Plates 5-7: Ulisse Aldrovandi. Ornithologia. Bologna, 1559–1603
File — Box: 1
Dates
- Creation: 1559–1603
Creator
- From the Collection: Aldrovandi, Ulisse, 1522-1605? (Person)
- From the Collection: Buc'hoz, Pierre-Joseph, 1731-1807 (Person)
- From the Collection: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788 (Person)
- From the Collection: Collaert, Adriaen, -1618 (Person)
- From the Collection: De Kay, James E. (James Ellsworth), 1792-1851 (Person)
- From the Collection: Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784 (Person)
- From the Collection: Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565 (Person)
- From the Collection: Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823 (Person)
- From the Collection: Knorr, Georg Wolfgang, 1705-1761 (Person)
- From the Collection: Meyer, Johann Daniel, 1713- (Person)
- From the Collection: Perrault, Claude, 1613-1688 (Person)
- From the Collection: Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, 1672-1733 (Person)
Historical Note
Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605), Italian successor to Gessner. Aldrovandi received his doctorate from the University of Bologna a the age of 31. At his urging the city of Bologna established a botanical garden in 1568. Taking Gessner’s books as a guide, Aldrovandi began to publish his own enlarged and expanded works on zoology and botany. He did not use Gessner’s alphabetical order, but arranged his animals and birds into groups. His Ornithologia contained 685 woodcuts.
Extent
From the Collection: 4 Linear Feet (2 flat boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
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4600 Sunset Avenue
Irwin Library 345
Indianapolis Indiana 46208 United States
specialcollections@butler.edu