The animals of the Bible, 1675

Samuel Bochart:

Hierozoicon sive bipertitum [sic, recte bipartitum, ”in 2 parts”] opus de animalibus s. scripturae, cuius pars prior libris IV de animalibus in genere et de quadrupedibus viviparis & oviparis. Pars posterior libris VI de avibus, serpentibus, insectis, aquaticis, & fabulosis animalibus agit. 1-2.

Frankfofurti ad Moenum (Frankfurt), Zunner / Wustius, 1675. Folio. (35,5 x 21,5 cms.) [68] pp. + 1094 cols. + [72] pp.; + [4] pp. + 888 cols. + 64 pp. + engraved portrait. First title printed in red & black. With a few woodcuts in text: unicorns and their horns (col. 1:955-958), pelican (col. 2:275) and a shark (col. 2:746).

Contemporary vellum, somewhat soiled and slightly worn, tear to first flyleaf, inscription crossed our on the second, endleaves creased, a few marginal dampstains. Ownership inscription on title of Johan Oelreich (1653-1700), a priest in Scania in the south of Sweden with a doctorate from Wittenberg (1675).

A work about all the animals which are mentioned in the Bible, with several indices. Originally appeared in London in 1663, this is the (?)third edition.

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