Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus Libri: Cum Aeneis Figuris [AND}  De Piscibus et Cetis (Volumes 1 & 2)

Jan Jonston; Pietro Castelli; Jan Jacobsz Schipper

Amsterdam : Apud Joannem Jacobi Fil. Schipper, 1657

[De quadrupedibus, On Quadrupeds [AND] De piscibus et cetis, On Fishes] Two volumes bound together.  Libri I and V.  Folio, 14 x 8 1/2 inches.  Contemporary marbled boards, rebacked with fine modern, 3/4  leather. Strong binding and cover. [8], 163 p. + [2], 160 p. Engraved title.   Quadrupeds section illustrated with approximately seventy-nine engravings (some duplicates, some added plates from other publications); the section on fish and whales illustrated with approximately forty-seven engravings (numbered to forty-five, some added plates); the added plates are pasted on the versos of the existing illustrations. cf. Nissen ZBI 2131-2135; Nissen IVB 481. Graesse, III, 477. 

"First issued in Frankfurt in 1650-57, this famous compendium of the animal kingdom was considered the standard zoological encyclopedia of its era... Finely engraved, carefully detailed, and often featuring a touch of whimsy, these are among the most pleasing zoological plates produced in the 17th century." - Bonhams, 2016.  

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