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PLOT, ROBERT. The Natural History of Oxford-Shire; being, An Essay toward the Natural History of England. 16 engraved plates; folding map. [12], 358, [12] pages, including imprimatur and errata leaves. Folio, 308x189 mm, contemporary calf, rebacked, endpapers conspicuously renewed; dampstain in blank outer margins throughout, small horizontal stain on 2K3-4. Oxford: at the Theater, [1677]
first edition; issue with undated title. This work and the next were all published of what was conceived as the first scientific survey of England by county, covering flora, fauna, geology, mineralogy, etc. DSB I, 40; Madan 3130; Neville II, 316; Schuh/Plot 1; Wing P2586.
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