Author: ECKHOUT, ALBERT. Mentzel, Christian. (compiler).
Title: Brasil - Holandês / Dutch - Brazil. [Sub-titles:] Theatrum rerum naturalium Brasiliae / Teatro das coisas naturais do Brasil / Theatre of the natural things of Brazil.
Description: Rio de Janeiro, Editora Index, 1995. 5 vols. 221, 191, 143, 185, 237 pp. Few b./w. ills & num. col. ills, most after drawings / paintings by Albert Eeckhout. Uniform softcovers. 8vo. In orig. cardboard slipcase.Rare complete set. - Text in English and Portugese. Organized and edited by Dante Martin Teixeira. - Reprint of the Theatrum rerum naturalium Brasiliae (1660), compiled by Christian Mentzel, and illustrated (the great majority) by Albert Eeckhout. Volume 1: Introduction and Miscellanea Cleyeri; volume 2/3: Libri Principis I/II; volume 4: Icones Aquatilium & Icones Volatilium; volume 5: Icones Animalium & Icones Vegetabilium.

Keywords: Ethnography Latin America Brazil Natural History Latin America Dutch Art Etnografie Latijns-Amerika Brazilië Natuurwetenschappen Latijns Amerika Nederlandse kunst