English

The historie of foure-footed beastes. : Describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their loue and hate

44 unnumbered pages, 757 pages, 15 unnumbered pages : 32 cm (folio) · First word of title ("The") is xylographic · "A table of the names of all the beastes contayned in this hystory, in divers languages": 10 pages at end · Error in pagination: page 56 mis-numbered 59 · Signatures: A⁶ [par.]⁶ 2[par.]⁸ *² B-2V⁶ 3A-3X⁶ 3Y⁸ · The first and last leaf are blank · Largely a translation of book 1 of Gesner's Historia animalium, with additions by Topsell · Title page varies: with cut of hyena (used for sea wolf on p. 749) or of gorgon (most copies; not illustrated in the text pp. 262-3); examples of both at British Library. B1, 2, 5, 6 in 2 settings; B2r catchword: 'they'; B6r line 1: 'crowne' (Huntington Library) or 'gers' and 'Crowne' (Harvard). In some copies (one of the British Library copies, for example) there is an extra leaf after F4 with heading: 'The Picture of the vulger Bugill Folio 57.' (STC)

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