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Venegas, Miguel [1680-1764] 



See in vol. II, p. 580, 1757.1 & 1759.1. 



Venzky, G. Von den Fischen 

 Steinpietschen, als lebendigen \\'etter- 

 Zeigern. Hamburg. Ber. Gelehrt. 

 Sachen, 1740, 485. Pre-Linn. 1740.1 



Villeneuve, [On the organ 



of hearing in the sea horse] Mercure de 

 France, June, 1756. Pre-Linn. 1756.1 



Walbaum sa5>s that this appeared in French 

 at Amsterdam, 1752. See also Villeneuve, Add. 

 1760.1. 



Vincent, Lcuinus. Het tweede deel 

 of vervolg van het wondertooneel der 

 nature, ofte een korte beschryvinge 

 zo van bloedelooze, zwemmende, vlie- 

 gende, IvTuipende, en viervoetige ge- 

 klaauwde eijerleggende dieren, als van 

 hoornen, scuJpen, koraalen, zee-heesters, 

 metaUyke en in steen veranderte dingen 

 etc. Van de welke een zeer groote 

 meenigte word bevat in de kabinetten 

 van, etc. Amsterdam, 1715. 278 p. 

 7 pis. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1715.1 



Fishes, p. 65-104. Copy, H. 



This is the 2nd vol. of his "Wondertoneel der 

 Nature," etc. The 1st (43 p.), Amsterdam, 

 1706, contains no fishes. Other versions follow. 

 These not seen and not known to contain fishes. 



Catalogus & descriptio ani- 



mahum, volatilium, reptilium & aqua- 

 tilium ut & animalium quadrupedum 

 tam oviparorum quam viviparorum ali- 

 orumque creaturarum rarisissimarum ex 

 mundi plagis, etc. La Haye, 1726. 4°. 

 Pre-Linn. 1726.1 



Latin and French are in parallel columns. 



Abstract in Abh. K. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 6, 

 31. 



Catalogus van eene uitmiontende fraaje ver- 

 zameling van viervoitigen, vligenden &c. aieren, 

 zeecorallen &c. Zunde alles, meerendels het 

 van L. Vincent gekocht en nu onlangs nagelaa- 

 ten door P. Bout. Hage, 1779. 8°. 



Vincentius Bellovacensis (Vincent 

 de Beauvais, or Vincent of Burgundy), 

 [c. 1190-1264] For a brief sketch of the 

 life of the encyclopaedist of the middle 

 ages, and for a short analysis of his 

 works, see article by T. A. Archer in 

 Encyclopsedia Britarmica, 1911, 11th 

 ed., vol. XXVIII, p. 90-91. Also J. B. 

 Bourgeat, " Etudes sur Vincent de 

 Beauvais, th^ologien, philosophe, ency- 

 clop6diste." Paris, 1856; and Ferguson, 

 " Account of the first edition of the 

 ' Speculum majus ' [' Speculum natu- 

 rale'i 1473." Trans. Arch. Soc, Glas- 

 gow, 1844. Also Vogel, Aloys. 1843.1. 



Incipit speculum naturale Vin- 



centii beluacensz fratris ordinis predica- 

 torum. Strasburg, 1473. fol. 



Pre-Linn. 1473.1 



Editio rarissima. Thought to be the Ist ed., 

 though there is said to be one c. 1468-70. 

 Fishes, book xvil. 



Speculum maius, quod alia 



specula complectitur, naturale, doctri- 

 nale, morale, historiale. 7 pts. Argen- 

 tina;, 1473-1476. fol. Pre-Linn. 1473.2 



The first ed. of the "Speculum majus" of 

 Vincent, consisting of the 4 books, and contain- 

 ing all known of natural history in his day, and 

 in fact of all knowledge at that time. It passed 

 through many eds. of which the rarest are: 

 Venice, 1483 (Speculum naturale only); 1493 

 & 1494 (all 4 Specula); Nuremberg, 1483, 1486, 

 1493. Later eds. are Venice, 1591, & Lyons, 

 1591. There is an ed. without date entitled; 



Bibliotheca mundi sive specu- 

 lum majus. iBasilia??! 



According to Cuvier, the best ed, is; 



Speculum quadruplex, naturale, 



doctrinale, morale, historiale, in quo 

 totius naturse historia; omnium soien- 

 tiarum encyclopedia . . . Omnia nunc 

 accurate recognita et distinote ordinata 

 . . . studio Theologorum Benedictino- 

 rum . . . inAcademiaDuacensi. 4 vols. 

 Duaci, 1624. fol. Pre-Linn. 1624.1 



"Speculi naturalis seu tomi primi liber xvii 

 agit de piscibus quae ad eos referuntur." 



"Speculi doctrinalis seu tomi secundi, liber 

 XV prffiter alia agit de piscibus." 



Copies of early eds. in H., N. Y. P., L. C, 

 H. E. H., Stan. 



Visscher, Claes Janss. [1580- ] 

 Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, 

 pugnse bestiariorum et mutuse bestia- 

 rum delinatse ab Antonio Tempesta 

 t' Amsterdam gedruckt by Claes Janss. 

 Visscher anno 1627. Amsterdam, 1627. 

 104 pis. Pre-Linn. 1627.1 



Plates only; no text. 



See note under Stradanus, J., this section. 



Libellus varia genera piscium 



complectens. [Amsterdam, c. 1630i. 



Pre-Linn. 1630.1 



Consists of plates drawn by Nicolas de Bruyn. 



Visscher, Nic. J. Piscium vivse 

 icones, inventae ab Andr. CoUardo et 

 excusse a N. J. Visscher. Amsterdam, 

 1634. fol. Pre-Linn. 1634.1 



Twenty-six plates, without descriptions. See 

 also C^ollart, A., Pre-Linn., 1634.1. 



■ Delineationes vivse animalium. 



Amstelodami, 1659. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1659.1 



A number of fishes are figured. 



It seems not improbable that the foregoing 

 plates of fishes were engraved and printed by 

 the man whose full name was Claes or Nicolaes 

 Janszoon Visscher. 



Vlaming, Corneille de. Zee-Tooneel. 

 [c. 1715] Pre-Linn. 1715.1 



Vlaming was an official of the Dutch East 

 Indies Co, in Bengal. His figures of oriental 



