Accession number
PML 62559
Creator
Edwards, George, 1694-1773.
Published
London : Printed for the author, at the Royal College of Physicians ..., MDCCLVIII,-MDCCLXIV. [1758-1764]
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Edward F. Hutton, 197-.
Notes
Plates numbered in succession to those in Edwards' Natural History of Uncommon Birds. Separate Fr. t.p. in each vol.; Fr. text (tr. J. du Plessis) in parallel columns with the English.
Each volume has an added t.p. in English and one in French; imprint from English added title pages.
English and French in parallel columns; v. 1-2 translated into French by J. du Plessis, v. 3 by Edmond Barker.
Considered as a continuation of the author's A natural history of uncommon birds; the main sequence of plates is numbered 211-362 in continuation of the main sequence of the earlier work.
Vol. l: [8], 1-108 p. [51] leaves of plates; v. 2: [12],xxxv, [1], 109-220 p., [50] leaves of plates; v. 3: [8], vii, [1], 221-347, [1] p., [52] leaves of plates.
Contains as an index on p. [327]-347: "A catalogue of the names of the birds, beasts, fishes, insects, plants, &c. contained in Edwards's Natural history of birds, and his Gleanings of natural history, in a generical order."
Each volume has an added t.p. in English and one in French; imprint from English added title pages.
English and French in parallel columns; v. 1-2 translated into French by J. du Plessis, v. 3 by Edmond Barker.
Considered as a continuation of the author's A natural history of uncommon birds; the main sequence of plates is numbered 211-362 in continuation of the main sequence of the earlier work.
Vol. l: [8], 1-108 p. [51] leaves of plates; v. 2: [12],xxxv, [1], 109-220 p., [50] leaves of plates; v. 3: [8], vii, [1], 221-347, [1] p., [52] leaves of plates.
Contains as an index on p. [327]-347: "A catalogue of the names of the birds, beasts, fishes, insects, plants, &c. contained in Edwards's Natural history of birds, and his Gleanings of natural history, in a generical order."
Description
3 v. : col. ill., port. ; 32 cm
Binding
Contemporary calf, gilt.
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