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A memoir concerning the fascinating faculty which has been ascribed to the rattle-snake, and other American serpents. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. Correspondent-member of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland, member of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, corresponding member of the Massachusetts Historical Society: and professor of natural history and botany, in the University of Pennsylvania.

Title
A memoir concerning the fascinating faculty which has been ascribed to the rattle-snake, and other American serpents. [electronic resource] : By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. Correspondent-member of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland, member of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, corresponding member of the Massachusetts Historical Society: and professor of natural history and botany, in the University of Pennsylvania.
Author
Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815.
Publication
Philadelphia : Printed, for the author, by Henry Sweitzer, 1796.

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Additional Authors
  • Sweitzer, Henry, -1808?
  • Gale (Firm)
Description
vi,[1],8-70,[2]p.; 8⁰.
Uniform Title
Eighteenth century collections online.
Subject
Rattlesnakes
Note
  • A supplement (Evans 36904) was published in 1800.
  • No copy with the six plates mentioned by Evans has been located.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • Evans
  • Sabin
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642783626
  • W20734
Author
Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815.
Title
A memoir concerning the fascinating faculty which has been ascribed to the rattle-snake, and other American serpents. [electronic resource] : By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. Correspondent-member of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland, member of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, corresponding member of the Massachusetts Historical Society: and professor of natural history and botany, in the University of Pennsylvania.
Imprint
Philadelphia : Printed, for the author, by Henry Sweitzer, 1796.
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Indexed In:
Evans, 30037
Sabin, 3816
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, W20734.
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Full text online - available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Place of Publication
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Added Author
Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815, publisher.
Sweitzer, Henry, -1808?, printer.
Gale (Firm)
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