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Natural history - zoology - JONSTON, Johannes - [Beschryving van de Natuur der viervoetige dieren, vissen, en bloedelooze water-dieren, vogelen, kronkeldieren, slangen en draken.] Amsterdam, I.I. Schipper, 1660

Estimation : 250 / 250
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
4 parts in 1 vol., folio, cont. half calf (worn & repaired), spine on 5 raised bands. Tears and (water)stains, front title lacking, other titles damaged and missing some parts, some pl. or pp. loose, some with tears, several pp. underlaid. N.C., s.w.a.f. First ed. of this Dutch trsl. of the encyclopedical study of animals known at the time by the Polish scholar and physician J. Jonston (1603-1675), 1st publ. in Latin in 1657. Incomplete but still an interesting collection of some 232 engr. pl. by Mathäeus Merian. At the end 3 pls with a nice variety of dragons. One of the most spectacular animal books from the 17th century showing elephants, a unicorn, a rhinoceros, cats and dogs, frogs, whales, mermaids, falcons and other birds of prey. Text in 2 cols. Bookpl. F.H.M. Ouwerling.
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