Memoirs for a natural history of animals, containing the anatomical description of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. [electronic resource] : Wherein the constructive fabrick and genuine use of the parts, are exactly and finely delineated in copper plates, and the whole enriched with many curious physical and no less usefull anatomical remarks, being one of the most considerable productions of that academy. Done into English by a fellow of the R.S. To which is added, an account of the measure of a degree of a great circle of the Earth, publish'd by the members of the same academy: English'd by R.W. SRS. With an alphabetical table of the names of the several animals mention'd in this volume. And likewise an alphabetical index to make the work compleat. Publish'd by an order of council of the Royal Society.
1701
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Memoirs for a natural history of animals, containing the anatomical description of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. [electronic resource] : Wherein the constructive fabrick and genuine use of the parts, are exactly and finely delineated in copper plates, and the whole enriched with many curious physical and no less usefull anatomical remarks, being one of the most considerable productions of that academy. Done into English by a fellow of the R.S. To which is added, an account of the measure of a degree of a great circle of the Earth, publish'd by the members of the same academy: English'd by R.W. SRS. With an alphabetical table of the names of the several animals mention'd in this volume. And likewise an alphabetical index to make the work compleat. Publish'd by an order of council of the Royal Society.
Author
Perrault, Claude, 1613-1688.
Uniform Title
Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. English
Publication Details
London : Printed for John Clarke at the Bible and Crown in the Old Change, near St. Austin's Church, 1701.
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
[16],3-267,[13],40p.,plates ; 2⁰.
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Anonymous. By Claude Perrault.
A Fellow of the R.S. = Alexander Pitfield.
R. W. = Richard Waller.
Titlepage in red and black.
With an additional titlepage, engraved.
'The measure of the earth' has separate pagination and register.
Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".
A Fellow of the R.S. = Alexander Pitfield.
R. W. = Richard Waller.
Titlepage in red and black.
With an additional titlepage, engraved.
'The measure of the earth' has separate pagination and register.
Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".
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English Short Title Catalog, T153539.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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