Illustrated works from the Library collections - prior to 1700

The Library has many fine illustrated works in its historical collections, works on flora, fauna, gardens, and domestic animals - especially horses.

Here you can fetch a selection of illustrations from a number of the book treasures. There are examples of simple wood engravings, elaborate copperplate engravings, and unique coloured plates. These illustrated works reflect the aesthetics and perception of nature of their time in various ways.
 

    H. Bock et al.: Kreutterbuch ... (1550)
 
    Pierre Belon du Mans: l'Historie de la nature des oyseaux ... (1555)
 
    Friderico Grisone: Künstlicher Bericht ... (1573)
 
    Marr Fugger: Von der Gestüterey ... (1584)
 
    Caius Plinius Secundus: Bücher und Schriften von Natur ... (1600)
 
  Carolus Clusius et al.: Exoticorum Libri Decem: Quibus Animalium Plantarum ... (1605)
 
    Jean Jaques de Wallhausen: Art de chevalerie ... (1616)
 
    Carlo Ruini: Anatomia del cavallo ... (1618)
 
    Georg Engelhard Löhneyss: Della Cavalleria ... (1624)
 
    Antoine de Pluvinel: L'instruction du Roy en l'exercice de monter a cheval (1629)
 
    Io. Baptista Ferrarius: Florum cultura libri IV. (1633)
 
    Johanes Stradamus: Equile ... (1634)
 
    Hans Raszmussøn Block: Horticultura Danica. Hvorledis en zirlig oc nyttig Urte-Have ... (1647)
 
    Simon Paulli: Flora Danica. Det er: Dansk Urtebog (1648)
 
    Io. Baptista Porta: Phytognomonica ... (1650)
 
    Conradus Gesnerus: Allgemeines Thierbuch ... Vogelbuch. (1668)
 
 
L. Imbotti de Beaumont: L'escuyer francois qui enseigne a monter a cheval ... (1679)
 
    Gerardus Blasius: Anatome animalium (1681)
 
    Johann Tänzer: Der Dianen hohe und niedere Jagtgeheimniss ... (1682)
 
    Samuel Collins: A systeme of anatomy ... (1685)
 
    Marcellus Malpighius: Opera omnia ... (1686)
 
    Philippus Bonanni: Observationes circa viventia ... (1691)
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