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Purpura anglicana [electronic resource] : being a discovery of a shell=fish found on the shores of t...

Purpura anglicana [electronic resource] : being a discovery of a shell=fish found on the shores of t...

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Purpura anglicana [electronic resource] : being a discovery of a shell=fish found on the shores of the Severn in which there is a vein containing a juice giving the delicate and durable tincture of the antient, rich, Tyrian purple, of which it is an undoubted species, the knowledge of which hath been lost for many ages : with experimental observations upon it and figures of the shells / by W.C.

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Purpura anglicana [electronic resource] : being a discovery of a shell=fish found on the shores of the Severn in which there is a vein containing a juice giving the delicate and durable tincture of the antient, rich, Tyrian purple, of which it is an undoubted species, the knowledge of which hath been lost for many ages : with experimental observations upon it and figures of the shells / by W.C.

Publisher

London : Printed by Joseph Streater, MDCLXXXIX [1689]

Date

MDCLXXXIX [1689]

Record Identifier

74VvpGWRzNZM

MMS ID

991005316409702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[2], 9 p., 1 leaf of plates : ill.

Publication information

Publisher

London : Printed by Joseph Streater, MDCLXXXIX [1689]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCLXXXIX [1689]

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Purpura anglicana [electronic resource] : being a discovery of a shell=fish found on the shores of the Severn in which there is a vein containing a juice giving the delicate and durable tincture of the antient, rich, Tyrian purple, of which it is an undoubted species, the knowledge of which hath been lost for many ages : with experimental observati...

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Notes

General note

"First printed at Oxford, in the year 1686, in a large Philosophical transaction, no. 178, now re-printed alone at the desire and for the conveniency of many who are not disposed to buy the book."

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Citation / References Note

Wing C5044.

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 ; 1567:3)

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Record Identifier

74VvpGWRzNZM

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvpGWRzNZM

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MMS ID

991005316409702626