Historia naturalis Ranarum nostratium / Die naturliche Historie der Froesche hiesigen Landes Nine of the mats contain

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

folding color map as frontispiece

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

Images are of landmarks including the Lion House

Historia naturalis Ranarum nostratium / Die naturliche Historie der Froesche hiesigen Landes Nine of the mats containPp. (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