Lithophylacii Britannici Ichnographia
Lithophylacii Britannici ichnographia sive lapidum aliorumque fossilium Britannicorum singulari figura insignium, quotquot hactenus vel ipse invenit, vel ab amicis accepit, distributio classica: scrinii sui lapidarii repertorium cum locis singulorum natalibus exhibens. Additis rariorum aliquot figuris ære incisis; cum epistolis ad clarissimos viros de quibusdam circa marina fossilia & stirpes minerales præsertim notandis
This work is the first illustrated field guide to English fossils and was used as a guide for building fossil collections across the United Kingdom throughout the 18th century. Edward Lhuyd (1660-1709) was a Welsh polymath, perhaps best known for his work in linguistics and the Cornish language. But befitting his varied skills, he was also a naturalist. In keeping with his wide range of interests, he was appointed Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, in 1690. The Ashmolean was originally established to house the diverse cabinet of curiosities of Elias Ashmole. He traveled widely as Keeper, collecting natural history specimens along the way, many of which were fossils. Lhuyd obtained funding to publish this book, a catalog of these fossils, from his friend Isaac Newton.
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