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ancient Antiquities autograph beautiful beautifully coloured plates borders Botany bound British Birds British Museum calf extra calf gilt calf neat Catalogue century cloth collection coloured plates pub complete Conchology containing copy in old Crustacea curious Edinburgh English engraved facsimiles finely coloured plates Fishes Flora folio Fossil French Genera Geology gilt edges gold and colours green morocco half calf half morocco Histoire Naturelle illuminated Illuminated Manuscript Illustrations impl Index India Insects J. E. GRAY John large 8vo LARGE PAPER Latin Lepidoptera letters Manuscript on Vellum maps and plates Memoirs Miniatures Monsieur Natural History numerous plates Oiseaux old calf original ornamented Ornithology P. L. Sclater Paris Plants portrait printed published rare royal 4to royal 8vo royal folio russia scarce Scotland Series small 4to Society species specimens Supplement thick 8vo uncut vellum vols volume Voyage woodcuts Zoology
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Seite 361 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Seite 80 - SACRA PICTORIA: being a Series of Illustrations of the Ancient Versions of the Bible, copied from Illuminated Manuscripts, executed between the Fourth and Sixteenth Centuries. Royal 4to, with 50 beautifully Illuminated Plates, half-bound morocco, .£3 IM.
Seite 304 - MITCHELL'S ORNITHOLOGY -THE GENERA Of BIRDS ; comprising their Generic Characters, a Notice of the Habits of each Genus, and an extensive List of Species, referred to their several Genera. By GEORGE ROBERT GRAY, Acad. Imp. Georg. Florent. Soc. Corresp. Senior Assistant of the Zoological Department, British Museum ; and Author of the " List of the Genera of Birds,
Seite 442 - County, whereof they have one, of admitting Men into the Society of Freemasons, that in the moorelamts of this County seems to be of greater request, than any where else, though I find the Custom spread more or less all over the Nation ; for here I found persons of the most eminent quality, that did not disdain to be of this Fellowship.
Seite 63 - Autographs of royal, noble, learned and remarkable Personages, conspicuous in English History, from the Reign of Richard II. to that of Charles II.
Seite 108 - ZOOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS: OR, ORIGINAL FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW, RARE, OR INTERESTING ANIMALS, selected chiefly from the Classes of Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology, 6 vols.
Seite 104 - AN ENGLISH AND WELSH DICTIONARY : ADAPTED TO THE PRESENT STATE OF SCIENCE AND LITERATURE; IN WHICH THE ENGLISH WORDS ARE DEDUCED FROM THEIR ORIGINALS, AND EXPLAINED BY THEIR SYNONYMS IN THE WELSH LANGUAGE. By DANIEL SlLVAN EVANS, St.
Seite 208 - INTRODUCTION to THE MODERN CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS ; comprising an Account of the Habits and Transformations of the different Families ; a Synopsis of all the British, and a Notice of the more remarkable Foreign Genera. By JO WESTWOOD, Sec. Ent. Soc. London, FLS &c. (2 vols.) Vol.
Seite 247 - Oriental memoirs; selected and abridged from a series of familiar letters written during seventeen years residence in India; including observations on parts of Africa and South America, and a narrative of occurrences in four India voyages.
Seite 79 - PALEOGEAPY ; or a Collection of Facsimiles of the Writings of every Age; taken from, the most authentic Manuscripts existing in the Libraries of France, Italy, Germany and England...