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Tag: Natural History

Commelin and Breyne

Fagel Fine Bindings (1): Natural History

Posted on 10/04/2019

Most books in the Fagel Collection are bound in simple vellum, the title neatly written on the spine, without any gold-tooling or other forms of decoration. The...

Title-page HNB

Historia Naturalis Brasiliae copy census: final call (Updated)

Posted on 11/06/2018

Historia Naturalis Brasiliae is the first scientific work on the natural history of Brasil, published in 1648. It was the authoritative text on the subject for ...

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