A philosophical survey of the animal creation, an essay
Subtitle: wherein the general devastation and carnage that reign among the different classes of animals are considered in a new point of view, and the vast increase of life and enjoyment derived to the whole from this institution of nature is clearly demonstrated
By: translated from the French
Contributors: Cogan, T. (Thomas), 1736-1818; Moorhouse, William, 1742-1823, inscriber; Backhouse, Margaret, 1818-1888, inscriber; Jerry and Gene Jones Jefferson Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for J. Johnson and J. Payne ...
Published: 1768
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Animal behavior; Early works to 1800; Animal ecology
Work titles: Théorie du système animal
Notes: By John Bruckner.

Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ B-L⁸ M⁴ (last leaf blank)

LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. With inscription: W. Moorhouse; Margt. Backhouse.

Sowerby, E.M.  Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 1008

ESTC T100115

Translation by Thomas Cogan.

LC copy gift of Jerry and Gene Jones.