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Item #86026 A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE (SIX PARTS IN TWO VOLUMES); Wth an...

A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE (SIX PARTS IN TWO VOLUMES); Wth an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom, Translated from the French of Baron Cuvier, and Copious Notes Embracing Accounts of New Discoveries in Natural History; A Life of the Author, By Washington Irving; and Carefully Prepared Index to the Whole Work.

London, England: A. Fullarton and Co., 1853. Hardcover. Matching set of two: Large Octavos, 10.5 in. x 6.6 in. Illustrated with forty-four full-page hand-colored plates. Green half calf with blind tooling over textured green cloth boards. Gilt title to red panel, and five-raised bands bordered by gilt bars to spines..... More

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Item #86714 THE BOOK OF BIRDS (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: 2 VOLUMES COMPLETE)....

THE BOOK OF BIRDS (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: 2 VOLUMES COMPLETE)

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1939. Hardcover. Quartos. Green buckram boards, with bright gilt lettering to boards and spines. Beige-olive dustjackets (quite sunned) with black lettering. With 950 Color Portraits by Major Allan Brooks. Authoritative and handsome set, loaded with photographs and color portraits. For the serious bird enthusiast..... More

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Item #85077 THE FAMILY HERBAL OR AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THOSE ENGLISH PLANTS, WHICH ARE REMARKABLE FOR...

THE FAMILY HERBAL OR AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THOSE ENGLISH PLANTS, WHICH ARE REMARKABLE FOR THEIR VIRTUES, AND OF THE DRUGS WHICH ARE PRODUCED BY VEGETABLES OF OTHER COUNTRIES; WITH THEIR DESCRIPTIONS AND THEIR USES, AS PROVED BY EXPERIENCE; Also Directions for the gathering and preserving roots, herbs, flowers, and seeds; the various methods of preserving these simples for present use; receipts for making distilled waters, conserves, syrups, electuaries, juleps, draughts, &c. &c. with necessary cautions in giving them: INTENDED FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES.

Bungay, Suffolk, England: C. Brightly and Co. and T. Kinnersly, [1754] 1812. Leather-bound. 8vo. 8 3/8 in. x 5 in. Contemporary tree calf, double-ruled in gilt chain pattern. Contrasting spine label - six compartments. Owner name Samuel S. Parkinson to front free endpaper. Note to front pastedown: "Collated May 30..... More

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Item #85959 SEASHORE ANIMALS OF THE PACIFIC COAST (SIGNED). Myrtle Johnson, Harry James Snook

SEASHORE ANIMALS OF THE PACIFIC COAST (SIGNED)

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.3 in., pp. xiv, [2], 659. Illustrated with eleven color plates and many black and white photos and ink drawings. With glossary, index, and bibliography. Light green cloth boards and embossed frame in blind, title in..... More

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Item #85267 BRITISH ZOOLOGY. VOL. IV. CRUSTACEA MOLLUSA TESTACEA. Thomas Pennant

BRITISH ZOOLOGY. VOL. IV. CRUSTACEA MOLLUSA TESTACEA

London, England: Printed for Benj. White, 1777. Thomas Pennant. Leather-bound. Octavo. Dark brown full diced calf (russia), bordered by blind stamped interlocking device. Rebacked in matching calf, ruled in gilt. Contrasting spine label (gilt on black). Marbled edges. Crabs, Lobsters, Worms, Shells. 93 plates. Very tight, pages unmarred, very clean..... More

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Item #85668 ICONES FLORAE GERMANICAE ET HELVETICAE SIMUL PEDEMONTANAE, VOLUME XXII; ON SPINE:...

ICONES FLORAE GERMANICAE ET HELVETICAE SIMUL PEDEMONTANAE, VOLUME XXII; ON SPINE: BOTANICAL HAND-COLORED PLATES, 19TH CENTURY

Lipsiae, F. Hofmeister, 1867. Hardcover. Quarto, 8.5 x 11.2 in. Pagination: First plate has "1" at top left, and "MMLII" (2052) at top right; plates progress to "220" and "MMCCLXXI" (2271). 220 hand-colored plates of orchids, alongside numbered ink sketches of each plant's specific parts. No half-title, title, or publisher's..... More

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Item #85654 THE HISTORY OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM, EMBRACING COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE...

THE HISTORY OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM, EMBRACING COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLANTS MOST INTERESTING FROM THEIR USES TO MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS; THEIR APPLICATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, MEDICINE, AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY; AND FROM THEIR BEAUTY OR PECULIARITIES; TOGETHER WITH THE PHYSIOLOGY, GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION, AND CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS; Illustrated with Several Hundred Figures, Many of them Coloured

London, England: Blackie and Son, 1868. Revised Edition, With Supplement. Hardcover. Large octavo, 7 x 9.8 in., pp. xvi + 734. Illustrated with 43 steel engraved color and black and white plates including title, and numerous wood engravings; Two of the 45 steel-engraved plates (#5 and 36) are missing. Engraved..... More

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Item #84909 LETTERS ON THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANY, ADDRESSED TO A LADY; (Translated into English,...

LETTERS ON THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANY, ADDRESSED TO A LADY; (Translated into English, with Notes, and Twenty-Four Additional Letters, Fully Explaining the System of Linnaeus by Thomas Martyn)

London, England: B. and J. White at Horace's Head, Fleet-Street, 1796. Fifth Edition. Leather-bound. Small quarto, Contemporary mottled calf measuring 8 1/2" x 5 3/8". Front and rear boards each double-ruled in gilt with a continuous gilt device (appearing like tiny life preservers strung upon a striped rope), and a...... More

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Item #85274 THE COMMON MOTHS OF ENGLAND. J. G. Wood

THE COMMON MOTHS OF ENGLAND

London, England: George Routledge and Sons, ca. 1880. E. Smith T.W. Wood W.S. Coleman. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 7 1/2 in. x 5 in. Publisher's decorative, beveled hunter-green cloth boards. Black lines, designs stamped all-round. Spine and front board with gilt-stamped butterfly, fern stems, and lettering. Rubbing to extremities. Front, rear hinges..... More

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