Historia naturalis Ranarum nostratium / Die naturliche Historie der Froesche hiesigen Landes This is the very rare

This is the very rare privately printed first edition that was limited to 50 copies only

ISBN 0-385-08758-6 Limited Edition

Nine of the mats contain an impression from the original wood block

Publisher Homann Publisher Place Nuremberg Date Published 1728 Date Published Estimated No Edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Near Fine Condition Description Light fraying to the outer edges of the paper far from the map image

Kraig Alder

Historia naturalis Ranarum nostratium / Die naturliche Historie der Froesche hiesigen Landes This is the very rarePp. (10), viii, 116, 48 engraved plates (24 are hand colored each with a matching uncolored key plate), 1 hand colored frontispiece, engraved title page, 8 engraved headpieces in the text. Contemporary mottled calf, probably German, spine with 7 raised bands, gilt lettered on red morocco label in one compartment and with a repeating emblematic gilt scene showing St. Francis in the other 7 compartments, folio (17. 5 x 12 inches), in black cloth covered