowers and fruit frequently shown [...]. The original drawings [...] came to light in Naples during the nineteenth century; it is believed that Colonna made them himself, and was his own engraver" (Blunt-Stearn 99s.). 300,00€
Aste Bolaffi
Dec. 04, 2014
COLONNA, Fabio (1567-1650?).Phytobasanos[in Greek]. -Piscium Aliquot Plantarum Novarum Historia. Florence: I.P. Aere, 1744.
Est: $800 - $1,200
COLONNA, Fabio (1567-1650?). Phytobasanos [in Greek]. -Piscium Aliquot Plantarum Novarum Historia. Florence: I.P. Aere, 1744. 4° (285 x 212 mm). Engraved title vignette and 38 engraved plates (marginal repair to c4, marginal dampstain). Contemporary boards, uncut (some dust soiling). Provenance: The Warren H. Corning Collection Horticultural Classics (bookplate on pastedown). Second edition of Colonna's Phytobasanos sive plantarum aliquot historia to which is added "Vita Fabii et Lynceorum notittia adnotationesque in Phytobasanon, Jano Planco Ariminensi Auctore." Cleveland Collections 401 (GC copy this copy); Nissen BBI 386; Pritzel 1822.
Christie's
May. 13, 2014
Colonna, Fabio.
Est: -
Fabi Columnae Lyncei Phytobasanos cui accessit Vita Fabi et Lynceorum notitia adnotationesque in Phytobasanon Iano Planco Ariminensi. Firenze, Pietro Gaetano Viviani, 1744.In 4° (270 x 205 mm); [2], LII, 134, [2] pagine. Grande vignetta raffigurante la lince, 38 tavole incise in rame fuori testo in fine, numerate da I-XXXVIII e raffiguranti piante e pesci (difetti.) Legatura del secolo XX in piena pelle bazzana con titolo in oro al dorso.Esemplare "Ex dono auctoris" di questa seconda e ultima edizione, ampliata rispetto alla prima del 1592 e particolarmente importante per il commento e le annotazioni di Giovanni Antonio Bianchi. Si tratta di uno dei primi erbari con le incisioni in rame che probabilmente incise e disegnate dallo stesso Colonna "are botanically accurate, with separate details of flowers and fruit frequently shown [..]. The original drawings [..] came to light in Naples during the nineteenth century; it is believed that Colonna made them himself, and was his own engraver" (Blunt-Stearn 99s.).
Aste Bolaffi
$COLONNA, Fabio (1567-1650?). \KFYTOBASANOC\k sive plantarum aliquot historia... accessit etiam piscium aliquot, Plantarmque novarum Historia . Naples: Giovanni Giacomo Carlino & Antonio Pace, 1592.$
Jun. 20, 2013
COLONNA, Fabio (1567-1650?). \KFYTOBASANOC\k sive plantarum aliquot historia... accessit etiam piscium aliquot, Plantarmque novarum Historia . Naples: Giovanni Giacomo Carlino & Antonio Pace, 1592.
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COLONNA, Fabio (1567-1650?). \KFYTOBASANOC\k sive plantarum aliquot historia... accessit etiam piscium aliquot, Plantarmque novarum Historia. Naples: Giovanni Giacomo Carlino & Antonio Pace, 1592. 2 parts in one volume, 4o (199 x 147 mm). Small woodcut pilgrim device of the printer Orazio Salviani on title-page, initials, head- and tail-pieces, 37 full-page etchings (26 botanical in part one, 11 botanical and some aquatic in part 2) set within typographichical borders. (Some pale mostly marginal dampstaining.) Contemporary limp vellum (a few small wormtracks on back cover). Provenance: Peck (inscription dated 1807 on flyleaf); acquired from Walter Schatzki, 1964. FIRST EDITION ONE OF THE EARLIEST BOOKS WITH INTAGLIO ILLUSTRATIONS OF PLANTS Colonna, a member of the Italian nobility and a lawyer by training, suffered from epilepsy, and was led to the study of botany after discovering in Dioscorides the sedative properties of valerian, which reputedly cured him. In his <->\KFytobasanos\k<-> or "Plant Touchstone", Colonna set out to improve the descriptions of plants given by Dioscorides and other classical authorities. He is believed to have executed the etchings himself after drawings from actual specimens (the original drawings are preserved in the Biblioteca Nazionale, Naples). Colonna approached the Dioscoridean descriptions with a critical eye, and was in advance of his time in showing details of plant parts decades before their taxonomic importance was recognized. Adams C-2394; Blunt and Stearn, pp. 99-101; Hunt 165; Mortimer Italian 130; Nissen BBI 386; Pritzel 1822; Wellcome I. 1540.
Christie's
$COLONNA, Fabio (1567-1650). Minus cognitarum stirpium aliquot, ac etiam rariorum nostro coelo orientium \KEKPHRASIS\k . Item de Aquatilibus aliisque nonnullis Animalibus . De Purpura ab Animali tetaceo fusa . Rome: Jacob Mascardi, 1616. 4 parts$
Sep. 23, 2010
COLONNA, Fabio (1567-1650). Minus cognitarum stirpium aliquot, ac etiam rariorum nostro coelo orientium \KEKPHRASIS\k . Item de Aquatilibus aliisque nonnullis Animalibus . De Purpura ab Animali tetaceo fusa . Rome: Jacob Mascardi, 1616. 4 parts
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
COLONNA, Fabio (1567-1650). Minus cognitarum stirpium aliquot, ac etiam rariorum nostro coelo orientium \KEKPHRASIS\k. Item de Aquatilibus aliisque nonnullis Animalibus. De Purpura ab Animali tetaceo fusa. Rome: Jacob Mascardi, 1616. 4 parts in one volume, 4° (220 x 155 mm). 3 engraved titles with putti and the Colonna arms, half-title, engraved portrait, 152 full-page etchings, of which 131 of plants, the remainder of shells, marine life, insects and a hippopotamus (some minor marginal browning and staining). 19th-century red morocco by Staggemeier & Welcher with ticket (spine darkened, edges bumped). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION in a Staggemeier & Welcher binding. Second edition of parts 1-2, first edition De Purpura. The great success of Fabio Colonna's De Purpura guaranteed the Neapolitan author one of the first places in the Accademia dei Lincei founded in Rome in 1616. The plates 'are executed in pure etching ... Moreover, they are botanically accurate, with separate details of flowers and fruit frequently shown' (Blunt & Stearn pp. 100-101). Colonna identified the herb valerian as the remedy Dioscorides recommended for epilepsy and his first book, Phytobasanos, was published in 1592 (he is believed to have executed the etchings himself after drawings from actual specimens). Brunet II, 172-3; Blunt and Stearn, pp. 100-101; Nissen BBI 385; Nissen ZBI 927 (De Purpura); Pritzel 1823.
Christie's
Jun. 11, 2010
Fabio Colonna (1567-1640)
Est: - €150
Fabio Colonna (1567-1640) Letter with autograph signature by the botanist and naturalist, among the first enrolled in the Accademia dei Lincei of Naples, of which Colonna was councellor and attorney. Colonna's scientific arguments were flanked by considerable knowledge of music, mathematics, astronomy and mechanics, as shown by the correspondence with Galileo Galilei and the publication of his Sambuca Lincea in Naples in 1618. He writes a courtesy letter to Francesco Capolucchi dated Napoli, 18 Aprile 1626. One page, 4to.
Aste Bolaffi
Nov. 10, 2009
COLONNA, FABIO.
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
MINUS COGNITARUM STIRPIUM ALIQUOT, AC ETIAM RARIORUM NOSTRO COELO ORIENTIUM EKFRASIV. .ROME: GUGLIELMO FACCIOTTI, 1606. first edition, 4to (219 x 146mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page, title-page and dedication printed in red and black, engraved portrait of Colonna on verso of title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, full-page engraved illustrations, modern calf in antique style, a few early manuscript annotations, [Nissen BBI 385; Wellcome I, 1541], rebacked, corners bumped
Sotheby's
Nov. 10, 2009
COLONNA, FABIO.
Est: £3,500 - £4,000
FUTOBASANOV SIVE PLANTARUM ALIQUOT HISTORIA IN QUA DESCRIBUNTUR DIVERSI GENERIS PLANTAE VERIORES... ACCESSIT ETIAM PISCIUM ALIQUOT, PLANTARUMQUE NOVARUM HISTORIA EODEM AUCTORE. .NAPLES: ORAZIO SALVIANI, FOR GIOVANNI GIACOMO CARLINO AND ANTONIO PACE, 1592. First edition, 4to (200 x 141mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials, full-page engraved illustrations, nineteenth-century green morocco-backed boards, [Censimento 16 CNCE 12822; Mortimer, Harvard Italian 130; Nissen BBI 386; Wellcome I, 1540], [paraph]3 torn and repaired (affecting a few letters), some other paper repairs (affecting text)
Sotheby's
$COLONNA, Fabio (1567-1650?). \KFYTOBASANO\kC sive plantarum aliquot historia... accessit etiam piscium aliquot, Plantarúmque novarum Historia . Naples: Giovanni Giacomo Carlino & Antonio Pace, 1592.$
Jun. 24, 2009
COLONNA, Fabio (1567-1650?). \KFYTOBASANO\kC sive plantarum aliquot historia... accessit etiam piscium aliquot, Plantarúmque novarum Historia . Naples: Giovanni Giacomo Carlino & Antonio Pace, 1592.
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
COLONNA, Fabio (1567-1650?). \KFYTOBASANO\kC sive plantarum aliquot historia... accessit etiam piscium aliquot, Plantarúmque novarum Historia. Naples: Giovanni Giacomo Carlino & Antonio Pace, 1592. 2 parts in one volume, 4o (198 x 140 mm). Small woodcut pilgrim device of the printer Orazio Salviani on title-page, initials, head- and tail-pieces, 37 full-page etchings (26 botanical in part one, 11 botanical and some aquatic in part 2) set within type ornament borders. (Skilful paper restoration to worm holes throughout sometimes affecting the text and occasionally affecting images, title-page lightly soiled, some mostly marginal dampstaining.) 19th-century roan backed marbled boards. ONE OF THE EARLIEST BOOKS WITH INTAGLIO ILLUSTRATIONS OF PLANTS FIRST EDITION. Colonna, a member of the Italian nobility and a lawyer by training, suffered from epilepsy, and was led to the study of botany after discovering in Dioscorides the sedative properties of valerian, which reputedly cured him. In his \KFytobasanos\k or "Plant Touchstone", Colonna set out to improve the descriptions of plants given by Dioscorides and other classical authorities. He is believed to have executed the etchings himself after drawings from actual specimens (the original drawings are preserved in the Biblioteca Nazionale, Naples). Colonna approached the Dioscoridean descriptions with a critical eye, and was in advance of his time in showing details of plant parts decades before their taxonomic importance was recognized. Adams C-2394; Blunt and Stearn, pp. 99-101; Harvard/Mortimer Italian 130; Hunt 165; Nissen BBI 386; Pritzel 1822; Wellcome I. 1540.
Christie's
Dec. 13, 2005
COLONNA, FABIO
Est: €3,000 - €3,500
MINUS COGNITARUM RARIORUMQUE NOSTRO COELO ORIENTIUM STIRPIUM EKPHRASIS. DE AQUATILIBUS ALIISQUE NONNULLIS ANIMALIBUS LIBELLIS. PARS ALTERA. DE PURPURA AB ANIMALI TESTACEO FUSA. ROMA: GIACOMO MASCARDI, 1616 4 parti in un vol., 4to (205x143mm), seconda edizione, 3 frontespizi architettonici incisi in rame, ritratto a piena pagina fuori testo e numerose illustrazioni incise in rame nel testo entro bordure tipografiche raffiguranti piante, animali e conchiglie, pergamena del secolo XVIII, tassello moderno al dorso, tagli rossi spruzzati. Ritratto più corto di margine proveniente da un altro esemplare, leggere bruniture su alcune carte, fori di tarlo lungo il margine interno sulle carte S3-4 e T1-4 senza danno, aloni di umidità su alcune carte. Nissen BBI 385; Pritzel 1823
Sotheby's
Dec. 18, 2002
COLONNA, Fabio (1567- ca 1650). Phytobasanos sive plantarum aliquot historia... accessit etiam piscium aliquot, plantarumque novarum historia. Naples: Orazio Salviani for Giovanni Giacomo Carlino & Antonio Pace, 1592.
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
2 parts in one volume, 4 o (201 x 149 mm). Salviani's woodcut device on title, floriated woodcut initials of various sizes, 8 typographic head- and tailpieces. 37 FULL-PAGE ETCHINGS PRINTED WITHIN TYPE-ORNAMENT BORDERS (26 of plants in part I, 11 of plants and fish in part II). (Mostly light dampstaining to lower margin, affecting images, some offsetting to text.) Modern vellum backed boards. Provenance : Massachusetts Horticultural Society, presented by Albert C. Burrage (bookplate, dated 1935). "THE FIRST STRICTLY BOTANICAL BOOK WITH INTAGLIO PRINTS FROM METAL PLATES" (Blunt & Stearn). Colonna, a member of the Italian nobility and a lawyer by training, suffered from epilepsy and was led to the study of botany after discovering in Dioscorides the sedative properties of Valerian, which reputedly cured him. In his Phytobasanos (Plant touchstone), Colonna set out to improve the descriptions of plants given by Dioscorides and other classical authorities. He is believed to have executed the etchings for the present work himself after drawings taken from the life (the original drawings are preserved in the Bibliotheca Nazionale, Naples). Colonna approached the Disocoridean descriptions with a critical eye, and was in advance of his time in showing details of plant parts decades before their taxonomic importance was recognised. Adams C-2394; Blunt & Stearn 1994 pp.99-100; Mortimer Italian 130; Hunt 165; Nissen BBI 386; Pritzel 1822.
Christie's