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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

Date 1758

Subject Terms Cornwall (England : County) -- Description and travel. -- Early works to 1800.

1. The natural history of Cornwall : the air, climate, waters, rivers, lakes, sea and tides ; of stones, semimetals, metals, tin, and manner of mining ; the constitution of the stannaries ; iron, copper, silver, lead, and gold, found in Cornwall. Vegetables, rare birds, fishes, shells, reptiles, and quadrupeds : of the inhabitants, their manners, customs, plays or interludes, exercises, and festivals ; the Cornish language, trade, tenures, and arts. Illustrated with a new sheet map of the county, and twenty-eight folio copper-plates from original drawing taken on the spot / by William Borlase, A.M. F.R.S. Rector of Ludgvan, and author of the Antiquities of Cornwall.

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Creator:: Borlase, William, 1695–1772
Date:: MDCCLVII [1758]
Physical Description:: xix, 326 p., XXIX leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts