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Salviani, Ippolito

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Salviani, Ippolito

Salviani, Ippolito

  • worked for Marcello Cervini at the Vatican Library
  • Cervini asked Daniele Barbaro to send images of fish [!] from Venice to Rome to support Salviani's book on fish – one of the first that may be regarded as scientific ichthyology.
  • [Gudger 1934: 30-31] "This student of Mediterranean fishes was born near Urbino in the year indicated. Having received such education as was available in his day, he studied medicine and for the remainder of his life acceptably practiced his art in Rome and taught medicine in its university. As a physician and student of natural history he attracted the attention of Cardinal CERVINI and afterwards became physician to three popes. SALVIANI evidently had the lively scientific interests of the time, for it is said that every new natural history object brought to Rome was referred to him. These he states that he displayed to and discussed with his friends | [31]  that " we might be able to arrive at correct conclusions." His interests, however, were mainly fishes. Apart from his few medical writings, which do not concern us, his opus is:
    Aquatilium Animalium Historiae
    Liber Primus, cum Eorundem
    Formis, Aere Excusis.
    Romae, MDLIIII.
  • [Gudger 1934: 31] "This is a folio of 256 leaves, which was issued in parts (but not so numbered-" Liber Primus " in the title only) from I554 tO 1558, in January of which year the last signature was published. The printing was done in the house of the author as we read on leaf 256. The plates were printed from engravings on brass or copper—" aere excusis "—done presumably in SALVIANI's house and undoubtedly under his eye."
  • met with Conrad Gesner when he visited Italy in 1554: "In I5 54 the magistrates of Zurich appointed him city physician and public professor of philosophy and natural history. Seeking health and specimens, he travelled much throughout Switzerland, southern Germany, France, and northern Italy (where he met SALVIANI and ALDROVANDI[Gudger 1934: 33]
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