The civil and natural history of Jamaica. [electronic resource] : In three parts. Containing, I. An accurate description of that island, its situation and soil; with a brief account of its former and present state, government, revenues, produce, and trade. II. A history of the natural productions, including the various sorts of native fossils; perfect and imperfect vegetables; quadrupedes, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; with their properties and uses in mechanics, diet, and physic. III. An account of the nature of climates in general, and their different effects upon the human body; with a detail of the diseases arising from this source, particularly within the tropics. In three dissertations. The whole illustrated with fifty copper-plates: in which the most curious productions are represented of the natural size, and delineated immediately from the objects. By Patrick Browne, M.D.
1756
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The civil and natural history of Jamaica. [electronic resource] : In three parts. Containing, I. An accurate description of that island, its situation and soil; with a brief account of its former and present state, government, revenues, produce, and trade. II. A history of the natural productions, including the various sorts of native fossils; perfect and imperfect vegetables; quadrupedes, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; with their properties and uses in mechanics, diet, and physic. III. An account of the nature of climates in general, and their different effects upon the human body; with a detail of the diseases arising from this source, particularly within the tropics. In three dissertations. The whole illustrated with fifty copper-plates: in which the most curious productions are represented of the natural size, and delineated immediately from the objects. By Patrick Browne, M.D.
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Browne, Patrick, 1720?-1790.
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London : Printed for the author; and sold by T. Osborne, and J. Shipton, in Gray's-Inn, MDCCLVI. [1756]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[6],viii,503,[1]p.,plates : maps ; 2⁰.
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With a half-title, "A catalogue of the authors" and a list of subscribers.
Mixed chainlines.
Catchword p. 3: to.
A variant has pp. 1-12 revised and reset; catchword p. 3: command.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Mixed chainlines.
Catchword p. 3: to.
A variant has pp. 1-12 revised and reset; catchword p. 3: command.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Sabin, 8670
English Short Title Catalog, T89757.
English Short Title Catalog, T89757.
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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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