TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merian,Matthaeus
AU  - Jonstonus,Joannes
TI  - 1300 real and fanciful animals: from seventeenth-century engravings, Matthäus Merian the Younger 
SN  - 0486402371 (pbk.) :
AV  - NE962.A5 A18 1998
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Mineola, N.Y.
PB  - Dover Publications
KW  - Animals in art
KW  - Animals, Mythical, in art
KW  - Engraving
KW  - 17th century
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -