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  The history of four-footed beasts and serpents describing at large their true and lively figure, their several names, conditions, kinds, virtues ... countries of their breed, their love and hatred to mankind, and the wonderful work by Edward Topsell ; whereunto is now added, The theater of insects, or, Lesser living creatures ... by T. Muffet ...
  Date of publication:
  1658
  

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  Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625? ; et al.show everyone

  Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625? ; Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625? Historie of serpents. ; Gesner, Konrad, 1516-1565. Historia animalium Liber 1. English. ; Gesner, Konrad, 1516-1565. Historia animalium Liber 5. English. ; Moffett, Thomas, 1553-1604. Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum. English. ; Rowland, John, M.D.
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  Vol. 1 is largely a translation of books 1 and 5 of: Historia animalium / Konrad Gesner, with additions by Topsell. The second part has title: The history of serpents, or, The second book of living creatures / Edward ...
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  An history of the wonderful things of nature set forth in ten severall classes wherein are contained I. The wonders of the heavens, II. Of the elements, III. Of meteors, IV. Of minerals, V. Of plants, VI. Of birds, VII. Of four-footed beasts, VIII. Of insects, and things wanting blood, IX. Of fishes, X. Of man / written by Johannes Jonstonus, and now rendred into English by a person of quality.
  Date of publication:
  1657
  

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  Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675. ; Libavius, Andreas, d. 1616. and Rowland, John, M.D.
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  Translation of: Thaumatographia naturalis. Translated by John Rowland. Advertisement: p. [1] at end. "An appendix to the eighth classis : wherein there is contained the observation of Andreas Libavius ... concerning ...
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  An history of the constancy of nature wherein by comparing the latter age with the former, it is maintained that the world doth not decay universally in respect of it self, or the heavens, elements, mixt bodies, meteors, minerals, plants, animals, nor man in his age, stature, strength, or faculties of his minde, as relating to all arts and science / by John Jonston of Poland.
  Date of publication:
  1657
  

  Author(s):

  Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675. and Rowland, John, M.D.
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  Translation of: Naturae constantia. Translator's dedication signed: John Rouland. Place of publication from BM. Advertisements: [2] p. at end. Reproduction of original in Harvard University Libraries.
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