Shelfmark
Gb.1.11
Author
Title
Gulielmi Rondeletii doctoris medici et medicinae in schola Monspeliensi professoris regii. Libri de piscibus marinis, : in quibus verae piscium effigies expressae sunt. Quae in tota piscium historia contineantur, indicat elenchus pagina nona & decima. Postremò accesserunt indices necessarij.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Libri de piscibus marinis
Varying form of title
Gvlielmi Rondeletii doctoris medici et medicinae in schola Monspeliensi professoris Regii. Libri de piscibus marinis
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lugduni, : Apud Matthiam Bonhomme., M.D.LIIII. [-M.D.LV.] [1554-1555].
Physical description
[16], 583, [25] p. : ill., ports. (woodcuts) ; 35 cm (Fo.).
Note
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials; printed marginal notes.
Note
Text in Latin with quotations and examples in Greek.
Note
Woodcut title-page vignette; illustrations of fish and a woodcut medallion portrait of the author; head- and tail-pieces; printed marginalia.
Note
Signatures: [alpha]⁸ ([alpha]2-4 signed [alpha]1-3), A-H⁶ I-K⁴ L-Z⁶, Aa-Zz⁶, AA-BB⁶ CC-DD⁴ ²Ee-²Ff⁶.
Note
Sometimes catalogued as one bibliographic item with the second part, published in 1555 with title Vniuersae aquatilium historiae pars altera (Adams R757).
Citation/references note
Adams, R746
Provenance
Armorial device stamped onto boards: unidentified by the British Armorial Bindings database (as of April 2018). Paul Quarrie suggests on the Eton College Library card catalogue record that it may be the Heath family of Exeter).
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Early 17th century English mid-brown reversed calf; blind tooled triple fillet frames with floral fleurons at each corner; blind tooled armorial device centrepiece of three birds; blind tooled double fillet on board edges; blind tooled triple fillet on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled triple fillet and letters; six raised bands; red sprinkled edges; parchment tabs with medieval manuscript visible.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Ff.2.7.
Copy-specific note
A bookseller's code inscribed on title-page: gn/c.
Subject
Natural history Pre-Linnean works.
Subject
Ichthyology Early works to 1800.
Subject
Fishes Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Bonhomme, Macé, fl. 1536 - 1569 printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
France Lyon.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B46796