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JONSTON, JOHANNES. Theatrum Universale Omnium Animalium Piscium, Avium, Quadrupedum, Exanguium, Aquaticorum, Insectorum, et Angium... ex scriptoribus tam antiquis quam recentioribus... maxima cura a J. Jonstonio collectum, Ac plus quam trecentis piscibus nuperrime ex Indiis Orientalibus allatis, ac nunquam antea his terris visis, locupletatum: cum enumeratione morborum, quibus medicamina ex his animalibus petuntur, ac notitia animalium, ex quibus vicissim remedia praestantissima possunt capi; cura Henrici Ruysch... Amsterdam: Wetsten, 1718. 270 engraved plates. 2 volumes bound in one, folio, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, 2 brass clasps, part of one catch missing; title, frontispiece and plate I (in part 4 vol. II) and plate XII (in part 5 vol.II) torn and repaired (patched on versos). Nissen ZBI 2137.