1657 Matth Merian -- DUCKS Waterbirds - FOLIO engraving

Original copper engraving 350 years old! Hand coloured

DUCKS Waterbirds

Fine hand coloured engraving.

Leaf 14.3 by 8.3 inches

Fine hand coloured folio copper engraving.

From: Historia Naturalis..., Published in Amsterdam in 1657.

This copper engraving is ORIGINAL and 350 years old!!

John Jonston (or Johnstone), a descendant of a Scottish family, was born in Sambter, Poland. He was interested in both medicine and natural sciences, and studied at St. Andrews, Cambridge, and Leiden. He published major natural history studies, including Thaumatographia Naturalis (Amsterdam 1632), a compendium of contemporary knowledge of natural science including astronomy, paleontology, plants, animals and man. This was followed by Theatrum Universale Omnium Animalium (Frankfurt, 1650), with plates after his drawings engraved by Mattias Merian depicting the entire range of animal species. After having spent most of his life travelling through all parts of Europe, he settled in Silesia.

CONDITION: On wove paper. A very attractive item!!

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