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L'histoire de la nature des oyseaux : avec leurs descriptions, & naïfs portraicts retirez du naturel
Belon, Pierre (1517?-1564); Prévost, Benoît (1562)
1555
Colophon contains statement: Imprime a Paris par Benoist Preuost... 1555. Each part except the first has a separate t.p: Book 2. La nature des oyseaux vivants de rapine, tant de iour que de nuict. -...
Francisci Willughbeii de Middleton in agro Warwicensi, Armigeri, e Regia Societate, Ornithologiæ libri tres : In quibus aves omnes hactenus cognitæ in methodum naturis suis convenientem redactæ accuratè describuntur, Descriptiones iconibus elegantissimis & vivarum avium simillimis, Æri incisis illustrantur
Willughby, Francis (1635-1676); Ray, John (1627-1705); Willughby, Lady Emma
1676
Title in black and red; within lined border. Title vignette. "The cornerstone of modern systematic ornithology, being the first book on the classification of birds without respect to geographical ...
A collection of English words not generally used, with their significations and original, in two alphabetical catalogues : the one of such as are proper to the northern, the other to the southern counties : with catalogues of English birds and fishes : and an account of the preparing and refining such metals and minerals as are gotten in England
Ray, John (1627-1705)
1674
First edition. Errors in pagination.
The ornithology of Francis Willughby : In three books. Wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable to their natures, are accurately described. The descriptions illustrated by.... LXXVIII copper plates. Translated into English, and enlarged with many additions throughout the whole work. To which are added, three considerable discourses, I. Of the art of fowling: with a description of several nets in two large copper plates. II. Of the ordering of singing birds. III. Of falconry
Willughby, Francis (1635-1672); Ray, John (1627-1705)
1678
Title in red and black. As in the copy described by Keynes (John Ray: a bibliography, 39), a leaf has been inserted between H3 and H4, with blank recto and "A table of land fowl" on verso, and anoth...
A dog-bishop and birds in gowns (fol. 28r)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes a dog or a deer dressed up as a bishop, and a group of three birds, including a cockerell, wearing gowns.
Coat of arms (fol. 1r)
[ca. 1425]
A coat of arms with a double-headed eagle in gold and silver on a blue background. The obit above the coat of arms is that of Thomas Habtreholme "persone collegii sancti Johnannis Evangeliste Beverl" ...
The Creation (fol. 5r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'I' encloses the scene of God creating Heaven and Earth, the trees and plants, the sun and moon, the birds and animals, Adam, God resting on the seventh day, and the Crucifixion of Christ with...
God speaking to Moses (fol. 38v)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'V' encloses the scene ofGod speaking to Moses. The border has a bird and a hybrid of a bird with a dog's head.
Solomon speaking to a prophet (fol. 264v)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'V' encloses a scene of King Solomon, crowned, speaking to a prophet. The border has a bird and a head of a grotesque or an animal.
The prophet Ezekiel's vision (fol. 337r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'E' encloses the vision of the prophet Ezekiel: the tetramorph of the four evangelists. His vision was of God sitting on his throne, being carried by the symbols of the four evangelists: a man...
Annunciation to the Virgin
14th century
A large arched miniature of the Annunciation, in a French style of painting. The angel Gabriel announces the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary. Gabriel holds a scroll with the words "Ave gracia ...
Adoration of the Magi (fol. 88v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The miniature depicts the three Magi, represented as kings, with the Virgin and Child in the stable, and offering gold, frankincense and myrrh. The oldest king (Caspar) kneels in front of Christ. The ...