$2,460
Jonstonus, Joannes (1603-1675) Historiae Naturalis de Piscibus et Cetis [and] De Insectis, De Serpentibus, et Draconibus . Amsterdam: Johannes Jacob, son of Schipper, 1657. Folio, illustrated with two engraved titles; forty-eight full-paged plates of fish and cetaceans; twenty full-paged plates of crustaceans, squids, octopi, jellies, sea stars, mollusks, bivalves, and other assorted ocean life; twenty-eight full-paged engravings of insects, arachnids, and other similar creatures; and twelve plates of snakes and dragons; contemporary calf, joints cracked, old end cap and corner repairs, dusty and dry, contents with the occasional ink spot, toning, 14 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. This volume represents half of Jonstonus's work, which should also include a volume on quadrupeds, and another on birds.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-06-01
