Augustino scilla (10 risultati)

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Condizione: Good. De Corporibus Marinis Lapidescentibus Quae Defossa Reperuntur Addita Dissertatione Fabii Columnae Glossopetris On Petrified Marine Bodies Discovere (The History of paleontology).

Hardcover. Condizione: gut. 1980. De Corporibus Marinis Lapidescentibus. Quae Defossa Reperuntur. Addita Dissertatione Fabii Columnae de Glossopetris. On Petrified Marine Bodies Discovere In englischer Sprache. pages.

Rilegato. Condizione: condizioni quasi ottime. Opera in 4°(29,5 x 22,5); legatura professionalmente restaurata in piena pergamena antica; tassello rosso al dorso con autore e data dorati. Antiporta allegorica incisa in rame e vignetta incisa al frontespizio stampato in rosso e nero; pagine (6), 82, (6) + 31 tavole incise in rame di fossili, coralli, denti, squali e scheletri di pesci; la numerazione delle tavole risulta anomala. Celeberrima opera dello Scilla (Messina 1639 - Roma 1700) che, essendo pittore, si ritiene abbi anche disegnato le tavole. Lo Scilla fu prima pittore naturalista in Roma e al ritorno a Messina fece parte della locale Accademia della Fucina, ove intraprese studi di numismatica e diventò un accanito collezionista di fossili e coralli che osservava durante i suoi viaggi sia nella Sicilia stessa che in Calabria e nella vicina Malta. La sua passione per i fossili lo portò a scrivere quest'opera ove sviluppò la teoria, ardita per il suo tempo, secondo la quale i fossili erano di origine animale in quanto risultavano comparabili con gli animali viventi. L'opera si presenta intonsa, molto marginosa e con belle barbe, le sue carte sono sanissime ed esenti da qualsivoglia difetto; si segnala la presenza di un originalissimo EX-LIBRIS 'POTESTAS IN POTESTATE EX-LIBRIS POTESTA' (cm. 19x13). …

4to. pp. 4 p.l., 73, [5]. with half-title. additional engraved title & 30 engraved plates numbered 1-28 incl. 2 bis plates 11 & 23. engraved headpiece & initials. 19th century bds. (worn, paper chipped from spine & corners, scattered light foxing). bookplate & signature of Swiss-born American biologist & geologist, Louis Agassiz [1807-73]. Harvard University bookplate recording the copy as the gift of Agassiz's son, scientist & engineer Alexander Agassiz. First Edition of the Latin Translation (first published in Italian in 1670) of this pioneering illustrated study of fossils by Italian Baroque artist and paleontologist Agostino Scilla. His researches in Sicily and Malta led to the publication of this work which affirmed that they were not of supernatural or divine origin but the remains of living creatures trapped in mud or soil that later turned into rock. Scilla also correctly identified what had previously been considered magical objects called 'glossopetrae' or 'tongue stones' as sharks' teeth. In the appended dissertation Fabio Colonna describes how he had burnt these fossils to show that they were made of lime, organic matter, rather than minerals. The plates, engraved by Pietro Santi Bartoli after drawings of fossil specimens made by Scilla, include depictions of fossilized animal bones, teeth, shells, corals, snails, a hammer head shark and white shark. Scilla's fossil collection was acquired in 1717 by John Woodward, an English physician, and now forms the nucleus of the collections of the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences at Cambridge University. Nissen ZBI 3780 (calling for frontispiece & 31 plates, apparently in error).…

Couverture rigide. Condizione: Bon. 82 pages, vignette au titre, Rome, ex typographia Joannis Zempel, 1759, in-4, 82 pages, vignette au titre, frontispice et 30 pl. gravées (les pl. 11 et 23 sont bis), Cartonnage souple moderne, dos muet, Troisième édition latine de cet ouvrage novateur d'Agostino Scilla (1629- 1700), peintre italien et paléontologue, pionnier de l'étude scientifique des fossiles. L'ouvrage fut publié pour la première fois en 1670 en italien sous le titre La vana speculazione disingannata dal senso. Agostino Scilla y défendait la théorie d'une origine organique des fossiles et s'opposant ainsi à la croyance populaire selon laquelle ils étaient de simple accident de la nature ou d'origine surnaturelle. Les belles planches sont gravées par Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700, à partir de spécimens tirés de la collection du peintre, elles offrent pour certaines parmi les premières représentations précises de fossiles. L'importante collection de fossiles de Scilla fut acquise par John Woodward en 1717 et est aujourd'hui conservée au Sedgewick Museum of Earth Sciences. Quelques mouillures claires en marge des dernières planches. Mais bel exemplaire à toute marges en partie non coupé. Ward & Carozzi n°2006.…