JONSTON, John Historia Naturalis. Book 5, De Piscibus et Cetis. Engraved title and 47 plates. Bound with Book 4, Exanguibus Aquaticus, Frankfort 1650. With 21 plates (numbered I - XX. Plate II is in 2 states). Plate X is bound in upside down. Folio, contemporary calf.
Sold for £750
Condition Report
The plates have been collated and book is as catalogued. Binding is firm but beginning to split at the head and tail of spine. Scattered spotting. Index at end is browned.
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