CRESCIMBENI, Giovanni Mario. Le Vite Degli Arcadi Illustri....Parte Prima.
In Roma: Nella Stamperia di Antonio de' Rossi, 1708. First edition of Part One. (the remaining parts were published in 1710, 1714, 1727 and 1751 respectively).
4to., full contemporary vellum, (20), 222, (10)pp.
Vellum somewhat soiled but o/w a near fine copy.
Contains short biographies of the following; Francesco Redi, D'Angelo Della Noce, Francesco D'Andrea, Marcello Malpighi, Carlo Maria Maggi, Raffaello Fabbretti, Lorenzo Bellini, Vincenzio Viviani, Antonio Caraccio, Benedetto Menzini, Francesco de Lemene, and Cardinale Enrico Noris. $350 CAD