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1300 real and fanciful animals : from seventeenth-century engravings, Matthäus Merian the Younger / edited by Carol Belanger Grafton.
Series: Dover pictorial archive seriesPublication details: Mineola, N.Y. Dover Publications, c1998.Description: iv, 124 p. : ill. ; 31 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
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- 0486402371 (pbk.) :
- Thirteen haudred real and fanciful animals
- NE962.A5 A18 1998
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | NE 962 .A5 A18 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 641605 |
Selected plates from Theatrum universale omnium animalium, piscium, avium, quadrupedum ... written by John Johnston and Heinrich Ruysch and published in 1718 in Amsterdam by R. & G. Wetstenios.
Includes index.
Quadrupeds, birds, fishes, and insects depicted realistically and fancifully, plus such fantasy creatures as unicorns, dragons and basilisks. Indispensable volume of copyright-free graphics for commercial artists; fascinating subjects for antiquarians and anyone intrigued by the ideas and art of an earlier era.
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