A general natural history; or, new and accurate descriptions of the animals, vegetables and minerals, of the different parts of the world; with their virtues and uses, as far as hitherto certainly known, in medicine and mechanics ... Including the history of the materia medica, pictoria, and tinctoria, of the present and earlier ages ... with a great number of figures, elegantly engraved / by John Hill.

  • Hill, John, 1714?-1775.
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M.DCC.XLVIII-M.DCC.LII. [1748-1752]
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A general natural history; or, new and accurate descriptions of the animals, vegetables and minerals, of the different parts of the world; with their virtues and uses, as far as hitherto certainly known, in medicine and mechanics ... Including the history of the materia medica, pictoria, and tinctoria, of the present and earlier ages ... with a great number of figures, elegantly engraved / by John Hill. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

London : Printed for Thomas Osborne, M.DCC.XLVIII-M.DCC.LII. [1748-1752]

Physical description

3 volumes, color plates : color illustrations, folded table ; (folio)

References note

ESTC T40566
Henrey, 809

Notes

Vol. 3 lacks general title page; contents on verso of t.p. list it as volume 3.

Contents

v. 1. The history of fossils -- v. 2. A history of plants -- v. 3. An history of animals

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  • Complete set

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  • Vol. 1

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    EPB/D/28703.v1
  • Vol. 2

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    EPB/D/28703.v2
  • Vol. 3

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    EPB/D/28703.v3

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