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Title

  • The historie of foure-footed beastes : describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall), countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mandkinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction : necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets : wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day

Other Title

  • Topsell's hist. of foure footed beastes
  • History of four-footed beasts

Names

  • Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?
  • Jaggard, William, 1569-1623, printer.
  • Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565.
  • Walmsley, Gilbert, 1680-1751, former owner.
  • Theodore Roosevelt Hunting Library (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed by William Iaggard, 1607.

Headings

  • -  Zoology--Pre-Linnean works
  • -  Mammals--Early works to 1800
  • -  Monsters--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Title vignette: The gorgon.
  • -  Errors in pagination.
  • -  Signatures: A⁶ [par.]⁶ 2[par.]⁸ chi² B-2V⁶ 3A-3X⁶ 3Y⁸.
  • -  STC (2nd ed.) 24123
  • -  Includes indexes in multiple languages.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: first and last leaves (blank) wanting; pages trimmed with some loss of ill.
  • -  LC copy has inscription on t.p.: Francis Cleaver. 1662. Inscription on p. [758]: Bibliothecae Gilberti Walmesley.
  • -  Special Files Project; vb59 01-23-2008
  • -  LAC scc 2018-12-07 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • [44], 757, [15] p. (first and last leaves blank), [1] leaf of plates : ill. (woodcuts) ; 33 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QL41 .T66

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 06004054

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Topsell, Edward, ?, William Jaggard, Conrad Gessner, Gilbert Walmsley, and Theodore Roosevelt Hunting Library. The historie of foure-footed beastes: describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues both naturall and medicinall, countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mandkinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction: necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets: wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day. London: Printed by William Iaggard, 1607. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/06004054/.

APA citation style:

Topsell, E., Jaggard, W., Gessner, C., Walmsley, G. & Theodore Roosevelt Hunting Library. (1607) The historie of foure-footed beastes: describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues both naturall and medicinall, countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mandkinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction: necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets: wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day. London: Printed by William Iaggard. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/06004054/.

MLA citation style:

Topsell, Edward, ?, et al. The historie of foure-footed beastes: describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues both naturall and medicinall, countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mandkinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction: necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets: wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day. London: Printed by William Iaggard, 1607. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/06004054/>.