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Laan, Adrian van der {engraver) 

 [1684-1755] Groote vissery. Amster- 

 dam, tc. 1700] 4°. Pre-Linn. 1700.1 



Contains 16 engravings by Adrian van de 

 Laan, from drawings by van der Meulen and 

 others (all relating to tlie herring fishery) . 



Labat, Jean Baptisle [1663-1738] 

 Nouveau voyage aux isles de I'Ame- 

 rique, contenant I'liistoire naturelle de 

 ces pays, . . . aveo une description ex- 

 acte & curieuse de toutes ces isles . . . 

 6 vols. Paris, 1722. illust. 12°. 



Pre-Linn. 1722.1 



Xieuwe reizen naar de Franse 



eilanden van America, etc. 3 vols. 

 Amsterdam, 1725. Pre-Linn. 1725.1 



Later editions and translations are those of 

 Paris, 1726, 1728, 1738, 1742; The Hague, 1724, 

 1738; Amsterdam (Dntch), 1722 & 1725; & 

 Nuremberg (German), 1782-87. 



Xouvelle relation de I'Afrique 



occidentale: contenant une description 

 exacte du Senegal et des pays situ^s 

 entre le Cap-Blanc et la riviere de Serre- 

 lionne . . . I'hist'oire naturelle de ces 

 pays, etc. 5 vols. Paris, 1728. illust. 

 12°. Pre-Linn. 1728.1 



Other eds. are: Paris, 1732 & 1758. Found 

 also in Arkstee & Merkus. Allg. Hist. Reisen. 

 Bd. Ill, as " Beschreibung Sierra Leona," etc., 

 1748. 



Voyage du Chevalier des Mar- 



chais en Guin6e, isles voisines et a Cay- 

 enne, fait en 1725, 1726, & 1727. 4 vols. 

 Paris, 1730. Pre-Linn. 1730.1 



Vol. Ill, chap. X, marine and freshwater 

 fishes described. 

 Another ed.: 1731. 



Nouveau voyage aux isles de 



I'Amerique, contenant I'histoire natu- 

 relle de ces pays . . . Nouvelle Edition 

 augmente consid^rablement, & enrichie 

 de figures, etc. 8 vols. Paris, 1742. 

 12°. Pre-Linn. 1742.1 



This, the best ed. of Labat's " Nouveau Voy- 

 age," is the most copious work of the time that 

 we possess on the Antilles. It is very full on the 

 natural history of these islands. 



La Chambre, Fr. de, & Baralis, B. 

 See Baralis & La Chambre. 



La Chesnaye Desbois, Frangois 

 Alexandre Aubert de [1699-1784] Dic- 



tionnaire universel d'agriculture et de 

 jardinage, de fauconnerie, chasse, pSohe, 

 etc. 2 vols. Pari^, 1751. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1751.1 



Systeme nature! du rfegne ani- 

 mal, par classes, families ou ordres, 

 genres et espeoes avec une notice de 

 tous les animaux; les noms Grecs, La- 

 tins, & vulgaires, que les naturalistes 

 leur ont donnas; les citations des au- 

 teurs qui en ont 6cris . . . suivant la 

 m^thode de M. Klein; avec une notice 

 de celle de_M. Linnseus ... & I'ordre 

 poissons suivant la division de I'Artedi. 

 2 vols. Paris, 1754. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1754.1 



Poissons, vol. I, p. 247-338. pi. 



This work was published anonymously and 

 has, by Engelmann and other bibliographers, 

 been ascribed to M. J. Brisson, being confused 

 with a work by this author bearing nearly 

 similar title (see Brisson, M. J., Pre-Linn. 1754.1). 

 However, it is now known to have been written 

 by La Chesnaye Desbois, who has led to much 

 confusion by publishing almost all his works 

 anonymously. Copy vol. I, A. M. N. H. 



Laet, Jan de [1693-1649] Nieuwe 

 Wereldt ofte beschrybinghe van West- 

 Indien, wt veelerhande schriften ende 

 aanteekeningen van verscheyden natien 

 by een versamelt. Door Joannes de 

 Laet, ende met noodighe kaerten ende 

 tafels voorsien. Leyden, 1625. xxii, 

 526 p. maps. fol. Pre-Linn. 1625.1 



"See Asher's 'Essay,' no. 1. This invaluable 

 work was much improved in the subsequent 

 editions and translations by the author, but 

 the maps were unchanged." — Sabin, Bibl. Amer., 

 1878, XX, 15. 



This is the rare 1st ed. The 2nd was issued 

 at Leyden, also by Elzevir, in folio, 1630. Trans- 

 lations into various languages follow in chrono- 

 logical order. 



— 7- Novus orbis seu descriptionis 

 Indise Ocoidentalis Libri xviii. Authore 

 Joanne de Laet Aiitwerp. Novis tabu- 

 lis geographicis et variis animantium, 

 plantarum fructuumque iconibus illus- 

 trati. Lugduni Batavorum, 1633. 690 

 p. maps & cuts. Pre-Linn. 1633.1 



"At p. 570 is found a chapter dealing with 

 the fishes of Brasil, extracted from MS. sources." 

 C.&V. 



L'histoire du nouveau monde ou 



description des Indes Occidentales, con- 

 tenant dix-huict livres, par le Sieur 



