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Title page from Joannes Jonstonus' Histoirae naturalis de quadrupetibus

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Title	Title page from Joannes Jonstonus' Histoirae naturalis de quadrupetibus
Description	Engraved title page from Joannes Jonstonus' Histoirae naturalis de quadrupetibus, published in Frankfurt am Main by the Heirs of Matthaeus Merian in 1650. Depicts two centaurs standing in an archway, and holding a lion's skin on which the title is printed. In the background an elephant, lion and ostrich can be seen.
Subject (lcsh)	Title pages Centaurs Lions
Artist	Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1650
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 plate, in book
Format (aat)	art
Language	Latin
Call Number	QL673.J66 1650
Legacy Record ID	rbm-m54
Part of collection	Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection
Part of subcollection	Science
Part of Book	Jonstonus, Joannes. Historiae naturalis de quadrupetibus. Frankfurt am Main : impensis Haeredum Math. Meriani, 1650
Rights	Public domain
Access Conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository Name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository Email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	rbm-jonstonus-historiae-fron
Archival file	rbm_Volume9/rbm-jonstonus-historiae-fron.tiff