1300 Real and Fanciful Animals from Seventeenth-Century Engravings

by Matthaeus Merian, der Jüngere

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Unusual and imaginative illustrations, carefully arranged into 4 major divisions -- quadrupeds, birds, fishes, and insects -- include realistic and fanciful depictions of virtually every real animal, plus such fantasy creatures as unicorns, dragons and basilisks. Indispensable volume of royalty-free graphics for immediate use by commercial and graphic artists.… (more)

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Unusual and imaginative illustrations, carefully arranged into 4 major divisions -- quadrupeds, birds, fishes, and insects -- include realistic and fanciful depictions of virtually every real animal, plus such fantasy creatures as unicorns, dragons and basilisks. Indispensable volume of royalty-free graphics for immediate use by commercial and graphic artists.

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