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Author: Perrault, Claude, 1613-1688.
Title: Memoir's for a natural history of animals containing the anatomical descriptions of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris / Englished by Alexander Pitfeild ... ; to which is added an account of the measure of a degree of a great circle of the earth, published by the same Academy and Englished by Richard Waller ...
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Print source: Memoir's for a natural history of animals containing the anatomical descriptions of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris / Englished by Alexander Pitfeild ... ; to which is added an account of the measure of a degree of a great circle of the earth, published by the same Academy and Englished by Richard Waller ...
Perrault, Claude, 1613-1688., Pitfield, Alexander, 1658-1728., Waller, Richard., Académie royale des sciences (France)
London: Printed by Joseph Streater and are to be sold by T. Basset, J. Robinson, B. Aylmer, Joh. Southby, and W. Canning, 1688.
Alternate titles: Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. English
Subject terms:
Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A50576.0001.001
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frontispiece
title page
license
dedication
THE PUBLISHER To The READER.
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MEMOIRES FOR THE NATURAL HISTORY. OF ANIMALS.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the LYON.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A LYON
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF ANOTHER LYON.
section
The Explanation of the Figure of the LYONNESS.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A LYONNESS.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the CAMELION.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A CAMELION
commentary
section
The Explication of the Figure of the DROMEDARY.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A DROMEDARY.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the BEAR.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A BEAR.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the Gazella or Antilope.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF FIVE GAZELLA'S OR ANTILOPE'S.
commentary
section
The Explication of the Figure of the Cat-a-mountain.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A CHAT-PARD OR, CAT-A-MOUNTAIN.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the Sea-Fox.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A SEA-FOX.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the Lupus Cervarius or Lynx.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A LUPUS CERVARIUS OR LYNX.
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The Explication of the Figure of the Castor or Beaver
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A CASTOR OR BEAVER.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the OTTER.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF AN OTTER.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the Civet-Cat.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF TWO CIVET-CATS.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the ELK.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF AN ELK.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the Coati Mondi.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A COATI MONDI.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the SEA-CALF.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A SEA-CALF.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the Barbary Cow.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A BARBARY COW.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the CORMORANT.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A CORMORANT.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the CHAMOIS or GEMP.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A CHAMOIS OR GEMP.
section
The Explanation of the Figure of the Porcupine and Hedgehog.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF SIX PORCUPINES AND TWO HEDGE-HOGS.
section
The Explication of the Figure of two Sapajous and two other Monkeys.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF TWO SAPAJOUS AND TWO OTHER MONKEYS
section
The Explication of the Stagg of Canada, and Hinde of Sardinia.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A STAG OF CANADA AND HINDE OF SARDINIA
addendum
section
The Explication of the Figure of the Pintado
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF TEN PINTADO'S.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the Eagle.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF THREE EAGLES.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the Indian Cock.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF TWO INDIAN COCKS▪
section
The Explication of the Figure of the Bustard.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF SIX BUSTARDS.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the Demoiselles of Numidia.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF SIX DEMOISELLES OF NUMIDIA.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the OSTRICH.
explication
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF EIGHT OSTRICHES.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the CASSOWARY.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A CASSOWAR.
section
The Explication of the Figure of the TORTOISE.
THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF A GREAT INDIAN TORTOISE.
AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE Of the NAMES of the Several ANIMALS Mentioned in this VOLUME.
ERRATA.
AN INDEX OF MATTERS CHIEFLY ANATOMICAL
imprimatur
title page
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THE MEASURE OF THE EARTH.
ARTICLE II.
ARTICLE III.
ARTICLE IV.
ARTICLE V.
ARTICLE VI.
ARTICLE VII.
ARTICLE VIII.
ARTICLE IX.
ARTICLE X.
ARTICLE XI.
ARTICLE XII.
The Description of an Instrument proper for observing the Level.
ARTICLE XIII.
ERRATA.