The animal world display'd. Or, the nature and qualities of living creatures described, under the denominations of, I. Birds, II. Beasts, III. Fishes, IV. Serpents. In which All the necessary and useful Knowledge, contained in the many learned Works, written on this Subject, in different Languages, is familiarly conveyed to the English Reader: and The gross Errors of Ignorant Compilers are carefully avoided. A Work of Entertainment as well as Information. By Frederick Watson. Illustrated with copper-plates, engraved after Original Drawings, taken from the Life.

  • Watson, Frederic.
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MDCCLV. [1755]
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London : printed for R. Baldwin, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLV. [1755]

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xii,283,[5]p.,plates ; 120.

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The second edition, corrected.

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ESTC N33312

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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