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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



BRI 



Bring, S. 



Londini Gothorum (Lundj, 1750. 29 p. 

 4°. Pre-Linn. 1750.1 



Carl Estenberg, respond. 



Brisson, Maihurin Jacques [1723- 

 1806] Systeme naturel du rigne animal, 

 par classes, families ou ordres, genres et 

 espfeces, avec une notice de tons les 

 animaux etc. suivant la m^thode de 

 Klein; avec une notice de celle de 

 Linnaeus, et I'ordre des poissons, sui- 

 vant la division d'Artedi et I'ordre des 

 oursins de mer. 3 vols. Paris, 1754. 

 10 pis. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1754.1 



Not seen. Said to be a translation of a (to 

 us unknown) work by J. T. Klein. Often con- 

 fused with a similar work by La Chesnaye Des- 

 boia (1754.1, q. i>.) 



Brockelsby, Richard [1722-1797] 

 Upon the sounds and hearing of fishes, 

 by J. T. Klein, or some account of a 

 treatise entitled " An inquiry into the 

 reasons why the author of an epistle 

 concerning the hearing of fishes en- 

 deavors to prove they are all mute and 

 deaf." Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc, 1748 

 (1750), 45, 233-239. Pre-Linn. 1750.1 



Brodd, ATidrew. {respond.) Ich- 

 thyologise biblicse pars prima, de ave 

 selav, cujus mentio fit num. xi: 31, in 

 qua contra Bochartum & Ludolfum 

 non avem aliquem plumosam, nee locus- 

 tam fuisse, sed potium quoddam piscis 

 genus (pisces volatiles) manifestis de- 

 monstratur argumentis. Upsahse, 1705. 

 148 p. figs. Pre-Linn. 1705.1 



Olaus Rudbeck (junior), prceses. 



Brohon, Joannes. De stirpibus vel 

 plantis ordine alphabetico digestis epi- 

 tome ... [2. ed.] per J. Brohon . . . 

 edita. Cui accesserunt volatihum, 

 gressilium, piscium . . . apud Gallias 

 nominum, per Leodegarium a Querco. 

 Parisiis, 1543. 65 p. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1543.1 



First ed.: 1S41. 



This is based on a similar work by Leode- 

 garius de Quercu (q. v.) . 



Bronzer, Johann Hieronymus. Dis- 

 putatio de principatu hepatis ex ana- 

 tome lampetrae. Patavia. 1626. 4 p. 

 4°. Pre-Linn. 1626,1 



Brookes, Richard [fl. 1750] The art 



of angling, rock and sea-fishing, with 



the natural history of river, pond, and 



sea-fish. London, 1740. 133 figs. 12°. 



Pre-Linn. 1740.1 



First ed.: 2nd, London, 1743. An enlarged 

 ed. is: 



The art of angling. New improved with ad- 

 ditions, and formed into a dictionary. In two 



parts. I. Containing an account of fish and 

 fish-ponds: a new art of fly-making: the new 

 laws that concern angling: the secret ways of 

 catching fish by ointments, pastes and other 

 arts: directions how to procure baits, and for 

 making all sorts of fish-tackle, with the surest 

 method of finding sport, etc. London, 1766. 

 viii, 292 p. 136 figs. 



Many later eds., at least 15 up to 1811. 



Brown, Edward. A brief account of 

 some travels in Hungaria, Servia, Bul- 

 garia, Macedonia, Thessaly, ' Austria, 

 Styria, etc. London, 1673. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1673.1 



Hungarian fishes, p. 10-12; fishes of the 

 Danube, p. 109-110. figs. 



Pagination in parts. Other eds.: London, 

 1677, 1685; French, Paris, 1674, 1684; Dutch, 

 Amsterdam, 1682; German, Niirnberg, 1686, 

 1711, 1750. 



Browne, Patrick [c. 1720-1790] The 

 civil and natural history of Jamaica. 

 In three parts. Containing ... A 

 history of the natural productions, in- 

 cluding the various sorts of native 

 fossils . . . London, 1756. viii, 503 p. 

 49 pis. map. Pre-Linn. 1766.1 



The author, a physician of Jamaica, describes 

 in this work 93 species of fishes, arranged after 

 the Artedian system. His observations are re- 

 garded by Cuvier as much better than those of 

 Sloane for the same fauna. 



2nd ed. : London, 1789. f ol. (See Browne, P., 

 1789,1) 



Browne, Peter [c. 1665-1735] A 

 letter from a clergy-man in Ireland; 

 giving an account of the taking of 

 great numbers of fish, and of many sea- 

 monsters, in the county of Clare, in 

 that kingdom . . . London, 1721. 42 p. 

 4°. Pre-Linn. 1721.1 



Browne, (Sir) Thomas [1605-1682] 

 For a notice of his work as a naturalist, 

 see Nicholson, W. A. 1900.1. 



Enquiries in the vulgar errors. 



London, 1646. fol. Pre-Linn. 1646.1 

 . This curious and interesting book contains 

 some data about fishes. 



Other eds. are; London, 1650, 1658, 1664, 

 1666 (2 issues), 1672, 1686; Frankfort & Leipsio, 

 1668 (German); Paris, 1733 (French). A mod- 

 ern ed., London, 1852, in N. Y. P. 



Certain miscellany tracts. 1684. 



vi, 216 p. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1684.1 



Tracts iii and iv treat of fishes. 



Many later editions have appeared. 



For his notes on the fishes of Norfolk (not 

 published until after 1758), see Browne, Sir T.. 

 1835.1 & 1902.1. 



A modern ed. of his works was issued Edin- 

 burgh, 1912, 3 vols. sm. 8°. 



Bruckmann, Franz Ernst [1697- 

 1753] Specimen physicum exhibens 

 historiam naturalem oolithi seu ova- 

 riorum piscium et concharum in saxa 



