Telliamed, or, The world explain'd : containing discourses between an Indian philospher and a missionary, on the diminution of the sea, the formation of the earth, the origin of men & animals : and other singular subjects, relating to natural history & philosphy ; a very curious work.

  • Maillet, Benoît de, 1656-1738.
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Telliamed, or, The world explain'd : containing discourses between an Indian philospher and a missionary, on the diminution of the sea, the formation of the earth, the origin of men & animals : and other singular subjects, relating to natural history & philosphy ; a very curious work. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Telliamed. English
World explain'd

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Baltimore : Printed by W. Pechin, no. 15, Market-Street ; for D. Porter, at the observatory, Federal-Hill, 1797.

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xxix, 2 unnumbered pages, 32-268 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

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Evans 32414
Minick, A.R. Maryland, 369
Sabin 43892
Blake, J. NLM 18th cent., p. 283
ESTC (RLIN) W19915

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The title is an anagram of de Maillet
Previously published in London in 1750. The French original first appeared in Amsterdam in 1748 under title: Telliamed, ou Entretiens d'un philosophe indien avec un missionaire françois ... mis en ordre sur les mémoires de feu M. de Maillet, par J. A. G---- [i. e. J. A. Guer]

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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1957. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

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