Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum olim ab Edoardo Wottono, Conrado Gesnero, Thomaque Pennio inchoatum ; tandem Tho. Movfeti Londinâtis operâ sumptibusq́[ue] maximis concinnatum, auctum, perfectum ; et ad vivum expressis iconibus suprà quingentis illustratum.
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Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum olim ab Edoardo Wottono, Conrado Gesnero, Thomaque Pennio inchoatum ; tandem Tho. Movfeti Londinâtis operâ sumptibusq́[ue] maximis concinnatum, auctum, perfectum ; et ad vivum expressis iconibus suprà quingentis illustratum.
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Moffett, Thomas, 1553-1604.
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Londini :: ex officinâ typographicâ T[ho.?] Cotes,
1634.
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Entomology -- Early works to 1800.
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"Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum olim ab Edoardo Wottono, Conrado Gesnero, Thomaque Pennio inchoatum ; tandem Tho. Movfeti Londinâtis operâ sumptibusq́[ue] maximis concinnatum, auctum, perfectum ; et ad vivum expressis iconibus suprà quingentis illustratum." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07600.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.
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Praefatio.
DAEdaleo qualicunque remigio evadimus jam tandem ex Equitum Alatorum castris; ubi si dicerem quot me aculeis Minorum gentium Insecta impetiverint, quàm aegrè cerebrum, dextram, oculos (dum singula accuratiùs se∣carem perpenderemque membra) affecerint, sane vulnera recensendo vel ipse deficerem, vel quod absolvere cum animo institui meo, non efficerem. Quare quod strenui bellatores solent, calente adhuc ignotoque vulnere perrumpamus aciem utram{que} & melioribus ausis quan∣tum per vires liceat superemus. Tu magne Deus qui felicissima ingenia in hac minimarum creaturarum synopsi attonita & per∣plexa reddis, vires concede: ut qua tua benignitate Equitatum instruxi, eadem pedestres & impennes has copias sic educam, ut tibi gloriam, reipub: literariae fructum, mihi vero nihil aliud quaesivisse videar, nisi ut operibus his tuis te invenirem. Age igitur Canicula impudens, qui Deum divinamque nescis virtu∣tem: perfer, si potes, Phalangij aut Scorpij morsum; sustine su∣dorem scolopendrae: Erucam pineam deglutito: cum vermibus & lumbricis contendito: pediculos Herodes quantum quantum vales, feros negligito: Tandem senseris ne levissimae armaturae peditem hic merere, qui non tuas corporis animí{que} copias dicto citiùs imminuat, Deique agnitionem ex ore tuo satis usque im∣puro, per ministerium horum eliciat. Sic igitur aciem educo; sic militem nomino.
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...Impennia quae{que} In∣secta sunt.
...velterrestria
...〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉Peda∣torum alia
...Multis pedibus incedunt; ut Eru∣cae, sphondili, Staphlini atque Iulo∣rum gens.