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 to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction. Necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets: wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day.
Edward Topsell, Conrad Gessner, John Victor Aspinall (Former owner), George Nassau Clavering-Cowper Cowper (Former owner), George Augustus Clavering-Cowper Cowper (Former owner), Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Clavering-Cowper Cowper (Former owner)
Early works
[44], 757, [15] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 2o.
912897215
First word of title is xylographic
Title page varies: with cut of hyena (used for sea wolf on p. 749) or of gorgon (most copies including the copy in hand; not illustrated in the text pp. 262-3). B1, 2, 5, 6 in 2 settings; B2r catchword: 'they'; B6r line 1: 'crowne' or 'gers' and 'Crowne' (copy in hand has the latter). In some copies although not the present copy there is an extra leaf after F4 with heading: 'The Picture of the vulger Bugill Folio 57.' (STC)
The first leaf and the last leaf are blank. The final leaf is not present in this copy