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De aquatilibus from Gessner's Historiae animalium
Finnin, Denis
American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY, United States
Details
- Title: De aquatilibus from Gessner's Historiae animalium
- Creator: Finnin, Denis
- Subject: Rare books, Ocean life, Squids, Art, Illustrations, Mollusca
- Specimen Location: American Museum of Natural History Library Rare Book Collection
- Rights: Information on rights available at the repository
- Repository: American Museum of Natural History
- Publisher: American Museum of Natural History Research Library
- Original Caption: De Aquatilibus
- Note: Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
- Medium: Engravings
- Imprint: Tigvri : Apvd Christoph. Froschovervm, M.D.LVIII. [1558]
- Identifier: b11864023_5
- Description of Publication: [40], 1297, [3] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 42 cm. (fol.)
- Department / Discipline: Invertebrate zoology
- Date of Publication: M.D.LVIII. [1558]
- Date: 2011
- Collection Title: Rare Book Collection
- Collection Name: Rare Book Collection
- Collection Description: The images of the Rare Book Collection highlight some of the art, illustrations, engravings, maps, and sketches from the over 14,000 rare materials housed at the Library. The Museum Library’s Rare Book Collection includes field diaries and scrapbooks, richly illustrated fragile and uniquely bound materials, limited and/or autographed editions; published and unpublished materials with special Museum association; materials of high monetary value; and rare books relevant to natural history, especially in those fields of interest at the Museum. This image collection commences with all of the artwork showcased in Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library: Essays & Plates, a book edited by the Library’s Director, published in October, 2012.
- Call Number: RF-29-F
- Book Title: Conradi Gesneri ... Historiae animalium liber IIII :qui est de piscium & aquatilium animantium natura : cvm iconibvs singvlorvm ad vivvm expressis fere omnib. DCCVI. : continentur in hoc volumine Gvlielmi Rondeletii quoq[ue] medicinae professoris regij in Schola Monspeliensi et Petri Bellonij Cenomanti, medici hoc tempore Lutetiae eximij, de aquatilium singulis scripta
- Bibliographic Number: <a href="http://libcat1.amnh.org/record=b1186402" target="_blank">b11864023</a>
- Author: Gessner, Konrad, 1516-1565
- Artist: Unknown
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