Historiae naturalis de quadrupetibus libri : cum aeneis figuris; [Historiae naturalis de serpentibus libri II ; Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III ; Historiae naturalis de exanguibus aquaticis libri IV ; Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V ; Historiae naturalis de avibus libri VI]

Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675, Merian, Matthaeus, 1621-1687, ill, Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, publisher, 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, Godman, Frederick Du Cane, 1834-1919, former owner. DSI, Bayer, Frederick M., former owner. DSI, Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644, Burndy Library, donor. DSI · 1650 · Francofurti ad Moenum : Impensis haeredum Math: Meriani · 214 pictures

This is a Latin natural history compendium on quadrupeds, serpents, insects, aquatic invertebrates, fishes and birds by Joannes Jonstonus, published in Frankfurt am Main in 1650 by the heirs of Matthaeus Merian, with copperplate figures engraved by Matthaeus Merian the younger. The fish plates are numbered, labelled engravings of individual species arranged in grids on a page, each specimen drawn in side profile with fine hatched shading. A designer could take from them the orderly catalogue layout of many small specimens, useful for botanical-style sheets, field guide grids, or reference panels.

Early works to 1800 · Pre-Linnean works · Animals · Birds · Fishes · Crustacea · Insects · Snakes · Zoology

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