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A jerboa standing in the desert next to an inscribed stone with pyramids in the background. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.
Edwards, George, 1694-1773.Date: 1752Reference: 40397i- Books
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A natural history of birds. Most of which have not been figur'd or describ'd, and others very little known from obscure or too brief Descriptions without Figures, or from Figures very ill design'd. Containing the figures of sixty birds and two quadrupedes, engrav'd on fifty-two copper plates, after curious Original Drawings from Life, and exactly colour'd. With full and accurate Descriptions. By George Edwards.
Edwards, George, 1694-1773.Date: M.DCC.XLIII. [1743]- Pictures
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Left, the Patagonian penguin; right, the Magellanic penguin. Coloured etching by J. Pass after G. Edwards.
Edwards, George, 1694-1773.Date: 18 March 1797Reference: 578671i- Pictures
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The spectacle fly and the Egyptian jerboa; pyramids in the background. Etching by J. Pass, 1803, after G. Edwards.
Edwards, George, 1694-1773.Date: 6 June 1803Reference: 578666i- Books
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants: particulary the forest-trees, shrubs, and other plants, not hitherto described, or very incorrectly figured by authors. Together with their descriptions in English and French. To which are added observations on the air, soil, and waters: with remarks upon agriculture, grain, pulse, roots, &c. To the whole is prefixed a new and correct map of the countries treated of / Revised by Mr. Edwards. Histoire naturelle de la Caroline, de la Floride, & des iles de Bahama.
Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749.Date: 1754- Books
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands ... particularly, the forest-trees, shrubs, and other plants. Containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants, particularly, those not hitherto described, or incorrectly figured by former authors. Together with their descriptions in English and French. To which are added observations on the air, soil, waters: with remarks upon agriculture, grain, pulse, roots, &c. To which is prefixed, a new and correct map of the countries ; with observations on their natural state, inhabitants, and productions / by the late Mark Catesby. Revised by Mr. Edwards ; ... to the whole is now added a Linnæan index of the animals and plants.
Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749.Date: 1771- Books
George Edwards : the bedell and his birds / by A. Stuart Mason.
Mason, A. Stuart (Adair Stuart), 1919-Date: [1992], ©1992- Books
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Characters by Lord Chesterfield contrasted with characters of the same great personages by other respectable writers. Also letters to Alderman George Faulkner, Dr. Madden, Mr. Sexton, Mr. Derrick, and the Earl of Arran. Intended as an appendix to His Lordship's miscellaneous works.
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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The world. By Adam Fitz-Adam.
Date: MDCCLV [1754]-[1757]