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Oppian [fl. c. 172-210 A.D.] For 

 an evaluation of Oppian' s services to 

 natural history, see Schneider, J. G. 

 Add. 1783.1. For a biographical notice, 

 see Martin, T. H. " Etudes sur la vie 

 et les oeuvres d'Oppian de Cilicie." 

 Paris, 1863. 8°. For further notices 

 of Oppian's life and works, see in mod- 

 ern editions listed below. 



De piscatu libri v. L. Lippius 



. . . traduxJt. CoUe, 147S. 64 leaves. 

 4°. Pre-Linn. 1478.1 



The first edition of Oppian, and very rare. 



Halieutika de natura seu vena- 



tione piscium lib. v. (Graece, edente M. 

 Musuro). Florentiffi, 1515. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 151,5.1 



The 1st ed. of the Greek text & very rare. 

 See Musurus, M., this section. 



De piscibus, L. Lippio inter- 



prete, lib. v (Text in Greek and Latin] 

 Venetiis, 1517. 168 leaves. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1517.1 



First edition in both languages. Very rare 

 and valuable. 



Three eds. of the above work were issued at 

 Paris in 1555 by different publishers; one in 

 Greek and two in Latin. One of the latter is a 

 reprint of Lippius's 1478 translation. Other 

 eds. are: Strasburg, 1534 & Paris, 1549. The 

 former, a copy of which is in A. M. N. H., is 

 entitled: 



Oppiani poetse AHeuticon, sive 



de piscibus, libri quinque e grseco . . . 

 Laurentio Lippio CoUensi interprete, 

 etc. Argentorati [Strasburg], 1534. 



Pre-Linn. 1534.1 



A later ed. is entitled: 



De venatione libri iv. de pis- 

 catu libri V. Lugduni Batavorum, 

 1597. 8°. ■ Pre-Linn. 1597.1 



Contains both Greek and Latin texts with 

 notes and emendations by Conrad Rittershu- 

 sius, and a list of writers on fishes. The best ed. 

 is by J. G. Sclmeider. "De venatione lib. rv et 

 de piscatione lib. v" [Greek and Latin] Stras- 

 burg, 1776. Asecond ed, was issued, Leipsic, 

 1813. In these eds. Schneider argues that the 

 .poems are by different Oppians. 



Many other pre-Linniean eds. are extant, but 

 of these only two will be listed. 



• Halieuticks of the nature of 



fishes and fishing of the ancients, in v. 

 boolcs. Translated from the Greek, 

 with an account of Oppian's life and 

 writings, and a catalogue of his fishes, 

 [by William Diaper and John Jones]. 

 Oxford, 1722. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1722.1 



The first two boolss treat of the nature of 

 fishes and the others of the fishing of the an- 

 cients. 



• Oppiano della pesca, e della 



caccia tradotto dal Greco et illustrato 

 con varie annotazioni da Anton Maria 



Salvini al Screnissimo Principe Eugenio 

 di Savoja. Fii-enzc, 1728. xvii, 510 p. 

 12°. Pre-Linn. 1728.1 



Modern eds. in French & Italian are: 

 Les Halieutiques traduction du po^me grec 

 d'Oppian, oil il traite de la p^ehe et des moeurs 

 des habitants des eaux, par J, M, Limes. Paris, 

 1817. S°. 



Della pesca e della caccia; tradotto dal greco 

 ed illustrato con varie annotazione da Anton- 

 maria Salvini. Nuova ed., coll' aggiunta delle 

 notizie sulla vita dell' autore per G. A. Green- 

 hill. [Edited by Guilio Antimaco.] Milano, 

 1864. 16°. 



Of all the ancient writers on fish and^ fishing, 

 Oppian is easily the most important, His works 

 on fishing have been so often translated, and so 

 many times printed under varying titles, that it 

 is difficult to set his bibhography in order. It 

 seems not improbable that the works of two 

 authors named Oppian have been confused. On 

 this point, see Westwood & Satchel], 1883.1, p. 

 164, and note above concerning Schneider as 

 editor. 



Oribasius [c.325 — c.400] Oribasii 

 sardiani coUectorum medicinalium, libri 

 XVII, qui ex magno septuaginta libro- 

 rum volumine ad nostram setatem soli 

 pervenerunt loanne Baptista Rasario, 

 medico, Novariensi, interprete. Parisiis, 

 1555. Pre-Linn. 1555.1 



Fishes as food in book ii, chaps. 48, 49, 50, 

 51, 52. 



Oribasius was physician tq the emperor Ju- 

 lian. He largely copied Galen and Zenocrates 

 as to the names of fishes and the properties of 

 their flesh as aliment. 



" Ortus Sanltatis." See Cube, J o- 

 hann von {editor). 



Osbeck, Pe/ir [1723-1805] Beschrei- 

 bung eines Fisches, Lotse genannt 

 [Naucrates ductor]. Konig. ^chwed. 

 Akad. Abhandl., 1755, 17, 72-75. 



Pre-Linn. 1755.1 



See note under Kastner, A. G., above. 



Beskrifning om en fisk [Nau- 

 crates], som kallas Lods. K. Svensk. 

 Vetensk. Akad. Handl., 1755, 17, 71-. 



Pre-Linn. 1755.2 



• Beschreibung eines Fisches, Mai 



iSilurus]. Konig. Schwed. Akad. Ab- 

 handl., 1756, 18, 33-37. 



Pre-Linn. 1756.1 



See note under Kastner, A. G. 



Beskrifning ofver fisken Mai 



[Silurus]. K. Svensk. Vetensk. Akad. 

 Handl., 1756, 18, 33-37. pi. 



Pre-Linn. 1766.2 



See also Osbeck, P. in vol. II. 



Dagbok ofver en Ostindisk resa 



&ren 1760-52, med anmarkningar uti 

 naturkundigheten, frommande folks- 

 lags sprik, &c. (En Ostindisk resa til 

 Suratte, China, &c. Fran 1750 . . . 



