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Bowlker, Richard. The art of ang- 

 ling, improved in all its parts, especially 

 fly-fishing. Worcester, (1746?). 12°. 

 Pre-Linn. 1746.1 



This famous work, revised by the author's 

 son, Charles, passed through a large number of 

 «ds. In the Heckscher sale catalogue, 1909, 12 

 issues are hsted; 175S-1S54. 



See also Bowlker, R., 175S.1. 



Boyle, Robert [1627-1691] For a 

 sketch of his life by Thomas Birch, see 

 edition of works below, 1744. 



New experiments concerning 



the relation between light and air (in 

 shining wood and fish), etc. Phil. Trans. 

 Roy. Soe. London, 1667, 2, 591-600. 



Pre-Linn. 1667.1 



Phosphorescence of dead fish in a vacuum. 



Of the motion of the separated 



heart of a cold animal [Anguillai in the 

 exhausted receiver. Phil. Trans. Roy. 

 Soc. London, 1670, 5, 2027-2028. 



Pre-Linn. 1670.1 



Of the phaenomena of a scale- 

 fish in an exhausted receiver. Phil. 

 Trans. Roy. Soc. London, 1670, 5, 

 2024-2026. Pre-Linn. 1670.2 



Philosophical works abridged, 



methodized and disposed under the gen- 

 eral heads of physics, statics, pneumat- 

 ics, natural history, &c. 3 vols. Lon- 

 don, 172.5. figs. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1725.1 



Other eds.; 1738, 1744 (with the life of Boyle 

 by Thomas Birch), & 1772. 



Boyle, Roger [c. 1621-1679] Occa- 

 sional reflections upon several subjects, 

 whereto is premis'd a discourse about 

 such kind of thoughts. London, 1665. 

 12°. Pre-Linn. 1665.1 



Contains data about fish and fishing. 



2nd ed., 1669. Reprinted, London, 1808; 

 Oxford, 1848. 



Attributed by Westwood & Satchell to Hon. 

 Robert Boyle. Copy in N. Y. P. written by 

 Roger Boyle [1st Earl of Orrery ?] 



Braccio, Ignacio. Remorse piseiculi 

 Roma3, 1634. 1 p. fig. fol. 



Pre-Linn. 1634.1 



No copy of this work, consisting of one page 

 with woodcut, seems extant. There was 

 formerly a copy in the British Museum, a part 

 of the Sir Hans Sloane collection, but it has 

 been lost. 



Bradley, Richard [ -1732] A 

 philosophical account of the works of 

 nature, etc. London, 1721. xx, 194 p. 

 28 pis. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1721.1 



Fish ponds and breeding of fish are treated 

 of, p. 178-181. 



A 2nd ed.: London, 1739. 



The country gentleman and farm- 

 er's monthly director . . . Wherein is 

 directed the . . . breeding and feeding 

 of . . . fish, swine, and all sorts of 

 cattle. London, 1726. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1726.1 



Wysgeerige verhandeling van de 



werken der natuure. Amsterdam, 1744. 

 31 pis. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1744.1 



Brander, Fredrik Reinhold (respond.) 

 Dissertatio de regii piscaturft Cumo- 

 ensi. In aug. Dissert. Aboae, 1751. 48 p. 

 2 pis. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1751.1 



Carl Fred. Menander, presses. 



For other works on husbandry by this 

 author, see Catalogue British Museum (Natural 

 History). All these presumably have chapters 

 dealing with fish ponds and fish culture. 



Brassicanus, Johannes Alexander. 

 [1500-1639] De re rustioa seleotorum 

 libri XX Grseci ... J. A. Brassicani 

 opera in lucem editi, &c. 1539. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1539.1 



See also Bassus, C, Pre-Linn, 1539.1. 



Brauner, Johann. Besohreibung der 

 Fischer-Zaune und ihres Gebrauohs. 

 Konig. Schwed. Akad. Abhandl., 1753, 

 15, 277. Pre-Linn. 1753.1 



See note under Kastner, A. G., Pre-Linn. 



Beskrifning pa fiske-katsor och 



deras nyttiande. K. Swensk. Vetensk. 

 Acad. Handl., 1753, 14, 272. 



Pre-Linn. 1753.2 



Breton, Nicholas [c. 1545-1627] 

 Wit's-Trenchmour; in a conference had 

 between a scholler and an angler. 

 London, 1597. sm. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1597.1 



This is said to have furnished the idea of 

 Walton's "Angler." 



Breton, Raymond [1609-1679] Dic- 

 tionnaire Caraibe-Frangois. Auxerre, 

 1665. Pre-Linn. 1665.1 



Contains Carib names for fishes and other 

 natural history objects. 



Facsimile reprint by Jules Platzmann, Leip- 

 zig, 1892. 



Brickell, John. The natural his- 

 tory of North Carolina . . . Illus- 

 trated with copper plates, whereon are 

 curiously engraved the map of the 

 country, several strange beasts, birds, 

 fishes, snakes, insects, trees, and plants, 

 etc. Dublin, 1737. 408 p. woodcuts, 

 pis. map. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1737.1 



Of the fish of North Carolina, pp. 215-249. 

 2nd ed.: Dublin, 1743. 



Bring, Sven. {presses) Disserta- 

 tio de piscaturis in Oceano Boreali. 



