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1760Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés: a laquelle on a joint une description exacte de chaque espece, avec les citations des auteurs qui en ont traité, les noms quils leur ont donnés, ceux que leur ont donnés les différentes nations, & les noms vulgaires. 6 vols.
BRISSON, Mathurin Jacques (1723 – 1806)
BRISSON, Mathurin Jacques (1723 – 1806)
1766The Aurelian or natural history of English insects; namely, moths and butterflies.
HARRIS, Moses (1730 – 1788)
HARRIS, Moses (1730 – 1788)
1767Hortus Europae americanus, or, A collection of 85 curious trees and shrubs: the produce of North America, adapted to the climates and soils of Great-Britain, Ireland, and most parts of Europe, &c together with their blossoms, fruits and seeds, observations on their culture, growth, constitution and virtues, with directions how to collect, pack up and secure them in their passage.
CATESBY, Mark (1683 – 1749)
1769Essay on the natural history of Guiana, in South America. Containing a description of many curious productions in the animal and vegetable systems of that country. Together with an account of the religion, manners, and customs of several tribes of its Indian inhabitants. Interspersed with a variety of literary and medical observations. In several letters....
BANCROFT, Edward (1774 – 1821)
1771A catalogue of the animals of North America: Containing, an enumeration of the known quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, crustaceous and testaceous animals ... to which are added short directions for collecting, preserving, and transporting, all kinds of natural history curiosities.
FORSTER, Johann Reinhold (1729 – 1798)
FORSTER, Johann Reinhold (1729 – 1798)
1771Aldrovandus Lotharingiae, ou catalogue des animaux, quardupedes, reptiles, oseaux, poissons, insectes, vermisseaux et coquillages qui habitent la Lorraine et les Trois-Évechés.
BUC'HOZ, Pierre-Joseph (1731 – 1807)
1772The naturalist's and traveller's companion. Containing instructions for discovering and preserving objects of natural history....
LETTSOM, John Coakley (1744 – 1815)
LETTSOM, John Coakley (1744 – 1815)
1777Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Brüder auf den Caraibischen Inseln. Herausgegeben durch Johan Jakob Bossart. 2 vols.
OLDENDORP, Christian Georg Andreas (1721 – 1787)
1778Museum Britannicum : being an exhibition of a great variety of antiquities and natural curiosities, belonging to that noble and magnificent cabinet, the British Museum, illustrated with curious prints, engraved after the original designs, from nature, other objects: and with distinct explanations of each figure.
RYMSDYK, Jan van (Rijmsdijck, Riemsdyk, Remsdyke) (1730 – 1790) RYMSDYK, Andreas van (1754 – 1786)
1782Deliciae Cobresianae. J. P. Cobres Büchersammlung zur Naturgeschichte. 2 vols.
COBRES, Joseph Paul Edler von (1745 – 1823)
COBRES, Joseph Paul Edler von (1745 – 1823)
1784​–1812[Vols I and II:] Figures of non-descript shells collected in the different voyages to the South Seas since the year 1764 ... [Vols III and IV:] The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shell, accurately drawn and painted after nature: With a new systematic arrangement by the author.... 4 vols.
MARTYN, Thomas (1760 – 1816)
1785Notes on the State of Virginia; written in the year 1781, somewhat corrected and enlarged in the winter of 1782, for the use of a foreigner of distinction, in answer to certain queries proposed by him.
JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743 – 1826)
JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743 – 1826)
1787Descripcion de diferentes piezas de historia natural las mas del ramo maritimo.
PARRA Y CALLADO, Antonio (1739 – )
1787Descripcion de diferentes piezas de historia natura, las mas del ramo maritimo.
PARRA, Antonio (1737 – )
1790​–1811Beyträge zur Naturgeschichte. 2 pts.
BLUMENBACH, Johann Friedrich (1752 – 1840)
BLUMENBACH, Johann Friedrich (1752 – 1840)
1790Journal of a voyage to New South Wales with sixty five plates of non descript. animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions
WHITE, John (1756 – 1832)
WHITE, John (1756 – 1832) STONE, Sarah (1760 – 1844)
1790A companion to the museum, (Late Sir Ashton Lever's) removed to Albion Street, the Surry end of Black Friar's Bridge.
LEVER, Sir Ashton (1729 – 1788)
LEVER, Sir Ashton (1729 – 1788)
1790Viaggio negli Stati Uniti dell' America settentrionale fatto negli anni 1785, 1786, e 1787. 2 vols.
CASTIGLIONI, Luigi (1757 – 1832)
1791Travels through North & South Carolina, George, East & West Florida, the Cherokee country, the extensive territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek confederacy, and the country of the Chactaws [sic]...
BARTRAM, William (1739 – 1823)
BARTRAM, William (1739 – 1823)
1792​–1813The natural history of British insects; explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c. Together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope. The whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens. 16 vols.
DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
1794Instructions for collecting and preserving various subjects of natural history; as animals, birds, reptiles, shells, corals, plants, &c. Together with A treatise on the management of insects in their several states; selected from the best authorities.
DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
1794​–1819The natural history of British birds; or, a selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country: The descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus; with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists; and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens. 10 vols.
DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
1796​–1800Catalogus bibliothecae historico-naturalis Josephi Banks, auctore Jona Dryander. 5 vols.
BANKS, Sir Joseph (1743 – 1820)
BANKS, Sir Joseph (1743 – 1820)
DRYANDER, Jonas Carlsson (1748 – 1810)
DRYANDER, Jonas Carlsson (1748 – 1810)
1797The natural history of the rarer lepidopterous insects of Georgia. Including their systematic characters, the particulars of their several metamorphoses, and the plants on which they feed. Collected from the observations of Mr. John Abbot, many years resident in that country, by James Edward Smith.
ABBOT, John (1751 – 1840)
ABBOT, John (1751 – 1840)
SMITH, Sir James Edward (1759 – 1828)
SMITH, Sir James Edward (1759 – 1828)
1797​–1800Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis.
AUDEBERT, Jean Baptiste (1759 – 1800)
AUDEBERT, Jean Baptiste (1759 – 1800)
1798An epitome of the natural history of the insects of China: Comprising figures and descriptions of upwards of one hundred new, singular, and beautiful species: together with some that are of importance in medicine, domestic economy, &c. The figures are accurately, drawn, engraved, and coloured, from speciemsn of the insects; the descriptions are arranged accordig to the system of Linnaeus, with references to the writings of Fabricius, and other systematic authors.
DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
1800An epitome of the natural history of the insects of India, and the islands in the Indian seas: Comprising upwards of two hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of the most singular and beautiful species, selected chiefly from those recently discovered, and which have not appeared in the works of any preceding author. The figures are accurately drawn, engraved, and coloured, from specimens of the insects; the descriptions are arranged according to the system of Linnaeus; with references to the writings of Fabricius, and other systematic authors.
DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
1801Essais sur l'histoire naturelle des quadupedes de la province du Paraguay...Ecrits depuis 1783 jusqu'en 1796 (an 4 de la Republique Française); Avec une appendice sur quelques reptiles, en formant suite nécessaire aux Oeuvres de Buffon; Traduits sur le manuscrit inédit de l'auteur par M. L. E. Moreau-Saint-Méry.
AZARA, Felix de (1746 – 1821) MOREAU DE SAINT-MÉRY, Médéric Louis Élie (1750 – 1819)
1805Essai sur la géographie des plantes; accompagné d’un tableau physique des régions équinoxiales.
HUMBOLDT, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von (1769 – 1859)
BONPLAND, Aimé Jacques Alexandre (1773 – 1858)
BONPLAND, Aimé Jacques Alexandre (1773 – 1858)
1807​–1834Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du nouveau continent, fait en 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. 34 vols.
HUMBOLDT, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von (1769 – 1859)
BONPLAND, Aimé Jacques Alexandre (1773 – 1858)
BONPLAND, Aimé Jacques Alexandre (1773 – 1858)
1807​–1817Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes exécuté par ordre de sa Majesté, l'Empereur et Roi, sur les corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste, et la goëllette le Casuarina pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804 ...rédigé par Péron et continue par M. L. de Freycinet. (Atlas par MM. Lesueur et Petit.) Historique. 3 vols & Atlas, containing 38 plates, 15 maps.
FREYCINET, Louis Claude de Caulces de (1779 – 1841)
FREYCINET, Louis Claude de Caulces de (1779 – 1841) PÉRON, François (1775 – 1810)
LESUEUR, Charles Alexandre (1778 – 1846)
LESUEUR, Charles Alexandre (1778 – 1846) PETIT, Nicolas-Martin (1777 – 1804)
BAUDIN, Nicolas Thomas (1754 – 1803)
BAUDIN, Nicolas Thomas (1754 – 1803)
1808Catalogue of the principal objects of curiosity [in the collection of Edward Donovan] contained in the London Museum and Institute of Natural History, Catherine Street, Strand, now open to the inspection of the public.
DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
1808​–1814American ornithology; or, the natural history of the birds of the United States: Illustrated with plates engraved and colored from original drawings taken from nature. 9 vols.
WILSON, Alexander (1766 – 1813)
WILSON, Alexander (1766 – 1813)
ORD, George
ORD, George
1809Voyages d'un Naturaliste, et ses observations. Faites sur les trois règnes de la Nature, dans plusieurs ports de mer français, en Espagne, au continent de l'Amerique septentrionale, à Saint-Yago de Cuba, et à St.-Domingue, où l'Auteur devenu le prisonnier de 40,000 Noirs révoltés, et par suite mis en liberté par une colonne de l'armée française, donne des détails circonstanciés sur l'expédition du général Leclerc. Dédiés à ... le Comte de Lacépède. 3 vols.
DESCOURTILZ, Michel Étienne (1777 – 1835)
DESCOURTILZ, Michel Étienne (1777 – 1835)
1814Flora Americae septentrionalis; or, a systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America. Containing, besides what have been described by preceding authors, many new and rare species, collected during twelve years travels and residence in that country. 2 vols.
PURSH, Frederick Traugott (1774 – 1820)
1815Natural and statistical view, or picture of Cincinnati and the Miami country, illustrated by maps: With an appendix, containing observations on the late earthquakes, the aurora borealis, and south-west wind.
DRAKE, Daniel (1785 – 1852)
DRAKE, Daniel (1785 – 1852)
1816​–1830Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les artes. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes....Par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi, et des principales écoles de Paris. 60 vols. "M. F. Cuvier est chargé de la direction générale de l'ouvrage."
CUVIER, Georges-Frédéric "Frédéric" (1773 – 1838)
1817​–1848Isis, oder encyclopädische Zeitung (verzüglich für Naturgeschichte, vergleichende Anatomie und Physiologie), VON OKEN. 41 vols.
OKEN, Lorenz (1779 – 1851)
OKEN, Lorenz (1779 – 1851)
1820​–1823Zoological illustrations, or, original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. 3 vols.
SWAINSON, William John (1789 – 1855)
SWAINSON, William John (1789 – 1855)
1821A journal of travels into the Arkansas territory, during the year 1819. With occasional observations on the manners of the aborigines. Illustrated by a map and other engravings.
NUTTALL, Thomas (1786 – 1859)
NUTTALL, Thomas (1786 – 1859)
1824​–1828American entomology, or descriptions of the insects of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. 3 vols.
SAY, Thomas (1787 – 1834)
SAY, Thomas (1787 – 1834)
1826​–1838Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. 6 vols. plus 4 atlases.
DUPERREY, Louis Isidore (1786 – 1865)
DUPERREY, Louis Isidore (1786 – 1865)
LESSON, René Primevère (1794 – 1849)
LESSON, René Primevère (1794 – 1849)
DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César (1790 – 1842)
DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César (1790 – 1842) GARNOT, Prosper (1794 – 1838)
1826Observations on the May-Bug, and its ravages on plum and other trees, and also on the means of preventing the mischief.
GRIFFITH, Mary (1772 – 1846)
1827​–1834Pharmaceutische Waarenkunde mit illuminirten Kupfern nach der Natur gezeichnet von Ernst Schenk. Begonnen von Friedemann Goebel. Fortgesetzt von Gustav Kunze. 14 parts in 2 vols.
GOEBEL, Karl Christian Traugott Friedemann (1794 – 1851)
GOEBEL, Karl Christian Traugott Friedemann (1794 – 1851)
KUNZE, Gustav (1793 – 1851)
KUNZE, Gustav (1793 – 1851) SCHENK, Ernst
1830​–1845Medicinisches Schriftsteller-Lexicon der jetzt lebenden Aerzte, Wundärzte, Geburtschelfer, Apotheker, und Naturforscher aller gebildeten Völker. 33 vols.
CALLISEN, Adolph Carl Peter (1787 – 1866)
CALLISEN, Adolph Carl Peter (1787 – 1866)
1830​–1836American conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America illustrated from coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. 7 parts. Parts 1–6: New Harmony, 1830–1834; Part 7: Philadelphia, 1836.
SAY, Thomas (1787 – 1834)
SAY, Thomas (1787 – 1834)
1832​–1834A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Vol. 1: The land birds. Vol. 2: The water birds.
NUTTALL, Thomas (1786 – 1859)
NUTTALL, Thomas (1786 – 1859)
1832Aeliani de natura animalium libri septemdecim. Verba ad fidem librorum manuscriptorum constituit et annotationibus illustravit Fridericus Jacobs.
AELIANUS, Claudius [Κλαύδιος Αἰλιανός] (175 – 235)
AELIANUS, Claudius [Κλαύδιος Αἰλιανός] (175 – 235)
JACOBS, Friedrich (1764 – 1847)
JACOBS, Friedrich (1764 – 1847)
1832Illustrations of the family of Psittacidæ, or parrots: The greater part of them species hitherto unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic plates, drawn from life, and on stone.
LEAR, Edward (1812 – 1888)
LEAR, Edward (1812 – 1888)
1833​–1866The naturalist's library. Edited by Sir William Jardine. 40 vols.
JARDINE, Sir William (1800 – 1874)
JARDINE, Sir William (1800 – 1874)