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A description of three hundred animals, : viz. beasts, birds, fishes, serpents, and insects. : With a particular account of the manner of their catching of whales in Greenland. / Extracted from the best authors, and adapted to the use of all capacities. ; Illustrated with copper-plates, whereon is curiously engraven every beast, bird, fish, serpent, and insect, described in the whole book..

Accession number
PML 87642
Creator
Boreman, Thomas, active 18th century.
Published
London: : Printed for J. and F. Rivington, Hawes, Clarke and Collins, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, B. Law, F. Newbery, G. Robinson and H. Baldwin., MDCCLXXIV. [1774].
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
The first Newbery edition of Boreman's three hundred animals.
Title in red and black.
Booksellers' advertisements on p. [4] (1st count) and p. 212.
Description
212 p. : numerous engravings, 17 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Contemporary calf. Paper title label on spine.
Classification
Department