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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



MEY 



Meyer, Johann Daniel. Angenehmer 

 und nutzlioher Zeitvertreib mit Be- 

 trachtung eurioser Vorstellungen all- 

 erhand kriechender, fliegender, und 

 Bchwimmender aus dem Land und 

 Wasser sioh befindender und nahrender 

 Thiere, so wohl nach ihrer Gestalt und 

 ausserlichen Beschaffenheit, als auch 

 naoh der accuratest davon verfertigten 

 Structur ihrer Soelette oder Bein-Kor- 

 per, nebst einer physikalisoh und ana- 

 tomisch, besonder aber osteologisch 

 und mechanischen Beschreibung der 

 selben nach der Natur gezeiohnet, ge- 

 mahlet und in Kupfer gestochen. 3 

 vols. Nilrnberg, 1748-56. 240 pis. 

 fol. Pre-Linn. 1748.1 



This work, by a painter of Nuremberg, con- 

 sists of fine figures of fishes arranged without 

 order. The accompanying text is very poor. 

 Issued in parts: I, 1748. 100 copper plates; II, 

 1752. 100 pis.; Ill, 1756. 40 pis. Reviewed in 

 Comm. de Rebus, 1748, 2, 83. 



Moehring, Paul Heinrich Gerhard 

 [1710 or 20-1792] Rajae clavata) auc- 

 torum adfinis. Acta Acad. Leop. 

 Carol. Nat. Cur., 1742, 6, 483-484. 



Pre-Linn. 1742.1 



Raja varia, corpora medio gla- 



bro, cartilagine transverso in dorso et 

 ventre, triplici aculeorum ordine in 

 Cauda. Acta Acad. Leop. Carol. Nat. 

 Cur., 1742, 6, 485-486. 



Pre-Linn. 1742.2 



Raja varia, dorso medio glabro, 



unico aculeorum ordine in cauda. 

 Artedi, Ichthyol. gen. 37. syn. 102. 

 Acta Acad. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur., 

 1742, 6, 482-483. Pre-Linn. 1742.3 



MofEett, or Moufet or Muffet, 

 Thomas [1553-1604] Insectorum sive 

 minimorum animalium theatrum: olim 

 ab E. Wottono, C. Gesnero, T.que 

 Pennio inchoatum: tandem T. Moufeti 

 . . . opera . . . concinnatum, auctum, 

 perfectum; et ad vivum expressis iconi- 

 bus . . . illustratum. Londini, 1634. 

 XX, 326 p. illust. fol. Pre-Linn. 1634.1 



Contains 2 excellent figures of Hippocampus, 

 the male having the brood pouch well developed. 

 Copy, A. M. N. H. 



The same. English version. 



(In Topsell, Edward. History of foure- 

 footed beastes, etc. London, 1658. 

 p. 889-1130). Pre-Linn. 1658.1 



Monro, Alexander (primus) [1697- 

 1767] An essay on comparative anat- 

 omy, London, 1744. 138 p. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1744.1 



Published anonymously by the first of three 

 anatomists of this name, and believed to be one 

 of the earliest formal treatises on the subject. 



See also Severiniis, M. A. in this section. 

 Several times republished: first as, "The anat- 

 omy of the human bones, nerves . . ., to which 

 is added his treatise of comparative anatomy," 

 etc. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1785; second, as 

 "Traits de r anatomie compar6e, etc." Paris, 

 1786; also included in Walbaum, J. J. "Petri 

 Artedi Renovati. Pars. ir. Philosophia Ich- 

 thyologica." Grypeswaldiae, 1789, 184-192; 

 also in "The works of Alexander Monro, M. D, 

 (primus), with the life of the author." Edin- 

 burgh, 1781. pis. i". 



Translated into German, as "Sammtliche 

 Werke" with the " Vergleichenden Anatomic" 

 annexed, Leipzig, 1782; and the latter pub- 

 lished as a separate brochure at Gottingen, 1790. 

 Finally the treatise on comparative anatomy 

 was published at Edinburgh, 1791, as an appen- 

 dix to "A system of anatomy and physiology 

 with the comparative anatomy of animals," etc. 

 compiled by A. Fife (chiefly from the works of 

 A. Monro, primus) and revised by J. Rother- 

 ham. 



See also Monro, A. (secundus), 1785.1. 



Montanus, Arnoldus [ -1687] 

 Gedenkwaerdige gesantschappen der 

 Oost-Indisohe maatschappy in 't Ve- 

 reen. Nederland, aan de Kaisaren van 

 Japan, . . . beschryving van dieren, 

 . . . etc. Amsterdam, 1669. viii, 

 471 p. pis. fol. Pre-Linn. 1669.1 



Japanese fishermen & fishing, p. 55 & 279. 

 figs. 



This was often republished and translated. 



■ De nieuwe en onbekende Wee- 



reld; of beschryving van America en 't 



Zuid-land, etc. Amsterdam, 1671. fol. 



Pre-Linn. 1671.1 



This compilation contains data on fishes and 

 fishing in the new world. Translated, it ap- 

 peared as: 



America, being the latest and 



most accurate account of the New 

 World, etc. London, 1671. 



Pre-Linn. 1671.2 



J. Ogilby's version. See 1671.1. 



Montalembert, Rene {Marquis de) 

 [1714-1800] [Observation sur la fon- 

 taine de Gabard en Angoumois, dans 

 laquelle on trouve des brochets aveugles 

 et ceux qui sont borgnes, le sont tons 

 de I'oeil droit.) Mem. Acad. Sci. Paris, 

 1748, hist., 27-28. Pre-Liim. 1748.1 



Moor, Bartholomwus. De piscium et 

 avium creatione oratio habita pridie 

 Idus Aprilis Harderovici MDCCXVI. 

 Harderovici [Harderwijk], 1716. 68 p. 

 4°- Pre-Linn. 1716.1 



Not seen. Date according to Agassiz, Boa- 

 goed, Carus & Engelmann. Boehmer, and Gro- 

 now say 1721. 



Moore, (Sir) John. England's in- 

 terest, or the gentleman and farmer's 



