Beauties of the creation: or A new moral system of natural history
Subtitle: displayed in the most singular, curious, and beautiful quadrupeds, birds, insects, trees, shrubs & flowers. : Designed to inspire youth with humanity towards the brute creation, and bring them early acquainted with the wonderful works of the Divine Creator
By: By George Riley. ; [Three lines of verse from Blackmore]
Edition: Third American edition.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 34470
Publisher: Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Sold by him at his bookstore, opposite the gaol.
Published: 1798
Place of publication: Worcester [Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Natural history; Juvenile literature
Notes: Signatures: A⁶ 2A⁶ B-U⁶ W⁶ X-Y⁶ (A1 recto blank).

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