Hierozoicon, sive De Animalibus Sacrae Scripturae, by Samuel Bochart, Volume 1, 1793; Volume 2, 1794.
- GoogleBooks: Volume 1 - Volume 2
- GoogleBooks PDF: Volume 1 - Volume 2
- GoogleBookstore: Volume 1 - Volume 2
For the longest time, only one volume of Bochart's magnum opus was available at GoogleBooks, but now you can find both volumes of the Hierozoicon. The book is in Latin, with abundant citations of Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. Bochart represents a breadth of scholarship that is only very rarely found nowadays; find out more in this Wikipedia article about him. Systematically, he works his way through all the living creatures mentioned in the Bible, with abundant information and extraordinary detail about each and every one. This was one of the books I always coveted in the History of Science Collections at the University of Oklahoma - and now I have my very own copies in PDF form!
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