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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



BLA 



Blagrave, Jos. [1610-1682] The epit- 

 ome of the art of husbandry. Com- 

 prising . . . directions for the use of 

 the angle, etc. London, 1669. 12°. 



Pre-Linn. 1669.1 



Other eds.: London, 1675; 1686; 1719. 

 In the 1685 ed., fishes and fishing cover 19 

 pages. 



Blasius, Gerard- [c. 1623-1682] Ob- 



servationes anatomicaa selectiores, editae 



e coUegio medicorum privatorum Am- 



stelodamensis. Amsterdam, 1667. 12°. 



Pre-Linn. 1667.1 



Contains observations on the viscera of 

 fishes. 



A later ed. is; 



Observationum anatomicarum 



coUegii privati Amstelodamensis, pars 

 altera, in quibus praecipue de pis- 

 cium pancreate ejusque succo agitur. 

 Amsterdam, 1673. 12°. 



Pre-Linn. 1673.1 



— ■ — Anatome animalium, terres- 

 trium variorum, volatilium, aquatil- 

 ium, serpentum, insectorum, ovorum- 

 que, struoturam naturalem ex veterum, 

 recentiorum, propriisque observationi- 

 bus proponens, figuris variis illustrata. 

 Amstelodami, 1681. 494 p. 60 pi. 4°. 

 Pre-Linn. 1681.1 



One of the earliest books on comparative 

 anatomy. The internal structure of a con- 

 siderable number of fishes is taken up in some 

 detail, p. 259-308, and in 6 plates. Copy, 

 N. Y. P. 



Blggny, Nic. de [1652-1722] De 

 pisce remora. Zodiaous-medico-gallicus, 

 1682, an. iv, 92. Pre-Linn. 1682.1 



Blome, Richard [ -1705] The 

 gentleman's recreation. In two parts; 

 the first being an encyclopedy of the 

 arts and sciences . . . the second part 

 treats of horsemanship, . . . fishing 

 and agriculture, etc. London, 1686. 

 fol. Pre-Linn. 1686.1 



Another ed. appeared in 1710 in folio. 



— ■ — Present state of his majesties 

 isles and territories in America. Lon- 

 don, 1687. Pre-Linn. 1687.1 



Fisheries, pp. 20, 38, 79, 118, 135, 165, 189, 

 239, 250-252. French translation, Amsterdam, 

 1688; German, Leipzig, 1697. 



Bluntschli, . Memorabilia Ti- 



gurina. Merkwiirdigkeiten der Stadt 

 und Landschaft Ziirich 1742. Ziirich, 

 1742. 713 p. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1742.1 



Contains data on fishes of Zurioh. 



BocGone, Paulo afterwards Sylvia 

 [1633-1704] Recherches et observations 



naturelles touchants le corail . . . les 

 dents de poissons petrifiees ... la 

 sangsue du Xiphias, etc. Paris, 1670. 

 16 pis. 12°. Pre-Linn. 1670.1 



Other eds.; (French) Amsterdam, 1671, 1672, 

 1674; (Italian) Bologna, 1684; (German) Frank- 

 fort, Leipzig, & Jena, 1697; (Dutch) Amsterdam, 

 1744 or 1745. 



Recherches et observations na- 

 turelles sur la production de plusieurs 

 pierres, sur la petrification de quelques 

 parties d'animaux, sur les principes des 

 glossop^tres, sur la pierre 6toil6e et sur 

 I'embrasement du Mont Etna. Paris, 

 1671. 12°. Pre-Linn. 1671.1 



lA not ordinary sangui-suga or 



leech, found sticking fast in the Xiphias 

 or sword-fish). Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc, 

 1673, 8, 6159-6160. Pre-Linn. 1673.1 



Museo di fisica, e di esperienze 



variato e decorato di osservazioni natu- 

 rali, . . . Con una dissertazione dell' 

 origine e della prima impressione delle 

 produzioni marine, etc. Venezia, 1697. 

 viii, 319 p. 18 pis. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1697.1 



"De Glossopetris, p. 179; de Lavareto & Sa- 

 lione piscibus rarioribus, p. 289." 



Descriptio anatomica Canis car- 



charice. (In Valentini, M. B. Amphi- 

 theatrum Zootomicum, Francofurti, 

 1720, pt. 2, p. 120-121. pi. 70) ' 



Pre-Linn. 1720.1 



Reprinted from "Recherches et observa- 

 tions naturelles,'* p. 327. First figure of teeth 

 tiger shark. 



Natuurkundige naspeuringen op 



proef- en waarnemingen gegrond. Zynde 

 behalven een uitvoerige navorssing . . . 

 van de oorzaak der wonderbare ver- 

 steningen van verscheide lighamen. 

 's Gravenhage, 1745. pis. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1745.1 



A Dutch version of 1697.1 



Bocer, Henricus (prcEses) Disputa- 

 tio de domino proprietatis et ejus acqui- 

 rendi modus . . . et quidem de vena- 

 tione, piscatione et inventione. Inaug. 

 Dissert. Tubingiae, 1599. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1599.1 



Casper Henchelin, Tespond. 



Bochart, Samuel [1599-1667] Hiero- 

 zoicon seu de animalibus S. Scripturae 

 compendium in duas partes divisum 

 quarum prior iv libris animalia in ge- 

 nere, quadrupedes domesticas, feras & 

 oviparis. Posterior vi libris aves mun- 

 das, immundas, serpentes, insecta, 



