402 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SUKVEY. 



1551. B6lon, Pierre. "L'liistoire Naturelle des Estranges Poissoiis Marins, avec la 



Traie Peincture et Description du Dauphin et de pliisieurs antres de sou espece, 

 Observ^e par Pierre B^lon du Mans. A Paris, 1551. 4°. pp. 115." 



Not seen ; title from Dr. David Cragie in Edinh. Phil. Journ., si, 1831, p. 43, where lie gives 

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



1552. Aristoteles. Aristotelis et | Theophrasti | Historise, Cum de natura Anima- 



lium, turn de Plantis | & earum Causis, cuncta fer^., qute Deus opt. | max. 

 homini contemiDlanda exhibuit, ad | amussim complectentes : nunc iam sue 

 resti- I tutae nitori, & mendis omnibus, quoad lieri | potuit, repurgataj. | Cvm 

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

 uerb I necessarium nobis uisum est, superaddidiraus. | Estote Prvdentes, | 

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

 M.D.LII. I Cum Priuilegio Eegis. 1 8^. 11. 40, pp. 1-495, 11. 8 (animal.), 11. 

 5^8, pp. 1-399, 11. 7 (plant.). 



De partu, & pullorum nnmero piscium niniparnm, delphino, halaana, vitulo marine, & reli- 

 quis, qii£E 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 I Cum efconibus ad viuam ipsorum effigiem, quoad | eius fieri potuit, ex- 

 pressis. | Ad amplissimum Cardinalem Castillionseum. | Parisiis. | Apud 

 Carolum Stephanum, Typograpbum Kegium. ] M. D. LIII. | Cum privilegio 

 Eegis. obi. 8^. 11. 16, pp. 1-448. 



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

 fig., p.6 (apparently of J*/iocfl??iacommtmi«); flg.,p. 9 (apparentlyof DeZp/iiJu/srfeZp/iis); Ncmesse 

 Delphinvm iucvrvvm, p. 9; fig., p. 10 (axt-paTejitly of Delphinus delphis); Duo Delphini incurui, 

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

 distet, p. 12 ; Matricis Delphini cum foitu efTormatio, 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 fcetal 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. | Afia- 

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

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

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

 de luan Steelsio. | Ano M. D. LIIII. | sm. 8o. 11. 16+£f. 1-287. 



Dela Pez que Uaman enla Espanola Marati, cap. xxxi, ff. 37, 38. [9.] 



1554. Rondelet, G. Gvlielmi | Rondeletii | Doctoris mcdici | et niedicinaeinschola j 



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

 verse Piscium effigies expressse sunt. | Quae in tota Piscium historia contine- 

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

 dices necessarij. I [Design.] Lvgdvni | Apud Matthiam Bonhomme. | — | 

 M. D. LIII. I Cum Priuilgio Eegis ad duodecim annos. 2°. 11. 8, pp. 1-583, 

 11. 12. 



De Delphino, lib. xvi, cap. viii, pp. 459-473, fig., p. 439 (a Dolphin with young in fnetal 

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

 475,. fig. De Balsena vulg6 dicta sine de Musculo, lib. xvi, cap. xi, pp. 475-482, fig., p. 475 (view 

 from above of some pisciform creature having more rescmhlanco 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. 483-485, 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.] 



1555. "Belon, P. La nature et diversit6 des poissons. Avec leurs pourtraicts repre- 



sentez au plus prfcs naturel. Paris, Ch. Estienne, 1555. obi, 8"^. 448 11." 

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



