Johannis Sperlingi Witteb. quondam phys. P. P. celeberrimi, Zoologia physica posth. brevi & perspicuo ordine : ab ipso, cùm in vivis esset, autore adornata ... : accessit in fine, disputationum zoolog. hexas, de basilisco, unicornu, phoenice, behemoth & leviathan, dracone ac araneâ
Johannis Sperling's Zoologia physica, a posthumous 1661 zoology textbook published in Leipzig by the heirs of J. Berger, edited by Georg Kaspar Kirchmayer and drawn from Sperling's lectures for university students. The pictures are small printed ornamental headpieces and tailpieces in black ink on the page, with scrollwork, leafy foliage and symmetrical arabesques that a designer could adapt for borders, dividers or title panels; the British Museum duplicate stamp is a scan artefact.
