Des wijd-vermaarden natuurkundigen vijf boeken. Handelende van de natuure, I. Van de menschen. II. Van de viervoetige en kruypende dieren. III. Van de vogelen. IV. Van de kleine beestjes of ongedierten. V. Van de visschen, oesters, kreeften, &c.

8vo: [2 bl.]-568-[8] pp. (some occ. minor soiling).

Contemp. mottled sheep (corners bumped), spine with 5 raised bands (rubbed, head def., joints rubbed), green leather title label, red sp. edges. Good copy.

Rare enlarged Dutch edition of this work of Pliny the Elder (23/24-79 A.C.). Ill. with 53 half-page woodcuts showing all kinds of animals i.a. elephants, dragons, rhinoceroses, monkeys, "boom-draeckjen", dodo, orangutan, mermaid, ... Woodcut mark on title. Printed in gothic type.
Ref. STCN. - Not in BL.