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NIEREMBERG, JUAN EUSEBIO, S.J. Historia naturae, maxime peregrinae, libris XVI distincta. 69 woodcut text illustrations comprising 54 of zoological and 15 of botanical subjects. [8], 502, [106] pages, including final blank. Folio, 354x218 mm, contemporary calf with remnant of later paper lettering piece on spine; scattered minor stains in the index and insignificant worming in blank lower margins toward the end. Antwerp: Officina Plantiniana Balthasari Moreti, 1635
first edition of an important early work on the natural history of America, mainly devoted to Mexico, with extensive descriptions of plants, animals, and minerals, and 2 chapters at the end on wonders of nature in Europe and the Holy Land. Alden 635/94; Krivatsy 8313; Nissen ZBI 2974; Palau 190738.handsome copy, from the collection of Samuel Fastlicht (1902-83), the eminent Mexican orthodontist and authority on pre-Columbian odontology, with his bookplate.
