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The historie of foure-footed beastes : describing the true and lively figure of every beast, with a discourse of their severall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall), countries of their breed, their love and hate to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preservation, and destruction

Topsell, Edward (1572-1625?); Gesner, Konrad (1516-1565)

1607

Title vignette: the gorgon. Largely a translation of book 1 of Gesner's Historia animalium, with additions by Topsell. Errors in pagination. "A table of the names of all the beastes contayned in...

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Digitised copy available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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Tabulae ad dissertationem anatomico physiologicam de acephalis sive monstris corde carentibus

Elben, Ernesto

1821

Accompanies text "De acephalis sive monstris corde carentibus" published in Berlin by L. Quien in 1821.

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