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Genealogy, cum demonstrationibus in formis arborum designatis. Ejusdem de montibus et silvis, de fontibus, lacubus et fluminibus... Venice, Manfredus of Strevo [Manfredus of Bonellis], 1497. In-folio, half-calf calfskin bradel with corners (Modern binding). Second illustrated edition of the Genealogy of the Gods, decorated with 13 full-page woodcut genealogical tables of the deities of paganism. It was reprinted on the 1494 edition of Octavianus Scotus, to which the treatise De montibus, etc. was added. This rare Venetian incunabulum is printed in Roman characters, except for the title in Gothic, and is enamelled with ornamented lettering on a black background. Handwritten ex-libris on the title: Clementis Politi, emptus Recineti an. salut. 1666. Wet spots, worm bites on the last leaves, one scorched leaf. HC, 3324 - Goff, B-754 - Sander, 1078 - GW, 4479 - BMC, V, 504.