Memoir's for a natural history of animals· Containing the anatomical descriptions of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris· Englished 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· Englished 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]
Added name
Pitfield, Alexander, 1658-1728, tr.; Waller, Richard, tr.; Perrault, Claude, 1613-1688. Mesure de la terre. English. ; Académie royale des sciences (France)
Publication year
1688
ESTC No.
R2399
Grub Street ID
107829
Description
[16], 3-267, [17], 40 p., [36] leaves of plates : diagrams, ill. ; 2°.
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

"The measure of the earth:" has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by R. Roberts: ...", pagination and register

Imprimatur on leaf ]2[A]1v: 28. Octobris, 1687. Imprimatur, ... John Hokyns, V.P.R.S

Identified as Wing M1667 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700" reel 795. "The measure of the earth" identified as Wing M1582 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700 reel 1016.