CAMERARIUS, Joachim, the Younger. Symbolorum & emblematum ex re herbaria; [-ex animalibus quadrupedibus; -ex volitatibus et insectis; -ex aquatilibus et reptilibus]. Nurmberg 1590-1604. 4 vols in one. Small 4o. 4 engraved titles and 400 circular engraved emblems (each approx. 65 mm.) by Hans Sibmacher. (Light marginal dampstaining to some pages, not affecting illustrations.) Half-calf (worn). Issued in one volume in 1605. The charming etched emblems depict trees, flowers, fruits, quadrupeds, birds, insects, fish and reptiles. Camerarius, a famous physician and botanist, began in 1596 what later became known as the greatest garden of its time, celebrated in Besler's Hortus Eystettensis 1613. Brunet I:1513; Cicognara 1868; Landwehr 162; Nissen BBI 312.