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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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 ...

Author

Perrault, Claude, 1613-1688.

Publication

London :: Printed by Joseph Streater and are to be sold by T. Basset, J. Robinson, B. Aylmer, Joh. Southby, and W. Canning,

1688.

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Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.

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Contents

• frontispiece
• title page
• license
• dedication
• THE PUBLISHER To The READER.
• book
  • 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.
  • section
    • 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
• book
  • 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.