968j Morton, John, 1671?-1726.

The natural history of Northampton-Shire; with some account of the antiquities. To which is annex’d a transcript of Doomsday-Book, so far as it relates to that county. By John Morton M. A. Rector of Oxendon in the same County, and Fellow of the Royal Society: Formerly of Emanuel-College in Cambridge.

London : printed for R. Knaplock, and R. Wilkin at the King’s-Head, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, MDCCXII. [1712]

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 First edition of Morton’s systematic natural history of Northamptonshire. Compiled over the course of a decade, Morton’s Natural History provides a careful account of the natural history, minerals, fossils, and geography of the county, accompanied by fourteen large copper-engravings. Though he limited his research strictly to Northamptonshire, Morton built on correspondence with Ray, Sloane, Nicolson, and others, subsequently gave nearly one thousand of his specimens to Sloane.

 Hanson, 1550; ESTC T147393