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YearTitle & TagsAuthor(s)
c. 512Vienna Dioscorides. Codex Vindobonensis Med. Gr. 1.
1475Buch der Natur.
1484Herbarius latinus.
1491Hortus sanitatis.
1551L'histoire naturelle des estranges poissons marins, avec la vraie peincture & description du daulphin, & de plusieurs autres de son espece.
1551​–1587Historia animalium. 5 vols.
1553De aquatilibus, libri duo cum [epsilon] [iota] conibus ad viuam ipsorum effigiem, quoad eius fieri potuit, expressis.
1554​–1555Libri de piscibus marinis, in quibus verae piscium effigies expressae sunt. (Universae aquatilium pars altera.) 2 vols.
1599​–1667Opera omnia. 13 vols.
1634Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum: Olim ab Edoardo Wottono, Conrado Gesnero, Thomaque Pennio inchoatum: Tandem Tho. Movfeti Londinâtis operâ sumptibusque maximis concinnatum, auctum, perfectum: Et ad vivum expressis iconibus suprà quingentis illustratum.
1648Historia naturalis Brasiliae.
1662​–1669Metamorphosis naturalis, ofte historische beschryvinghe.... 3 vols.
1669Dissertatio epistolica de bombyce.
1675Ephemeri Vita. Of afbeeldingh van 's menschen leven, Vertoont in de Wonderbaarlijcke en nooyt gehoorde Historie van het vliegent ende een-dagh-levent Haft of Oever-aas. Een dierken, ten aansien van sijn naam, over al in Neerlandt bekent.
1676Ornithologiae, libri tres....Totum opus recognovit, digessit, supplevit, Joannis Raius.
1683The anatomy of an horse.
1686De historia piscium libri quatuor.
1699Orang-outang, sive homo sylvestris: Or, the anatomy of a pygmie compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man.
1720Amphitheatrum zootomicum.
1731​–1747The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: Containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants: Particularly, the forest-trees, shrubs, and other plants, not hitherto described, or very incorrectly figured by authors. Together with their descriptions in English and French. To which are added observations on the air, soil and waters: With remarks on agriculture, grain, pulse, roots &c. To the whole is prefixed a new and complete map of the countries treated of. 2 vols.
1731​–1738A natural history of birds. Illustrated with two hundred and five copper plates, curiously engraven from the life. Published by the author Eleazar Albin, and carefully colour'd by his daughter and self, from the originals, drawn from the live birds. 3 vols.
1734​–1765Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissmis expressio per universam physices historiam. 4 vols.
1737​–1738Bybel der Natuure door Jan Swammerdam, Amsteldammer...Biblia naturae; sive historia insectorum, in classes certas redacta, nec non exemplis, et anatomico variorum animalculorum examine, aeneisque tabulis illustrata. Insertis numerosis rariorum naturae observationibus. Omnia lingua Batava, auctori vernacula, conscripta. Accedit praefatio, in qu vitam auctoris descripsit Hermannus Boerhaave... Latinam versionem adscriptsit Hieronimus David Gaubius. 2 vols.
1744Mémoires, pour servir à l’histoire d’un genre de polypes d’eau douce, à bras en forme de cornes.
1749​–1789Histoire naturelle générale et particulière…. 44 vols., plus atlas.
1754The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants, particulary the forest trees, shrubs, and other plants, not hitherto described, or very incorrectly figured by authors. Together with their descriptions in English and French. To which are added, observations on the air, soil, and waters with remarks upon agriculture, grain, pulse, roots, &c. To the whole is prefixed a new and correct map of the countries treated of / by the late Mark Catesby; revised by Mr. [George] Edwards. 2 vols.
1766The anatomy of the horse.
1766The Aurelian or natural history of English insects; namely, moths and butterflies.
1782Natuurkundige verhandelingen van Petrus Camper over den orang outang; en eenige andere aap-soorten. Over den rhinoceros met den dubbelen horen; en over het rendier.
1787Descripcion de diferentes piezas de historia natural las mas del ramo maritimo.
1796An account of Indian serpents collected on the coast of Coromandel: containing descriptions and drawings of each species, together with experiments and remarks on their several poisons.
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.
1800​–1804The natural history of British shells, including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 vols.
1802​–1808The natural history of British fishes, including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species, and an extensive selection of accurately finished coloured plates. Taken entirely from original drawings, purposely made from the specimens in a recent state, and for the most part whilst living. 5 vols.
1805An epitome of the natural history of the insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific oceans: Including the figures and descriptions of one hundred and fifty-three species of the more splendid, beautiful, and interesting insects, hitherto discovered in those countries, and which for the most part have not appeared in the works of any preceding author. The figures are correctly delineated from specimens of the insects; and with the descriptions are arranged according to the Linnæan system, with reference to the writings of Fabricius and other entomologists.
1824​–1842Histoire naturelle des mammifères. 4 vols.
1827​–1838The birds of America. From original drawings by John James Audubon. 4 vols.
1832Memoir on the pearly nautilus (Nautilus pompilius, Linn.).
1836​–1840North American herpetology; or, a description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. 4 vols.
1843​–1856A history of British birds. 3 vols. plus 2 Supplements. (5 vols.)
1845​–1854The viviparous quadrupeds of North America. 2 vols. of plates in folio; 3 vols. 8vo text.
1847A description of the characters and habits of troglodytes gorilla, a new species of orang from the Gaboon River, by Thomas S. Savage; Osteology of the same by Jeffries Wyman.
1856Illustrations of the birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. Intended to contain descriptions and figures of North American birds not given by former American authors, and a general synopsis of North American ornithology. 1853 to 1855.
1860Actinologia Britannica. A history of the British sea-anemones and corals. With coloured figures of the species and principal varieties.
1864​–1865A history of the fishes of the British Islands. 4 vols.
1865Memoir on the Gorilla (Troglodytes Gorilla, Savage).
1872The thanatophidia of India. Being a Description of the venomous snakes of the Indian Peninsula, with an account of the influence of their poison on life and a series of experiments
1873A monograph of the Paradiseidae or birds of paradise.
1899​–1904Kunstformern der Natur.
1966The original water-color paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America. Reproduced in color from the collection at The New York Historical Society. Introduction by Marshall B. Davidson. 2 vols.