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Mark Catesby

(Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749)

Mark Catesby (24 March 1683 – 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World. Between 1729 and 1747, Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. It included 220 plates of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, mammals and plants. (From Wikipedia)

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Mark Catesby: The Colonial Audubon (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1961), by George Frederick Frick and Raymond Phineas Stearns (page images at HathiTrust)

Books by Mark Catesby:

Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749: The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands (based on the 2-volume first edition, published 1731-1743), ed. by Louise Hope (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749: The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands (2 volumes; London: C. March, 1754) (page images at Wisconsin)

Additional books by Mark Catesby in the extended shelves:

Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749: Hortus Britanno-Americanus: or, A curious collection of trees and shrubs, the produce of the British Colonies in North America; adapted to the soil and climate of England ... (Printed by W. Richardson and S. Clark for J. Ryall, 1763) (page images at HathiTrust)
Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749: Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame vogelen : benevens eenige vreemde dieren en plantgewassen, in 't engelsch naauwkeurig beschreeven en naar 't leven met kleuren afgebeeld (J.C. Sepp, 1772), also by George Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)

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