Nomenclator Aquatilium Animantium

by Konrad Gessner

$65 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

n.p. : Pubmix, n.d. . Facsimile Reprint, softcover. Octavo 27.5cm ; purple paper wrappers; 374pp; black-and-white illustrations throughout, with two detailed illustrations adhered to verso of rear wrapper. Text in Latin. From the library of noted zoologist and marine biologist James Glen Mead, with his inked ownership to title page. A Near Fine copy. First published in 1560, this is a facsimile of Gessner's nomenclator of animals

• Printing: later
• Binding: Softcover

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