76/1735 (Seyfried, J.H.). Wonderen van 't heelal. Vertoont in een Beschryvinge van veel seldsame en aenmerkenswaerdige gevallen, ontdekt in de Zeën, Revieren, Meeren, Staende Wateren. Als op en ontrent de bergen, rotsen, eylanden (...) geschapentheyt des firmaments, sterren, planeten, Cometen, en al het geene daer van is voortkomende. Gouda, J. and A. Endenburg, 1718, (46),463,(19)p., etched frontisp., fold. engr. worldmap and 29 (fold.) engr. and etched plates, contemp. calf, richly gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece, sm. 4to.

- Lacks the plate showing the earth's layers opposite p.208; browned/ foxed; worldmap with sm. tear in fold; a few scattered wormholes. Outer boardedges and corners showing.

= A curious collection of trivia on natural phenomena, i.a. regarding astronomy, geology (i.a. volcanoes, geothermal springs), paleontology (i.a. a plate of mammoth teeth perceived as teeth of human giants), zoology, botany, but also on mummies and fantasy sea creatures and unicorns. Second Dutch translation of Medulla mirabilium naturæ. Das ist: Auserlesene, unter den Wundern der Natur (Sultzbach, 1679). First Dutch edition erroneously attributed by Van Doorninck/ De Kempenaer to Conrad van Magdeburg, which was adopted by Scheepers I, 569 and Van Gendt, Luza sale 1981, no. 648. On the worldmap Shirley 488: "An unusual feature is the placing of large lakes in the mountainous regions of the Alps, the Himalayas, the central Andes and southern Africa. In spite of the title the map does not indicate ocean currents and only three volcanoes, all emerging from the sea, are shown." Rare Dutch edition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVIII.