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Aelian Historia Animalium Zurich: 1586 Translated by Conrad Gesner. Albertus, Magnus de animalibus Lyons: Opera Omnia, 1621 Another German edition, illustrated, Frankfurt: 1545. Aldrovandi, Ulisse Ornithologiae, hoc est de avibus histoeiae, libri XII Bologna: 1599 ------------------------ ------------------------ Aneau and Gueroult, Decades de la description …des animaulx Lyons: Arnoullet, 1549 Anon Il libro de la Natura de li animali Mondovi: Berruerius, 1504 Issued in both Latin and Italian editions. Originally attributed to Albertus Magnus it is a probably a compilation of many medieval writers. Another edition Savona: Berruerius, 1524. Only one copy is known of this edition. Second Latin edition with the original woodcuts Anon Les Dictz des Bestes et Aussi des Oyseaulx Paris: Alain Lotrian, before September 1527 First illustrated edition Anon The Physiologus of St. Epiphanius See Epiphanius Also 1587 and 1588 editions. Another edition in Greek-Latin with commentaries of Nicolas Caussin, Paris: 1618. Aristotle De animalibus Basel: Opera Omnia, 1548 ------------------------Historia general de aves y animales Valencia: 1621 Bartholomeus, Anglicus Encyclopedia, Book XI on the animals Toulouse: Fray Vicente de Burgos, 1494 Another edition in Latin, Augsburg: 1505; Another edition in English, trans and annotation by J. Batman, London: 1571. Belon, P. L’histoire de la nature des oyseauz Paris: Corrozet, 1555 ------------------------Portraits d'oyseaux, animaux, serpens, herbes, arbes, hommes et femmes Paris: Cavellat, 1557 Bochart, Samuel Hierozoicon London: 1663 Camerarius, Joachim Symbolorum & Emblematum Centuria 1590 (a Century of Symbols and Emblems) This was actually a book of devices and Camerarius used the word symbol, device and emblem interchangeably. Caussin, Nicholas De Symbolica Aegyptorum Sapienta 1618 (On the Symbolic Wisdom of the Egyptians) included the Physiologus Chastel, Roger, and Paul Eluard Bestiare Paris: Maeght, 1949 de Cuba, Jean Jardin de Santé The second part of this book is a volucrary or book of birds. Cortes, Jeronimo Libro y tratado de los animales Valencia: 1615 Dryden, John The Hind and the Panther 1687 Dyalogus Creaturarum moralizatus Gerard, Leeu: Gouda, 1480 Several later editions including one in the vernacular Dutch including the first book printed in Sweden by Snell in 1483. Written in the late 14th century the author is unknown though two names have been suggested: Mayno de Mayneri and Nicholas Pergamen. -----------------------Destructorium vitiorum ex similitudunum creaturarum Lyon: Nourry, 1509 1st French ed. Elliott, T. J. A Medieval Bestiary Godine, 1971 Epiphanius Eis ton physiologin [greek] - Ad physiologum Rome: Zanetti & Ruffinelli, 1587 2nd ed in Antwerp: Plantin, 1588 Online Facsimile at University of Victoria moreFaultrier, Jean Baptiste Traitté general des oyseaux Paris: 1660 Ferrer de Valdecebro, Andrés Gobiero general, moral y politico, hallado en las fieras y animales syvlestres Madrid: 1658 -----------------------Gobierno general, moral y politico, hallado en las aves añadido con las aves monstruosas Madrid: 1683 Frasconi, Antonio A Literary Bestiary Stinchour Press, 1996 Gesner, Conrad Historia Animalium Zurich: Froschauer, 1551-1558, 1604, 1617-1620, 1669 English translation with modifications by Edward Topsell The History of four-footed Beasts London: 1607, 1658 ------------------------Vogelbuch. Thierbuch. Fischbuch. 3 Werke in 1 Bd. Zurich: Froschauer, 1557 First editions in German, illustrated with c. 1,000 fine woodcuts. Isadore of Seville Etymologiae, Book XII on the animals Madrid: Edito Optima, 1599 With commentaries by various authors. Jonston, Jan. Historiae Naturalis De Avibus Libri VI Frankfurt: 1650 Marcuello, Francesco Historia natural y moral de las aves Madrid: 1617 Nieremberg, J.E. Historia naturae, maxime peregrinae Antwerp: 1635 Philes Versus iambici de animalium proprietate, cum auctario Heidelberg: Joachimi Camerarii, 1596 Pliny Historia naturalis in Latin Venice: 1479, 1491, 1496 Treviso: 1479, 1483; In Italian Venice 1476, 1481. ------------------------ Naturalis Historia. Books XII on the animals Harduin, ed. Paris: 1685 Another edition in German with illutrations, Frankfurt: 1565; Another edition in Spanish, by Jerónimo de Huerta, Madrid: 1621. Plutarch Moralia: De solertia animalium c100AD Reynard the Fox / Reinke de Vos / Speculum vitae aulicae (tr. Hartman Schopper) Frankfurt: Bassaeus, 1584 Latin version of the popular German beast epic narrating the adventures of Reynard the Fox. ------------------------De sollertia animalum Greek-Latin, tr. by Guilielmus Xylander Basel: 1571 Another edition in Spanish by de Diego Gracián: Salamanca: 1571; Another ed. in French by Jacques Amyot, Paris: 1612; Another ed. in English by Philemon Holland, London: 1603 . Ramirez de Carrion, Maravillas de naturaleza Cordoba: 1629 Schaller, Georg Ein neuw Thierbuch ... Folgendts gerissen durch J. Amman Frankfurt: 1579 Another ed., Frankfurt: 1579. Simson, Archibald Hieroglyphica animalium Edimburgo: 1622 Solinus Rerum memorabilium Basel: 1543 Latin, with commentary by P. Olivares; Another edition in Spanish by Christóbal de las Casas, Seville: 1573. Spenser Mother Hubbard’s Tale 1591 Ursin, Jean Prosopopeia animalium aliquot Vienne: Bonhomme, 1541 Werdmiller, Otho Similitudines ab omni animalium genere desumptae Zurich: 1555 Wilbur, Richard, and Alexa Calder A Bestiary New York: Pantheon, 1955 Wotton, Edward De differentiis animalium libri decem Paris: 1552 Links: The Aberdeen Bestiary
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