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Abr[ ] Fenton ( - )

Linked print sources: as Donator of object(s) - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

Dying Woods. Brasil; the Name discovers it is imported from South America. Redwood from Guinea, arbor quæ vel Brasiliensem rubedine superat (s)(s) Dr. Sloan's Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 213.. Logwood, which is a deeper Colour, and distinct from the next, viz. Campeche, Lignum Campechianum, Sanders. Quæ. if not a Sort of Brasiletto. Fustick from Jamaica, Pannos eleganti & pertinaci colore flavo tingit. Don. D. Abr. Fenton.