Zoology - Pre-Linnean works
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Memoirs for a natural history of animals, containing the anatomical description of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris . Wherein the constructive fabrick and genuine use of the parts, are exactly and finely delineated in copper plates, and the whole enriched with many curious physical and no less usefull anatomical remarks, being one of the most considerable productions of that academy. Done into English by a fellow of the R.S. To which is added, an account of the measure of a degree of a great circle of the Earth, publish'd by the members of the same academy: English'd by R.W. SRS. With an alphabetical table of the names of the several animals mention'd in this volume. And likewise an alphabetical index to make the work compleat. Publish'd by an order of council of the Royal Society.
Perrault, Claude, 1613-1688.Date: 1701- E-books
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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.
Boreman, Thomas, fl. 1730-1743.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]