Cultural Readings - Montanus

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Montanus
Jean and Jay I. Kislak Collection Arnoldus Montanus,
De nieuwe en onbekende Weereld...
Amsterdam: J. van Meurs, 1671.

The lavish engravings which accompany Montanus's text provide examples of the growing taste among European readers for representations of New World plants and animals, pictured in their exotic settings.

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Jean and Jay I. Kislak Collection	Arnoldus Montanus, De nieuwe en onbekende Weereld... Amsterdam: J. van Meurs, 1671.
The lavish engravings which accompany Montanus's text provide examples of the growing taste among European readers for representations of New World plants and animals, pictured in their exotic settings.