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BELON, PIERRE. De aquatilibus, Libri duo. 187 woodcut text illustrations. [32], 448 pages. Oblong 8vo, 111x174 mm, contemporary limp vellum, worn, endpapers renewed; varying marginal dampstaining and soiling, scored inscription on title, lower outer corner of several leaves restored affecting only a couple of words on verso of O2, few illustrations traced in ink on other side of the leaf. Paris: Carolus Stephanus, 1553
first edition in latin of Belon's 1551 L'Histoire Naturelle des Estranges Poissons Marins. "The revival of research into animal structure dates from the publication of Belon's work on the anatomy and classification of selected marine 'fishes,' a term under which Belon included the dolphin, the porpoise, and even the hippopotamus"--Norman 179 (original edition). DSB I, 595-96; Garrison-Morton 279; Nissen ZBI 302 (this edition).
