Joannis Raii Synopsis methodica avium & piscium; opus posthumum, quod vivus recensuit & perfecit ipse insignissimus author: in quo multas species, in ipsius ornithologiâ & ichthyologia desideratas, adjecit: methodumque suam piscium naturae magìs convenientem reddidir. Cum appendice, & iconibus.
John Ray (1627-1705)
Category
Books
Date
1713
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3007883
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 pts. in 1 v. ([6], 198, [22]; 166, [14] p., [4] folded leaves of plates) : ill. ; 8vo. Running number: 5763. Leaf [O]6 is placed after the index to the first part. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled sprinkled and plain calf; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gilt title label on spine. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
John Ray (1627-1705) William Derham, FRS (1657-1735), editor