Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der vier-voetige dieren, vissen en bloedlooze water-dieren, vogelen, kronkel-dieren, slangen en draken.Amsterdam, Jan Jacobsz. Schipper, 1660. 6 parts (issued as 4) in 1 volume. Folio. With a general letterpress title-page without imprint, 2 letterpress part-titles without imprint, 4 hand-coloured engraved part-titles and with 250 expertly engraved plates, 249 coloured by a contemporary hand. Further with woodcut decorated initials, coloured by hand with the letters themselves in gold. 18th-century(?) blind-tooled vellum.
by JONSTON, Johannes (Matthias GRAUS, translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
t Goy, Netherlands
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
[8], 194; [6], 179, [1]; 56; 181, [3]; [4], "152" [= 154]; [1], [1 blank], 39, [1] pp.The first and only Dutch edition of Jonston's zoological encyclopaedia, exquisitely coloured by a contemporary hand. It was first published three years earlier in Latin as Theatrum universale historiae naturalis (Amsterdam, J.J. Schipper, 1657). The 6 parts cover quadrupeds, fish and aquatic mammals, "bloodless" sea animals (mostly invertebrates), birds (including bats), "grooved or twisted" animals (insects, spiders, worms, snails, crustaceans, etc.), and snakes and dragons. The 250 striking plates, while unsigned, were evidently engraved by Matthäus Merian the elder (1593-1650) and his sons Caspar (1627-1686) and Matthäus the younger (1621-1687) (Anker, Bird books 234, and others). Nearly every plate illustrates several animals (with insects sometimes dozens), including various mythological and fantastic creatures, such as a dragon, phoenix, harpy, griffin and mermaid. The present copy is especially valuable as a rare example with the plates, including the engraved title-pages, skilfully coloured by a contemporary hand. With some manuscript annotations on the plates in the birds part, adding the common names of the birds in English and/or French. One plate originally lacking in this copy (showing snakes) has been loosely inserted from an uncoloured copy. With some creases in the first engraved part-title and one in the general title-page, occasional very faint water stains or minor thumbing but further internally very good. The front hinge repaired, spine and corners slightly damaged and the boards somewhat rubbed. A wonderfully hand-coloured Dutch edition of Jonston's famous zoological encyclopaedia.l DNB vol. 30 (1892) pp. 80-81; Nissen ZBI 2149 (calls for 249 plates, missing one in part 2); STCN 840917651 (vissen en bloedloze waterdieren); 840917597 (vogelen); 84091749X (gekerfde of kronkeldieren, slangen en draken); 84091735X (viervoetige dieren, including the general title-page); this ed. not in BMC NH
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Asher Rare Books (NL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABC_47154
- Title
- Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der vier-voetige dieren, vissen en bloedlooze water-dieren, vogelen, kronkel-dieren, slangen en draken.Amsterdam, Jan Jacobsz. Schipper, 1660. 6 parts (issued as 4) in 1 volume. Folio. With a general letterpress title-page without imprint, 2 letterpress part-titles without imprint, 4 hand-coloured engraved part-titles and with 250 expertly engraved plates, 249 coloured by a contemporary hand. Further with woodcut decorated initials, coloured by hand with the letters themselves in gold. 18th-century(?) blind-tooled vellum.
- Author
- JONSTON, Johannes (Matthias GRAUS, translator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- [5091845FC46C] NATURAL HISTORY|[5091845FC46C] NATURAL HISTORY -> [79AAA7E3725F] Birds / Ornithology|[5091845FC46C] NATURAL HISTORY -> [6A469E92B700] Fishes / Ichthyology|[5091845FC46C] NATURAL HISTORY -> [8CE648004CA2] Mammals|
Terms of Sale
Asher Rare Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Asher Rare Books
Biblio member since 2020
t Goy
About Asher Rare Books
Dealers in rare books and manuscripts since 1830. Located in 't Goy, near Utrecht in the Netherlands.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....