(ARDUINO, Giovanni & Pietro). Indice degli Scritti stati pubblicati fino a luglio dell’ Anno 1785 del. Sig. Giovanni Arduini [& Pietro Arduini].
24 pp. Small 8vo, modern marbled wrappers (some dampstaining). N.p.: n.d. [but probably 1785]. First edition, and extremely rare, of the earliest bibliography of the writings of Giovanni Arduino (1714-95), a founder of geology, and his brother Pietro (1728-1805), a botanist who was appointed to the first chair of agriculture at the University of Padua. Very good copy. ❧ D.S.B., I, pp. 233-34.
$US500
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