Descriptions of animals: birds, amphibians, fish, insects, worms

Name: Descriptions of animals: birds, amphibians, fish, insects, worms
Author: Peter Forsskål 1732-1763, Carsten Niebuhr 1733-1815

Title	Descriptions of animals: birds, amphibians, fish, insects, worms
Author	Peter Forsskål 1732-1763, Carsten Niebuhr 1733-1815
Publication Date:	1775
Publication Place	Haunia - Hauniae [Copenhagen] : Ex officina Möller, printer's hall, 1775.
Subject	Faceted Application of Subject Terminology Medicine Medicine, Arab Zoology Arabian Peninsula Egypt Early works Library of Congress Subject Headings Zoology—Egypt Zoology—Arabian Peninsula Medicine, Arab Medicine—Early works to 1800 Zoology Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière Zoologie—Égypte Zoologie—Arabie (Péninsule) Médecine arabe Médecine—Ouvrages avant 1800 Zoologie Art & Architecture Thesaurus zoology Medical Subject Headings Zoology Materia Medica Medicine, Traditional Medicine, Arabic Egypt Show More
Type	Book
Language	Latin
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	164
Physical Dimensions	19, [1], xxxiv, [2], 164 pages, [1] leaf of plates : map (engraving) ; 27 cm
Library:	McGill University Libraries
Library Asset ID	2862383
Record ID	2862383
Library Location	Rare Books/Special Collections
Date	1775
Notes	"Adjuncta est materia medica kahirina atque tabula maris Rubri geographica." Date is immediately after place of publication on title page. Based on notes compiled by Swedish naturalist and pupil of Linnaeus Peter Forsskål, a member of the Danish expedition to Arabia (1761-1767) who died during the journey. Edited for publication by the expedition's sole survivor, Carsten Niebuhr, who also oversaw the separate publication of related illustrations, "Icones rerum naturalium," issued in 1776. (See Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, entry 1412) Frontispiece map of the Red Sea has caption "I. Haas sc." "Materia medica ex officina pharmaceutica Kahirae descripta": pages [141]-164.
Sample Text	which Peter Forskål observed in his journey to the East; published after the death of the author by Carsten Niebuhr.
Yazar Rolü	Author, Editor
Durum	Available
Veritabanı	WorldCat
Tür	Early works Early works to 1800. Ouvrages avant 1800. Early works to 1800
LCCN	06014263
Sahiplik/Koruma Geçmişi	NLM copy, gift inscription on front flyleaf; ownership inscription on title page; stamps of the United States Naval Medical School Library and the U.S. Naval Museum of Hygiene on title page. DNLM
WorldCat Varlığı	View on Worldcat Entities Peter Forsskål Carsten Niebuhr

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Descriptions of animals: birds, amphibians, fish, insects, worms

Author Peter Forsskål 1732-1763, Carsten Niebuhr 1733-1815

Publication Date 1775

Publication Place Haunia - Hauniae [Copenhagen] : Ex officina Möller, printer's hall, 1775.

Subject Faceted Application of Subject Terminology Medicine Medicine, Arab Zoology Arabian Peninsula Egypt Early works Library of Congress Subject Headings Zoology—Egypt Zoology—Arabian Peninsula Medicine, Arab Medicine—Early works to 1800 Zoology Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière Zoologie—Égypte Zoologie—Arabie (Péninsule) Médecine arabe Médecine—Ouvrages avant 1800 Zoologie Art & Architecture Thesaurus zoology Medical Subject Headings Zoology Materia Medica Medicine, Traditional Medicine, Arabic Egypt Show More

Type Book

Language Latin

Digital No

Manuscript No

Pages Count 164

Physical Dimensions 19, [1], xxxiv, [2], 164 pages, [1] leaf of plates : map (engraving) ; 27 cm

Library McGill University Libraries

Library Asset ID 2862383

Record ID 2862383

Library Location Rare Books/Special Collections

Date 1775

Notes "Adjuncta est materia medica kahirina atque tabula maris Rubri geographica." Date is immediately after place of publication on title page. Based on notes compiled by Swedish naturalist and pupil of Linnaeus Peter Forsskål, a member of the Danish expedition to Arabia (1761-1767) who died during the journey. Edited for publication by the expedition's sole survivor, Carsten Niebuhr, who also oversaw the separate publication of related illustrations, "Icones rerum naturalium," issued in 1776. (See Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, entry 1412) Frontispiece map of the Red Sea has caption "I. Haas sc." "Materia medica ex officina pharmaceutica Kahirae descripta": pages [141]-164.

Sample Text which Peter Forskål observed in his journey to the East; published after the death of the author by Carsten Niebuhr.

Yazar Rolü Author, Editor

Durum Available

Veritabanı WorldCat

Tür Early works Early works to 1800. Ouvrages avant 1800. Early works to 1800

LCCN 06014263

Sahiplik/Koruma Geçmişi NLM copy, gift inscription on front flyleaf; ownership inscription on title page; stamps of the United States Naval Medical School Library and the U.S. Naval Museum of Hygiene on title page. DNLM

WorldCat Varlığı View on Worldcat Entities Peter Forsskål Carsten Niebuhr