Memoir's for a natural history of animals. Containing the anatomical descriptions of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. E€œnglished by Alexander Pitfeild, Fellow of the Royal Society. To which is added an account of the measure of a degree of a great circle of the earth, published by the same Academy, and Englished by Richard Waller, S.R.S.
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- Memoir's for a natural history of animals. Containing the anatomical descriptions of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. E€œnglished by Alexander Pitfeild, Fellow of the Royal Society. To which is added an account of the measure of a degree of a great circle of the earth, published by the same Academy, and Englished by Richard Waller, S.R.S.
- Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. English
- Measure of the earth Memoires for a natural history of animals
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London: printed by Joseph Streater, and are to be sold by T. Basset, at the George in Fleet-Street. J. Robinson, at the Golden Lyon in St. Paul's Church-Yard. B. Aylmer, at the Three Pigeons over against the Royal-Exchange. Joh. Southby, at the Harrow in Cornhil. And by W Canning, in the Temple, MDCLXXXVIII. [1688]
- Publication year
- 1688-1688
- ESTC No.
- R2399
- Grub Street ID
- 107829
- Description
- [16], 3-267, [17], 40 p., [36] leaves of plates : diagrams, ill. ; 2⁰
- Note
- Translation, by Alexander Pitfield, of Perrault, Claude "Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux", with a translation, by Richard Waller, of "Mesure de la terre" (published by L'Académie royale des sciences (France)).
Title page in red and black.
With additional engraved title page (plate): Memoires for a natural history of animals.
Includes index.