Glanures d'histoire naturelle, consistant en figures de quadropedes, d'oiseaux, d'insectes, de plantes, &c. ... et colorés d'après nature, en cinquante planches. Par George Edwards, ... Et traduit de l'Anglois par J. du Plessis,

People / Organizations

• George Edwards (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for the author, 1758-64

Publication year

1758-1764

ESTC No.

T142300

Grub Street ID

189707

Description

3v.([8],347,[1]p.),plates : port. ; 4°.

Note

Part 1 is dated 1758, part 2 1760 and part 3 1764

Parallel English and French titlepages and texts

Imprint from the English titlepage

The plates (excluding the frontispiece in part 1) are numbered 211-362, continuing the plate sequence of Edwards's 'A natural history of birds', London, 1743-51

With lists of subscribers in parts 2 and 3

Part 3 translated by Edmond Barker

Each titlepage differs slightly

The list of subscribers in part 2 names Edward Say as "printer of this work"; the headpiece of the preface in parts 2 and 3 is identical.