eruti, Benedetto & Chiocco, Andrea; CalceolarI ivn. Veronensis a Benedicto Cervto medico incaeptvm; et ab Andrea Chiocco med. physico excelltiss, collegii luculenter descriptum. Verona Angelus Tamus, 1622. Folio, pp. 46, 748, engraved title page, folded plate of the museum's enterior (a 19th century reproduction of original), 43 engraved plates in the text (8 of which are full page). In 19th century calf and marbled boards, gilt spine panels and titles, very minor toning to title page, a very good copy.

Ceruti ( ? - 1620) and Chiocco ( 1562-1624) were two Veronese physicians commissioned to catalogue the immense natural history collections of Franceso Calzolari a wealthy Veronese pharacist. The collection was one of the earliest natural history collections rivalling those of Calzolari's close friends Aldrovandi of Bologna and Mercati of Rome. Historians are endebted to Ceruti and Chiocco for writing the above comprehensive and beautifully illustrated catalogue of this collection. Calazolari started collecting minerals, plants and animals while hiking in the region surrounding Verona, Italy. Soon he became fascinated with natural history and had dealers throughout Europe and Asia Minor seeking and sending him the finest specimens of minerals, plants and animals. He would display the specimens in a special room at the back of his shop with each spenimen properly labelled as to its location. Soon the collection was known as a museum and its fame had spread throughout Europe. Ceruti and Chiocco were commissioned to write a catalogue when the collection was at its height. The strength of the collection is in its mneralogical, fossil and botanical specimens some of which are illustrated on the beautifully engraved plates. The work is of importance to historians since the section on minerals and fossils is the first publication of Girolamo Fracastoro's (1483-1553) idea prosed in 1517 that fossils originated from once living animals with their formation being caused by the changing positions of lands and seas. The catalog ends with a description of the library and paintings of famous doctors, botanists philosophers, and mathematicians. The museum was divided into six parts: (1.) corals, (2.) clays and earths, (3.) crystal-lined geodes, amethysts, flurite, diamond, opal, emerald, topaz, cat's-eye, malachite, jasper, beryl, sapphire, lapis lazuli, turquoise, ruby, garnet, chalcedony, agate, and fossils, (4.) gold, siver, cinnabar, copper, and iron minerals, antimony minerals, coal, talc, alum, cassiterite etc., (5.) an herbarium, and (6.) preserved animals, birds, snakes, and supposed horn of a unicorn.