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 et secundum intergros adjecit Johannes Raius. E Societate regia / [Francis Willughby].

  • Willughby, Francis, 1635-1672.
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1686
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Oxonii : E. Theatro Sheldoniano, 1686.

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343, 30 pages, 1 leaf, 11 unnumbered pages, 188 plates (including add. engr. t.page) ; (folio)

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Wing W2877
Keynes (Ray) 46
ESTC R7161
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), W2877

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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
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Copy 1 Note: Issued with Appendix ... Pisces Indiae Orientalis a Joanne Nieuhofs descripti.

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