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Histoire naturelle de La Caroline, la Floride, & les Isles Bahama: contenant les desseins des oiseaux, animaux, poissons, serpents, insectes, & plantes...Tome I
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The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects and Plants...Vol. I
Histoire naturelle de La Caroline, la Floride, & les Isles Bahama: contenant les desseins des oiseaux, animaux, poissons, serpents, insectes, & plantes...Tome I
1731
Place of Publication: London, England
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 100 hand-colored etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 52.7 x 37.5 x 6 cm (20 3/4 x 14 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the heirs of Charlotte C. Browne
Accession Number1986.324
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: Printed at the Expence of the Author, 1731
Catalogue Raisonné
ESTC T147030 [-32]; Pritzel 1602; Nissen (Botanical) 336; Nissen (Zoological) 842
Description(London: Printed at the Expence of the Author, 1731) Large folio [vol. I only]; 56 leaves, plus 100 plates; original gilt-stamped red-brown morocco [in black solander box].
First volume only (of two) of first edition. The author executed the etchings himself, which were later hand-colored under his direction (see p. xi of the preface).
First volume only (of two) of first edition. The author executed the etchings himself, which were later hand-colored under his direction (see p. xi of the preface).
ProvenanceThe heirs of Charlotte C. Browne, by whom given to MFA, June 25, 1986.