1738 LINNAEUS, Carl (Linné) (1707 – 1778); ARTEDI, Peter (1705 – 1735)
Ichthyologia sive opera omnia de Piscibus....omnia in hoc genere perfectiora, quam antea ulla. Posthuma vindicavit, recognovit, coaptavit & edidit Carolus Linnaeus.
After Artedi's mysterious and premature death by drowning at the age of 30 Linnaeus raised money to pay off Artedi's creditors and obtained his papers. These he published in the present five part work. The five parts …
GMN 7112 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9279
1796 –1800 BANKS, Sir Joseph (1743 – 1820); DRYANDER, Jonas Carlsson (1748 – 1810)
Catalogus bibliothecae historico-naturalis Josephi Banks, auctore Jona Dryander. 5 vols.
Digital facsimile of the 5 vols. from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 7093 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9260
1801 NODIER, Jean Charles Emmanuel (1780 – 1844)
Bibliographie entomologique, ou catalogue raisonné des ouvrages relatifs à l'entomologie et aux insectes, avec des notes critique et l'exposition des méthodes.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 13616 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15896
1846 ENGELMANN, Wilhelm (1808 – 1878)
Bibliotheca historico-naturalis. Verzeichniss der bücher über naturgeschichte, welche in Deutschland, Scandinavien, Holland, England, Frankreich, Italien und Spanien in den jahren 1700-1846 erschienen sind.
Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
GMN 12461 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14694
1848 –1854 AGASSIZ, Louis Jean Rodolphe (1807 – 1873); STRICKLAND, Hugh Edwin (1811 – 1853); JARDINE, Sir William (1800 – 1874)
Bibliographia zoologiae et geologiae. A general catalogue of all books, tracts, and memoirs on zoology and geology by Louis Agassiz. Corrected, enlarged and edited by H. E. Strickland. 4 vols. Vol. 4 edited by Strickland and Jardine.
Digital facsimile of the 4 vols. from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 7092 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9259
1858 CHOULANT, Johann Ludwig (1791 – 1861)
Graphische lncunabeln für Naturgeschichte und Medicin. Enthaltend Geschichte und Bibliographie der ersten naturhistorischen und medicinischen Drucke des XV. und XVI. Jahrhunderts, welche mit illustrirenden Abbildungen versehen sind.
Reprint, Munich, 1924, Hildesheim, 1963.
GMN 6757 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8199
1861 CARUS, Julius Victor (1823 – 1903); ENGELMANN, Wilhelm (1808 – 1878)
Bibliotheca zoologica. Verzeichniss der Schriften über zoologie, welche in den Periodischen werken enthalten und vom Jahre 1846-1860 selbständig erschienen Sind. Mit Einschluss der allgemein-naturgeschichtlichen periodischen und palaeontologischen Schriften. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
GMN 12462 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14695
1878 –1880 COUES, Elliott Ladd (1842 – 1899)
American ornithological bibliography. 4 parts. (Also called "Ornithological bibliography").
This is an exhaustive work up to time of publications, including scientific references to American birds in publications, the titles of which do not indicate any ornithological material. [Pt. 1.] Geological and Geogra…
GMN 11788 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13990
1903 –1940 WOODWARD, Bernard Barham (1853 – 1930); BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) LIBRARY
Catalogue of the books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History). 5 vols. (1903-1915) + 3 vols. Supplement (1922-1940).
The first 5 vols. of the main author catalogue were written by Bernard B. Woodward; the Supplement was written by various members of the library staff. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
GMN 11251 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13448
1916 –1923 DEAN, Bashford (1867 – 1928); EASTMAN, Charles Rochester (1868 – 1918); GUDGER, Eugene Willis (1866 – 1956); HENN, Arthur Wilbur (1890 – 1959)
A Bibliography of fishes by Bashford Dean, enlarged and edited by Charles Rochester Eastman. 3 vols. Vol. 3 extended and edited by Eugene Willis Gudger with the cooperation of Arthur Wilbur Henn.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 7091 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9258
1922 GOODYER, John (1592 – 1664); GUNTHER, Robert William Theodore (1869 – 1940); TRADESCANT, John The Elder (1575 – 1638)
Early British botanists and their gardens, based on unpublished writings of Goodyer, Tradescant, and others
Most of this book concerns John Goodyer, his life, his garden, a detailed 40-page catalogue of Goodyer's library, Goodyer's list of plants, lists of plants grown in English gardens, etc. Digital facsimile from Google …
GMN 12001 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14209
1924 –1929 MEISEL, Max
A bibliography of American natural history. The pioneer century. The role played by the scientific societies; scientific journals; natural history museums and botanic gardens; state geological and natural history surveys; federal exploriing expeditions in the rise and progress of American botany, geology, mineralogy, paleontology and zoology. 3 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 7097 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9264
1924 KELLY, Howard Atwood (1858 – 1943); KRIEGER, Louis Charles Christopher (1873 – 1940)
Catalogue of the mycological library of Howard A. Kelly. Compiled by Louis C. C. Krieger.
The catalogue was prepared for Kelly by Louis Krieger, an eminent mycologist and botanical illustrator. Entries for this library were not numbered; however in his introduction Kelly stated that the library "herewith c…
GMN 11226 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13423
1928 –1975 HORN, Walther Hermann Richard (1871 – 1939); SCHENKLING, Sigmund (1865 – 1946); DERKSEN, W.; GÖLLNER-SCHEIDING, U.
Index litteraturae entomologicae serie I: Die Welt-Literatur über die gesamte Entomologie bis inklusive. Index litteraturae entomologicae series II: von 1864 bis 1900. 9 vols.
The first part, by Horn and Schenkling, was privately published by Horn in 4 vols., 1928-29. The second part, by Derksen and Göllner-Scheiding, was published by the Akademie der Lanwirtschafwissenschaften der DDR in 5…
GMN 11773 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13974
1931 WOOD, Casey Albert (1856 – 1942)
An introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology. Based chiefly on the titles in the Blacker Library of Zoology, the Emma Shearer Wood Library of Ornithology, the Bibliotheca Osleriana and other libraries of McGill University, Montreal.
A comprehensive summary and bibliography of the literature on vertebrate zoology. The first 170 pages are a narrative divided into 19 chapters, plus an index. The remainder is a "partially annotated catalogue" arrange…
GMN 354 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/286
1931 PFEIFFER, Max Adolf (1875 – 1957); MERIAN, Maria Sibylla (1647 – 1717)
Die Werke der Maria Sibylle Merian: bibliographisch Zusammengestellt.
GMN 11777 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13978
1938 ANKER, Jean (1892 – 1957)
Bird books and bird art: An outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology, based principally on the collection of books containing plates with figures of birds and their eggs now in the University Library at Copenhagen and including a catalogue of these works.
This bibliography is distinctive for its very detailed annotations.
GMN 11771 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13972
1942 HASKELL, Daniel Carl (1883 – 1968)
The United States Exploring Expedition and its publications, 1844–1874: A bibliography
Reprinted with additions and corrections from the Bulletin of the New York Public Library of February 1940 and January, July and October 1941.
GMN 9824 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12012
1948 –1949 RONSIL, René (1908 – 1956)
Bibliographie ornithologique française: [Vol.1:] Travaux publies en langue française et en latin en France et dans les Colonies Françaises de 1473 a 1944. [Vol. 2:] Abréviations des titres des publications périodiques cités dans la Bibliographie Ornithologique Française et Index méthodiques et systématiques. 2 vols.
GMN 11770 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13971
1951 NISSEN, Claus (1901 – 1975)
Schöne Fischbücher: kurze Geschichte der ichthyologischen Illustrationen; Bibliographie fischkundlicher Abbildungswerke.
GMN 7114 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9281
1960 LISNEY, Arthur A.
A bibliography of British Lepidoptera, 1608-1799.
Bibliography of British works on butterflies and moths from the early seventeenth to late eighteenth centuries. Includes biographical information on the authors covered. Plates are mainly portraits of the authors.
GMN 10569 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12762
1965 HUARD, Pierre Alphonse (1901 – 1983); WONG, Ming (1926 – 1989)
Bio-bibliographie de quelques médecins naturalistes voyageurs de la marine au début du XIXe siècle. Colloque International sur L'Histoire de la Biologie Marine. Les grandes expéditions scientifiques et la création des laboratoires maritimes. 2-6 septembre 1963. Supplément no. 19 à "Vie et Milieu", pp. 163-223.
GMN 9598 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11785
1966 –1978 NISSEN, Claus (1901 – 1975)
Die zoologische Buchillustration. Ihre Bibliographie und Geschichte. 2 vols.
The most comprehensive history and historical bibliography of zoological illustration.
GMN 358 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/305
1969 –1975 COLE, Francis Joseph (1872 – 1959); EALES, Nellie Barbara (1889 – 1989)
The Cole Library of early medicine and zoology. Catalogue of books and pamphlets. 2 parts.
The library of F.J. Cole (see No. 356). Part 1: 1472-1800 to the present day and Supplement to Part 1.
GMN 6786.15 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8371
1980 FREEMAN, Richard Broke (1915 – 1986)
British natural history books, 1495-1900: A handlist.
A partially annotated listing of all principal natural history books published in the UK from 1495 to 1900.
GMN 11209 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13406
1981 KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887 – 1982); LISTER, Martin (1639 – 1712)
Dr. Martin Lister: A bibliography by Geoffrey Keynes, Kt.
GMN 11681 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13882
1983 –1991 KOPPEL, Suzanne; LÖSCHNER, Renate; KIRCHSTEIN-GAMBER, Birgit
Brasilien-Bibliothek der Robert Bosch GmbH. 2 vols. in 3.
"Vol. I, edited by Susanne Koppel, describes 684 works dating from the discovery of Brazil to the nineteenth century, on history, politics, literature, ethnology, geography, climate, botany, zoology and medicine. The …
GMN 8945 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11124
1986 GUERINI, Anita (1953 – )
Natural history and the new world, 1524-1770. An annotated bibliography of printed materials in the library of the American Philosophical Society.
GMN 7680 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9852
1986 SMIT, Pieter (1925 – ); ENGEL, Hendrik
Hendrik Engel's alphabetical list of Dutch zoological cabinets and menageries . Second, enlarged edition prepared by Pieter Smith with the assistance of A. P. M. Sanders and J. P. F. van der Veer.
Digital facsimile from dwc.knaw.nl at this link. Originally published in Bijdragen tot de dierkunde, v. 27, 1939.
GMN 12999 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15248
1990 BRIDSON, Gavin Douglas Ruthven (1936 – 2008); WHITE, James J.
Plant, animal & anatomical illustration in art & science: A bibliographical guide from the 16th century to the present day.
The first comprehensive listing of primary instructional or "how to draw" books, and non-scientific iconographical "pattern" books, published for artists and designers in the widest range of subjects concerning plants…
GMN 7025 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9192
2002 DAMKAER, David M.
The copedologist's cabinet: A biographical and bibliographical history.
"Copepod crustaceans are the most numerous multicellular animals on earth. They occur in every free-living and parasitic aquatic niche. Copepods have been known since the time of Aristotle, yet there has never been a …
GMN 10078 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12267
2004 SCHLENKER, Rolf (1954 – )
Bibliographie der deutschen vogelkundlichen Literatur von 1480 bis 1850.
GMN 11776 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13977
2004 BEEN, Anita Cavagnaro
Animals & authors in the eighteenth-century Americas: A hemispheric look at the writing of natural history. By Anita Cavagnaro Been with cataloguing records for selected titles prepared by Burton Van Name Edwards.
GMN 13446 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15718
2006 GRINKE, Paul
From Wunderkammer to museum.
Revised and expanded finely printed edition of a rare book catalogue originally issued by Diana Parikian in association with Bernard Quaritch Ltd.
GMN 7571 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9743
2006 VOLBRACHT, Christian (1945 – )
MykoLibri. Die Biliothek der Pilzbücher.
GMN 11772 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13973
2008 BRIDSON, Gavin Douglas Ruthven (1936 – 2008)
The history of natural history: An annotated bibliography. Second edition
First published, New York: Garland, 1994.
GMN 7026 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9193
2011 TAYLOR, Walter Thomas (1951 – )
Aves: A survey of the literature of neotropical ornithology.
Written and beautifully designed and produced by Tom Taylor in an edition limited to 500 copies. Includes many fine color plates.
GMN 10126 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12315
2011 LINNAEUS, Carl (Linné) (1707 – 1778)
Linnaeus Link.
http://www.linnaeuslink.org/search/ "The Linnaeus Link Project is an international collaboration between libraries with significant holdings of Linnaean material. It is funded, maintained and co-ordinated by the Linne…
GMN 13641 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15922
2016 LINNAEUS, Carl (Linné) (1707 – 1778); NYNÄS, Carina; BERGQUIST, Lars (1930 – )
A Linnean kaleidoscope: Linnaeus and his 186 dissertations. 2 vols.
The first comprehensive introduction to all 186 Linnaean dissertations, in the form of short essays (many illustrated) on each dissertation. Most of these dissertations, which were published in Latin, have remained re…
GMN 7526 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9698
2016 TROELSTRA, Anne Sjerp (1939 – )
Bibliography of natural history travel narratives.
The author is a professor of mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics. Besides treatment of earlier literature, this bibliography includes many lesser known 20th century works.
GMN 7964 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10140
