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A description of above three hundred animals : Viz. beasts, birds, fishes, serpents, and insects. With a particular account of the manner of catching whales in Greenland. Extracted from the best authors, and adapted to the use of all capacities. Illustrated with copperplates. Whereon is curiously engraven every beast, bird, fish, serpent, and insect, described in the whole book.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Boreman, Thomas, active 18th century.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
Standardized Title:
Description of three hundred animals
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Zoology.
Physical Description:
4 pages, 4 unnumbered pages,207 pages,plates ; 12⁰
Place of Publication:
Paisley : Printed by J. Neilson, for James Lumsden, engraver, Glasgow, M.DCC.XCVI. [1796]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Notes:
Anonymous. By Thomas Boreman.
Plates (other than the frontispiece and folding plate) are numbered on recto only, and are included in the pagination.
First published in 1730 as 'A description of three hundred animals'.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T164689.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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