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An historical miscellany of the curiosities and rarities in nature and art : comprising new and entertaining descriptions of the most surprising volcanos, caverns, cataracts, whirlpools, waterfalls, earthquakes, thunder, lightning, and other wonderful and stupendous phenomena of nature : forming a rich and comprehensive view of all that is interesting and curious in every part of the habitable world.

Published/Created:
London : Printed for the proprietor ... and sold by Champante and Whitrow ... and at the British Directory Office ..., [1794-1797].
Physical Description:
5 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
QH45.5 H57 Copy 1
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates engraved by Eastgate, John Pass, and J. Barlow; after Peter Stephens and Philip Thicknesse Horn.
Printed by J.W. Myers, No. 2, Paternoster-row, London.
Subject Terms:
Champante & Whitrow -- Publisher.
Curiosities and wonders -- Early works to 1900.
Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- [1794-1797].
Myers, F. W. -- Printer.
Natural history -- Miscellanea.
Contributors:
Eastgate, engraver.
Pass, J., engraver.
Barlow, J., engraver.
Stephens, Peter, fl. 1760-1769, ill.
Horn, Philip Thicknesse, ill.
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