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I. Jonstons Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der vier-voetige dieren, vissen en bloedlooze water-dieren, vogelen, kronkel-dieren, slangen en draken

Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 · 1660 · t' Amsterdam : Bij I.I. Schipper · 39 pictures

A 1660 Dutch natural history compendium by Joannes Jonstonus, published in Amsterdam by I.I. Schipper, cataloguing four-footed animals, fish, birds, serpents and other creatures for a learned general readership. The plates are numbered engravings of birds of prey, pigeons and snakes, each specimen drawn in isolation with Latin and Dutch labels, offering a designer clear, systematic studies of animal anatomy and plumage patterns for botanical-style or vintage field-guide layouts.

Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works · Animals -- Early works to 1800 · Birds -- Early works to 1800 · Fishes -- Early works to 1800 · Reptiles -- Early works to 1800 · Amphibians -- Early works to 1800

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