75/2264 Johnston, J. Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus/ (...) de Avibus/ (...) de Piscibus/ (...) de Exanguibus/ (...) de Insectis/ (...) de Serpentibus. Amst., J.J. Schipper, 1657/ 1665, 2nd ed., 6 parts in 2 vols., 4 engr. titles, 250 engr. plates after i.a. C. and M. MERIAN, contemp. unif. gilt calf, folio.

- A few plates loose; both vols. w. the same (later) owner's entries in pen and ink on first free endpaper. Binding worn/ dam. along edges; both vols. w. almost entirely worn off central gilt coat of arms on both covers (unidentified). Despite mainly external defects a complete and clean copy.

= A good complete copy of the second edition of this standard seventeenth-century encyclopaedia of natural history, illustrated with fine plates which were often reprinted by others into the next century showing a mix of recognisable animals together with mythical beasts. Cf. Nissen ZBI 2131-2135; Nissen IVB 481. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVII.