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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FISHES 



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La nature et diversity des pois- 



sons, avec leurs pourtraicts, representez 

 au plus pr6s du natureL Paris, 1655. 

 448 p. illust. 12°. Pre-Linn. 1555.1 



This is a translation into French of the "De 

 aquatilibus," etc. Another edition, Paris, 1560. 



■ Portraits d'oyseaux, animaux, 



serpens, herbes, arbres, hommes et 

 femmes, d'Arabie & Egypte, observez 

 par P. Belon du Mans. Paris, 1557. 

 242 p. 220 woodcuts & maps. 4°, 



Pre-Linn. 1557.1 



Another edition, 1618. 



Plurimarum singularium et me- 



morabilium rerum in Grfecia, Asia, 

 Aegypte, Judea, Arabia, aliisque exteris 

 provinciis ab ipso conspectarum obser- 

 vationes tribus libris expresia;. Raphe- 

 lengii, 1605. 242 p. foL 



Pre-Linn. 1605.1 



Translated from the French and edited by 

 Carolxis Clusius. Fish and fishing, pp. 15, 35, 

 71-73, 100. 



Berkel, Adrian van. Amerikaansche 

 voyagien, behelzende een reis na Rio de 

 Berbiee, gelegen op hat vaste land van 

 Guiana, . . . mitsg. een andere na de 

 colonie van Suriname enz. . . . Am- 

 sterdam, 1693, viii, 139 p. pis. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1693.1 



Contains -the first known description of 

 GymnotuB electricu^. 



Bemers, Juliana. See Barnes, Ju- 

 liana. 



Bemes, Juliana. See Barnes, Ju- 

 liana. 



Bemhardi, Fab. (respond.) Exeroi- 

 tatio physica de respiratione piscium, 

 quam statuunt nonnulli. Jenae, 1656. 

 4°. Pre-Linn. 1656.1 



Melchior Zeidler, prmses. 



Besler, Basil [1561-1629] Rariora 

 musei Besleriani quae olim B. et M. R. 

 Besleri collegerunt, seneisque tabulis ad 

 vivum incisa evulgarunt : nunc commen- 

 tariolo illustrata a J. H. Lochnero &o. 

 Norimbergse, 1716. xiv, 112 p. 41 pis. 

 fol. Pre-Linn. 1716.1 



Fishes, pp. 55-68. Fossil fishes, p. 93-94. 

 Glossopetras, p. 105. All with figures. 



The contents of this Museum were collected 

 and were figured on copper by B. and M. R. 

 Besler and the descriptive text written by J. H. 

 Lochner von Hummelstein. See also Besler, 

 M. R., & Lochner von Hummelstein, J. H. 

 Copy, A. M. N. H. 



Besler, Michel Rupert [1607-1661] 

 Gazophylacium rerum naturalium, e 

 regno vegetabili, animali & mineral! de- 

 promptarum, nunquam hactenus in lu- 



cem editarum, fidelis cum figuris asneis 

 ad vivum incisis reprajsentatio. Opera 

 Michselis Ruperti Besleri Medici. Leip- 

 sic, 1642. pis, fol. Pre-Linn. 1642.1 



Other eds.: Leipsio & Frankfort, 1716 & 1733. 

 A rare work containing copper plates of 

 fishes, birds and moUusks, without text. 



■ Rariora musei Besleriani quK 



olim Basilus et Mich. Rup. Besler col- 

 legerunt aeneisque tabulis ad vivum in- 

 cisa evulgarunt: nunc commentariolo 

 illustrata a Joh. Henr. Lochnero, denuo 

 luci publicas commisit . . . Mich. Frid. 

 Lochner. Norimbergas, 1716. 22 & 

 112 p. 40 pis. fol. Pre-Linn. 1716.1 



Seven fishes are figured and described, p. 55- 

 68. Fossil fishes, p. 93-94. Glossopetras, p. 

 105. 



See also Besler, B., & Lochner von Hummel- 

 stein, J. H. 



Bianchi, Giovanni [1693-1775], pseu- 

 donym for Plancus, Janus. 



Bingen, Hildegarde (Abbess of) See 

 Hildegarde de Finguia. 



Binnell, Robert. Description of the 

 river Thames . . . with the City of 

 London's jurisdiction and conservancy 

 thereof ... to which is added a brief 

 description of those fish, with their 

 seasons, spawning times, etc., that are 

 Gaught in the Thames, or sold in Lon- 

 don. With some few observations on 

 the nature . . . peculiar to fish in gen- 

 eral, etc. London, 1758. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1758.1 



See Griffith's "An essay to prove, etc.," 

 1746, of which this is a plagiarized copy. See 

 also Binnell, R. 1785.1. 



Birch, Thomas (editor) [1705-1766] 

 History of the Royal Society in London. 

 4 vols. London, 1756-57. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1756.1 



In the form of printed minutes, an account 

 is given of the proceedings with short abstracts 

 of papers read. 



Birckerodius, Thomas Broderus. 

 Sciagraphia . . . sive de cornibus et 

 comutis commentariorum, quos ex 

 omni antiquitate, scientia et arte col- 

 lectos, sex libris distinctos . . . quad- 

 rupedum, piscium . . . aliarum rerum, 

 ultra mille, illustratos publico desti- 

 navit, et brevi, volente Deo, legendos 

 dabit. Hafniffi, [ante 1694). 28 p. 4°. 

 Pre-Linn. 1694.1 



Blacuod, Henr., & Debonnaire, 



Jo. Ergo pisces febricitantibus carnibus 

 salubriores. Paris, 1587. 



Pre-Linn. 1587.1 

 Title from Boehmer. 



