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MERRET [or MERRETT], CHRISTOPHER. Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum. [32], 221 [i. e., 223], [1] pages, including blank last preliminary leaf. 8vo, 165x98 mm, contemporary calf, rebacked; contents toned and soiled with scattered minor stains, contemporary owner's marginal markings and corrections in ink throughout. London: F. & T. Warren for Cave Patleyn, 1666
scarce first edition of the first attempt at a comprehensive catalogue of British flora, fauna, and minerals, marred by errors, as the corrections in this copy show. "The work was further ill-starred by appearing just before the great fire [of London], which apparently consumed most of the first impression" (ODNB). Anker, page 16; Henrey 254; Schuh, Merrett 1; Wing M1839; ESTC R32087 (locating multiple copies in Great Britain, only 4 in North America).
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