The natural history of Cornwall : The air, climate, waters, rivers, lakes, sea and tides; of the stones, semimetals, Metals, Tin, and the manner of mining; The Constitution of the Stannaries; Iron, Copper, Silver, Lead, and Gold, found in Cornwall. Vegetables, Rare Birds, Fishes, Shells, Reptiles, and Quadrupeds: of the inhabitants, Their Manners, Customs, Plays or Interludes, Exercises, and Festivals; the Cornish Language, Trade, Tenures, and Arts. Illustrated with a new sheet map of the country, and twenty-eight folio copper-plates from Original Drawings taken on the Spot. By William Borlase, A. M. F. R. S. Rector of Ludgvan, and Author of the Antiquities of Cornwall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borlase, William, 1695-1772.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--England--Cornwall (County)--Early works to 1800.

Natural history.

Cornwall (England : County)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Cornwall (England : County).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix,[1],326,[2]p.,plates ) map ;

Other Title:

Natural history of Cornwall.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : printed for the author; by W. Jackson: sold by W. Sandby, at the Ship in Fleet-Street London; and the booksellers of Oxford, MDCCLVIII. [1758]

Notes:

With a list of subscribers and a final leaf of errata.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T139226.

OCLC:

642411531