Catecismo de Historia Natural

London: Ackermann, 1826. Very good.. [2],xi,96pp. 16mo. Original tan printed wrappers. Light wear and soiling. Minor foxing and toning to contents. A scarce work on natural history published for the Spanish-American market. The author, Jose de Urcullu, was a Spaniard who emigrated to London in 1823 where he was employed by Ackermann as a translator for a number of works on a wide variety of subjects. Most were formatted as the present work, as a small catechism. This piece starts out with the question, "¿Que es Historia Natural?" and proceeds to explain in a series of question and answer segments. We locate four copies in OCLC, at the British Library, Cambridge, Columbia University, and the Academy of Natural Sciences.