1657 Merian Folio Superb Hc Engr Dragons & Basilisk
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1657 Merian Folio Superb Hc Engr Dragons & Basilisk Picture(s) and Description:
1657 MERIAN Folio SUPERB hc engr DRAGONS & BASILISK Mythological Animals. ORIGINAL and 352 years old! Superb hand coloured engraved 1657 MERIAN Folio SUPERB handcolor engraving DRAGONS & BASILISK, Mythological Animals
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From: Historia Naturalis., Published in Amsterdam in 1657.
FOLIO Leaf: ca 14.6 by 8.7 inches: 37.3 x 22.1 cms
This copper engraving is ORIGINAL and 352 years old!
John Jonston (or Johnstone), a descendant of a Scottish family, was born in Sambter, Poland. He was interested in both medicine and natural sciences, and studied at St. Andrews, Cambridge, and Leiden. He published major natural history studies, including Thaumatographia Naturalis (Amsterdam 1632), a compendium of contemporary knowledge of natural science including astronomy, paleontology, plants, animals and man. This was followed by Theatrum Universale Omnium Animalium (Frankfurt, 1650), with plates after his drawings engraved by Mattias Merian depicting the entire range of animal species. After having spent most of his life travelling through all parts of Europe, he settled in Silesia.
CONDITION: VERY GOOD. On laid paper. Little marginal spotting & some minor fingering. Tiny marginal tear (outside plate mark). Superb and impressive leaf. A very attractive item!
WE COMBINE SHIPPING HAPPILY and ONLY CHARGE for the FIRST / LARGEST ITEM OF GRAPHIC SOLD.
ANTIQUARIAT Daniel Good, Beromunster Switzerland
