Thaumatographia naturalis
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JONSTON Johan. Thaumatographia naturalis, in decem Classes distincta, in quibus admiranda. I. Coeli. II. Elementorum. III. Meteororum. IV. Fossilium. V. Plantarum. VI. Avium. VII. Quadrupedum. VIII. Exanguium. IX. Piscium. X. Hominis. Amsterdam, J. Janssonium et El. Weyerstraet, 1665.
12mo 140 x 80 mm.; Contemporary half calf binidng; pp. 495/ I.E. 497, [5].
12mo 140 x 80 mm.; Contemporary half calf binidng; pp. 495/ I.E. 497, [5].
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Note work of the Polish scientist of Scottish origin John Jonston [1603-1675], who constitutes a useful compendium of encyclopaedic knowledge of the time in the field of natural sciences [botany, zoology, medicine, mineralogy, etc.], according to a systematic order that it is still largely the Aristotelian one.Sign of wormholes in the lower margin of text.Nice engraved Frontispiece. Lacking last blank leaf
[Garrison-Morton, n. 287]. Hirsch, II/453; Caillet, n. 5614.
[Garrison-Morton, n. 287]. Hirsch, II/453; Caillet, n. 5614.
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