An account of the islands of Orkney
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- Publication date
- 1700
- Topics
- Travel, Orkney (Scotland)
- Publisher
- London : Printed for Jacob Tonson ...
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- wellcomelibrary; ukmhl; medicalheritagelibrary; europeanlibraries
- Contributor
- Wellcome Library
- Language
- English
12 unnumbered pages, 182 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, folded plate & map ; (8vo)
Signatures: A6 (unsigned, except A3: signed "A2"), B-M8, N4
First published in Edinburgh, 1693, with title: A description of the isles of Orkney, by Master James Wallace, late minister of Kirkwall. The present edition, revised, with omissions and additions, including a chapter on the plants and shells of the Orkneys, was published by the author's son as his own. Cf. D.N.B
The "Essay concerning the Thule of the ancients" (p. 148-182) is by Sir Robert Sibbald. Cf. Watt's Bibl. Brit
Signatures: A6 (unsigned, except A3: signed "A2"), B-M8, N4
First published in Edinburgh, 1693, with title: A description of the isles of Orkney, by Master James Wallace, late minister of Kirkwall. The present edition, revised, with omissions and additions, including a chapter on the plants and shells of the Orkneys, was published by the author's son as his own. Cf. D.N.B
The "Essay concerning the Thule of the ancients" (p. 148-182) is by Sir Robert Sibbald. Cf. Watt's Bibl. Brit
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Copyright on title page.
- Addeddate
- 2019-03-21 17:44:36
- Associated-names
- Sibbald, Robert, Sir, 1641-1722; Fellow of the Royal Society; Royal Society (Great Britain)
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- Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control)
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- 1
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- References
- Wing W491; ESTC R34706; Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), W491
- Republisher_date
- 20231109075703
- Republisher_operator
- associate-criselyn-alicoben@archive.org
- Republisher_time
- 846
- Scandate
- 20231031182637
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