托马斯，巴托林。1616-1680. 来自Unicornu观察Novae。阿姆斯特丹：Henricius Wetstenius，1678年。

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BARTHOLIN, THOMAS. 1616–1680.:De Unicornu observationes novae. Amsterdam: Henricius Wetstenius, 1678.
16mo (135 x 75 mm). Woodcut device on title, engraved additional pictorial title by Romeyn de Hooghe, one engraved folding plate, 23 engraved illustrations (most full-page) in the text. Early vellum, ink lettered on spine, three raised bands. Light soiling and spotting on covers, scattered browning, old ink and pencil markings on endpapers.
Provenance: Library of the Princes of Liechtenstein (bookplate).

Second, but first illustrated, edition of a treatise on the unicorn. Bartholin, Professor of Medicine at the University of Copenhagen, examines the history and mythology of the unicorn, together with a study of other one-horned animals such as the narwhal and rhinoceros. The illustrations include a fine frontispiece by Romeyn de Hooghe, and a copy of Durer\’s celebrated picture of the first rhinoceros imported into Europe. Krivatsy 822; Nissen ZBI 244; Wellcome II, 107.

托马斯，巴托林。1616-1680. 来自Unicornu观察Novae。阿姆斯特丹：Henricius Wetstenius，1678年。