P. Gasparis Schotti ... Physica curiosa, sive, Mirabilia naturae et artis libris XII. comprehensa : quibus pleraque, quae de angelis, daemonibus, hominibus, spectris, energumenis, monstris, portentis, animalibus, meteoris, &c. rara, arcana, curiosaque circumferuntur, ad veritatis trutinam expenduntur, variis ex historia ac philosophia petitis disquisitionibus excutiuntur, & innumeris exemplis illustrantur.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Schott, Gaspar, 1608-1666.

Series:

German baroque literature, Harold Jantz collection ; no. 2261, reel 466.

Standardized Title:

Physica curiosa

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Demonology.

Abnormalities, Human.

Animals--Abnormalities.

Animals.

Monsters.

Zoology--Pre-Linnean works.

Zoology.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (1389 pages, 21 unnumbered pages) : illustrations, music ; 21 cm

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Edition:

Editio altera auctior.

Other Title:

Physica curiosa.

Mirabilia naturae et artis, libris XII. comprehensa.

Mirabilia naturae et artis, libris duodecimis comprehensa.

Place of Publication:

Herbipoli : sumptibus Johannis Andreae Endteri : Wolfgangi jun. haeredum : excudebant Jobus Hertz, 1667.

Notes:

Descriptions of remarkable animals, including the American sloth, armadillo, & anteater, the first with the musical notes illustrating its strange song (which also fascinated Harsdörffer); one folding plate illustrates Diego de Gozon killing the dragon of Rhodes, 1345, the last two show the famous linden trees & antiquities of Neustadt am Kocher.

Includes index.

Microfilm. v.1, bk. 1, v. 2 New Haven : Research Publications, 1973. 35 mm. (German baroque literature, Harold Jantz collection ; no. 2261, reel 466)

OCLC:

24058614