Francisci Willughbeii De historia piscium libri quatuor :
jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiæ Londinensis editi : in quibus non tantum de piscibus in genere agitur, sed & species omnes, tum ab aliis traditæ, tum novæ & nondum editæ bene multæ, naturæ ductum servante methodo dispositæ, accurate describuntur : earumque effigies, quotquot haberi potuere, vel ad vivum delineatæ, vel ad optima exemplaria impressa; artifici manu elegantissime in æs incisæ, ad descriptiones illustrandas exhibentur : cum appendice historias & observationes in supplementum operis collatas complectente /
totum opus recognovit, coaptavit, supplevit, librum etiam primum & secundum intergros adjecit Johannes Raius e Societate Regia.
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| Format: | BOOK |
| Language: | Latin |
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Oxonii :
E Theatro Sheldoniano,
1686.
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| Series: | Landmarks of science.
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| Notes: | Title vignette, head-pieces. Added engraved t.p.: Francisci Willoughby Icthyographia ad amplissimum virum Dnum Samuelem Pepys, præsidem Soc. Reg. Londinensis, concilium, et socios ejusdem. Sumptibus Societatis Regalis, Londinensis. 1685. Includes index. Appendix ... Pisces Indiæ Orientalis a J. Nieuhofs descripti. Physical description: 343, 30 p., 1 leaf, [11] p., [188] leaves of plates : ill ; 38 cm. (fol.) more |
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