PENNY, Thomas (1532 – 1589)
1532 – 1589
1 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source William Rogers · Extract from File:Moffet_Rogers.jpg · Public domain
1634 CE
#288
Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum: Olim ab Edoardo Wottono, Conrado Gesnero, Thomaque Pennio inchoatum: Tandem Tho. Movfeti Londinâtis operâ sumptibusque maximis concinnatum, auctum, perfectum: Et ad vivum expressis iconibus suprà quingentis illustratum.
GESNER, Conrad [Konrad Gessner] (1516 – 1565)
WOTTON, Edward (1492 – 1555) MOFFET, Thomas (Muffet, Mouffet, Moffett) (1553 – 1604) PENNY, Thomas (1532 – 1589) MAYERNE, Théodore Turquet de (1573 – 1654)
Edited for publication, and with an introduction by Théodore de Mayerne. Moffet, or Muffet, travelled extensively in Europe and kept copious notes of his observations on insects. He "first studied silkworms whi…