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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



KON 



Konrad of Megenberg. 



Natur . . . Welches PuchMeisterCun- 

 rat von Megenberg von Latein in 

 Teutsch transzferiet und geschriben 

 hat. Augsburg, 1475. 292 leaves. 12 

 woodcuts, sm. fol. Pre-Linn. 1475.1 



Sec. xii. pt. V, contains fishes. 



First ed. (copy, J. P. M.). Others: Augsburg, 

 1478, 1481, 1482 (2 separate printings by differ- 

 ent printers), 1489, 1499; Frankfort, 1536 & 

 1540; Leipsic, 1505; Venice, 1508; Turin (Ital- 

 ian), 1508. 



The best eds. probably are: 



• Naturbuch von Nutz, Eigen- 



schaft, Wunder, Wiirkung und Ge- 

 brauch aller Geschopfe, Element und 

 Creaturen. Augspurg, 1489. fol. 



Pre-Linn. 1489.1 



Das Bueh der Natur . . . W6- 



liches Buch Meyster Cunrat von Megen- 

 berg von Latein in Teutsch transzferie- 

 ret und geschriben hat. Augsburg, 

 1499. 171 leaves. ■ 14 woodcuts, sm. 

 fol. Pfe-Linn.1499.1 



For modern German versions, see: 



Konrad of Megenberg Das Buch der Natur 

 herausgegeben von F. Pfeiffer. Stuttgart, 1861. 



Das Buch der Natur von Konrad von Megen- 

 berg. Eine Ausgabe in moderner Sprache. 

 [Hugo Schuk, editor] Stuttgart, 1897. 



Fishes treated & figured in books v & vi. 



The compiler of "Das Buch der Natur" is 

 generally conceded to have been Konrad, Canon 

 of Regensburg. The real author is unknown, 

 but his work was written in Latin and translated 

 into German by Konrad in tlie year 1349. The 

 authorship of the Latin original has been attrib- 

 uted to Albertus Magnus (1193-1280), and to 

 Thomas Cantipratensis (1186-1263). Since Al- 

 bert is quoted freely in the book, he could hardly 

 have been its author. Nor does it seem that it 

 can be attributed to Thomas whose compilation, 

 "De rerum natura libri XX," is quite unlike it. 

 It is probable that the German translator of the 

 Latin original did not know the name of the 

 compiler. 



For a critical survey of the authorship and 

 contents of the "Buch der Natur" see Choulant, 

 L. "Graphische Incunabeln fiir Naturgeschichte 

 und Medicin . . . des XV u. XVI Jahrhunderts." 

 Leipzig, 1858, pp. 99-122. The same author dis- 

 cusses the authorship in: "Die Anfange wissen- 

 schaftlicher Naturgeschichte und naturhistori- 

 scher Abbildung im christlichen Abendlande." 

 Dresden, 1856. For reference to codices of "Das 

 Buch der Natur," see Miller, C. 1897.1. 



Kornmann, H. Templum naturae 

 historicum, in quo de naturd et mira- 

 culis elementorum iti disseritur, ut 

 nihil de rerum principiis, ignis naturd, 

 animalibus igneis, pyromanteid, ani- 

 malibus aereis, avibus, etc., de aqua, 

 piscibus, maribus, fluminibus, de terrA, 

 animalibus terra;, etc. Lipsia;, 1666. 

 8°. Pre-Linn. 1666.1 



Also in his "Operibus eius curiosis." Franco- 

 furti, 1696. 8°. 



Kozack, Jno. Sophronius [1603-1685] 

 Mica I* philosophiai sacrte; oder Be- 



schreibung der Geschopfe des fiinften 

 Tages, namlioh der Fische und Vogel. 

 Bremen, 1662. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1662.1 



Kramer, Wilhelm Heinrich. Elen- 

 chus vegetabilium et animalium per 

 Austriam inferiorum observatorum, sis- 

 tens ea in classes et ordines, genera et 

 species redacta. Viennse, Pragae & Ter- 

 gesti, 1756. pi. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1756.1 



Thirty-eight fishes are described. 



Kraut, George [fl. 16th cent.] Experi- 

 mentarius medicinal. Argentinae, 1544. 

 fol. Pre-Linn. 1544.1 



Deals with fishes in medicine among other 

 things, according to Walbaum. 



Krautermann, Valentin. Compendi- 

 euses lexicon exotioorum et materialium, 

 oder Beschreibung derer vomehmsten 

 auslandisohen Ost- und West-India- 

 nischen Materialien und Vegetabilien, 

 ingleichen derer Fossilen, Metallen, wie 

 auoh aller auslandischen Thiere, Fische, 

 und Vogel &o. Arnstadt, 1730. 552 p. 

 8°. Pre-Linn. 1730.1 



Kreysig, George Christoph [1697-1758] 

 For a sketch of his life, see Dresden. Gel. 

 Anz., 1758, 379. 



Bibliotheca scriptorum venati- 



corum, continens auctores, qui de vena- 

 tione, sylvis, aucupio, piscatura, et aliis 

 eo spectantibus, commentati sunt. Al- 

 tenburgi, 1750. 8°.- Pre-Linn. 1750.1 



Kronland, J. M. M. de. For a bio- 

 graphical sketch, see Liiska, Vdclav. 

 " Ueber Marcus Marci de Kronland." 

 Zeitschr. Math. Phys., 1890, {Hist.-lit. 

 Abih.), 35, 1-3. 



Philosophia vetus restituta, in 



qua de statu hominis secundum natu- 



ram agitur. Francofurti, & LipsijB, 



1676. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1676.1 



"De pisce echeneide, qua ratione navigia 

 sistat," p. 574-580. 



Kulmus, Joannes Adamus [1689- 

 1745] Von dem Wasser- oder Fisch- 

 Kafer, als einem bisher unbekannten 

 Fisoh-Rauber. Samml. Nat. u.Med., 

 Kunst u. Litt.-Gesch. Breslau, 1719, 

 10. sect., 593. Pre-Linn. 1719.1 



Von einen gewissen Fisch-In- 



secto (Ephemera) Samml. Nat. u. Med. 

 Kunst u. Litt.-Gesch. Breslau, 1723. 

 23. sect., art. 4, 292. Pre-Linn. 1723.1 



Kundmann, Johann Christian. Ra- 

 riora naturae et artis. 1737. 



Pre-Linn. 1737.1 



MeasuremiBnt of Carcharodon megalodon esti- 

 mated on basis of size of tooth, p. 86-91. 



