British Museum, or, Elegant repository of natural history
By: by William Holloway
Contributors: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788
Publisher: Printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Churchyard
Published: 1806
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Animals -- Juvenile literature; Natural history -- Juvenile literature
Other titles: Elegant repository of natural history
Notes: "To the writings of the celebrated Count de Buffon we are chiefly indebted for our matter."--Preface

The engraved plates are unsigned.  Osborne describes those in the 1803-04 edition as being "engraved by V. Woodthorpe after various artists." Cf. Osborne Coll., p. 202

Includes indexes
Table of contents: value: v. 1-2. Quadrupeds; value: v. 3. Fishes, insects; value: v. 4. Birds