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Gualteri; (Charleton), Walter; Exercitationes de Differentii & Nominbus Animalium. Quibus Accedunt Mantissa Anatomica et quaedam de variis Fossilium Generibus..Oxford: At the Sheldonian Theatre, 1677. Small folio, pp. xx, 120, 107, 78, 19, with title page vignette, and engraved text illustrations.
The volume is complete and in a contemporary full calf, raised spine bands, gold titles, edge and corner bumping, early signature inner side of title page, very good.
Charleton's (1619-1707) compilation of the Latin, Greek and English names of the then known fossils, fishes, birds, reptiles, animals and fish includes the characteristics of each specimen.