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Jonstonus, Joannes (1603-1675)6
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Vegetabilium historia, Animalium historia, Fossilium historia, etc. Notes written in a small hand on these subjects and divided into 161 sections (processus)

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Comprises: (1) Vegetabilium historia, (ff. 1-39); (2) Animalium historia, (ff. 40-50); (3) Fossilium historia, (ff. 51-78); (4) Index and Addenda, (ff. 79-82)

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Historiæ naturalis de quadrupedibus libri : cum æneis figuris

Jonstonus, Joannes (1603-1675)

1657

Engraved title page.

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Francisci Willughbeii Armig. De historia piscium : libri quatuor
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Francisci Willughbeii Armig. De historia piscium : libri quatuor

Willughby, Francis (1635-1676); Ray, John (1627-1705); Royal Society (Great Britain)

1686

Added engraved t.p.: Francisci Willoughby Icthyographia... Sumptibus Societatis Regalis Londinensis, 1685. Engraved vignette of Sheldonian Theatre on t.p.; decorated initials and borders at beginnin...

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Historiæ naturalis de avibus libri VI : Cum æneis figuris

Jonstonus, Joannes (1603-1675)

1657

Pages 89-96 repeated in numbering. Illustrated engraved title page. Includes index.

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Aristotelis De animalibus historiae, libri X, Graece et Latine (v.1)

Aristotle (384 BCE-322 BCE); Scaliger, Julius Caesar (1484-1558); Schneider, Johann Gottlob (1750-1822)

1811

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Aristotelis De animalibus historiae, libri X, Graece et Latine (v.2)

Aristotle (384 BCE-322 BCE); Scaliger, Julius Caesar (1484-1558); Schneider, Johann Gottlob (1750-1822)

1811

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Aristotelis De animalibus historiae, libri X, Graece et Latine (v.3)

Aristotle (384 BCE-322 BCE); Scaliger, Julius Caesar (1484-1558); Schneider, Johann Gottlob (1750-1822)

1811

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Aristotelis De animalibus historiae, libri X, Graece et Latine (v.4)

Aristotle (384 BCE-322 BCE); Scaliger, Julius Caesar (1484-1558); Schneider, Johann Gottlob (1750-1822)

1811

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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.

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Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III. De serpentibus et draconib[us] libri II : cum aeneis figuris (v.1)

Jonstonus, Joannes (1603-1675)

1650-1653

Engraved title pages with vignettes, and note: cum aeneis figuris; head- and tailpieces, initials. "Apparently no general t.-p. was issued for this first edition"--BN. Six parts in 4 volumes (two ...

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Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III. De serpentibus et draconib[us] libri II : cum aeneis figuris (v.2)

Jonstonus, Joannes (1603-1675)

1650-1653

Engraved title pages with vignettes, and note: cum aeneis figuris; head- and tailpieces, initials. "Apparently no general t.-p. was issued for this first edition"--BN. Six parts in 4 volumes (two ...

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Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III. De serpentibus et draconib[us] libri II : cum aeneis figuris (v.3)

Jonstonus, Joannes (1603-1675)

1650-1653

Engraved title pages with vignettes, and note: cum aeneis figuris; head- and tailpieces, initials. "Apparently no general t.-p. was issued for this first edition"--BN. Six parts in 4 volumes (two ...

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