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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Imprint
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.