(CAMBIN) SERVOLINI, Luigi.Livre Rare Book
Ambrae historiam ad Omnipotentis Dei Gloriam et hominum sanitatem. Exhibet Justus Fidus Klobius D In Acad. Witteb JOSEPH-IGNACE GUILLOTIN'S COPY The history of the ambra to the Glory of Almighty God and for the health of humankind. Presented by Justus Fidus Klobius Doctor in the Academy of Wittenberg
166689746Wittenberg: Héritiers de D. Tobias Mevius et E. SchumacherImpr. de Matthaeus Henckel 1666. Fine. A copy ""uncut at the head"" Héritiers de D. Tobias Mevius et E. Schumacher Impr. de Matthaeus Henckel Wittenberg 1666 16.3 x 20.2 cm Relié First edition illustrated with four plates including a folding world map cf. Sinkankas 3466; Agassiz III 370.Full fawn calf spine with five slender raised bands gilt-tooled compartments with occasionally softened floral tools rubbed gilt headcaps brown morocco lettering-piece marbled endpapers and pastedowns gilt dentelle framing the pastedowns gilt fillets to board edges marbled edges contemporary binding.Repairs to the spine one joint split at head and foot browning along the board margins with surface scratches scattered foxing a waterstain at the head of all leaves.A noteworthy treatise devoted to yellow amber and above all to ambergris the fragrant substance derived from the intestinal concretions of sperm whales which once expelled float on the surface of the sea and yield a highly prized perfume.The plates depict a frog and a lizard embedded in amber a world map Africa Europe Asia and part of the Southern Lands figures collecting bird droppings and various animals.""This book commonly appears in bibliographies on amber when in fact it is about ambergris but Klobius examines both substances and notes their differences on p. 26-9. One of the plates shows a frog and a lizard imbedded in amber both of which are fakes"" Sinkankas.On the title-page a distinguished manuscript ex-libris in black ink Héritiers de D. Tobias Mevius et E. SchumacherImpr. de Matthaeus Henckel hardcover
