02859ctm a2200505 a 4500 20842965 20250607092534.6 190207q17351773xx 000 0 lat 20842965 7 cbc orignew 2 ncip 20 y-genrareb he18 2019-02-07 he18 2019-02-12 LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-644, LCAPM-893 2018656155 DLC eng DLC dcrmmss pcc e-ne--- a-io--- s-sr--- QL618.15 .A78 1735 Artedi, Peter, 1705-1735, author. Manuscriptum ichthyologicum quod Petrus Artedi elaboravit in usum Thesauri Sebani : manuscript. [Amsterdam?], [between 1735 and 1773] 1 volume (82 pages) ; 25 x 19 cm (4to) text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Peter Artedi, known as the "father of ichthyology," was a colleague of (and possible influence on) Linnaeus. Notes made by Artedi on the fish-specimen collection of Albertus Seba, posthumously incorporated into volume 3 of the latter's Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri. Describes the fishes found in Ambon and Suriname, arranged by genus and species. Title from title page. Copied by Rob. Wilh. van Homrigh and given away 1773. Cf. note on verso of front free endpaper. Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillilpps (Phillipps MS 8328); received by the Bureau of Fisheries Library on September 13, 1899 (per ink stamp on t.p.). Date of acquisition by LC unknown. Date of production conjectured from year in which Artedi worked with Albertus Seba (1735) and year of donation by van Homrigh (1773). Bound in full tree calf with gilt-tooled ornamental borders and centerpieces; gilt-tooled ornaments on spine; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Described in Daniel Merriman, "A Rare Manuscript Adding to Our Knowledge of the Work of Peter Artedi," Copeia, July 8, 1941, pages 64-69. Fishes Catalogs and collections Netherlands Amsterdam. Fishes Classification Early works to 1800. Ichthyology Early works to 1800. Fishes Indonesia Ambon. Fishes Suriname. Collection catalogs. lcgft https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2017027228 Seba, Albertus, 1665-1736. Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri. Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner. United States. Bureau of Fisheries, former owner. Page view rbc0001 2019gen56155 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/General.56155 rbc/scd rbc/rbc rbc/digital/rbc