Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae animalium liber II. de quadrupedibus ouiparis : adiectae sunt etiam nouae aliquot quadrupedum figurae, in primo libro de quadrupedibus uiuiparis desideratae, cum descriptionibus plerorunque breuissimis : item ouiparorum quorundam appendix.

Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae animalium liber II. de quadrupedibus ouiparis : adiectae sunt etiam nouae aliquot quadrupedum figurae, in primo libro de quadrupedibus uiuiparis desideratae, cum descriptionibus plerorunque breuissimis : item ouiparorum quorundam appendix.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565, author.
Uniform title:	Historia animalium. Liber 2. De quadrupedibus oviparis
Imprint:	Tiguri : Excudebat C. Froschouerus, anno salutis MDLIIII [1554]
Description:	[8], 110, [2], 27, [1] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 39 cm (folio)
Language:	Latin German Ancient Greek Hebrew
Subject:	Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800. Reptiles -- Early works to 1800. Amphibians -- Early works to 1800. Amphibians. Reptiles. Zoology. Early works. Woodcuts Vellum bindings (Binding) Sammelbands (Provenance) Expurgated copies (Provenance)
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	Copy 1: University of Chicago Library's copy is number 1 of 2 titles bound together; bound with: Gessner, Conrad. Conradi Gesneri ... Historiae animalium liber III. qui est de auium natura. Tiguri : Apud Christoph. Froschouerum, 1555. Copy 1: University of Chicago Library's copy wormed in some sections with some loss of text. Discovery of this item made possible by a gift from Julie and Roger Baskes.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11459634

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Varying Form of Title:	Historiae animalium liber II. de quadrupedibus ouiparis
Other authors / contributors:	Froschauer, Christoph, -1564, printer. Pineda, Juan de,‏ ‎ 1558-1637‏, expurgator.
Provenance:	Copy 1: Stamp: Casa [illegible] IHS. Copy 1: Expurgated copy; annotation on title page reads: Por comission delos SS. inquisidore se corrigo este libro confornce[?] ad indice nuevo del ańo de 1612 en 17 de marco de 1613 Joan de Pineda. A second inscription in another hand reads: Por comissione de inquisidores corregido conforma al expurgatorio del año de 1612, Diego [illegible]; expurgated passages, chiefly Genser and Froschauer's names, struck through, obliterating underling text. Copy 1: Binding: Vellum over boards; manuscript spine title; portion of cover torn and missing.
Notes:	Appendix has separate title page with title: Appendix historiae quadrupedum uiuiparorum & ouiparorum Conradi Gesneri Tigurini. Signatures: *⁴ A-H⁶ I⁸ a⁶ b-c⁴. Title vignette (printer's device); initials. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), entry G 1724 Morton, L.T. Medical bibliography (Garrison and Morton), entry 280 In Latin with German, Greek and Hebrew references.

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