8 books for « jonston j »Edit

‎Historiæ Naturalis de Piscibus et Cetis Libri V. Cum æneis figuris. + Historiæ Naturalis De Exanguibus Aquaticis Libri IV. Cum figuris Æneis.‎

‎Amstelodami (Amsterdam), Johannes Jacobi Schipperi, 1657. Folio. Bound in one later (ca. 1800) hcalf w. marbled boards, uncut. Back w. six raised bands and coloured title-labels. Hinges, capitals and corners w. traces of use. First 12 leaves of ""De Piscibus"" w. repair to lower margin (ca. 4 x 10 cm. and decreasing) w. waterstaining around it, neither repair nor waterstaining affecting text or illustrations. Otherwise internally nice and clean. Engr. t-p. and 48 engr. plates (most of them depicting between 7 and 20 animals that live in water), 5, (3), 160 pp. (De Piscibus) + woodcut title-vignette and 20 engr. plates (most of them depicting between 10 and 20 shell-fish etc.), 58, (2) pp.‎

‎Second edition of both works. The ""Exanguibus Aquaticis"" is in accordance with Nissen's description of the second edition (Nissen 2134), the second edition of the ""De Piscibus"", however, is described in Nissen without year and as containing 47 plates, as the first edition, whereas this copy has 48 plates (all numbered), place and printer are the same. The first editions were both printed in Frankfurt in 1650. Johnston (1603 - 1675) was born in Poland and of Scottish descend, he was primarily a medic and natural historian. His works are usually seen as compilations of information with no personal judgment accompanying it. None the less his works of natural history were of great importance to the growing interest in this field of the time. ""For example four of his dictionary-style works on fish, birds, quadrupeds, and insects -published between 1650 and 1653 with excellent illustrations- were widely read and translated"" (D.S.B. VII:164). Though he relied a lot on the writings of others (e.g. those of Aldrovandi), his works became of great importance, first of all because of their new educational approach, but they were also of paramount importance to the development of natural history in Japan. The first collected edition in Dutch of the Historia Naturalis published at Amsterdam in 1660, was presented as a gift to the Japanese ruler Shogun Yoshimune. It was the only source of knowledge of western natural history in Japan, until in 1750. ""Jonston's writings were a useful contribution to seventeenth-century thought, although he was not in the forefront of changing concepts of the time."" (D.S.B. VII:165).These two works are the separate volumes three and four of Johnston's six-volume work ""Historia Naturalis"". All the beautifully executed plates are by Merian, who printed the first edition. Wood mentions this 1657-edition as the ""editio princeps"" (Wood p. 409). Nissen 2133 + 2134.‎

‎Thaumatographia naturalis in decem classes distincta in quibus admiranda‎

‎Amsterdam, Guilhelm Blaev, 1632, in-12, [4] ff, 5 à 501 pp, Vélin de l'époque, dos lisse titre à l'encre. qq rouss, f. A4 dentelé. ex-libris manuscrit, I - Coeli, II - Elementorum, III - Meteororum, IV - Fossilium, V - Plantarum, VI - Alium, VII - Quadrupedum, VIII - Exanguium, IX - Piscium, X - Homini. Première édition. La Thaumatographia Naturalis (ou description des merveilles de la nature) a paru pour la première fois en 1632. Outre l'aspect scientifique on trouve dans ce recueil sur les animaux, les plantes, les météores, les fossiles, les oiseaux, etc, nombre d'anecdotes curieuses et étranges. Johnston rapporte plusieurs cas de somnambulisme. Ainsi un jeune homme sortait toutes les nuits de son lit, vêtu seulement de sa chemise ; puis montant sur la fenêtre de sa chambre, il sautait à cheval sur le mur et le talonnait pour accélérer la course qu'il croyait faire. Un autre descendit dans un puits et s'éveilla aussitôt que son pied eut touché l'eau froide. On trouve collecté dans l'ouvrage nombre de superstitions et croyances anciennes sur les propriétés des plantes. Provenance : Philibert-Joseph Le Roux, (auteur du Dictionnaire comique, satyrique, critique, burlesque, libre et proverbial, 1752) avec sa signature sur le page de titre. Incomplet des 4 premières pages matérialisées par des ff. bl. Garrison-Morton 287" A compilation of all the contemporary zoological knowledge". DSB VII, p. 164 "the significant contribution his works made to the growing interest in natural history during the first half of the seventeenth century." Couverture rigide‎

‎Bon [4] ff., 5 à 501 pp.‎

‎Historia naturalis.‎

‎1650-1665 Plate number 1 depicting numerous snakes, among which a two-headed one. It is not clear from which edition this plate originated hence the date can vary between 1650 and 1665. Waterstain in right margin. In all Johnston published 10 plates with with snakes (numbered 1-10). ‎

‎Historia naturalis.‎

‎1650-1665 Plate number 6 depicting numerous snakes. It is not clear from which edition this plate originated hence the date can vary between 1650 and 1665. Waterstain in right margin. In all Johnston published 10 plates with with snakes(numbered 1-10). ‎

‎Historia naturalis.‎

‎1650-1665 Plate number 8 depicting numerous snakes. It is not clear from which edition this plate originated hence the date can vary between 1650 and 1665. Waterstain in right margin. In all Johnston published 10 plates with with snakes (numbered 1-10). ‎

‎Historia naturalis.‎

‎1650-1665 Plate number 9 depicting numerous snakes. It is not clear from which edition this plate originated hence the date can vary between 1650 and 1665. Waterstain in right margin. In all Johnston published 10 plates with with snakes (numbered 1-10). ‎

‎Historia naturalis.‎

‎1650-1665 Plate number 27 depicting numerous annelids & asteroids. It is not clear from which edition this plate originated hence the date can vary between 1650 and 1665. Faint waterstain in right margin.‎

‎Historiae Naturalis de Exanguibus Aquaticis. Libri IV.‎

‎1767 78, [6] p., 21 engraved pls (plate 1, 2 a + b, 3-20), simple, much later boards with vellum spine strip. One repaired tear in plate 15, a very small piece of blank margin missing in plates 16-20. This work on shells and crustaceans was first published in Frankfurt in 1650 as one of a six-part encyclopedia-like work on natural history. Other sections (not present in this book) dealt with birds, mammals, fish & whales, insects, and snakes. Each book however stands alone and has its own title-page. Text in Latin.‎