An edition of The historie of foure-footed beastes (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 mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in theircreation, 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

by Edward Topsell

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An edition of The historie of foure-footed beastes (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 mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in theircreation, 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

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1 The historie of foure-footed beastes: describing the true and lively figure of every beast, with a discourse of their severall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their love and hate to mankinde : and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction : necessary for all divines and students, because the story of every beast is amplified with narrations out of scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets : wherein are declared divers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories : collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day 1607, Printed by William Iaggard in English	zzzz Locate
2 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 mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in theircreation, 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 1607, Printed by William Iaggard in English	aaaa Read Listen
3 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 1607, Printed by William Iaggard in English	zzzz Locate
4 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 mankinde, 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. By Edward Topsell. 1607, Printed by William Iaggard Microform in English	zzzz Locate

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Edition Notes

First word of title ("The") is xylographic.

"A table of the names of all the beastes contayned in this hystory, in divers languages": 10 pages at end.

Error in pagination: page 56 mis-numbered 59.

Signatures: A⁶ [par.]⁶ 2[par.]⁸ *² B-2V⁶ 3A-3X⁶ 3Y⁸.

The first and last leaf are blank.

Largely a translation of book 1 of Gesner's Historia animalium, with additions by Topsell.

Title page varies: with cut of hyena (used for sea wolf on p. 749) or of gorgon (most copies; not illustrated in the text pp. 262-3); examples of both at British Library. B1, 2, 5, 6 in 2 settings; B2r catchword: 'they'; B6r line 1: 'crowne' (Huntington Library) or 'gers' and 'Crowne' (Harvard). In some copies (one of the British Library copies, for example) there is an extra leaf after F4 with heading: 'The Picture of the vulger Bugill Folio 57.' (STC).

STC (2nd. ed.), 24123.

ESTC, S122276.

ESTC S122276.

STC (2nd ed.), 24123.

Published in: London
Other Titles: Historie of fovre-footed beastes.

The Physical Object

Pagination: 44 unnumbered pages, 757 pages, 15 unnumbered pages
Number of pages: 757

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Open Library: OL32375461M
Internet Archive: b3033469x

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The historie of foure-footed beastes

by Edward Topsell