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Published by Leiden, Gronovius 1760
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Gronovius, Laurentius. Bibliotheca regni regni animalis atque lapidei, seu de recensio auctorum et librorum, qui de regno animalis atque lapidei,tracant. Leiden, for the author, 1760. 4to. [4]f + 326p. Contemporary quarter sheep, marbled boards. First edition of this early… influential bibliography of the animal (Excluding man}and mineral kingdoms for the use of students of natural history. The catalogue was edited and published by the Dutch physician and naturalist Gronovius (1730-1777) and includes his own well-known works on fish. An interesting association copy, being a presentation from the editor to the English botanist and physician Peter Collinson (1693-1768), with his ownership inscription on title. Collinson devoted much of his life to the introduction of useful plants from Europe to America and from America to Europe. He corresponded with naturalists throughout Europe, many of whom dedicated works to him, and Linnaeus named the genus 'collinsonia' after him. Several of Collinson's own works are included in the bibliography. Very well preserved. Blake 187 (miscollated). BMC Natural History 640. Cole 1652. Wellcome III, 169. Wood 370. Inscribed by Author(s).
