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S(EYFRID), J.H. M.F.

Wonderen der natuyr, of een beschryvingh van de wonderlijke geschapenheyt der Natuyr...
's Gravenhage
Meyndert Uytwerf
1694
€200 - €400

In-4°, (48), 463 [= 443], (21) pp, gegraveerde titel, met 28 (van 30) uitv. gegraveerde platen b.t. Beduimeld ex., vlekjes, gegraveerde titel is los, scheur in de wereldkaart en in de plaat 'reuzentanden'. Meerdere figuren per plaat. Vervuilde perkamentband uit de tijd, wat los in de band

"Very rare work, a.o. on seamonsters, miraculous fishes, animals and birds. Interesting because it takes into account recent discoveries, both geographical as well as scientific. Erroneously attributed by Van Doorninck/De Kempenaer to Conrad van Magdeburg; this was copied by Scheepers I, 569"