Shelfmark
Ac.1.08 - Ac.1.10
Author
Uniform title
[Historiae animalium liber primus [- IIII]]
Title
Conradi Gesneri ... historiae animalium liber primus [- IIII] ...
Edition
Editio secunda nouis iconibus nec non obseruationibus non paucis auctior atque etiam multis in locis emendatior.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Francofurti : In bibliopolio Cambieriano, 1558-1602.
Physical description
4v. in 3 : ill. ; Fo.
Note
Previously Ch.3.2-4.
Note
Made up set: Libri II-III have imprint "Francofurdi, ex officina typographica Ioannis Wecheli, impensis Roberti Cambieri", dated 1586 and 1585; Liber IV has imprint "Tiguri, apud Christoph. Froschouerum", dated 1558.
Note
Woodcuts.
Note
Ac.1.9: ms. price (flyleaf).
Formatted contents note
Contents: Contents: Liber II De quadrupedibus ouiparis; Liber III De auium natura; Liber IV De piscium & aquatilium natura.
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Ms. note recording purchase from money bequeathed to Eton by Henry Godolphin in 1732; Godolphin stamp.
Provenance
"Ex auctione D.D. Schaep, Sep. 27 1708".
Binding
17th century ?pigskin. Ac.1.7 and Ac.1.9 blind-stamped.
Subject
Zoology Pre-Linnean works.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Germany Frankfurt am Main.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Zurich.
Identifier
B9233