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MafEei, Scipio [1675-1755] For a 

 sketch of his life and a collection of his 

 letters, see Pindemonte, V. " Elogi di 

 Letterati." Verona, 1825-26, vol. I. 



• Delia formazione de' fulmini. 



Trattato raccolto da varie sue lettere; 

 in alcune delle quali si tratta anche 

 degli insetti rigenerantisi, e de' pesci 

 de mare su i monti, e piii a lungo dell' 

 elettricita. Verona, 1747. pis. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1747.1 



" Come siano andate su le montagne i marini 

 testacei, e i pesci di mare, che impietriti si sco- 

 prono ne* macigni. Lettera al Sig. De La Con- 

 damine." ■ — Dal Nero. 



Brief von versteinerten Mu- 



Bcheln und Fisohen, die in den Bergen 

 gefunden werden. Nord. Beitr., 1757, 

 1, 1-22. Pre-Linn. 1757.1 



Gedanken von Blitz, Insekten 



und verschiedenen Seefischen auf den 

 Bergen. Leipsic, 1758. 8°.- 



Pre-Linn. 1758.1 



German version of "Delia formazione." 

 For works of Maffei published after 1758, 

 see Maffei, S., 1796.1. 



Magalhanes de Gandavo, Pedro 

 de [1540- ] Histoire de la province 

 de Santa Cruz, que nommons ordi- 

 nairement le Bresil. Lisbon, 1576. 



Pre-Linn. 1576.1 



Fishes, chap. 8. 



Available today in Ternaux, Henri. "Voy- 

 ages, relations et m^moires originaux pour servir 

 & rhistoire de la d^couverte de I'Am^rique, 

 publics pour la premiere fois en francais." Paris, 

 1837, p. 91-99. 



Magnus, Olaus [c. 1490-1568] His- 

 toria de gentibus septentrionahbua 

 earumque diversis statibus, conditioni- 

 bus, moribus, ritibus, superstitionibus. 

 Romse, 1555. figs. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1555.1 



Lib. XX. De piscibus et de piscatione; de 

 Halece sive arenga; Lib. xxi. De piscibus 

 monstrosis: p. 697-778. 



1st ed. Others: (full text) Venice, 1565 

 (Italian): London, 1658 (English): Amsterdam, 

 1599 & 1665 (Dutch), 1652, 1699 (Latin); 

 Strassburg, 1667 (German): (abridged form) 

 Antwerp, 1558 & 1562; Paris, 1561 (French); 

 Basel, 1567; Amsterdam, 1586; Frankfort, 

 1618; Leiden, 1652 (Latin). Three of these eds. 

 are; 



Historia delle genti et della 



natura delle cose settentrionali. Ven- 

 ice, 1565. Pre-Linn. 1565.1 



De wonderlycke historie der 



noordersche landen, beschreven door 

 Olaus de Groote. Ook after aen by 

 ghevoeoht verscheyden waerchtige navi- 

 gatien tegent noorden ghedaen by onsen 

 tyt, als op Nova-Zembla, Groenland 

 en door de Strate van Nassouwen an- 

 ders Weygats ghenaemt. Amsterdam, 

 1599. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1599.1 



Fishes, books 21 & 22. 



A compendious history of the 



Goths, Swedes and Vandals and other 

 northern powers. Translated by J. S. 

 Powers. London, 1658. fol. 



Pre-Linn. 1658.1 



' ' Whatever Olaus Magnus, titular Archbishop 

 of Upsala, may have been as a describer of na- 

 tional customs and a collector of folklore, he 

 sinks to the medigeval level in his descriptions of 

 animals." — L. C. JNIiall. 



Major, D. B. Unvorgreiffliches Be- 

 denoken von Kunst- und Naturalien- 

 Kammern insgemein. (In Valentini, 

 M. B., Museum Museorum, oder voU- 

 standige Schau-Buhne aller Materialien 

 und Specereyen, . . . etc. Franckfurt- 

 am-Mayn, 1704. 76 p. fol.) 



Pre-Linn. 1704.1 



Fossil shark's teeth figured and described, 

 p. 58. 



2nd ed., 3 pts.: Frankfort, 1714. 



Major, Johannes Henry. Brevis & 

 acouratai historiae animahum in saoro 

 oumprimis oodice oommentatorium libri 

 II. Francofurti & Spiraj, 1685. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1685.1 



Jonah and the shark. 



See also Pfeiffer, S. A. in this section. 



Malm, Nicolas (respond.) lohthyo- 

 theologiae primse lineae. Inaug. Dissert. 

 Aboa3, 1751. 37 p. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1751.1 



Carl Fred. Menander, prceses. 



Malpighl, Marcello [1628-1694] For 

 sketches of his life and work, see Locy, 

 W. A. 1908.1 (p. 58-67); & Pop. Sci. 

 Mo., 1901: also Miall, L. C. 1912.1 

 (p. 145-166). 



