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1551. BELOX, PIERRE. "L'histoire Naturelle des Estranges Poissons Marins, avec la 



vraie Peincture et Description du Dauphin et de plusieurs autres de sou espece, 

 Observed par Pierre Be"lon du Mans. A Paris, 1551. 4. pp. 115." 



Not seen ; title from Dr. David Cragie in Edinb. Phil. Journ., xi, 1831, p. 43, where he gives 

 a critical rCsumt (op. cit., pp. 43-48) of B61on's account of the anatomy of the Porpoise. [6.] 



1552. ARISTOTELES. Aristotelis et | Theopbrasti | Historic, Cum de natura Aniina- 



lium, turn de Plantis | & earum Causis, cuncta fere, quae Deus opt. | max. 

 homini eontemplanda exhibuit, ad | amussim complectentes : nunc iam suo 

 resti- | tutss nitori, & mendis omnibus, quoad fieri | potuit, repurgatie. | Cvm 

 Indice Copio- | sissimo: | Ex quo superfluum quod erat, decerpsimus: quod 

 uero | necessarium nobis uisum est, superaddidimus. | Estote Prvdentes, | 

 [Vignette] | sicvt serpentes. | Lvgdvni, | Apud Gulielmum Gazeium, | 

 M.D.LII. | Cum Priuilegio Re^is. | 8. 11. 40, pp. 1-495, 11. 8 (animal.), 11. 

 28, pp. 1-399, 11. 7 (plant.). 



De partu, & pullorum numero piscinm uiuiparnm, delphino, balaena, vitulo marino, & reli- 

 quis, quae cete appellantur. Liber vi, caput xiii, pp. 141-143. 



Several earlier and numerous later editions and commentaries of this work are intention- 

 ally omitted. [7.] 



1553. BELLON, P. [or BELON, P.] Petri Bellonii Cenomani | De aquatilibus, Libri 



duo- 1 Cum e^couibus ad vinam ipsoruni effigiem, quoad ] eius fieri potuit, ex- 

 pressis. | Ad amplissimum Cardinalem Ca'stilliouseum. | Parisiis. | Apud 

 Carolum Stephanum, Typographum Regium. j M. D. LIU. | Cum privilegio 

 Regis, obi. 8. 11. 16, pp. 1-448. 



De cetaceis, ossibus praeditis ac viuiparis, pp. 4-18. Balena, pp. 4, 5 ; Delphinus, pp. 7, 8, 

 fig., p. 6 (apparently of Phocoenacommunis); fig., p. 9 (apparently of Delphinus delphis); Nun ease 

 Delphinvm incvrvvm, p. 9; fig., p. 10 (apparently of Delphinus delphis); Duo Delphini incurui, 

 dorso repando, ex antiquissimo numismate sereo, figs., p. 11; Quid Delphinus a Tvrsione 

 distet, p. 12 ; Matricis Delphini cum fcetu efformatio, fig., p. 13 ; Dolphini caluaria, text and fig., 

 p. 14 ; Tvrsio, p. 15, fig., p. 16 ; Orca, pp. 16, 17, fig., p. 18. Dolphin-like figure with foetus at- 

 tached by foetal envelopes. 



The figures were all reproduced by Gesner, and were also copied by various later au- 

 thors. [8.] 



1554. GOMARA, F. L. DE. La Historia | general delas Indias, | con todos los descu- 



brimientos, y cosas nota | bles que ban acaescido enellas, dende | que se gane- 

 ron hasta agora, escri- | ta por Francisco Lopez | de Gomara, clerigo. | Aiia- 

 diose de nueuo la descripcion ytraca delas Indias, [ con una Tablaalpbabetica 

 delas Prouincias, Islas, | Puereos, Ciudades, y nombres de conquistadores | y 

 varones principales que alia han passado. | [Cygnet.] EnAnvers. | Encasa 

 de luan Steelsio. | Aiio M. D. LIIIT. | sm. 8. 11. 16+ff. 1-287. 



Dela Fez que llaman enla Espanola Manati, cap. xxxi, ff. 37, 38. [9.] 



1554. RONDELET, G. Gvlielmi | Rondeletit | Doctoris medici | et medicinae in schola | 



Monspeliensi Pro- | fessoris Re- | gii. | Libri de Piscibus Marinis, in quibus | 

 verse Piscium effigies expresses sunt. | Qua) in tota Piscium liistoria contine- 

 antur, indicat | Elenchus pagina nona et decima. | Postremb accesserunt In- 

 dices necessarij. | [Design.] Lvgdvni | Apud Mattliiarn Bonhornme. | | 

 M. D. LIU. | Cum Priuilgio Regis ad duodecim annos. 2. 11. 8, pp. 1-583, 

 11. 12. 



De Delphino, lib. xvi, cap. viii, pp. 459-473, fig., p. 459 (a Dolphin with young in foetal 

 envelopes). De Phocaena, lib. xvi, cap. ix, pp. 437, 474. De Tursione, lib. xvi, cap. x, pp. 474, 

 475,. fig. De Balsena vulgd dicta siue de Mnsculo, lib. xvi, cap. xi, pp. 475-482, fig., p. 475 (view 

 from above of some pisciform creature having more resemblance to a fish than a Whale. Also 

 fig. of a harpoon on same page). De Balena vera, lib. xvi, cap. xii, pp. 482, 483, fig. (anim. fict.). 

 De Orca, lib. xvi, cap. xiii, pp. 483-185, fig., p. 483. De Physetere, lib. xvi, cap. xiiii, pp. 485-487, 

 fig., p. 485. De Manato, lib. xvi, cap. xviii, p. 490. 



The figure "De Delphino " greatly resembles Bellon's figure of his "Orca, Oudre, ou grand 

 Marsouin," but differs in details, and is not the same. [10.1 



1555. "BELON, P. La nature et diversity des poissons. Avec leurs pourtraicts repre- 



sentez au plus pres naturel. Paris, Cli. Estienne, 1555. obi, b. 448 11." 

 Not seen ; title from Bosgoed, op. cit., p. 3, no. 24. [11.] 



