The rarities of the world [electronic resource] : containing rules and observations touching the beg...
The rarities of the world [electronic resource] : containing rules and observations touching the beginning of kingdoms and common-wealths, the division of the ages, and the memorable things that happened in them, why men lived longer in those days than in these present times : also the opinion of the great emperours, and Egyptians, touching the life of man, and the strange things that have befallen kings and princes : with excellent discourses of creatures bred in the sea, to the likenesse of man, and others on earth / first written in Spanish by Don Petrus Messie ; afterward translated into French ; and now into English, by J.B. ...
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London : Printed by B.A., 1651 ; Printed by Bernard Alsop ..., 1650.
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Date
1651 ; 1650.
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English
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[8], 134, [1] p.
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Publisher
London : Printed by B.A., 1651 ; Printed by Bernard Alsop ..., 1650.
Analytical title
Wonders of the world, or, rarities since the creation.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1651 ; 1650.
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The rarities of the world [electronic resource] : containing rules and observations touching the beginning of kingdoms and common-wealths, the division of the ages, and the memorable things that happened in them, why men lived longer in those days than in these present times : also the opinion of the great emperours, and Egyptians, touching the lif...
Variant title
Wonders of the world, or, rarities since the creation.
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General note
Translation of author's Silva de varia leción.
Running title: The wonders of the world, or, rarities since the creation.
Translator's dedication signed: Joshua Baildon.
Second imprint from colophon.
Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.
Citation / References Note
Wing M1956.
Additional physical form availability note
Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/57.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1639:20)
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74VvXP6px8Rb
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991010901089702626
