AUTHOR:
Berkenhout, John (1730?-1791) TITLE: Synopsis
of the natural history of Great-Britain and Ireland. Being a 3d ed. of the Outlines,
& c. cor. and considerably enl. IMPRINT:
London: T. Cadell [etc.] 1795. COLLATION: 2
v.; 19 cm. CONTENTS: v. 1. Animal and fossil
kingdoms v. 2. Vegetable kingdom. NOTES: Berkenhout,
physician, naturalist, and miscellaneous writer, studied medicine at Edinburgh
and took his medical degree at Leyden. He spent some time in America in 1778 and
was thrown into prison in Philadelphia for tampering with some of the leading
citizens during an election. Jonathan Hill catalogue 134 KEYWORDS:
1. Natural history--Great Britain. 2. Natural history--Ireland. LOCATION:
QH137.B5 1795 OTHER CALIFORNIA LOCATIONS: UCLA
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