Title
The history of four-footed beasts and serpents...
By
Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625
Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565
Moffett, Thomas, 1553-1604
Rowland, John, M.D.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
London, Printed by E. Cotes, for G. Sawbridge [etc.], 1658
Edition
The whole rev., cor. and inl. with the addition of two useful physical tables, by J[ohn] R[owland] M.D.
Notes
Paged continuously.
Vol 1 is largely a translation of books 1 and 5 of Gesner's Historia animalium, with additions by Topsell. The second part has title: The history of serpents. Or, The second book of living creatures... By Edward Topsell. London, Printed by E. Cotes, 1658.
Vols. 2, a translation of Moffett's Insectorum... theatrum, has title: The theatre of insects: or, Lesser living creatures... By Tho. Mouffet... London, Printed by E. C., 1658.
ESTC | R006249
Wing (2nd ed.) | G624
Subjects
Pre-Linnean works
,
Zoology
BHL Collections
Monsters Are Real
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.79388
OCLC:
772801
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51489369
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