collection of early papers on natural history and agriculture written by various authors].
Contributors: Pringle, A.; Parsons, James, 1705-1770; Hunter, A. 1729-1809; Crabbe, George, 1754-1832; Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835.; Langley, Thomas; Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768; Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778; Curtis, William, 1746-1799.; Hutchinson, Thomas, b. 1747; Salisbury, R. A. 1761-1829; Tuke, John; Barrington, Shute, 1734-1826.
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1770
Place of publication: [London
Language: eng
Subjects: Edwards, George, -- 1694-1773.; Collinson, Peter, -- 1694-1768; Rhinoceroses -- Early works to 1800; Browntail moth -- Early works to 1800; Cypripedium -- Early works to 1800; Wheat -- Transplanting -- Great Britain; Wheat -- Great Britain -- Field experiments; Natural history -- Early works to 1800; Fishes -- Surinam; Agriculture -- England -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Natural history of four-footed animals.
Notes: In case.
Table of contents: value: A natural history of four-footed animals : of the rhinoceros / [Dr. Parsons] (12 p.) A short account of Sainefoine [saintfoin], with a description of the soiles proper for it,and directions for the sowing, reaping, and husbanding thereof : together with improvements arising thereby / by Thomas Langley (broadside); value: Some account of the late Peter Collinson ... in a letter to a friend. 1770 (p. [33]-51); value: Some memoirs of the life and works of George Edwards ... 1776 (26 p.); value: A catalogue of the birds, beasts, fishes, insects, plants, &c. contained in Edward's Natural history in seven volumes : with their Latin names / by Sir C. Linnæus. 1776 (38 p.); value: A. description of four species of Cypripedium / by Sir Richard Anthony Salisbury. 1788 (p. 76-80); value: The natural history of the frog fish of Surinam / by Thomas Hutchinson (8 p.); value: A new method of raising wheat for a series of years on the same land / [Dr. Hunter]. 1796] (5 p.); value: Sir John Sinclair's address to the Board of Agriculture ... 1796 (4 p.); value: List of the Linnean Society, 1798 (4 p.); value: A catalogue of plants growing in and near the parish of Framlingham / G. C[rabbe] (p. 449-453); value: A short history of the brown-tail moth, the caterpillars of which are at present uncommonly numerous and destructive in the vicinity of the metropolis / by William Curtis. 1782 (13 p., 1 col. plate); value: General view of the agriculture of the North Riding of Yorkshire, with observations on the means of its improvement / by Mr. Tuke. 1794 (p. [7]-20); value: General view of the agriculture of the county of Westmoreland ... / by Andrew Pringle. 1694 [sic 1794] (3 p.); value: Preliminary observations by the Bishop of Landaff (p. [5]-18).