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<dl><dd>Two other issues of 1655 have as printers Officina Elseviriorum, and Apud Ludovicum &amp; Danielem Elzevirios. The present issue was actually printed by Johannes and Daniel Elzevier, though only Johannes is credited on t.p. See Rahir</dd>
<dd>Edited by Worm's son Willum, who signed the dedication. See Willems</dd>
<dd>Woodcut printer's device on t.p. with motto Non solus. Engraved plates comprise a full-page port. of the author by G. Wingendorp after C. van Mander, and a double-page view of the interior of the author's cabinet by Wingendorp, tipped onto a stub at the centerfold. Of additional in-text ill., 11 are engravings (2 full page), the remainder woodcuts. Head- and tail-pieces, initials</dd>
<dd>Signatures: *⁶ A-3C⁴</dd>
<dd>Includes index</dd>
<dd>"Authores quorum in hoc opere mentio sit"--P. [10] of preliminaries</dd>
<dd>Willems, A. Elzevir</dd>
<dd>Rahir, E. Elzevier</dd>
<dd>Sloan candidate</dd>
<dd>Binding: old leather, repaired. Boards tooled in blind with double frames. Spine and edges of boards tooled in gilt; title in gilt on red spine label. Page edges sprinkled red</dd>
<dd>Eighteenth-century bookplate of: J[ohn] Sharp D.D., Preb[endary] of Durham, Arch Deacon of North[ampton]. Modern bookplate of Peter Seaby</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Worm, Ole, 1588-1654; Worm, Ole, 1588-1654; Cabinets of curiosities; Natural history; Antiquities</div>
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<dl><dd>Worm, Ole, 1588-1654</dd>
<dd>Worm, Willum, 17th cent</dd>
<dd>Wingendorp, G., fl. 1654-1681</dd>
<dd>Mander, Carel van, ca. 1610-1670</dd>
<dd>Elzevir, Jean, 1622-1661</dd>
<dd>Elzevir, Daniel, 1626-1680</dd></dl></div>
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