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traicts et figures exprimez au plus près du naturel. Paris, 1584. 16°.

Anon. 763 An earlier ed. exists, date not known.

-Neue und bewahrte Recepten, Fische und Vogel zu fahen mit den Handen, Reussen, Angeln, Hammen, Netzen. 1580. 8°. Anon. 764 This appears to be a part of the 1552 edition of the "Büchlin" (q. v.), Anon. 720.

Neuw Jag unnd Weydwerck Buch, das ist eine gründtliche Beschreibung vom Anfang der Jagten

vom Fisch, Krebs, Otter vnd Biber Fang, wie mans mit Netzen, Reusen, Angeln, Kasten, Otter vnd Biberhunden, vnd allerley darzu gehoriger Gelegenheit fahen sol . . . Franckfurt am Meyn, 1582. fol. Anon. 765

New and excellent experiments and secrets in the art of angling: being directions for the whole art. London, 1677. 12°. Anon. 766 A new general collection of voyages and travels, etc. 4 vols. London, 1745-47. illust. Anon. 767

Consists of abstracts or abbreviations of a large number of voyages and travels with numerous figures and descriptions of fishes. Copy, A. M. N. H.

Observations faites sur un grand poison [sic] [Vulpecula_marina], & un lion, disséqués dans la Bibliothèque du Roy à Paris, le 24 & 28 Juin, 1667. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., 1667, 2, 535–537. Anon. 768

Undoubtedly based on Anon. 743. Both these references have to do with the dissection by Claude Perrault (q. v.) of the fox shark. Antedating Perrault's own description (1671) of the spiral valve, they are among the earliest known references to this. For the earliest, see Steno, N., Pre-Linn. 1664.1.

A perfect description of Virginia: being a full and true relation of the present state of the plantation, their health, peace & plenty: the number of people, with their abundance of cattell, fowl, fish, &c. London, 1649. 4°.

Anon. 769

Contains a list of 32 fishes. Reprinted in Force's Historical Tracts, 2, tract 8. Extract in Rept. U. S. Fish. Comm. 1871-72 (1873), 170171.

Pertinente beschryvinghe van Guiana, gelegen aen de vaste kust van America, waerin kortelyck verhaelt wordt, het aenmerckelyckste dat in en omtrent het landt van Guiana valt, etc. Amsterdam, 1676. 12 & 55 leaves. 4°. Anon. 770

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Pesci che nascono nel Danubio, volatili che vivono lungo d'esso delineati ed incisi in tavole CXII. Bologna, [n. d.] fol. Anon. 771

Piscis vel potius testudinis aquaticæ nova species descripta. Mag. Toscano, Livorno (Leghorn), 1754, 2, 363. Anon. 772

Poissons des Indes Orientales; recueil de 66 dessins en couleurs. fol. Anon. 773

"Ces dessins qui semblent avoir été faits en Hollande au commencement du 18. siècle, sont d'une exécution remarquable."

The copy in A. M. N. H. has the water-color figures cut out of the original drawing paper and pasted on the leaves of the volume.

Principales merveilles de la nature, ou l'on traité de la terre, des fleuves, montagnes, des choses les plus rares animaux, poissons, plantes, diamants etc. 2 vols. Amsterdam, 1745. 8°. Anon. 774

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An esteemed work whose merit and popularity are attested by the vast number of editions printed. There were six issued in 1480, the above being the editio princeps. Twenty eds. were published before 1500, and over 160 by 1830. There are translations into French, German, English, Dutch, Italian, Polish and Bohemian. For bibliographic details of these eds. and versions, see:

Regimen sanitatis salernitanum: a poem on the preservation of health in rhyming Latin verse. With an introduction and notes by Sir Alexander Croke. Oxford, 1830 [with ills. from the German eds. of 1559, 1568, & 1573] Copy Col.

The following eds. (both in Col. Univ. library) have been examined by us.

Regimen sanitatis Salerni: or the school of Salernes regiment of health Whereunto is annexed a necessary discourse of all sorts of fish, in use among us, with theyr effects, appertayning to the health of man. London, 1634. Anon. 776

Various fish named and their value as food discussed, p. 207-218.

Schola Salernitana de valetudine tuenda. Lutitiæ Parisiorum, 1672. Anon. 777 Various fishes as food and the proper choice of them, p. 673-722.

Scriptores rei rusticæ. Venice,
Anon. 778

1472. fol.

The 1st ed. of this compilation, which was many times republished. Other 15th century eds.: Reggio d'Emilia, 1482, 1496, & 1499; Bologna, 1492. Copies of these early issues in H., C., J. C., & H. E. H.

Some later eds. are: Basel, 1521 & 1576; Leyden, 1542, 1549, & 1604; Paris, 1545, 1569, 1581, & 1585; Dordrecht, 1619; Amsterdam, 1623, & 1730; Leipsic, 1735, & 1744; Mannheim, 1781; Biponti, 1782-88; Leipsic, 1794-97.

The most famous eds. are the last, by J. G. Schneider, and those of Leipsic, 1735 and Biponti, 1787, by J. M. Gesner (Both in N. Y. P.).

This compilation recounts some of the earliest known efforts at pisciculture.

For further references, see in this section: Cato, Columella, Palladius, & Varro.

The sportsman's dictionary; or, the country gentleman's companion... with full and particular instructions for . . . fishing, etc. 2 vols. London,

1735. 4°.

Anon. 779

Other eds.: London, 1744, 1778, 1782, 1785, 1786 (Dublin), 1792, 1800, 1807.

Treatise of fishing, with the art of angling. 1614. 4°. Anon. 780 Ut pisces compresso aëre sub glacie stupidi reddantur.] Oecon. Nachricht., 1754. 5. Anon. 781

Von des Aals Laichen. Samml. Nat. u. Med., Kunst u. Litt.-Gesch. Breslau, 1718, 1224. Anon. 782

Von einem in Rom gefangenen Stöhr. Samml. Nat. u. Med., Kunst u. Litt.-Gesch. Breslau, 1718, 5. Vers., 1531. Anon. 783

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The whole art of fishing. Being a collection and improvement of all that has been written upon this subject, with many new experiments.. To which is added the laws of angling. London, 1714. 112 p. 8°. Anon. 785

Copy, N. Y. P. See also Anon. 748.

Ein wunder künstreiches Büchlin, wie man Fisch, Krebss, und Vögel fahen soll. Mit gar vil bewehrten Recepten, etc. Von vil erfarnen Weydleüten, und Fischern, von neuwem zugericht, etc. Und auch hie bey zu welcher Zeit ein yeder Fisch am besten ist. Strassburg,. c. 1531. 24 p. 12°. Anon. 786 Another ed. with almost identical title, Bern, 1552. 8°.

This is a translation of the early Flemish treatise on fishing commonly designated as "Boecxken" (Anon. 719), printed in black letter about 1492. On the last page of the 1552 edition is an interesting list of nicknames and similitudes of fish.

IV

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES WHICH INCLUDE REFERENCES TO FISHES.1

An analytical subject bibliography of the publications of the [U. S.] Bureau of Fisheries, 1871-1920. By Rose M. E. MacDonald. (Append. V to) Rept. U. S. Comm. Fisheries, 1920. 306 p. 8°.

Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 1835-1919. 85 vols. Berlin, 18351920. 8°.

Each year's issue in 2 pts., memoirs and bibliography.

The Bartlett collection. A list of books on angling, fishes, and fishculture in Harvard College library. By L. R. Albee. Cambridge [Mass.), 1896. 180 p. 8°.

This includes, with many additions, the titles in Bartlett, J. 1882.1.

Bibliografia ed inventario delle ittioliti terziarie di Monte Bolca conservate nel Civico Museo di Verona. By Vittorio dal Nero. Madonna Verona, 1911, 2, 120-126; 3, 133–167: 1912, 4, 246-260.

Bibliographia zoologica (adhuc diario "Zoologischer Anzeiger adnexa) condita ab J. Victor Carus, edidit, sub cura doctoris Herbert Haviland Field. Concilium Bibliographicum. 29 vols. Zurich, 1896-1916.

See also "Zoologischer Anzeiger."

Bibliographia zoologiæ et geologiæ. A general catalogue of all books, tracts, and memoirs on zoology and geology. By Louis Agassiz. Corrected, enlarged, and edited by H. E. Strickland (and Sir Wm. Jardine for vol. IV). 4 vols. London, 1848-54. 2259 p. 8°.

A bibliographical catalogue of the Waltonian library belonging to the estate of R. W. Coleman. By Joseph Sabin. New York, 1866. 149 p. 8°.

This includes the works listed in Bethune, G. W. 1847.1. A sale catalogue (36 p. 4°.) of this collection is dated London, 1897.

Bibliographie der deutschen naturwissenschaftlichen Litteratur. [1901-1914) 18 vols. Jena & Berlin, 1902-14. 8°.

Vols. for 1904-14 published at Berlin.

[Bibliographie d' Ichthyologie. By Hippolyte Cloquet. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris, 1821, vol. XXII, 443-548.

Bibliographie des travaux scientifiques (sciences mathématiques, physiques et naturelles) publiés par les sociétés savantes de la France depuis l'origine jusque'en 1888. By J. Deniker. Paris, 1916. 607 p. 4°.

Vol. I, Ain-Orne, all published to date.

Bibliographie der Veröffentlichungen der wissenschaftlichen Vereine und Gesellschaften Deutschlands im neunzehnten Jahrhundert seit ihrer Begründung bis auf die Gegenwart. By Johannes Müller (librarian). Berlin, 1883-87. 878 p. 4°.

See also Müller, J. (librarian) 1883.1.

Bibliography and catalogue of the fossil vertebrates of North America. By Oliver Perry Hay. Bull. U. S. Geol. Survey, 1902, no. 179, 868 p.

This includes the titles on fossil fishes found in Darton, N. H. 1896.1; Weeks, F. B. 1902.1; and Warman. P. C. 1893.1, and 1901.1. For titles since 1902, see the following:

There are here brought together the chief bibliographies known to us containing extensive references to Fishes, Fisheries, Pisciculture, and Angling.

Reference to special bibliographies on particular or restricted subjects will be found throughout the Subject Index under their respective sections. In general, citations indicated by a star or by black-faced type will be found to contain special bibliographies of the subject.

Bibliography of North American geology, palaeontology, etc. Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., 1901-19.

I. 1901-05. By F. B. Weeks. Bull. 1906, no. 301. 770 p.

II. 1906-07. By F. B. Weeks & J. N. Nickles. Bull. 1908, no. 372, 317 p. III. 1908-18. By J. N. Nickles. Bull. 1909-19, nos. 409, 444, 495, 524, 545, 584, 617, 645, 665, 684, 698.

A bibliography of fishes. By Bashford Dean. 3 vols. New York, 1916-23. 8°.

Vols. I & II, enlarged and edited by C. R. Eastman, 1420 p.

Vol. III, extended and edited by E. W. Gudger; assisted by A. W. Henn.

Bibliography of fishes of the Pacific coast of the United States to the end of 1879. By Theodore N. Gill. Smithson. Misc. Colls., 1882, 23, 1–73.

A bibliography of vertebrate embryology. By C. S. Minot. Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1886-93 (1893), 4, 487-618.

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Bibliotheca historico-naturalis, oder systematisch geordnete Uebersicht... der auf dem Gebiete der gesammten Naturwissenschaft neuerschienenen Bücher, etc. 38 vols. Göttingen, 1851-88. 8°.

Bibliotheca historico-naturalis. Verzeichniss der Bücher über Naturgeschichte . . . welche in den Jahren 1700-1846 erschienen sind. Von Wilhelm Engelmann. Leipzig, 1846. 786 p. 8°.

Continued as "Bibliotheca zoologica, Verzeichniss," etc. (q. v.).

Bibliotheca Hungarica historiæ naturalis et matheseos. Magyarorszig természettunományi is mathematikai Könyveszete, 1472-1875. By Jossef Szinnyei and Jozef Szinnyei (the younger). Budapest, 1878. 1007 p. 8°.

Bibliotheca ichthyologica sive historia litteraria ichthyologia in qua

recensio fit auctorum, qui de piscibus scripsere, librorum titulis, loco & editionis tempore, etc. By Peter Artedi. Lugduni Batavorum, 1738. 66 p. 8°. Part i of Artedi, P. Pre-Linn. 1738.1. For a revised and augmented ed., see next title.

Bibliotheca ichthyologica, seu historia litteraria ichthyologiæ, etc. Emendata et aucta, etc. By Johann Julius Walbaum. Grypeswaldiæ, 1788. 230 p.

Part i of "Petri Artedi renovati," etc., by J. J. Walbaum, 1788.1.

Bibliotheca, ordine chronologico recensens Daniæ, Norvegiæ, Islandiæ & Holsatiæ auctores et libros, scientias naturales tractantes, etc. By Martin Thrane Brünnich. Pt. II of his "Litteraria Danica Scientiarum Naturalium." Hafniæ & Lipsiæ, 1783. 242 p.

Bibliotheca ichthyologia et piscatoria. Catalogue de livres et d'écrits sur l'histoire naturelle des poissons et des cétacés, la pisciculture, les pêches, la législation des pêches, etc. By D. Mulder Bosgoed. Harlem, 1874. 474 p. 8°.

Second title-page is in Dutch. For an earlier ed., see Bosgoed, D. M. 1871.1.

Bibliotheca piscatoria. A catalogue of books on angling, the fisheries and fish-culture, with bibliographical notes, etc. By Thomas Westwood & Thomas Satchell. London, 1883. 397 p. 8°.

This work includes the titles found in and hence supersedes: Bethune, G. W. 1847.1; Ellis, H. 1811.1; Pickering, W. 1836.1; Satchell, T. 1882.1; Smith, J. R. 1856.1; Westwood, T. 1861.1. For a supplement, see "A list of books on fish," etc., by R. B. Marston, 1901.1.

Bibliotheca regni animalis atque lapidei, seu recensio auctorum et librorum, qui de regno animali et lapides in usum naturalis tractant, historiæ studiosorum. By Laurentius Theodorus Gronovius. Lugduni Batavorum, 1760. 326 p. 4°.

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Bibliotheca scriptorum historiæ naturalis, oeconomia, aliarumque artium ac scientiarum ad illam pertinentium realis systematica. By George Rudolph Boehmer. 2 vols. in 2 pts. each Lipsiæ, 1785-86. 2690 p. 8°.

The most extensive bibliography of natural history ante Agassiz & Strickland.

Bibliotheca scriptorum historiæ naturalis omnium terræ regionum inservientium; historiæ naturalis Helvetiæ prodromus. Accedit Jacobus Le Long de scriptoribus historia naturalis

BIBLIOGRAPHIES WHICH INCLUDE REFERENCES TO FISHES 341

Galliæ. By Johann Jacob Scheuchzer. Tiguri, 1751. 251 p. 8°.

An earlier ed., Tiguri, 1716.

Bibliotheca scriptorum venaticorum continens auctores, qui de venatione, sylvis, aucupio piscatura commentati sunt. By Georg Christopher Kreysig. Altenburgi, 1750. 190 p.

8°.

Bibliotheca zoologica Danica, 1876-1906. Fortegnelse over Danmarks zoologiske literatur, 1876-1906. By Svend Dahl. Kjøbenhavn, 1910. 262 p. 8°.

Bibliotheca zoologica Fenniæ. By O. M. Reuter and Alexander Luther. Acta. Soc. Faun. Flora Fenn., 1909, 24, no. 1, 361 p.

Bibliotheca zoologica. Verzeichniss der Schriften über Zoologie welche vom Jahre 1846-1860 selbständig erschienen sind, etc. By J. Victor Carus and Wilhelm Engelmann. 2 vols. Leipzig, 1861. 2140 p. 4°.

This is a continuation of "Bibliotheca historico-naturalis," etc., (q. v.), and in turn is continued as:

Bibliotheca zoologica II. Verzeichniss der Schriften über Zoologie welche vom Jahre 1861-1913 selbständig erschienen sind. By O. Taschenberg. 7 vols. Leipzig, 18871913. 6072 p. 4°.

Bibliothek der Forst- und JagdWissenschaft; oder Verzeichniss der in älterer und neuer Zeit, besonders aber vom Jahre 1750 bis gegen Ende des Jahres 1842 in Deutschland erschienenen Bücher über alle Theile des Forst- und Jagdwesens, über die Fischerei, etc. By T. C. F. Enslin & W. Engelmann. Leipzig, 1843.

8°.

102 p.

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Catalogue of the books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History). 5 vols. London, 1903-1915. 2403 p. 4°.

A catalogue of the collection of books on angling belonging to Dean Sage. New York, 1896. 245 p. sq. 8°. A supplement (24 p.) was issued in 1904. Catalogue of the library of the late John G. Hecksher. 3 parts. New York, 1909. 382 p. 12°.

Lists 2442 items in ichthyology, angling, and fisheries.

Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900) compiled by the Royal Society of London. 17 vols. London, 1867-1921. 4°.

Issued in 4 series (4th incomplete), and commonly known as the "Royal Society Catalogue."

Catalogus doctorum virorum, qui præter Oppianum de venatione et piscatione, aut rebus ad eam pertinentibus scripserunt. By Conrad Rittershusius in his "Prologomena in Oppianum." Lugduni Batavorun, 1597. leaves 74 & 75.

The oldest known list of writers on fish and fishing.

Check list of books on angling, fish, fisheries, fish-culture, etc., in the library of D. B. Fearing. New York, 1901. 138 p. 4°.

This remarkable collection is now in the Harvard library.

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