Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c. [electronic resource] : Most of which have not, till now, been either figured or described. With descriptions of seventy different subjects, designed, engraved, and coloured after nature, of fifty copper-plate prints. By George Edwards, fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries, London.

Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c. [electronic resource] : Most of which have not, till now, been either figured or described. With descriptions of seventy different subjects, designed, engraved, and coloured after nature, of fifty copper-plate prints. By George Edwards, fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries, London.

London : Printed for the author, at the Royal College of Physicians, in Warwick-Lane, MDCCLVIII. [1758]

Great Britain -- England -- London.

English

3v.,plates : port. ; 2⁰.

Regarded as a continuation of the author's 'Histoire naturelle d'oiseaux'.
Parallel French and English texts, with the French translation by J. du Plessis (vols. 1-2) and Edmond Barker (vol. 3).
With an additional titlepage in French, 'Glanures d'histoire naturelle', in each volume.
Vols. 2 and 3 are dated 1760 and 1764.
With lists of subscribers in volumes 2 and 3.
Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".

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English Short Title Catalog, N18047.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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