Miscellaneous tracts relating to natural history, husbandry, and physick : to which is added The calendar of flora / by Benj. Stillingfleet.

Format:

Microformat

Contributor:

Stillingfleet, Benjamin, 1702-1771.

Series:

Landmarks of science.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 391 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

6x9 in.

monochrome

service copy

positive

Edition:

Second edition corrected and augmented with additional notes throughout, particularly on some of the English grasses.

Place of Publication:

London : R. and J. Dodsley, S. Baker, and T. Payne, 1762.

Contents:

An oration concerning the necessity of travelling in one's own countrey / by Dr. Linnaeus

The conomy of nature / by Isaac J. Biberg

On the foliation of trees / by Harald Barck

Of the use of curiosity / by Christopher Gedner

Obstacles to the improvement of physic / by Joh. Georg. Beyerstein

The calendar of flora, Swedish and English / [by Alexand. Mal. Berger, Benjamin Stillingfleet, and Theophrastus]

The Swedish Pan / by Nicholas Hasselgren

Observations on grasses / [by Benjamin Stillingfleet].

Notes:

Chiefly selections from Linnaeus and his colleagues.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Master microform held by: Readex.

Microopaque. New York, N.Y. : Readex Microprint Corporation, 1972. 5 microopaques ; 15 x 23 cm. (Landmarks of science).

OCLC:

8705257