Willughby, Francis. Francisci Willughbeij armigeri de historia piscium libri quatuor : jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi : in quibus non tantum de piscibus in genere agitur, sed & species omnes, tum ab aliis traditae, tum novae & nondum editae bene multae, naturae ductum servante methodo dispositae, accurate describuntur : earumque effigies, quotquot haberi potuere, vel ad vivum delineatae, vel ad optima exemplaria impressa : artifici manu elegantissime in aes incisae, ad descriptiones illustrandas exhibentur : cum appendice historias & observationes in supplementum operis collatas complectente

Folger bibliographic ID: 265364
ESTC number: R505813
Wing number: W2877
Folger call number: 157- 716f
Folger holdings ID: 351018
Accession Number: 157716

Bibliographic format

folio

General notes

Variant state of ESTC R7161 and Keynes 46, with different title page ("armigeri" is spelled out), and some differences in setting of the preliminaries, including lack of errata on leaf a4r, the last page of the Praefatio ad lectorem. This state has plates numbered M1-6 and S1-21 (instead of M1-5 and S1-22; see Keynes.) With an added engraved title page: "Francisci Willoughby Icthyographia ad amplissimum virum Dnum. Samuelem Pepys ... . Sumptibus Societatis Regalis Londonensis, 1685," lettered: "Paul van Somer jnuent et fecit Londini." It's frequently bound immediately preceding the plates Plates consist of the engraved title page and [187] full-page images of fishes, numbered by letter and number; the majority are inscribed with the names of the subscribers who paid for them, with 79 credited to Samuel Pepys. See Keynes for exact numbering sequences. Images appear on both rectos and versos of plates, and the final four plates have the contributors' names engraved; none of the illustrations are signed with artists' or engravers' names Signatures: a⁴ A-2V⁴, ²A-L² Not in Keynes, G. John Ray, 1976; compare item 46. Wing does not differentiate the variants "Appendix ad historiam naturalem piscium" (caption title) has separate pagination and register Includes errata leaf (²H2) and index

Item information about Folger 157- 716f

Imperfect: wanting plate C5; additional plate H4. Plates contain contemporary manuscript corrections as well as common names and occasional descriptions (e.g., "a fish that cheweth like a beast"). Bibliographical note: 1st issue of 1st edition. Purchased from W. Dawson 11 June 1956

Uniform title: De historia piscium
Extended title: Francisci Willughbeij armigeri de historia piscium libri quatuor : jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi : in quibus non tantum de piscibus in genere agitur, sed & species omnes, tum ab aliis traditae, tum novae & nondum editae bene multae, naturae ductum servante methodo dispositae, accurate describuntur : earumque effigies, quotquot haberi potuere, vel ad vivum delineatae, vel ad optima exemplaria impressa : artifici manu elegantissime in aes incisae, ad descriptiones illustrandas exhibentur : cum appendice historias & observationes in supplementum operis collatas complectente / totum opus recognovit, coaptavit, supplevit, librum etiam primum & secundum intergros adjecit Johannes Raius è Societate Regia
Alternate titles: Francisci Willughbeii armigeri de historia piscium libri quatuor, De historia piscium libri quatuor, Ichyographia, Francisci Willoughby Icthyographia

Fishes

author: Willughby, Francis, 1635-1672
associated with: Ray, John, 1627-1705
printmaker: Somer, Paul van, 1649-1694
associated with: Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703
publisher: Royal Society (Great Britain)
printer: Oxford University Press