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Albertinus, A. 



Eigenschafften und Geheimnussen der 

 filrnembsten Creaturen und Geschopff 

 sehr lustig, geist- und politischer Weiss 

 erklart. Miinchen, 1613, xii, 1048 p. 

 4°. Pre-Linn. 1613.1 



Pt. V, Fishes. 



Albertus Magnus [1193 or 1205- 

 1280] For articles on his life and works, 

 see Sighart, J. 1857.1; Stadler, H. 



1903.1, 1909.1, Add. 1907.1, 1912.1, 



1912.2, 1913.1; also Saintyves, P. in 

 " Revue des traditions populaires." 

 Paris, 1913, 556-564. 



For a list of the authorities cited by 

 Albertus in his " De Animalibus," see 

 Buhle in Kon. Gesell. Wiss. Gottingen, 

 Commentationes, 12. 



De animalibus. Libri xxvi. 



Rome, 1478. fol. Pre-Linn. 1478.1 



This is the ediiio princeps. Almost equally 

 rare is the 2nd edition, the Mantua folio of 

 1479. Other old eds. are: Venice, 1490, 1495, 

 1498, 1519; Cologne, 1541 & 1546; Frankfort, 

 1546. An early German translation is entitled: 



^ Thierbuch von Art, Natur 



und Eigenschaft der Thiere nemlich 

 von Vierfijssigen, Vogeln, Fyschen, 

 Schlangen und Insecten durch Wal- 

 therum Ryff verteutschet. Frankfurt- 

 an-Main, 1546. fol. 



Pre-Linn. 1546.1 



— ■ — • Opera omnia, edita studio et 

 labore P. Petri Jammy. XXI vols. 

 Lugduni, 1651. fol. 



Pre-Linn. 1651.1 



The most famous edition of Albertus* col- 

 lected works. Copy, N. Y. P. 



Fishes are treated in vol. VI, book xxiv, the 

 title of which reads as follows: 



■ De animalibus lib. xxvi. Lug- 

 duni, 1651. 684 p. fol. 



Pre-Linn. 1651.2 



For a modern edition of the works of Albertus, 

 consult: "Opera omnia cura Aug. Borgnet 

 edidit. Historia animahum libri xxvi." Pari- 

 siis, 1891. 



"Albert's work is not such an inorganic com- 

 pilation as Thomas's. He has paraphrased the 

 ten books of Aristotle's natural histories, his 

 four books on the parts of animals, and his five 

 books on their generation. To these nineteen, 

 he has added seven books on the nature of 

 animal bodies and on their grades of perfection; 

 and then on quadrupeds, birds, aquatic animals, 

 snakes and small bloodless creatures. Besides 

 Aristotle, he draws on Avicenna, Galen, Am- 

 brose (!) and others, including Thomas of Can- 

 timpr6._ Thus, his work is made up mainly of 

 the ancient written material. Moreover, Albert 

 is kept from a natural view of his subject 

 through the need he feels to measure animals by 

 the standards of human capacity, and learn to 

 know them through knowing man." Henry 

 Osborn Taylor, "The Mediseval Mind," vol.11, 

 p. 429, London, 1911. 



Albin, Eleazer [1713-1759] The his- 

 tory of esculent fish. London, 1724. 

 4°. Pre-Linn. 1724.1 



To this edition was appended Roger North's 

 "A discourse of fish and fish-ponds" first pub- 

 Ushed 1713. 



For another edition, 1794, see Albin, E., 

 1794.1. Copy, A. M. N. H. 



Icones piscium, cum nominibus 



latinis, anglicis et gallicis; cum figuris 

 aneis. London, 1735-41. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1735.1 



Albrecht, Johann Sebastian [1695- 

 1774] Phcenix Germanus, oder Bild- 

 erpostill, darim iiber ein jedes 

 Evangelium ein besonderes Thier 

 vom Vogeln, Fischen, &c. vorgestellet 

 wird. Francfort, 1670. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1670.1 



Alciati, Andrea [1492-1550] For a 

 biography and an estimate of Alciati's 

 book, see Green, Henry, " Andrea Al- 

 ciati and his book of emblems: a bio- 

 graphical and bibliographical study." 

 London, 1872. 



Emblemata. Augsburg, 1531. 



Pre-Linn. 1531.1 



Often reprinted — at least 174 eds., 1531- 

 1749. In 1871, the Holbein Society published 

 at Manchester a photolithograph facsimile re- 

 print of the Lyons 1551 edition. The full title 

 seems to be that for the 1581 edition. 



Omnia emblemata: cum com- 



mentariis, quibus emblematum om- 

 nium aperta origine, mens auctoris ex- 

 plicatur, & obscura omnia dubiaque 

 illustrantur; per Claudium minoem 

 divionensem. 3rd ed. Antverpiae, 

 1581. Pre-Linn. 1581.1 



Remora as a ship-stopper, p. 101; 303-304. 



Aldrovandi, Ulisse [1522-1605 or 

 07] For memoirs, see Andres, A . 1 908 . 1 ; 

 Fantuzzi, G. " Memorie della vita di 

 Ulisse Aldrovandi con alcune lettere 

 scelte d'uomini eruditi a lui scritte, e 

 coll' indice delle sue opere MSS. che si 

 conservano nella biblioteca dell' jnsti- 

 tuto." Bologna, 1774. portr. 8°; and 

 MacgiUivray, W. in Jardine's Natural- 

 ist's Library, 1845-46, Mammalia, 

 vol. III. 



De piscibus libri v, et de cetis 



liber unus. Bononiae, 1613. iv, 732 

 [26] p. illust. fol. Pre-Linn. 1613.1 



1st ed. Others are: Venice, 1614, 1616: 

 Frankfort, 1623, 1629, 1640; Bologna, 1625 

 1638 (2 eds.), 1642, 1644. 



. Monstrorum historia, cum para- 



lipomenis historiae omnium animalium. 



