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sixteenth century. He translated into Latin the work of Aristotle 

 upon Animals. 



Geb. — Gebler (F). a Russian naturalist and j^hysician. 



" Observationes Entomologies', " a Memoir in 4to. 

 Dec. — Geer (Charles, Baron de), Marshal of the court of the 

 Queen of Sweden, and member of the Academy of Stockholm, born 

 1720, died 1778. 



'• Memoires pour servir a I'liistoire des Insectes," 7 vols. 4to, with plates. 

 Stockholm, 1752 — 1778. An excellent work, that forms a sequel to that of 

 Reaumur. The two first volumes are rare. Retzius has given an abridgement 

 of this work in Latin, entitled : 



" Genera et Species Insectorum," 1 vol. 4to. Lipsife, 1783. 

 There is also a German translation of it enlarged, by Goez. 



Geoff. — Geofkroy, a celebrated physician of Paris. 



" Histoire ahregee des Insectes," 2 vols. 8vo., with plates. Paris, 1764. 



This very elementary work has been re-published, and augmented by Species 

 added to it by Fourcroy in his abridgement of the same. Sec Fourcroy. 



" Traite sommaire des Coquilles tant Fluviatiles que Terrestres, qui se trou- 

 vent aux environs de Paris," 1 vol. 12mo. Paris, 1767. 



A small work, but remarkable for the attempt to class shells according to 

 their animal. 



Geoff. — Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (Etienne), Professor of the 

 Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, and member of the Academic des 

 Sciences, born at Etampes, 1773. 



I quote bis numerous Memoirs published in the Magasin Encyclopedique, the 

 Annales du Museum, and in the great work on Egypt. 



Various Memoirs on the organization of the Crustacea and Insects, published 

 in different periodicals, such as the Journal Complementaire des Sciences Me- 

 dicales, Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, &c., and his 

 " Philosophie Anatomique," 2 vols. Paris 1818 and 1S22. 



IsiD. Geoff. — Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Isidore), son of the pre- 

 ceding, assistant naturalist of the Museum. 



Author of various memoirs among those of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, 

 and the Annales des Sciences Naturelles ; also of the description of the Fishes 

 of Egypt in the great work on that country. 



Geor. — Georgi (J. T.), a German naturalist, who travelled in the 

 service of the Russian government in 1772, 1773, and 1774. 



" His travels are printed in German, 2 vols. 4to. Petersburg, 1775. 

 Germar (Ernest Frederick), a German naturalist. 



" Dissertatio sistens Bombycum Species," &c., 4to. Halle. 



■He continues the " Magazin for Insectenkunde" of Illiger. 



Gm. — German (E. Francis), Professor of Mineralogy at Halle. 



" Magazin der Entomologie," 4 vols. Svo. Halle, 1813 — 1821. 

 " Insectorum Siecies Novae," first vol. 8vo., with plates. Halle, 1824. See 

 Ahrens. 

 Gesn. — Gesner (Conrad), a physician at Zurich, born 1516, died 

 1565. 



I quote his " History of Animals," 3 vols, folio, to which has been added a 

 Treatise on Serpents, and one on the Scorpion. This work, which is arranged 

 alphabetically, is an excellent compilation of all the knowledge of the ancients, 

 and is enriched with useful observations, and numerous wood cuts, most of 

 them good. 



GiLLiAMs, an American naturalist. 



Author of certain Memoirs on Reptiles and Fishes, publ'she 1 in the Journal 

 of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 

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