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# Title: Leibnitii Protogaea. Abschrift der Protogaea von Eccard revidirt, unter dem Titel: De ortu et antiquissimo statu rerum naturalium in regionibus Brunsvico-Luneburgensibus Dissertatio (shelfmark Ms XXIII, 23b)
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valvae, turbines, nautili, buc-
cinae, Echini, histrices; spinae
verlebrae, dentes animalium
marinorum; et omnia ad verum
modum. Ut species ipsas, quas
Curiosorum musea ostendunt
in sadeo advertas. Aliquando
contusa, dimidiata, fracta
et imperfecta apparent con
chylia, antequam lapidi in-
Muderentur; insigni testimo-
nio non ibi a natura, sed
a casu collocata esse. Ali-
quando persecta figura mar
gae post induratae impressa
testatur integrum fuisse
prototypum, quod nune vel
pro parte rantum superest,
vel consumtum prorsus, ut
in illis testis saxeis, quae
doctis aereae aut sallaces
appellantur. Sestacea porro
non saxo ingenita, sed limo
immista, vel ipsa varietas
eorum loquitur, quae in u
num saepe confusa spectan-
tur: ita ut aliquando idem
frustum lapidis ea Melita
et Echinum, et cochleam
et mille porum et dentem
magni piscis ostendat. Visus
est astacus in saxo, conchy.
lium forcipe premens, et