Title
Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri : cum aeneis figuris
Title Variants
Alternative:
Historiae naturalis
By
Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675
Castelli, Pietro, approximately 1575-approximately 1657
, Hyaena odorifera.
Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675
, Historiae naturalis de quadripedibus libri.
Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675
, Historiae naturalis de avibus libri VI.
Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675
, Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V.
Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675
, Historiae naturalis de exanguibus aquaticis libri IV.
Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675
, Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III.
Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675
, Historiae naturalis de serpentibus libri II.
Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644
Merian, Matthaeus, 1621-1687
, ill.
Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
, publisher.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Amstelodami, Apud Ioannem Iacobi Fil. Schipper, MDCLVII [1657]
Notes
Each part has separate t.p., four are engraved; separate pagination for each part; text in double columns, side-notes.
Form of author and publisher statements vary.
Woodcut vignettes on letterpress t.p.s, initials and tail-pieces.
First published Frankfurt am Main, 1650-1653. The plates, by Matthaeus Merian, and title pages have been redrawn and reversed in this later ed.
Pagination: De quadrupedibus: 6, [2], 163, [1] p., 80 leaves of plates; De serpentibus: [2], 27 [i.e. 37], [1] p., 12 leaves of plates; De insectis: [8], 147, [1] p., 28 leaves of plates; De exanguibus aquaticis: 58, [2] p., 20 leaves of plates; De piscibus et cetis: 5, [3], 160 p., 47 leaves of plates; De avibus: [12], 96, 89-160 p., 62 leaves of plates.
Final part (p. 151-[164]) of Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri consists of: Petri Castelli, Romani, Extasis de hyaena odorifera, zibethum gignente, quae civetta vulgo appellatur.
Contents: [Pt. 1] De quadrupedibus -- [pt. 2] De serpentibus -- [pt. 3] De insectis -- [pt. 4] De exanguibus aquaticis -- [pt. 5] De piscibus et cetis -- [pt. 6] De avibus.
BM (Nat. hist.), | v. 2, p. 942
Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, | no. 2131-2135
Subjects
Animals
,
Birds
,
Early works to 1800
,
Insects
,
Pre-Linnean works
,
Snakes
,
Zoology
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Color Our Collections
Curious and Bizarre Creatures
Monsters Are Real
Call Number
QL41 .J66 1657
Language
Latin
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62511
OCLC:
23826152
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51489124
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