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.

Author/creator Boreman, Thomas
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPaisley : Printed by J. Neilson, for James Lumsden, engraver, Glasgow, M.DCC.XCVI. [1796]
Description4, 4 unnumbered pages, 207 pages, plates ; 12⁰.
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Uniform titleDescription of three hundred animals
General noteAnonymous. By Thomas Boreman.
General notePlates (other than the frontispiece and folding plate) are numbered on recto only, and are included in the pagination.
General noteFirst published in 1730 as 'A description of three hundred animals'.
General noteReproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
References English Short Title Catalog, T164689.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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