An historical miscellany of the curiosities and rarities in nature and art , [1794-1797]
- Title(s):
- An historical miscellany of the curiosities and rarities in nature and art : comprising new and entertaining descriptions of the most surprising volcanos, caverns, cataracts, whirlpools, waterfalls, earthquakes, thunder, lightning, and other wonderful and stupendous phenomena of nature : forming a rich and comprehensive view of all that is interesting and curious in every part of the habitable world.
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for the proprietor ... and sold by Champante and Whitrow ... and at the British Directory Office ..., [1794-1797].
- Physical Description:
- 5 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsQH45.5 H57 Copy 1[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/581631
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- BEIN 2024 2001: Imperfect: wanting all but volumes 1 and 3. Ownership inscriptions of J. Mazzini Wheeler. From the Peter E. Palmquist papers and photographs.
Plates engraved by Eastgate, John Pass, and J. Barlow; after Peter Stephens and Philip Thicknesse Horn.
Printed by J.W. Myers, No. 2, Paternoster-row, London. - Subject Terms:
- Champante & Whitrow -- Publisher.Curiosities and wonders -- Early works to 1900.Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- [1794–1797].Myers, F. W. -- Printer.Natural history -- Miscellanea.Palmquist, Peter E. -- Ownership.Wheeler, J. M. (Joseph Mazzini,) 1850–1898 -- Autograph.
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