The naturalist's and traveller's companion, containing instructions for discovering and preserving objects of natural history, etc / [Anon].

  • Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815
Date:
1772
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The naturalist's and traveller's companion, containing instructions for discovering and preserving objects of natural history, etc / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / T P R E F A C E. TH E experienced Naturalift mull not exped to find much Infor¬ mation in this little Treatife. The \ Author had kept it by him for fome Time in Manufcript, and occafionally given Copies to Sea-faring Perfons, and fuch of his Acquaintance going Abroad, as were defirous of procuring the Natural Produdions of different Countries. But this having neceff farily confined it to a few Individuals, he has been induced to Publilh it, that every Perfon might avail theni- felves of any Inftrudion it affords, his ultimate Defign having been to promote a more general Knowledge of Natural Hiftory, A