Research Catalog

Title

A system of natural history, adapted for the instruction of youth, in the form of a dialogue / Originally written in German, by Prof. Raff of Goettingen; now first translated into English ...

Author

Raff, Georg Christian, 1748-1788.

Publication

London : Printed for J. Johnson, and G. G. & J. Robinson; and for G. Mudie and Son, Edinburgh, 1796.

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Additional Authors

• Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809.
• G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England) pbl
• G. Mudie and Son (Edinburgh, Scotland) pbl

Description

2 v. : ill.; 18 cm.

Subjects

• Natural history > Juvenile literature > Early works to 1800
• Animals > Identification > Juvenile literature > Early works to 1800
• Plants > Identification > Juvenile literature > Early works to 1800

Note

• Pagination: v. 1: x, xxi, [1], iii, [1], xi, [1], iv, 310 p., [13] leaves of plates ; v. 2: [2], 418 p.
• Signatures: v. 1: pi1 a⁴ b¹² c² d⁸ B-O¹² [O12 blank]; v. 2: pi1 A-R¹² S⁶ [S6 blank].
• Editor’s preface signed: R.H.
• A re-issue of the sheets of the Edinburgh edition of the same year, with the preface partly reset, and an additional list of contents and explanation of the plates.
• Illustrations: vol. 1: Engraved frontispiece depicting Adam, holding a scroll bearing the book's title, surrounded by a menagerie. -- 12 additional engraved plates, numbered, depicting various specimens of plants, animals, insects, birds, fish, etc.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Indexed In (note)

• ESTC

Call Number

Pforz (Raff, G. C. System of natural history)

OCLC

17212175

Author

Raff, Georg Christian, 1748-1788.

Title

A system of natural history, adapted for the instruction of youth, in the form of a dialogue / Originally written in German, by Prof. Raff of Goettingen; now first translated into English ...

Imprint

London : Printed for J. Johnson, and G. G. & J. Robinson; and for G. Mudie and Son, Edinburgh, 1796.

Indexed In:

ESTC T131813

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: Bound in contemporary sheep, with gilt spine rules and volume numbering.

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Added Author

Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809. Publisher

G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England) Publisher

G. Mudie and Son (Edinburgh, Scotland) Publisher

Research Call Number

Pforz (Raff, G. C. System of natural history)