WOTTON, Edward (1492 – 1555)
1492 – 1555
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Extract from File:Moffet_Rogers.jpg · William Rogers · Public domain
1552 CE
#281
De differentiis animalium.
Basing his work on Aristotle, Wotton rejected the fantastic additions which had accrued to the writings of the latter during the Middle Ages. His book was beautifully printed but not illustrated. Digital facsimile fro…
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…