Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Folger Shakespeare Library Digital Image Collection
Source Creator:
Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675.
Source Title:
A description of the nature of four-footed beasts, with their figures engraven in brass: written in Latin by Dr. John Johnston. Translated into English by J.P.
Source Created or Published:
[1678]
Physical Description:
plate: Tab. LV, Ursus Baer
Source Call Number:
J1015A.2
Digital Image File Name:
62819
Digital Image Type:
FSL collection
Hamnet Bib ID:
147298
Hamnet Holdings ID:
181036
HAMNET CATALOG RECORD:
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Creator (Hamnet):
Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675.
Title (Hamnet):
A description of the nature of four-footed beasts, with their figures engraven in brass: written in Latin by Dr. John Johnston. Translated into English by J.P.
Place of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet):
London :
Creator or Publisher (Hamnet):
printed for Moses Pitt, at the Angel, against the little north door of St. Pauls Church,
Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet):
M.DC.LXXVIII. [1678]
Physical Description (Hamnet):
[8], 119 p., 80 plates ; 2⁰.
Folger Holdings Notes (Hamnet):
144671. MS. notes. Plates 30, 49, and 50 mutilated and repaired, affecting image
Notes (Hamnet):
Translation of: Historiae naturalis de quadrupetibus [sic], which forms part of his work on animals.
Notes (Hamnet):
Includes an appendix (beginning P1r) by Peter Castellus, "His discovery of the sweet hyæna...".
Citations (Hamnet):
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), J1015B
Citations (Hamnet):
ESTC (RLIN) R230685
Subject (Hamnet):
Animal behavior -- Early works to 1800.
Subject (Hamnet):
Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800.
Subject (Hamnet):
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800.
Subject (Hamnet):
Annotations (Provenance)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
J. P.
Call Number (Hamnet):
J1015A.2

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