1632 1ed Jonston Thaumatographia Naturalis Zoology UNICORNS Giants Meteorology
John Jonston was a 17th-century Polish, Calvinist physician who, in 1632, wrote a rather obscure and unknown treatise that is a basic survey of the sciences. ‘Thaumatographia Naturalis’ covers weather and the elements of the world, meteorology, mineralogy, plants, birds and animals, and human anatomy. Jonston organized this work into a variety of categories including astronomy, fossils, and accounts of unicorns, giants and pygmies.
1632 1ed Jonston Thaumatographia Naturalis Zoology UNICORNS Giants Meteorology
John Jonston was a 17th-century Polish, Calvinist physician who, in 1632, wrote a rather obscure and unknown treatise that is a basic survey of the sciences. ‘Thaumatographia Naturalis’ covers weather and the elements of the world, meteorology, mineralogy, plants, birds and animals, and human anatomy. Jonston organized this work into a variety of categories including astronomy, fossils, and accounts of unicorns, giants and pygmies.
Item number: #7724
Price: $950
JONSTONUS, Joannes
Thaumatographia naturalis, in decem classes distincta, in quibus admiranda I. Coeli. II. Elementorum. III. Meteororum. IV. Fossilium. V. Plantarum. VI. Avium. VII. Quadrupedum. VIII. Exanguium. IX. Piscium. X. Hominis
Amsterdami: Apud G. Blaev, 1632. First edition.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
- [4], 501, 3
- References: Garrison-Morton 287;
- Language: Latin
- Binding: Leather; tight & secure
- Size: ~5in X 3in (13cm x 8cm)
- Extremely rare and desirable with auction estimates and price comparisons at over $4,000
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7724
Categories
Botany, Gardening, & Herbals
Medicine & Science
Authors
JONSTONUS, Joannes
Printing Date
17th Century
Language
Latin
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete