ROLLI, Sebastiano - Luigi METAXA (1778-1842) - Osservazioni naturali intorno alle cavallette nocive della Campagna Romana. Rome: Vincenzo Poggioli, 1825.   4to (270 x 190mm). Woodcut decoration on title, one hand-coloured engraved plate at end (without final blank, light browning). Contemporary calf, phytomorphic gilt frame on covers, rich gilt decorations and title on spine, marbled endpapers (lightly rubbed, wormtracks on covers). Provenance: AK (manuscript ancient monogram on endpaper).   [WITH:] - METAXA, Luigi (1778-1842) - Monografia de' serpenti di Roma e suoi contorni. Roma: De Romanis, 1823. 4to (270 x 200mm). Woodcut decoration on title, one engraved plate at the end (soiling on title and waterstain to outer margin of first pages and final gatherings). Binding with calf spine over marbled covers, gilt title on spine (very light rubbing on spine).   Two interesting natural science works dedicated to grasshoppers and snakes written by Luigi Metaxa, one of the first professors of veterinary medicine and zoology in Rome, and by his pupil Sebastiano Rolli. (2)

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