A description of a great variety of animals and vegetables [electronic resource] : viz. beasts, bird...
A description of a great variety of animals and vegetables [electronic resource] : viz. beasts, birds, fishes, insects, plants, fruits, and flowers. Extracted from the most considerable writers of natural history; and adapted to the use of all capacities, but more particularly for the entertainment of youth. Being a supplement to A description of three hundred animals. Illustrate with above ninety copper plates, whereon is curiously engraven every animal and vegetable described in the whole book. .
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London : printed [by John Tilly] for F. Gyles in Holbourn, and are to be sold by Mess. Bettesworth and Hitch in Pater-Noster-Row, and S. Birt in Ave-Mary-Lane, MDCCXXXVI. [1736]
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MDCCXXXVI. [1736]
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English
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[4],137,[3]p.,plates ; 12°.
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London : printed [by John Tilly] for F. Gyles in Holbourn, and are to be sold by Mess. Bettesworth and Hitch in Pater-Noster-Row, and S. Birt in Ave-Mary-Lane, MDCCXXXVI. [1736]
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England
Date Published
MDCCXXXVI. [1736]
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A description of a great variety of animals and vegetables [electronic resource] : viz. beasts, birds, fishes, insects, plants, fruits, and flowers. Extracted from the most considerable writers of natural history; and adapted to the use of all capacities, but more particularly for the entertainment of youth. Being a supplement to A description of t...
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General note
A reissue, with a cancel titlepage, of the original edition.
Anonymous. By Thomas Boreman.
Printer's name from colophon.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The cancel title was printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1000 copies printed.
Citation / References Note
ESTC T135787.
Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 2324.
Additional physical form availability note
Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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74VvjepdaJyM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvjepdaJyM
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991015312109702626
