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New-England's rarities discovered in birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of that country / by John Josselyn, gent ; with an introduction and notes by Edward Tuckerman, M.A

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Author:
Josselyn, John active 1630-1675  Search this
Tuckerman, Edward 1817-1886  Search this
Former owner:
Tucker, Marcia Brady DSI  Search this
Subject:
Josselyn, John active 1630-1675 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 169 pages illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Pre-Linnean works
Early works
Place:
New England
White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)
Date:
1865
Notes:
Title printed in red and black; publisher's device on t.p., head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
Includes reproduction of t.p. of original edition, London, 1672.
"Seventy-five copies printed, medium quarto"--Verso of t.p.
"Boston: Press of John Wilson and Son"--Verso of t.p.
Also available online.
A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the University of Michigan is available from the University of Michigan's Making of America Web site.
SCNHRB copy (39088001536242) has copy no. 19, signed in ink: Wm. Veazie.
SCNHRB copy has the pencilled Tucker collational note on the t.p.
SCNHRB copy quarter bound in modern brown goatskin and dark green paste-paper boards, title in gilt on spine; mylar slip with pencilled '382' tipped-in at back.
Elecresource
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Indians of North America--Medicine  Search this
Zoology, Medical  Search this
Botany, Medical  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
QH104.5.N53 J84 1865
QH104.5.N53J84 1865
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_37367