Francisci Willughbeii armig.
De historia piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis regiae londinensis editi. In quibus non tantum de piscibus in genere agitur, sed & species omnes, tum ab aliis traditae, tum novae & nondum editae bene multae, naturea ductum servante methodo dispositae, accurate describuntur. Earumque effigies, quotquot haberi potuere, vel ad vivum delineatae, vel ad optima exemplaria impressa; artifici manu elegantissime in aes incisae, 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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Main Author

Willughby, Francis, 1635-1672.

Related Names

Ray, John, 1627-1705.
Sheldonian Theatre
Royal Society (Great Britain)

Language(s)

Latin

Published

E Theatro Sheldoniano
Oxonii [i.e. Oxford] : Societas Regia, 1686.

Subjects

Fishes
Fishes
Fishes.
Fishes > Fishes / Pre-Linnean works.
Early works

Note

Signatures: [a]-b², A-Z⁴, Aa-Uu⁴, A-L² (A₃, Uu₂₃ incorrectly signed A₂, Vv₂₃, respectively)
Title vignette, head-pieces.
Plates have engr. t.-p.: Francisci Willoughby icthyographia ad amplissimum virum Dnum Samuelem Pepys, praesidem Soc. reg. londinensis, concilium,et socios ejusdem ... sumptibus Societatis regalis, londinensis. 1685.

Physical Description

343, 30 pages, [188] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm

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