Volume 1

The history of British fishes / [Robert Hamilton].

Hamilton, Robert, M.D.

Date:: [1876]

Credit: The history of British fishes / [Robert Hamilton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$was probably in part through the Cardinal’s Influence that Rondelct was appointed Regius Professor of Medicine at Montpellier in 1545, as successor to Pierre Laurent de St. Catherine; but the duties which this appointment involved, appear to have in no way interfered with his attendance on his patron, for Rondolet accompanied hiiti in the numerous journeys he made through various parts of Europe on state affairs. It was the opportunities thus afforded him that enabled our naturalist to collect materials from so many quarters for his work on fishes. The interest the Cardinal took in the sub- ject, and the facilities obtained by the author, through his means, for prosecuting it, induced him to dedicate the work to Toumon, and we find him addressed, in one part of the dedication, nearly in the following terms: “ In such a work, great e.xpense must be incurred in employing painters, engravers, and other artificers, in diligently examin- ing different places, and in visiting and conversing with learned •men who are familiar with the subject treated of, in order to obtain the advantage of their judgment and experience in determining certain points. All these objects I have attained through your means, b’or wlicn I wsited France, Upper Germany, and Italy in your company, receiving every aid from your liberality and kindness, I spent all my leisure time in collecting every tiring relating to the work I had begun on Fishes, enjoying at the same time the judgment and advice of the learned men dra\vn around you by your well knoNvn gene-$

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