This original engraving comes from a disbound book: Historiae Naturalis by Johannes Jonstonus (Jon Jonston) Pub.Amsterdam:Schipper 1657 (Latin text)
Jon Jonston (1603 - 1675) was born in Poland of Scottish descent, he was primarily a medic and natural historian. His works on natural history were of great importance to the growing interest in this field at the time. Historiae Naturalis was Jonston's magnificent and richly illustrated compilation of natural history, attempting to illustrate every known species, with all the engravings carried out by Kaspar and Mattheus Merian.
