Shelfmark
En.7.33
Author
Childrey, J., 1623 - 1670 (Joshua)
Uniform title
[Britannia Baconica, or the natural rarities of England, Scotland and Wales. French]
Title
Histoire des singularitez naturelles d'Angleterre, d'Escosse, et du Pays de Galles: avec raisonnemens qui expliquent les causes naturelles des choses qui paroissent les plus prodigeuses ... Traduite de l'Anglois de Monsieur Childrey par M. P. B.
Publication, distribution, etc.
A Paris : Chez Robert de Ninville, 1667.
Physical description
[34], 315, [3] p., [1] plate ; 12mo.
Note
Translation (English-French) by P. Briot (i.e. M. P. B.) of "Britannia Baconica", first printed in English, 1660.
Note
Metalcut initials, head-pieces.
Provenance
Ms. note on front flyleaf: NM 2 Oct; label recording bequest to Eton by Nicholas Mann in 1754.
Binding
18th century dark brown sprinkled calf; gold tooled decoration on spine; red and green sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: De.8.23, Ac.6.19, Ac.6.17.
Subject
Natural history Early works to 1800 Great Britain.
Subject
Curiosities and wonders Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Briot, Pierre translator.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--name
Ninville, Robert de, ? - 1688 printer.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
fre eng
Identifier
B9258