The historie of foure-footed beastes : describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall), countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mandkinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction : necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets : wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day
Summary
Title vignette: The gorgon.
Errors in pagination.
Signatures: A⁶ [par.]⁶ 2[par.]⁸ chi² B-2V⁶ 3A-3X⁶ 3Y⁸.
STC (2nd ed.) 24123
Includes indexes in multiple languages.
LC copy imperfect: first and last leaves (blank) wanting; pages trimmed with some loss of ill.
LC copy has inscription on t.p.: Francis Cleaver. 1662=. Inscription on p. [758]: Bibliothecae Gilberti Walonesley.
Special Files Project; vb59 01-23-2008
LAC scc 2018-12-07 no edits (1 card)
Tags
zoology
pre linnean works
mammals
early works to 1800
monsters
england
london
rare book selections
rare book and special collections division
english printing collection library of congress
conrad gessner
william jaggard
edward topsell
euery beast
historie
beastes
seuerall names
both naturall
wonderfull worke
diuers hyerogliphicks
conradus gesner
ultra high resolution
high resolution
emblems
Date
01/01/1607
Location
england
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain