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TITLES OF PRE-LINN.EAN PUBLICATIONS ^ 



Abbeville, Claude d' [ -1632] 

 Histoire de la mission des Peres Capu- 

 cins en I'isle de Maragnan. Paris, 



1612. 



Pre-Linn. 1612.1 



Various fishes described, which are referred 

 to by De Laet in his "Novus Orbis," 1633, p. 

 616, and in the French edition of the same, 1640, 

 p. 554. 



In the 2nd ed., Paris, 1614, on p. 245, is found 

 the earliest description of the spotted eagle ray, 

 AStobatus narinari. 



Abbondio, Giovanni. Delle con- 

 strucoione della pesohiere chiuse e de 

 vivia; con im trattato della pesca di 

 Giulio Navarino, ad uso della genti di 

 Campagna. Palermo, 1715. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1715.1 



Acosta, Jose d' [1539-1600] For 

 life and explorations of this early 

 Spanish traveller, see Miall, L. C, 

 1912.1. (pp. 64-71); J. R. Carricido, 

 " El Padre Jos^ de Acosta," etc. Ma- 

 drid, 1899; C. Sommervogel, "Biblio- 

 theque de la Compagnie de J6sus," 

 pt. 1, vol. I, cols. 31-42, Brussels & 

 Paris, 1890; and E. Grimston as cited 

 below. 



De natura Novi Orbis libri duo, 



et de promulgatione evangelii, apud 

 barbaros, sive de procuranda Indo- 

 rum salute libri sex. Autore Jose- 

 pho Acosta presbytero societatis Jsu. 

 Salamanticae [Salamanca], 1589. 640 p. 

 8 pi. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1598.1 



This is the editio prince-ps. The book ap- 

 peared in many editions and translations too 

 numerous to list. Records are at hand of 4 eds. 

 at Seville, 1589-91; 2 at Madrid, 1608-10; 3 at 

 Salamanca, 1689-1595; Barcelona, 1691-94; 

 Paris, 4, 1597-1616; Venice, 1596; Amsterdam, 

 1624; Cologne, 1598; Ursel, 1605, and Franco- 

 furt, 1617. 



Early editions in other languages are; 



Historia natural y moral de las 



Indias, en que se tratan las cosas 

 notables del cielo, y elementos, metales, 

 plantas y animales, etc. Sevilla, 1590. 

 535 p. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1590.1 



De diversos pescados y modos de pescar de 

 las Indias, lib. in, cap. 17 [i. e. 15] p. 168-162. 

 Flying fishes are also described. 



Historia naturale e morale delle 



Indie, etc. Venetia, 1596. 173 p. 4°. 

 Pre-Linn. 1596.1 



Histoire naturelle et moralle des 



Indies, tant Orientales qu'Occiden- 

 tales. Paris, 1598. 375 p. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1598.1 



Historic naturael ende morael, 



van de Westersche Indien, etc. Haer- 

 lem, 1598. xii, 389 p. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1598.2 



De novi orbis natura et ratione 



(In De Bry, Grands Voyages — Amer- 

 ica, pt. IX, [Text in Latin]. Franco- 

 furti, 1602. 362 p.) Pre-Linn. 1602.1 



Natural] and morall historic of 



the East and West Indies, etc. Trans- 

 lated by E. G.[rimston], London, 1604. 

 Pre-Linn. 1604.1 



Of fishers and the manner of fishing in the In- 

 dies, book III, chap, xv, pp. 163-169. 



The most available English version is the 

 Hakluyt Society reprint in Works, nos. 60 & 61, 

 bearing the title: "The natural and moral his- 

 tory of the Indies," etc. London, 1880. 



Acuna, Christoval de [1597 — c.16551 

 Nuevo deseubrimiento del gran Rio de 

 los Amazonas, i viague de la provincia 

 del Quito en el reyno del Peru. Madrit 

 1641. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1641.1 



Translations into French, English and Ger- 

 man are: 



Relation de la riviere des Ama- 



zones, traduite de I'Espagnole par M. 



Gomberville. 2 vols. Paris, 1682. 12°. 



Pre-Linn. 1682.1 



Voyage and discoveries up the 



river Amazon to Quito in Peru and 

 back again to Brazil, etc. (In Acuna, 

 C. d', Acarete, , Grillet, J., & Be- 

 chamel, F. Voyages and discoveries 

 in South America. 3 parts. London, 

 1698, pt. I, viii, 190 p.) 



Pre-Linn. 1698.1 



Part I, chap, xxv is entitled: "The great 

 plenty of fish in this river [Amazon] and whiob 

 is the best sort of them." 



1 Literature of fishes ante 1758, the date of the 10th edition of the Systema Naturae. 



