2081 - 2468 NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, TRANSPORT etc.
- Some foxing; upper pastedown w. mounted prize of the "Société d'Encouragement aux Écoles communales laïques de Saintes". Covers rubbed.
= Nissen, ZBI 466. Richly illustrated work on farm animals of the bovine type. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVI.
= Nissen, ZBI 737. Fine copy with beautiful plates of i.a. elephants, a deer, rhino, bison, buffalo and dromedary. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVII.
- Occas. sl./ trifle foxed. Bindings sl. rubbed along extremities; vol. I and II joints starting; vol. II backstrip restored.
= I. Zoogdieren; II. Vogels; III. Kruipende dieren, visschen, ongewervelde dieren. Nissen, ZBI II p.454; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 47.
- Both vols. upper right corner cut out of first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed. Backstrips trifle rubbed.
= Nissen, ZBI 1887; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 72.
- The original title of the first part laid down on second blank; 2nd part lacks plate VI and portion of plate VII cut out; a few plates loose; some lvs./ plates repaired in lower margin; occas. sl. foxed/ (finger)soiled. Covers sl. worn; joints splitting; top of spine dam. Sold w.a.f.
= Nissen, ZBI 2131-2135; Nissen, VB 481; Graesse III, 477; DSB VII, p.164-165: "John Johnston (1603-1675) made a significant contribution (...) to the growing interest in natural history during the first half of the seventeenth century. For example, four of his dictionary-style works on fish, birds, quadrupeds, and insects (...) with excellent illustrations were widely read and translated (...)''. I.a. contains the plate of the rhinoceros, elephant, turtle and lion.
- Occas. trifle foxed. Otherwise a very fine set w. the plates beautifully handcoloured.
= Contents: I. Discours et mémoires. II. Cétacés. III-IV. Reptiles. V-XII. Poissons. Nissen, ZBI 2343. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVII.
- Sl. offsetting from plates on opposite textp. Frontcover loose (holding on cords); lower joint splitting.
= Nissen, ZBI 3108. First publ. 1771, titled Synopsis of Quadrupeds.
- Plate vol. w. pastedowns loose(ning); upper hinge split; title-p. and first 20 plates receding waterstain in blank outer margin; final ±60 plates sl. foxed and waterstained in blank outer margin. Text vol. w. pastedowns loose(ning); first half w. receding stain in upper blank margins and first 30p. sl. waterstained in lower blank margin; 2nd half occas. foxed and sl. yellowed. Both vols. binding dam.
= Cf. Nissen, ZBI 3669-3675.