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Onomasticon zoicon, plerorumque animalium differentias & nomina propria pluribus linguis exponens : cui accedunt Mantissa anatomica; et quædam de variis fossilium generibus
Charleton, Walter (1619-1707); Ent, Sir George (1604-1689)
1668
Published in 1677 with title: Exercitationes de differentie & nominibus animalium. Names in Latin and English. Mantissa anatomica is by Sir George Ent. There are two half-titles to "De variis fo...
The history of brutes; or, A description of living creatures. Wherein the nature and properties of four-footed beasts are at large described
Franz, Wolfgang (1564-1628); N. W
1670
A translation of the author's Historia animalium sacra.
Panzōoryktologia : Sive, Panzoologicomineralogia. Or a compleat history of animals and minerals, containing the summe of all authors, both ancient and modern, galenicall and chymicall, touching animals, viz. beasts, birds... and man, as to their place, meat, name, temperature, vertues, use in meat and medicine, description, kinds ... With the anatomy of man, his diseases, and their definitions, causes, signes, cures, remedies ... As also a history of minerals, viz. earths, mettals, semi-mettals, their naturall and artificiall excrements, salts, sulphurs, and stones, with their place, matter, names, kinds, temperature, vertues, use, choice, dose, danger, and antidotes. Also an introduction to zoography and mineralogy. Index of Latine names, with their English names. Universall index of the use and vertues
Lovell, Robert (1630?-1690)
1661
The secition on minerals has separate title-page with title "Panoryktologia, sive Pammineralogicon. Or an universal history of mineralls", and separate pagination. In the first part, pp. 486-7, 490-...
Indian zoology
Pennant, Thomas (1726-1798); Forster, Johann Reinhold (1729-1798); Aikin, John (1747-1822); Latham, John (1740-1837); Davies, Hugh (1739?-1821)
1790
Engraved title-page, with vignette, dated 1790. "Advertisement" signed by Pennant and dated March 1, 1791. "An essay on India, its boundaries, climate, soil, and sea. Translated from the Latin of ...
Der Haeckelismus in der Zoologie
Semper, C (1832-1893)
1876
"Ein Vortrag gehalten am 28. October 1875 im Verein für Kunst und Wissenschaft zu Hamburg, unter dem Titel 'Der neue Glaube und die moderne Zoologie.'".
Gualteri Charletoni Exercitationes de differentiis & nominibus animalium : Quibus accedunt Mantissa anatomica, et quædam de variis fossilium generibus, deque differentiis & nominibus colorum
Charleton, Walter (1619-1707); Ent, Sir George (1604-1689)
1677
First published with title: Onomasticon zoicon... London, 1668. Mantissa anatomica is by Sir George Ent. Sig. [dd*2], following p. 106 (second series) is blank. Sig. Uu is followed by Ww before Xx...
The history of four-footed beasts and serpents: describing at large their true and lively figure, their several names, conditions, kinds, virtues (both natural and medicinal) countries of their breed, their love and hatred to mankind, and the wonderful work of God in their creation, preservation, and destruction. Interwoven with curious variety of historical narrations out of Scriptures, fathers, philosophers, physicians, and poets: illustrated with divers hieroglyphicks and emblems, &c. both pleasant and profitable for students in all faculties and professions
Topsell, Edward (1572-1625?); Topsell, Edward (1572-1625?); Gesner, Konrad (1516-1565); Gesner, Konrad (1516-1565); Moffett, Thomas (1553-1604); Rowland, John M.D
1658
Half-title reads: The history of four-footed beasts, serpents, and insects. Vol. 1 is largely a translation of books 1 and 5 of "Historia animalium" by Konrad Gesner, with additions by Topsell. The ...
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...