BELON, PIERRE. Plurimarum singularium & memorabilium rerum in Graecia, Asia, Aegypto, Judaea, Arabia, aliisque exteris provinciis ab ipso conspectarum observationes. Woodcut text illustrations mostly depicting plants and animals; extra-illustrated with contemporary pen-and-ink drawing captioned in French of 2-horned animal resembling an oryx ("envoyé d'Étiopie au Roy") and 2 folding engraved views of Mt. Sinai and Jerusalem. [16], 495 pages. bound with his: De neglecta stirpium cultura atque earum cognitione libellus. 87 pages. Together, 2 volumes in one. 8vo, 178x108 mm, contemporary blind-stamped vellum boards with paper lettering piece, soiled and worn, spine darkened, ties lacking; contents toned with varying marginal dampstaining, second work dampwrinkled, later owner's notes in upper margin of title, on rear free endpaper, and numerous marginalia in text. Old booklabel on front pastedown ("ex Bibliotheca Hamburgensi Wolfiana"); old stamp of the Hamburg Stadtbibliothek on title verso (duplicate, released). Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1589; 1589