FROM THE LIBRARY OF ULISSE ALDOVRANDI PONTANO, Giovanni.
De rebus coelestibus.
First editions of three works on cosmology, ethics, and astrology by the Neapolitan humanist, poet, and polymath Giovanni Pontano (1426–1503), an important sammelband from the celebrated library of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605), professor of natural philosophy and natural history at the University of Bologna, and a witness to his most cherished endeavour, the bridging of the gap between collection and classification through a new, observation-based science.
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