BELON | Les observations de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables, trouvees en Grece, 1555
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BELON, PIERRE
Les observations de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables, trouvees en Grece, Asie, Iudée, Egypte, Arabie, & autres pays estranges. Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1555
8vo (143 x 94mm.), folding map, woodcut illustrations, later vellum, title slightly browned
The first Antwerp edition of this influential work on the history, geography, and natural history of the Near and Middle East by the French naturalist and explorer Pierre Belon du Mans (1517–1564). Belon travelled through these regions between 1546 and 1550 and made numerous observations on local plants and their uses, on animals (including a great deal on herpetology), people (with their various costumes), and towns.
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