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LIBRARY > Digital edition: Lib. Cat. No. JONST1650 > “De Chamaeleonte.” Chapter 7 in Historiae naturalis de quadrupetibus libri. Cum aeneis figuris. Johannes Jonstonus med. doctor. Concinnavit Francofurti ad moenum. Impensis haeredum Math. Meriani, [1650]. 202–204. By John Johnstone (aka Joannes Jonstonus; 1603–1675).

First Published: September 2012
Revised (substantive): 9 May 2021

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17th-century head-piece showing six boys with farm tools, by Wenceslaus Hollar

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