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Eames, John [ -1744] An ac- 

 count ... of a book intituled, Jacobi 

 Theodori Klein " Historiae Pisoium Na- 

 turalis promovendse missus primus Ge- 

 dani," 1740. 4°. Or the first number 

 of an essay toward promoting the nat- 

 ural history of fishes, etc. Phil. Trans. 

 Roy. Soc, 1742, 42, 27-33. 



Pre-Linn. 1742.1 



Eber, Paul., & Peucer, Casp. Vo- 

 cabula rei numarise ponderum et men- 

 surarum graeca, latina, ebraica etc. 

 Addita3 sunt appellationes quadrupe- 

 dum, insectorum, volucrum, piscium, 

 frugmn, leguminum, olerum et fruo- 

 tuum communixmi. Vitebergae, 1551. 

 16°. Pre-Linn. 1551.1 



Other eds.: Wittenberg, 1556, 1558, 1563, 

 1570, 1574, 1578; & Leipsic, 1559, 1570. See 

 also Peucer, C. Pre-Linn. 1550.1. 



Eccard, (respond.) Dissertatio 



de respiratione piscium. Witteb., 1637. 

 2 pis. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1637.1 



Jo. Sperling, prceses. 



Eden, Rycharde [1521-1576] The 

 decades of the newe worlde or west Jn- 

 dia, etc. Wrytten in the Latin toungue 

 by Peter Martyr of Angleria, and trans- 

 lated into Englyshe by Rycharde Eden. 

 Londini, 1555. Pre-Linn. 1555.1 



Contains numerous references to the fishes 

 of the new world, and the first account in Eng- 

 lish of fishing with the remora. 



This work is available in Arber, Edward. 

 "The first three English books on America 

 [1511-1555 A.D.], being chiefly translations, 

 compilations, &c., by Richard Eden." London, 

 1895. See also Martyr. P., tnis section. 



Copy of original edition, J. C. B. 



The history of travayle in the 



West and East Indies, and other coun- 

 treys lying eyther way towardes the 

 fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes: with a 

 discourse of the northwest passage. 

 Gathered in parte, and done into Eng- 

 lyshe by Richarde Eden. Newly set 

 in order, augmented and finished by 

 Richarde Willes. London, 1577. 4°. 

 Pre-Linn. 1577.1 



A compilation of Peter Martyr, Oviedo, and 

 other writers. Fish and fishing in the West In- 

 dies described. Fishing with the remora, folios 

 21-22, and 211-215. 



Copy in N. Y. P. 



Edwards, George [1694-1773] A nat- 

 ural history of uncommon birds and of 

 some other rare and nondesoribed ani- 

 mals, quadrupeds, reptiles, fishes, in- 

 sects, etc.; exhibited in 200 copper- 

 plates, from designs copied immediately 

 from nature, and curiously coloured 

 after life; with a full and accurate de- 

 scription of each figure. 4 vols. Lon- 

 don, 1743-51; 4°. Pre-Linn. 1743.1 



The French version bears title: 



Histoire naturelle d'oiseaux peu 



communs: et d'autres animaux rares, etc. 

 London, 1745-51. Pre-Linn. 1745.1 



Both editions were issued in parts and are 

 rarely found complete. This work was later re- 

 published as "Gleanings of natural history," etc. 

 1758-64; "Essays upon natural history, etc.," 

 1770; and "Catalogue of birds, beasts, fishes," 

 etc. 1776. See Edwards, G. 1758.1 and 1776.1. 



Egede, Hans [1686-1758] Omstasn- 

 delig og udf0rUg relation, angaaende 

 den Gr0nlandske missions begyndelse 

 og fortsaettelse, samt hvad ellers mere 

 der ved landets recognoscering, dets 

 bescaffenhed, og indbyggernes vaesen 

 og leve-maade vedkommende, er befun- 

 den . . . Kjobenhavn, 1738. x, 408 p. 

 4°. Pre-Linn. 1738.1 



Fishes, p. 54-77. 



According to Agassiz, the original edition ap- 

 peared in 1729, and a German translation at 

 Frankfort in the same year. The next Danish 

 edition is entitled: 



Det gamle Gr0nlands nye per- 



lustration, eller naturel historie, og be- 

 skrivelse over det gamle Gronlands situ- 

 ation, luft, temperament og beskaffen- 

 hed; . . . Kjobenhavn, 1741. vi, 131 

 p. 11 pis. & map. Pre-Linn. 1741.1 



Foreign language versions are: German, 

 Hamburg, 1740; Copenhagen, 1742, 1763; Ber- 

 lin, 1763, 1769; Dutch, Delft, 1746; French, 

 Copenhagen & Geneva, also Paris, 1763. Eng- 

 lish, London, 1745. Besides these, there are a 

 number of abridgements in various collections 

 of voyages and travels. Of editions noted, the 

 available titles are: 



Description of Greenland, etc. 



translated from the Danish. London, 

 1745. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1745.1 



A 2nd ed.: London, 1888. 225 p. 8°. 



Beschrijving van Oud-Groen- 



land, of eigentlijk van de zoogenaamde 



