THE HISTORIA NATURALIS: DE EXANGUIBUS ACUATIS ET SERPENTIBUS - Browsing Facsimile Editions (4K)

#AntiqueScientific"The Historia naturalis animalium, written by the Polish Renaissance man John Jonston in the mid- 17th century, was long considered to be the standard work of #zoology in Europe. This “most broadly disseminated zoological handbook” experienced numerous republications and translations into other languages. The encyclopedic overview work about the history of animals assembles numerous descriptions of animals in five books. Tables with wonderful copperplate #engravings by Matthäus Merian the Younger illustrate the zoological work. One volume of the series concerns itself with the Historia naturalis de exanguibus acuaticis et serpentibus, so with bloodless aquatic animals, snakes, and reptiles. As a part of the zoology of John Jonston, today it simultaneously offers a scientific and entertaining overview of these animals.