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the plants, animals and minerals of Mexico. An 

 edition of the "Opera" (most parts hitherto 

 unpublished) was begun at Madrid, 1790, but 

 got no further than the issuing of '*De historia 

 plantarum," etc. 



Herodotus [c. 4S4-425 B. C] For a 

 sketch of his life and a commentary on 

 his works, together with bibliographical 

 details about their publication, see 

 article in Encvclopa^dia Britannica, 

 vol. XIII, 11. "cd., 1910, by George 

 Rawlinson & E. 'SI. A^'aU\:er. 



Historise. A'enice, 1474. fol. 



Pre-Linn. 1474.1 



Other early eds. are: Rome, 1475; ifc Venice, 

 1494 & 1502. Copies of these in H., Y., Col., & 

 L. C. 



An English translation of books l & li of the 

 "Historise" was published in London, 1584, 

 but the first complete English version is; 



The Aegyptian and Grecian his- 

 tory of Herodotus, translated from the 

 Greek bv Isaac Littleburv. 2 vols. 

 London, 1709. Pre-Linn. 1709.1 



2nd & 3rd EngUsh eds. are; London, 1723 & 

 1737. 



Editions in various languages have appeared, 

 too numerous to mention. The history of Herod- 

 otus is most available for present day Enghsh 

 readers in the 4 vol. edition by George Rawlin- 

 son, New York, 1866. The references below 

 apply, however, to any edition. 



Ichthyophagi: Babylonian, book I, chap. 200; 

 of the Nile, book ii, chap. 77; of Elephanta, 

 book in, chap. 77. Fishes of the Nile, book ii, 

 chap. 77. Habits of Nile fishes. Ibid., chap. 93. 

 Fishes in Lake Moeris, Ibid., chap. 149. Fishes 

 of Lake Prasias in Paeonin fed to horses, book 

 V, chap. 17. Herodotus is said to refer to fossil 

 fishes of Mt. Lebanon, but this has not been 

 coniimied. 



Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio 

 [1549-162.5] Historia general de los 

 hechos de los Castellanos en las islas y 

 tierra firme del !Mar Oceano. 4 vols. 

 Madrid, 1601-1.5. fol. 



Pre-Linn. 1601.1 



Contains accounts of the fishes of the West 

 Indies and of fishing with the remora. 

 Various translations & editions follow. 



Description des Indes Occiden- 



tales, qu'on appelle aujourdhuy le 

 Noveau Monde, etc. Amsterdam, 

 1622. fol. Pre-Linn. 1622.1 



Nieuve Werelt, anders ghe- 



naempt West-Indien. Amsterdam 

 1622. fol. Pre-Linn. 1622.2 



Novus orbis, sive descriptio 



IndisB occidentalis, metaphraste G. 

 Barlaeo, etc. Amstelodami, 1622. fol. 

 Pre-Linn. 1622.3 



Beschreibung dero Insulen und 



dess festen Lendes Jenseit dess hohen 



grossen Meers, so man nennt West 

 Indien (In De Bry. America. Pt. xii. 

 — German. Zwolffter Theil der newen 

 Welt. 1623. fol.) Pre-Linn. 1623.1 



■ — ; — The general history of the vast 

 continent and islands of America, com- 

 monly called the West Indies, from the 

 first discovery thereof: with the best 

 account the people could give of their 

 antiquities. Translated by Capt. John 

 Stevens. 6 vols. London, 1725-26. 

 maps. cuts. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1725.1 



Other eds. are; Amsterdam, 1622 (Latin); 

 Paris, 1660 & 1671; Antwerp, 1728; Amberes, 

 1728; Madrid, 1726 & 1729-30; London, 1745. 

 Found also in Churchill's "Collection of Voy- 

 ages," vol. V, 1732; and in Kerr's "Voyages and 

 Travels," vols. Ill & V, 1824. 



Herrera's account of Orellano's descent of 

 the river Amazon, 1540^1, from the 6th dec- 

 ade of his "Historia general," has been trans- 

 lated and edited by Markham in Hakluyt Soc, 

 Works no. 24, 1859. Pishes, sec. xxv of this. 



Hertenstein, Johannes Fridericus 

 (praises) Dissertatio de magno pisce, 

 qui Jonam vatem deglutivit. Wittem- 

 bergffi, 1705. 2 pi. 4°. Abstract in 

 Nouv. Liter. German. Hamburg, 1705, 

 447. Pre-Linn. 1705.1 



"Carchariam fuisse asserit." Kirchmaier, 

 respond. 



Hextor, /. van, &i Nylant, P. See 

 Nylant & Hextor. 



Heyke, Detlof. Fische die in Aus- 

 terschalen gefunden worden (Ophi- 

 dium) . Konig. Schwed. Akad. Abhandl., 

 1744, 6, 116-117. Pre-Linn. 1744.1 



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



Cm fiskar [Ophidium] funna i 



Ostronskal. K. Svensk. Vetensk. Acad. 

 Handl., 1744, 6, 116-117. 



Pre-Linn. 1744.2 



[Higginson, Francis] [1587-1630] 

 New England's plantation; or, a short 

 and true description of the commodi- 

 ties and discommodities of that coun- 

 trey. Written by a reverend divine 

 now there resident. London, 1630. 

 11 leaves. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1630.1 



The 8th leaf has the following caption; "Of 

 the waters of New England with the things be- 

 longing to the same." This gives an account of 

 the fish and their abundance. 



Reprinted in Force's Historical Tracts, 1, 

 tract 12. Also in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 1792 

 (1806), 1, Extracts in Rept. U. S. Fish. Comm. 

 1871-72 (1873), 159-160. 



Hildebrand, Wolfgang. Neue au- 

 girte . . . viel vermehrte Magia Na- 

 turalis. Dass ist Kunst und Wunder- 

 buoh, darinnen begriffen . . . wie man 

 nemlich mit . . . Fischen . . . ver- 



