The Curious and the Bizarre
What do deep sea monsters, Edger Allen Poe, and Shakespeare have in common? They're all in this collection of Biodiversity Heritage Library materials showcasing some of the strangest books this library has to offer.
Literature 19 rész
P. Gasparis Schotti, regis curtani ... Physica curiosa, sive, Mirabilia naturæ et artis libris XII. comprehensa :
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6. rész
By: Schott, Gaspar, 1608-1666
Publication Details: Herbipoli :Sumptibus Johannis Andreæ Endteri & Wolfgangi Jun. hæredum, excudebat Jobus Hertz ...,1662.
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Publication Details: Herbipoli :Sumptibus Johannis Andreæ Endteri & Wolfgangi Jun. hæredum, excudebat Jobus Hertz ...,1662.
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The great sea-serpent.
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2. rész
By: Oudemans, A. C. (Anthonie Cornelis), 1831-1895
Publication Details: Leiden :E. J. Brill;[1892]
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Publication Details: Leiden :E. J. Brill;[1892]
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Ulyssis Aldrovandi ...
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1. rész
By: Aldrovandi, Ulisse, 1522-1605 - Ambrosini, Bartolommeo, 1588-1657 , ed.
Publication Details: Bononiæ,apud C. Ferronium,1640.
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Publication Details: Bononiæ,apud C. Ferronium,1640.
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An essay towards a natural history of serpents :
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19. rész
By: Owen, Charles, 1746
Publication Details: London :Printed for the author, sold by John Gray ...,1742.
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Publication Details: London :Printed for the author, sold by John Gray ...,1742.
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Conr. Gesneri Tigurini medicinæ et philosophiae professoris in Schola Tigurina, Historiæ animalium liber II :, Lib.2;5 (1586-1587)
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17. rész
Volume: Lib.2;5 (1586-1587)
By: Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565 - Cambier, Robert, ca 1598 , publisher. - Wechel, Johann, 1593 , printer.
Publication Details: Francofurdi :Ex officina typographica Ioannis Wecheli : Impensis Roberti Cambieri,1586.
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By: Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565 - Cambier, Robert, ca 1598 , publisher. - Wechel, Johann, 1593 , printer.
Publication Details: Francofurdi :Ex officina typographica Ioannis Wecheli : Impensis Roberti Cambieri,1586.
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Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri :, pt.1;3;2 (1657) [Incomplete]
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13. rész
Volume: pt.1;3;2 (1657) [Incomplete]
By: Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 - Castelli, Pietro, ca 1657 , Hyaena odorifera. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de quadripedibus libri. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de avibus libri VI. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de exanguibus aquaticis libri IV. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de serpentibus libri II. - Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644 - Merian, Matthaeus, 1621-1687 , ill. - Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650 , publisher.
Publication Details: Amstelodami :Apud Ioannem Iacobi Fil. Schipper,MDCLVII [1657]
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By: Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 - Castelli, Pietro, ca 1657 , Hyaena odorifera. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de quadripedibus libri. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de avibus libri VI. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de exanguibus aquaticis libri IV. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de serpentibus libri II. - Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644 - Merian, Matthaeus, 1621-1687 , ill. - Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650 , publisher.
Publication Details: Amstelodami :Apud Ioannem Iacobi Fil. Schipper,MDCLVII [1657]
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Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri :, pt.5;4;2;3 (1657) [Incomplete]
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12. rész
Volume: pt.5;4;2;3 (1657) [Incomplete]
By: Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 - Castelli, Pietro, ca 1657 , Hyaena odorifera. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de quadripedibus libri. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de avibus libri VI. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de exanguibus aquaticis libri IV. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de serpentibus libri II. - Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644 - Merian, Matthaeus, 1621-1687 , ill. - Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650 , publisher.
Publication Details: Amstelodami :Apud Ioannem Iacobi Fil. Schipper,MDCLVII [1657]
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By: Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 - Castelli, Pietro, ca 1657 , Hyaena odorifera. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de quadripedibus libri. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de avibus libri VI. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de exanguibus aquaticis libri IV. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de serpentibus libri II. - Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644 - Merian, Matthaeus, 1621-1687 , ill. - Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650 , publisher.
Publication Details: Amstelodami :Apud Ioannem Iacobi Fil. Schipper,MDCLVII [1657]
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Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri :, [pt.5] (1657)
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11. rész
Volume: [pt.5] (1657)
By: Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 - Castelli, Pietro, ca 1657 , Hyaena odorifera. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de quadripedibus libri. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de avibus libri VI. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de exanguibus aquaticis libri IV. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de serpentibus libri II. - Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644 - Merian, Matthaeus, 1621-1687 , ill. - Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650 , publisher.
Publication Details: Amstelodami :Apud Ioannem Iacobi Fil. Schipper,MDCLVII [1657]
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By: Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 - Castelli, Pietro, ca 1657 , Hyaena odorifera. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de quadripedibus libri. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de avibus libri VI. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de exanguibus aquaticis libri IV. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de serpentibus libri II. - Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644 - Merian, Matthaeus, 1621-1687 , ill. - Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650 , publisher.
Publication Details: Amstelodami :Apud Ioannem Iacobi Fil. Schipper,MDCLVII [1657]
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Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri :, pt.6 (1657)
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10. rész
Volume: pt.6 (1657)
By: Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 - Castelli, Pietro, ca 1657 , Hyaena odorifera. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de quadripedibus libri. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de avibus libri VI. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de exanguibus aquaticis libri IV. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de serpentibus libri II. - Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644 - Merian, Matthaeus, 1621-1687 , ill. - Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650 , publisher.
Publication Details: Amstelodami :Apud Ioannem Iacobi Fil. Schipper,MDCLVII [1657]
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By: Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 - Castelli, Pietro, ca 1657 , Hyaena odorifera. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de quadripedibus libri. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de avibus libri VI. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de exanguibus aquaticis libri IV. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III. - Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675 , Historiae naturalis de serpentibus libri II. - Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644 - Merian, Matthaeus, 1621-1687 , ill. - Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650 , publisher.
Publication Details: Amstelodami :Apud Ioannem Iacobi Fil. Schipper,MDCLVII [1657]
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Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio, per universam physices historiam :, t.1 (1734)
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9. rész
Volume: t.1 (1734)
By: Seba, Albertus, 1665-1736 - Boerhaave, Herman, 1668-1738 - Gaubius, Hieronymus David, 1705?-1780 - Massuet, Pierre, 1698-1776 - Jancourt, L. - Musschenbroek, Petrus van, 1692-1761 - Artedi, Peter, 1705-1735 - Tanjé, P., 1706-1761 , ill.
Publication Details: Amstelaedami :Apud J. Wetstenium, & Gul. Smith, & Janssonio-Waesbergios,1734-1765.
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By: Seba, Albertus, 1665-1736 - Boerhaave, Herman, 1668-1738 - Gaubius, Hieronymus David, 1705?-1780 - Massuet, Pierre, 1698-1776 - Jancourt, L. - Musschenbroek, Petrus van, 1692-1761 - Artedi, Peter, 1705-1735 - Tanjé, P., 1706-1761 , ill.
Publication Details: Amstelaedami :Apud J. Wetstenium, & Gul. Smith, & Janssonio-Waesbergios,1734-1765.
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Petri Bellonii Cenomani De aquatilibus,
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5. rész
By: Belon, Pierre, 1517?-1564 - Fischer, P.-H. , Sur les mollusques ©num©r©s ou d©crits par Pierre Bellon (1553).
Publication Details: Parisiis,Apud C. Stephanum,1553.
Contributed By: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Publication Details: Parisiis,Apud C. Stephanum,1553.
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Shadows in the sea:
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4. rész
By: McCormick, Harold W. (Harold Weber), 1903-
Publication Details: Philadelphia,Chilton Books[1963]
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Publication Details: Philadelphia,Chilton Books[1963]
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The conchologist's text-book,
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3. rész
By: Brown, Thomas, 1785-1862 - Scott, Robert, 1777-1841 , engraver. - Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 , Conchologist's first book. - Roper, Clyde F. E., 1937-
Publication Details: Edinburgh,A. Fullarton;1833.
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Publication Details: Edinburgh,A. Fullarton;1833.
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Book of monsters,
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18. rész
By: Fairchild, David, 1869-1954 - Fairchild, Marian Hubbard (Bell)
Publication Details: Washington,National Geographic Society,1914.
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Publication Details: Washington,National Geographic Society,1914.
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Extinct monsters :
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16. rész
By: Hutchinson, H. N. (Henry Neville), 1856-1927 - Smit, Joseph, 1836-1929 - Woodward, Henry, 1832-1921
Publication Details: London :Chapman & Hall,1896.
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Publication Details: London :Chapman & Hall,1896.
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Extinct monsters and creatures of other days :
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15. rész
By: Hutchinson, H. N. (Henry Neville), 1856-1927 - Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 - Smit, Joseph, 1836-1929 - Woodward, Alice B.,
Publication Details: London :Chapman & Hall,1910.
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Publication Details: London :Chapman & Hall,1910.
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Histoire naturelle, t.102=Mollusques t.2 (1802)
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14. rész
Volume: t.102=Mollusques t.2 (1802)
By: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788 - Sonnini, C. S. (Charles Sigisbert), 1751-1812 , editor - Denys de Monfort, Pierre, approximately 1768- - Brisseau-Mirbel, C.-F. (Charles-François), 1776-1854 - Roissy, Félix de, 1771-1843 - La Cépède, M. le comte de (Bernard Germain Etienne de La Ville sur Illon), 1756-1825 - Daudin, F. M. (François Marie), 1774-1804 - Latreille, P. A. (Pierre André), 1762-1833 - Sue, P. (Pierre), 1739-1816 - Jolyclerc, N. (Nicolas), 1817
Publication Details: Paris :F. Dufart,1799-1808 ;
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By: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788 - Sonnini, C. S. (Charles Sigisbert), 1751-1812 , editor - Denys de Monfort, Pierre, approximately 1768- - Brisseau-Mirbel, C.-F. (Charles-François), 1776-1854 - Roissy, Félix de, 1771-1843 - La Cépède, M. le comte de (Bernard Germain Etienne de La Ville sur Illon), 1756-1825 - Daudin, F. M. (François Marie), 1774-1804 - Latreille, P. A. (Pierre André), 1762-1833 - Sue, P. (Pierre), 1739-1816 - Jolyclerc, N. (Nicolas), 1817
Publication Details: Paris :F. Dufart,1799-1808 ;
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Natural history in Shakespeare's time;
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8. rész
By: Seager, H. W. (Herbert West), 1848-
Publication Details: London :E. Stock,1896.
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Publication Details: London :E. Stock,1896.
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Nomenclator aquatilium animantium.
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7. rész
By: Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565
Publication Details: Tiguri :Excudebat Christoph. Froschoverus,1560.
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Publication Details: Tiguri :Excudebat Christoph. Froschoverus,1560.
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