THE HISTORIA NATURALIS: DE QUADRUPEDIBUS - Browsing Facsimile Editions (4K / UHD)

#AntiqueScientific"The Historia Naturalis by John Jonston was the primary work of the #zoology and #botany of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. In his comprehensive encyclopedic work, the Polish doctor and Renaissance man wanted to compile the knowledge of the world, order it, and thus make it more easily accessible. One of the books of his Historia Naturalis is concerned with botany. The wonderfully colored copperplate engravings, which illustrated all of the descriptions and adorn the entire work of John Jonston, originated from Matthäus Merian the Younger. This vividly artistic furnishing of the work is also responsible for the great reception and popularity enjoyed by the Historia Naturalis of John Jonston.