Philosophical letters between the late learned Mr. Ray and several of his ingenious correspondents, natives and foreigners : to which are added those of Francis Willughby Esq. : the whole consisting of many curious discoveries and improvements in the history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, insects, plants, fossiles, fountains, &c., published by W. Derham, chaplain to His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, and F.R.S

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The instance Philosophical letters between the late learned Mr. Ray and several of his ingenious correspondents, natives and foreigners : to which are added those of Francis Willughby Esq. : the whole consisting of many curious discoveries and improvements in the history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, insects, plants, fossiles, fountains, &c., published by W. Derham, chaplain to His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, and F.R.S represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Instance, Electronic.

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Philosophical letters between the late learned Mr. Ray and several of his ingenious correspondents, natives and foreigners : to which are added those of Francis Willughby Esq. : the whole consisting of many curious discoveries and improvements in the history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, insects, plants, fossiles, fountains, &c., published by W. Derham, chaplain to His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, and F.R.S

Link

• https://archive.org/details/philosophicallet00rayj
• https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6329523M

Title remainder

to which are added those of Francis Willughby Esq. : the whole consisting of many curious discoveries and improvements in the history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, insects, plants, fossiles, fountains, &c.

Statement of responsibility

published by W. Derham, chaplain to His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, and F.R.S

Instantiates

• Philosophical letters between the late learned Mr. Ray and several of his ingenious correspondents, natives and foreigners : to which are added those of Francis Willughby Esq. : the whole consisting of many curious discoveries and improvements in the history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, insects, plants, fossiles, fountains, &c.

Publication

• London, Printed by William and John Innys, printers to the Royal Society, at the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1718

Note

• Signatures: [A]B-3C3D2
• Head- and tail-pieces; initials. Title printed within a double-rule border
• Errata: P. [4] (1st group)
• "List of local words ... Leeds"--P. 321-342
• "A catalogue of Mr. Ray's works"--P. [11] (3rd group)
• "Books printed for William and John Innys"--P. [12] (3rd group)
• Includes index

Extent

1 online resource ([8], 376, [12] pages

Form of item

online

Immediate source of acquisition

Schoyer's Books;

Note

• SCNHRB copy 39088010926475 has bookplates: Ex libris Melvin Edward Jahn; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Cullman Endowment.
• SCNHRB copy has contemporary blind- and gilt-tooled full leather binding with raised bands and marbled endpapers; re-backed.

Other physical details

illustrations)

Record ID

philosophicallet00rayj

Specific material designation

remote