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, describ'd in the whole book

People / Organizations

• Richard Ware I ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed [by Charles Ackers] for R. Ware, at the Bible and Sun in Amen-Corner, Warwick-Lane, MDCCXXXVIII. [1738] The fourth edition, carefully corrected and amended.; ..

Publication year

1738

ESTC No.

T473661

Grub Street ID

365968

Description

[8], 212 p., plates ; 12°.

Note

Anonymous. By Thomas Boreman

Title page printed in red and black

On the title page the words "beasts, birds, fishes," and "serpents, and insects." are divided by two vertical lines

Most of the plates are included in the pagination and are numbered either as pages or leaves. Frontis. not included in pagination, signed: Printed for R: Ware at Amen corner E. T. Game at the Bible opposite the East End of the new Church on the Strand Drury Lane

Signatures: A]4] B-K]6] L]2

Printed by Charles Ackers; his ledger records 2000 copies printed.