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 InfoEdinburgh : Printed and sold by W. Darling, Advocates Close, M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]
Description8 unnumbered pages, 66, 2 unnumbered pages, 68-148, 1 unnumbered page, 149-168, 168-203, 1 unnumbered page, 206-207 pages, plates : illustrations ; 12⁰.
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Uniform titleDescription of three hundred animals
General noteAnonymous. By Thomas Boreman.
General notePlates are numbered as pages and are part of the register.
General noteThe pagination is irregular.
General notePrice on title page: Price Three Shillings, Bound.
General noteReproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
References English Short Title Catalog, T208706.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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