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Geraniaceæ: The natural order of Gerania. Illustrated by coloured figures and descriptions; comprising the numerous and beautiful mule-varieties cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, with directions for their treatment, 5 volumes, complete.
by Sweet, Robert.
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Ornithologiae Libri Tres: in quibus aves omnes hactenus cognitae in methodum naturis suis convenientem redactae accurate describuntur.
by Willughby, Francis and Ray, John (Willughbeii, Francisci atque Raius, Joannes)
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A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sunbirds
by Shelley, George Ernest
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Biologia Centrali-Americana: Reptilia and Batrachia
by Gunther, Albert C. L. G.
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Libri de Piscibus Marinis, in quibus verae Piscium effigies expressae sunt + Universae aquatilium Historiae pars altera, cum veris ipsorum Imaginibus, two volumes in one (in late 19 century polished calf)
by Rondelet, Guillaume
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The Snakes of Australia; an illustrated and descriptive catalogue of all known species (with all 12 plates hand-colored and warmly inscribed by the author)
by Krefft, Gerard
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- Used - Light scuffing to the leather on outer corners and along the head and foot of the spine; a remarkably well-preserved bright and
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Illustratio Systematis Sexualis Linnaei. An Illustration of the sexual system of the Genera Plantarum of Linnaeus
by Miller, John F.
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Nouvelles Illustrations de Zoologie; New Illustrations of Zoology, containing fifty coloured plates of new, curious, and non-descript Birds, with a few Quadrupeds, Reptiles and Insects, in two complete volumes (one-hand-colored volume and one proof copy with monochrome plates)
by Brown, Peter
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Historia naturalis Ranarum nostratium / Die naturliche Historie der Froesche hiesigen Landes
by Roesel von Rosenhof, August Johann
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A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds (Supplement)
by Gould, John and Sharpe, R. Bowdler
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- Used - A fine copy with brilliant hand-colored plates in a fine Morocco leather binding.
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Asiatic Birds: Fifty-Four Specimens Selected from 'The Birds of Asia'
by Gould, John
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A Monograph of the Pittidae, or Family of Ant Thrushes (first edition)
by Elliot, Daniel Giraud
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- A fine copy in a fine binding housed in a fine slipcase, a magnificent copy.
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Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an account of the zoological results of the two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875; and a monograph of the two cetacean genera, Platanista and Orcella, in two volumes (text + hand-colored plates)
by Anderson, John
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- Used - The last five pages of the index of volume 1 with faint corner wrinkle, the top outer corner of the first six pages of volume 2
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North American Herpetology; or A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States, in five volumes (Second edition)
by Holbrook, John Edwards
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- Used - Some occasional foxing to the text and to the title page of volume 5, fraying to the outer edge of plate 1 in volume 2, the fine
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Venomous Snakes of Southern India
by Sargeaunt, Captain C. C.
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- Used - Some light browning to the rear (blank) side of some plates, a few wrinkles of the tissue guards, a tight and clean copy in near
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