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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIBLE: OR A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE BEASTS, BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS, REPTILES, TREE, PLANTS, METALS, PRECIOUS STONES, & C. MENTIONED IN THE SACRED SCRIPTURES
by Harris, Thaddeus M
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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- Good with no dust jacket
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Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews. Good with no dust jacket. 1793. First Edition. Hardcover. Natural History; BIBLE; Dragons; Basilisks; Engraved frontis; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xii, 13-272 pages; Frontispiece engraved by Samuel Hill. (12mo) 6 3/4x4 1/4, period tree calf, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece. Ownership on ffp, upper/lower backstrip loss, corner loss on covers. Provenance- Perley Howe, marlboro, signed Aug 7th 1793. Contents generally good with marginall offset toning to endmatter. Descriptions of many mythical beasts such as dragons as well others. .
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- THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIBLE: OR A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE BEASTS, BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS, REPTILES, TREE, PLANTS, METALS, PRECIOUS STONES, & C. MENTIONED IN THE SACRED SCRIPTURES
- Author
- Harris, Thaddeus M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1793
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