Johnston; Merian - Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus - 1650

“Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus Libri” 1650.

Rare first edition on the history of four-legged animals, by Jan Johnstonus and Matthäus Merian.

With frontispiece and all 80 beautiful full-page copper engravings.

The pages are well preserved, with isolated foxing, and in places somewhat more browning.
Some copper plates and a few pages show light edge tears and small imperfections, located outside the text and the copper plates.
Pages 109-112 show small worm trails outside the text.
As is often the case, the portrait is missing.

Bound in a contemporary leather binding with spine decoration.
The binding is somewhat rubbed, the spine at the top is slightly brittle. The joints at the top and bottom are lightly cracked and the corners are bumped.

Collation: title copperplate, 231 pages, 2 leaves

Dimensions: 35 x 22 cm