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Bassus, Cassianus \fi. %lh. & Ith. 

 cents. A.D.i Geoponica. De re rustica 

 selectorum libri xx. Grseci Constantino 

 quidem Csesari nuncupati ... J. A. 

 Brassicani opera in lucem editi . . . 

 Item, Aristotelis de plantis libri duo 

 Grseoi . . . hao primum editione resti- 

 tuti (S. Grynaei Prsefatio). Basileae, 

 1539. xlvii, 551 p. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1539.1 



Attributed in some editions to Constantine 

 IV, and in others to Constantine YII, Em- 

 perors of Constantinople, but now known to 

 have been compiled by Bassus and to have been 

 revised by an unknown editor and published 

 (in MS.) about 950. 



The 2nd ed. The first {in Greek) Basel, 

 1538. Other Latin eds. (at least 3), Venice, 

 Basel, & Leyden (one in 1541) ; in Italian, 

 Venice, 1542 & 1649; French, Poictiers, 1543. 



— ■ — ■ Der Feldbaw, oder das Buoh 

 von der Feldarbeyt. Vor tausent Jah- 

 ren von dem . . . Keyser Constantino 

 nil inn Grieohisoher Spraoh beschriben, 

 unnd durch D. M. Herren verdol- 

 metscht. Jetzund von newem wider- 

 umb uberlesen, gemehret und bebessert 

 iwith a preface by L. Rabus von Mem- 

 mingeni. Strassburg, 1551. ccxxvii, 

 24 p. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1551.1 



G eoponika. Geoponicorum, sive 



de re rustica, libri xx. Cassiano Basso 

 scholastico coUectore. Antea Constan- 

 tino Porphyrogenneto a quibusdam 

 adscripto. Graece et Latine. Canta- 

 brigise et Londonis, 1704. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1704.1 



Another and excellent edition, edited by 

 J. J. Niclas, was published at Leipsic, 1781. A 

 late English version by T. Owen was issued at 

 London, 1805, under the title "Geoponica. 

 Agricultural pursuits." For other modern 

 editions, see Encyclopeedia Britannica, 1910, voL 

 III. 



The "Geoponica" is a compilation from the 

 writings of various Roman writers on farming. 

 The 20th book, consisting of 46 short chapters 

 is devoted to fish and fishing. 



Baulacre, . Oeuvres. Band I. 



Geneve, 1738-1756. Pre-Linn. 1738.1 

 Swiss fishes are considered. 



Bayle, Francis [1622-1709] Disser- 

 tationes [Problematsej physics, in qui- 

 bus principia proprietatum in mixtus, 

 oeconomia oorporum in plantis et ani- 

 malibus demonstrantur. Tolosse, 1677. 

 Pre-Linn. 1677.1 



Remora as a ship-holder; relative amounts 

 of muscle and bone in fish, etc. 



Other eds.: Toulouse, 1681 & 1701; The 

 Hague, 1678. 



Beal, John [1603-1683] [Account of 

 shining fish] Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 

 London, 1666, 1, 226-228. 



Pre-Linn. 1666.1 



First known account of putrefaction causing 

 phosphorescence. 



On the effect of frost on eels. 



Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, 1666, 

 1, 323. Pre-Linn. 1666.2 



Beckmann, J. V. (presses) Disputa- 

 tio de jure piscandi. Inaug. Dissert. 

 Jenae, 1676. 4 pis. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1676.1 



J. Volckhart, respond. 



Beenius, Johannes {presses) Piscis 

 ille grandissimus, qui Jonam integrum 

 devoravit. Hafniae, 1698. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1698.1 



Sever. Arctander, respond. 



Beermann, Sigisni. Epistola in qua 

 van der Hardt Jonas in Carcharia ex- 

 aminatur. Wolfenbiittel, 1719. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1719.1 



Belon, Pierre [1517-1564] For a 

 short sketch and account of his work, 

 see Miall, L. C, 1912.1. For a larger 

 biography with a full bibhography, see 

 Morren, Edouard. " A la m^moire du 

 Pierre Belon du Mans, 1517-1564." 

 Belgique Horticole, 1885, 35, 1-29. 

 portr. 



L'histoire naturelle des es- 

 tranges poissons marins, avec la viaie 

 peincture et description du dauphin et 

 de plusieurs autres de son espece, ob- 

 servees par Pierre Belon du Mans. 

 Paris, 1551. 55 p. index, figs. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1551.1 



Other eds.: Paris, 1553 & 1555. 



De aquatilibus libri duo. Cum 



eiconibus ad vivam ipsorum effigiem, 



quoad eius fieri potuit, expressis. Pari- 



siis, 1553. 16 leaves. 448 p. obi. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1553.1 



110 fishes are named and described. 

 2nd ed., 1620. fol. 



Les observations de plusieurs 



singularitez et choses mSmorables, trou- 

 v6es en Greoe, Asie, Ind^e, Egypte, 

 Arable & autres pays estranges, redig6es 

 en trois livres, par Pierre Belon du Mans 

 Paris, 1553. 211 p. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1553.2 



The first ed. A second, revised and aug- 

 mented, Paris, 1554. Others: Paris, 1565, 1568, 

 1685, 1688; Antwerp, 1555, 1558, 1589, 1605. 

 The last ed. is dated 1620. Found also in Ray, 

 J. "A collection of travels and voyages," etc. 

 1693. 



Some fishes are mentioned, as for instance 

 the parrot-wrasse, Scarus, wluch Aristotle had 

 declared to be the only fish that ruminates. 

 Accounts are given also of fishing by the peo- 

 ples visited. 



