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Gesner, C. 



Namen der Fischen unci Wasserthieren." An 

 extremely valuable list. In it the fisli called 

 "Killinck" in the early Flemish "Boeckxen" is 

 identified as the gudgeon. Some English names 

 are included. 



— — Historiae animalium liber ml, 

 qui est de piscium & aquatilium 

 animantium natura . . . Tiguri, 1568. 

 1297 p. figs. 



Pre-Linn. 1558.1 



This work forms book ini of the "Historiae 

 animahum." Other eds.; Frankfort, 1604 & 

 1620; & Heidelberg, 1606; 1712. 



Nomenclator aquatilium ani- 

 mantium. Icones animalium aquati- 

 Uum in mari & dulcibus aquis degentium, 

 plus quam DCC. cum nomenclaturis 

 singulorum Latinis, Graecis, Italicis, 

 Hispaniois, Gallicis, Germanicis, An- 

 glicis, aliisque; interdum per certos 

 ordinea digestse. ExpHcantur autem 

 singulorum nomina ao nominum ra- 

 tiones, praecertim in Latina et Graeca 

 lingua uberrim^; et nominum confir- 

 mandorum causa descriptiones quo- 

 rundam, et alia queedam, praesertim in 

 magno nostro De aquatilibus volumine 

 non tradita, adduntur: deque singulis 

 Rondeletii, Bellonii, Salviani et nostrae 

 sententiaB explicantur brevissime . . . 

 Tiguri [Zurichi, 1560. xiv, 374 p. 

 woodcuts, fol. Pre-Linn. 1560.1 



In this work, usually cited as "Icones ani- 

 maUum aquatilium," the text is much reduced 

 from that of the "Hiatorife animalium," liber 

 nil, 1558, but the woodcuts are with few excep- 

 tions the same. 

 First ed.; another, Heidelberg, 1606. 



Fischbuch, das ist ein kurtze 



doch vollkomne Beschreybung aller 

 Fischen so in dem Meer unnd stissen 

 Wasseren, Seen, Fliissen oder anderen 

 Bachen jr Wonung habend, sampt jrer 

 waaren Conterfactur: zii Nutz und 

 Gutem alien Artzeten etc. gestelt, in- 

 sonders aber denen so ein Lust habend 

 zu erfaren und betrachten Gottes wun- 

 derbare Werok in seinem Geschopften. 

 Erstlich in Latein durch Ciinradt Gass- 

 ner beschriben yetz neiiwlich aber 

 durch Ciinradt Forer etc. in das Teutsch 

 gebraoht. Ztirych, 1563. ix, 404 p. 

 woodcuts, fol. Pre-Linn. 1563.1 



First ed. of Forer's version of the "De pis- 

 cium." Others are: Zurich, 1563 (a separate 

 issue) & 1575; Frankfort, 1598; & Heidelberg, 

 1606. However, entirely apart from these are 

 the versions immediately following the next 

 title. 



— — De rerum fossilium, lapidum et 

 gemmarum maxime . . . liber, &c. Ti- 

 guri, 1565. xiv, 169 p. (In Gesner, C. 

 (editor). De omne rerum fossilium 

 genera, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis et 



hujus-modi, Hbri aliquot, &c. Tiguri, 

 1565-(66). 8°.) Pre-Linn. 1565.1 



This volume contains the works of 7 other 

 authors. 



— — ■ Thier-, Vogel-, Fisch- und 

 Schlangenbuch [8 parts] . Zurich, 1575- 

 89. woodcuts, fol. Pre-Linn. 1575.1 



L'histoire des animaux k quatre 



pieds, des oiseaux, des poissons, . . . 

 de Gesner. Paris, 1619. figs. fol. 



Pre-Linn. 1619.1 



Gesner, Johann Matthias (editor) 

 [1691-1761] Scriptores rei rusticae 

 veteris Latini. . . et lexicon rei rusticae 

 curante J. M. Gesner. 2 vols. Lipsiae, 

 1735. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1735.1 



Here are collected the "De re rustica" of 

 various authors elsewhere referred to. The works 

 of these "old farmers," as D. G. Mitchell calls 

 them, have references to fish and fishponds. 

 Another and the most celebrated edition is that 

 of 1787, the contents of which are: 



Vol. I. [Preface by Gesner and fives of the 

 several authors, &c.]. 



M. P. Catonis de re rustica. 



M. T. Varronis de re rustica libri ni. 



Vol. II. L. J. M. Columellffi de re rustica 

 libri XII, et de arboribus. 



Vol. III. Palladii Rutilu Tauri Aemifiani de 

 re rustica libri xiv. Vetetii renati artis veteri- 

 narisB liber iv. A. Popmae Frisi de instrumento 

 fundi liber. 



Vol. IV. Lexicon rusticum. 



Tractatus physicus de petrifica- 



tis, etc. Lugduni Batavorum, 1758. 8°. 

 Pre-Linn. 1758.1 

 Fossil sharks' teeth, p. 61. 



Geyer, Johannes Daniel [1660-1735] 

 Targelus ApoUini facer continens trigam 

 medicam e regno animali & vegetabiH: 

 I. De cantharidibus. ii. De montibus 

 conchiferis & glossopetris Alzeiensibus 

 archipalatinis. iii. De dictamno. Lip- 

 si», 1687. figs. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1687.1 



"De glossopetris" [fossil sharks' teeth] found 

 also in Valentini, M. B. "Historia litteraria 

 . . . Academise Nature Curiosorum, etc." 

 Gissse, Hassorum, 1708. 



Milssiger Reise-Stunden gute 



Gedancken von denen Brsczenischen 

 Carthausem der Litthauischen Cai^ 

 thaus Paradis, und der Ichthiophagia 

 quadragesimaU. 17. Discours. Dres- 

 den, 1735. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1735.1 



Giannettasius, Nic. Parthenius. 

 Piscatoria et nautica. Napoli, 1685. 

 8°. Pre-Linn. 1685.1 



Other eds.: Napoli, 1686, 1692. 



Halieutioa. Napoli, 1686. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1686.1 

 Other eds.: Napofi, 1689, 1696. 

 Both included in an ed., Naples, 1710-22. 



