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The surprizing miracles of nature and art, in two parts. Containing I. The miracles of nature, or the strange signs and prodigious aspects and appearances in the heavens, the earth, and the waters... with an account of the most famous comets ... II. The miracles of art, describing the most magnificent buildings, and other curious inventions in all ages ... beautified with divers sculptures of many curiosities therein

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Title: The surprizing miracles of nature and art, in two parts. Containing I. The miracles of nature, or the strange signs and prodigious aspects and appearances in the heavens, the earth, and the waters... with an account of the most famous comets ... II. The miracles of art, describing the most magnificent buildings, and other curious inventions in all ages ... beautified with divers sculptures of many curiosities therein

Level: Item

Classmark: BC Trv d/CRO

Creator(s): R. B (1632-1725)

Publisher: printed for Nath. Crouch

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1683

Language: English

Size and medium: [4], 1-164, 155-222, [4] p.; 6 plates

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/280139

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001143409705181

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A 1708 edition with this title is catalogued by the British Museum as a late edition of Crouch's 'Miracles of art and nature', 1678; but the latter work appears to cover a different field.


R.B. stands for Richard or Robert Burton, the pseudonym of Nathaniel Crouch (OCLC, Wing(2)).


Numerals 155-164 repeated in paging. - With [4] final pages of advertisement.


Indexed in: Wing(2) C7349.

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With signature of Nicholas Swift, 1683, on front flyleaf

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