Historia naturalis Brasiliae, auspicio et beneficio illustriss. I. Mauriti Com. Nassau illius provinciae et maris summi praefecti adornata: in qua non tantum plantae et animalia, sed et indigenarum morbi, ingenia et mores describuntur et iconibus supra quingentas illustrantur.
Willem Piso (1611-1678)
Category
Books
Date
1648
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3198112
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 122, [2]; [8], 293, [7] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; fol. Former shelfmark: 34.i.8. Running number: 5513. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript price in pencil on front fly-leaf has been scribbled over in ink. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; gilt double fillet border; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Willem Piso (1611-1678), author Joannes de Laet (1581-1649), editor Georg Marggraf (1610-1644), author