The rarities of the world : containing rules and observations touching the beginning of kingdoms and common-wealths, the division of the ages, and the memorable things that happened in them, why men lived longer in those days than in these present times : also the opinion of the great emperours, and Egyptians, touching the life of man, and the strange things that have befallen kings and princes : with excellent discourses of creatures bred in the sea, to the likenesse of man, and others on earth / first written in Spanish by Don Petrus Messie ; afterward translated into French ; and now into English, by J.B.
| Author/creator | Mexía, Pedro |
| Other author | J. B. (Joshua Baildon) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed by B.A., 1651 ; London : Printed by Bernard Alsop ..., 1650. |
| Description | [8], 134, [1] p. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240869155 |
| Uniform title | Silva de varia lección. English |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Translation of author's Silva de varia leción. |
| General note | Running title: The wonders of the world, or, rarities since the creation. |
| General note | Translator's dedication signed: Joshua Baildon. |
| General note | Second imprint from colophon. |
| General note | Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. |
| References | Wing M1956 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1639:20) |
| Other title | Wonders of the world, or, rarities since the creation. |
| Stock number | CL0037000059 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |
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