Extremely rare hand-coloured copy of the first and only Dutch edition of Jonston's famous zoological encyclopaedia
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JONSTON, Johannes (Matthias GRAUS, translator).
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. [8], 194; [6], 179, [1]; 56; 181, [3]; [4], "152" [= 154]; [1], [1 blank], 39, [1] pp. Full description
€ 27,500
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. [8], 194; [6], 179, [1]; 56; 181, [3]; [4], "152" [= 154]; [1], [1 blank], 39, [1] pp. Full description