"Ex typographia sub signo Stellae" is an imprint associated with the Accademia della Crusca

Title page printed in red and black

Engraved title vignette, with motto of Ferdinando II: Gratia obvia vltio quaesita

Head- and tail-pieces; initials; side-notes

Two folded leaves are inserted after the title leaf, containing descriptive letterpress ("explicatio figurarum") on one leaf, and an engraved selection of diagrams numbered 1 through 25 on the other (facing) leaf. According to Curtis Schuh, "The plate was originally created as a large double plate, half engraved and half printed. However, due to its large size it is common to find it bound into the book as two plates." In some copies, the folded leaves are bound in at the end of the volume

Signatures: pi1 A-K⁴

Errata on page [1] (3rd group)

The final page is blank

Dibner Library. Heralds of science

Burndy Library. Heralds of science

Schuh, C. Mineralogy & crystallography

SCDIRB copy H106481A is bound with: Redi, Francesco. Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl' insetti. Firenze : All' insegna della Stella, MDCLXVIII [1668]. Bound together subsequent to publication

SCDIRB copy has bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner

SCDIRB copy has an old beige textured paperboard binding with smooth paper spine; with the title inked on the spine. There is an old shelfmark ("168") for an unidentified former owner's library at the foot of the spine

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