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Add MS 4219
- Record Id:
- 040-002109683
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002109547
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x0001b1
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- Add MS 4219
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Treatises on Natural History; circ. 1751-1758. Viz.:-
(1) 'Traité du Corail ... Pour servir a l'histoire naturelle de la mer', by Jean André de Peyssonnel, F.R.S., 'Médecin botaniste entretenu par sa majesté dans l'isle de Gaudeloupe', etc. ff. 1-1 13. For an account of this, and other treatises by this author see a paper read before the Royal Society in 1752 by William Watson, Philosophical Transactions, xlvii, p. 445.
(2) 'Dissertation sur les Eponges', by the same. ff. 114-148.
(3) 'Dissertation et observations sur les fourmis blanches ou poux de bois de l'Amerique', by the same. ff. 149-161.
(4) 'An account of Monsr de Peyssonel's Treatise of the Dracunculus or Vena Medinensis' (see below Add. MS. 4220) and of the two treatises above (artt. 2, 3), by Dr. James Parsons, F.R.S. ff. 162-166. Paper; ff. 166. Quarto. Circ. 1751-1758.
includes:
- ff. 1-161 Natural History: Treatises on, by J. A. de Peyssonnel: circ. 1751-1758.: Fr.
- ff.1-161 Jean André Peyssonnel, FRS; French physician and naturalist: Treatises upon coral, sponges and white ants: circ. 1751.: Fr.
- ff. 162-166 James Parsons, MD, FRS: Account of treatises on natural history by J. A. de Peyssonnel: circ. 1758.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109547
036-002109682
040-002109683 - Is part of:
- Add MS 4101-4478 : Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was…
Add MS 4219-4220 : NATURAL HISTORY TREATISES
Add MS 4219 : Treatises on Natural History; circ. 1751-1758. Viz.:- (1) 'Traité du Corail ... Pour servir a l'histoire naturelle de la… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002109547[0064]/036-002109682[0001]/040-002109683
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 4101-4478
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- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1746
- End Date:
- 1758
- Date Range:
- c 1751-1758
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Parsons, James, MD, FRS
Peyssonnel, Jean André, FRS; French physician and naturalist