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BOLTON'S NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH SONG BIRDS. Illustrated with

1845

6 vols. 8vo, 81 1846

Figures, the size of Life, of the Birds, both Male and Female, in their most Natural Attitudes; their Nests and Eggs, Food, Favourite Plants, Shrubs, Trees, &c. &c. New Edition, revised and very considerably augmented. 2 vols. in 1, medium 4to, containing 80 beautifully coloured plates (pub. at 81. 88.), half bound morocco, gilt backs, gilt edges, 31. 38. BRITISH FLORIST, OR LADY'S JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE. coloured plates of flowers and groups (pub. at 47. 10s.), cloth, 17. 148. BROWN'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE LAND AND FRESH WATER SHELLS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND; with Figures, Descriptions, and Localities of all the Species. Royal 8vo, containing on 27 large Plates, 330 Figures of all the known British Species, in their full size, accurately drawn from Nature (pub. at 15s.), cloth, 10s. 6d.

1815

CURTIS'S FLORA LONDINENSIS; Revised and Improved by GEORGE GRAVES, extended and continued by Sir W. JACKSON HOOKER; comprising the History of Plants indigenous to Great Britain, with Indexes; the Drawings made by SYDENHAM, EDWARDS, and LINDLEY. 5 vols. royal folio (or 109 parts), containing 647 Plates, exhibiting the full natural size of each Plant, with magnified Dissections of the Parts of Fructification, &c., all beautifully coloured (pub. at 874. 4s. in parts), half bound morocco, top edges gilt, 30%. DENNY-MONOGRAPHIA ANOPLURORUM BRITANNIÆ, OR BRITISH SPECIES OF PARASITE INSECTS (published under the patronage of the British Association), 8vo, numerous beautifully coloured plates of Lice, containing several hundred magnified figures, cloth, 11. 118. 6d.

1835

1842

1831-1838

DON'S GENERAL SYSTEM OF GARDENING AND BOTANY. 4 volumes, royal 4to, numerous woodcuts (pub. at 144. 8s.), cloth, 17. 118. 6d. DON'S HORTUS CANTABRIGIENSIS; thirteenth Edition, 8vo (pub. at 17. 48.), cloth, 12s.

1845

DONOVAN'S NATURAL HISTORY OF THE INSECTS OF INDIA. Enlarged, by J. O. WESTWOOD, Esq., F.L.S., 4to, with 58 plates, containing upwards of 120 exquisitely coloured figures (pub. at 6l. 6s.), cloth, gilt, reduced to 21. 28.

1843

DONOVAN'S NATURAL HISTORY OF THE INSECTS OF CHINA. Enlarged, by J. O. WESTWOOD, Esq., F.L.S., 4to, with 50 plates, containing upwards of 120 exquisitely coloured figures (pub. at 61. 68.), cloth, gilt, 27. 58.

"Donovan's works on the Insects of India and China are splendidly illustrated and extremely useful."-Naturalist.

"The entomological plates of our countryman Donovan, are highly coloured, elegant, and useful, especially those contained in his quarto volumes (Insects of India and China), where a great number of species are delineated for the first time."-Swainson.

DONOVAN'S WORKS ON BRITISH NATURAL HISTORY. Viz.-Insects, 16 vols, -Birds, 10 vols.-Shells, 5 vols.-Fishes, 5 vols.-Quadrupeds, 3 vols.-together 39 vols. 8vo. containing 1198 beautifully coloured plates (pub. at 667. 98.), boards, 237. 178. The same set f 39 vols. bound in 21 (pub. at 734. 10s.), half green morocco extra, gilt edges, gilt backs, 304. Any of the classes may be had separately.

DOYLE'S CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HUSBANDRY, and Rural Affairs in General, New Edition, Enlarged, thick 8vo., with 70 wood engravings (pub. at 13s.), cloth, 83. Gel.

1843

DRURY'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF FOREIGN ENTOMOLOGY; wherein are exhibited upwards of 600 exotic Insects, of the East and West Indies, China, New Holland, North and South America, Germany, &c. By J. O. WESTWOOD, ESQ., F.L.S.. Secretary of the Entomological Society, &c. 3 vols, 4to, 150 Plates, most beautifully coloured, containing above 600 figures of Insects (originally pub. at 157. 15s.), half bound morocco, 64. 168. 6d. 1837

EVELYN'S SYLVA AND TERRA. A Discourse of Forest Trees, and the Propagation of Timber, a Philosophical Discourse of the Earth; with Life of the Author, and Notes by Dr. A. Hunter, 2 vols. royal 4to. Fifth improved Edition, with 46 Plates (pub. at 51. 58.), cloth, 21.

1825

FITZROY AND DARWIN.-ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE IN THE BEAGLE. 166 plates, mostly coloured, 3 vols. royal 4to. (pub. at 97.), cloth, 57. 58. 1838-43 GREVILLE'S CRYPTOGAMIC FLORA, comprising the Principal Species found in Great Britain, inclusive of all the New Species recently discovered in Scotland. 6 vols. royal 8vo, 360 beautifully coloured Plates (pub. at 167. 168.), half morocco, 81. 88.

1823-8

This, though a complete Work in itself, forms an almost indispensable Supplement to the thirty-six volames of Sowerby's English Botany, which does not comprehend Cryptogamous Plants. It is one of the most scientific and best executed works on Indigenous Botany ever produced in this country.

HARDWICKE AND GRAY'S INDIAN ZOOLOGY. Twenty parts, forming two vols., royal follo, 202 coloured plates (pub. at 214.), sewed, 121. 128., or half morocco, gilt edges. 142. 148.

HARRIS'S AURELIAN; OR ENGLISH MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES, Their Natural History, together with the Plants on which they feed; New and greatly improved Edition, by J. O. WESTWOOD, Esq., F.L.S., &c., in 1 vol. sm. folio, with 44 plates, containing above 400 figures of Moths, Butterflies, Caterpillars, &c., and the Plants on which they feed, exquisitely coloured after the original drawings, half-bound morocco, 4l. 48.

1844

This extremely beautiful work is the only one which contains our English Moths and Butter. Aies of the full natural size, in all their changes of Caterpillar, Chrysalis, &c., with the plants on which they fee

HOOKER AND GREVILLE, ICONES FILICUM; OR. FIGURES OF FERNS With DESCRIPTIONS, many of which have been altogether unnoticed by Botaniste, or have not been correctly figured. 2 vols., folio, with 240 beautifully coloured Plates (pub. at 251. 48.), half morocco, gilt edges, 124. 12s.

1829-31

The grandest and most valuable of the many scientific Works produced by Sir William Hooker.

HOOKER'S EXOTIC FLORA, containing Figures and Descriptions of Rare, or otherwise interesting Exotic Plants, especially of such as are deserving of being cultivated in our Gardens. 3 vols. imperial 8vo, containing 232 large and beautifully coloured Plates (pub. at 15.), cloth, 61. 68.

This is the most superb and attractive of all Dr. Hooker's valuable works.

1823-1827

"The Exotic Flora,' by Dr. Hooker, is like that of all the Botanical publications of the indefatigable author, excellent; and it assumes an appearance of finish and perfection to which neither the Botanical Magazine nor Register can externally lay claim."-Loudon.

HOOKER'S JOURNAL OF BOTANY; containing Figures and Descriptions of such Plants &s recommend themselves by their novelty, rarity, or history, or by the uses to which they are applied in the Arts, in Medicine, and in Domestic Economy; together with occasiona Botanical Notices and Information, and occasional Portraits and Memoirs of eminent Botanists. 4 vols. 8vo, numerous plates, some coloured (pub. at 34.), cloth, 16. 1834-42 HOOKER'S BOTANICAL MISCELLANY; containing Figures and Descriptions of Plants which recommend themselves by their novelty, rarity, or history, or by the uses to which they are applied in the Arts, in Medicine, and in Domestic Economy, together with occasional Botanical Notices and Information, including many valuable Communications from distinguished Scientific Travellers. Complete in 3 thick vols. royal 8vo, with 153 piates, many finely coloured (pub. at 51. 5s.), gilt eloth, 24. 12s. 6d.

1830-33

HOOKER'S FLORA BOREALI-AMERICANA; OR, THE BOTANY OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Illustrated by 240 plates, complete in Twelve Parts, royal 4to, (pub. at 127. 128.), 8. The Twelve Parts complete, done up in 2 vols. royal 4to, extra cloth, 81.

1829-40

HUISH ON BEES; THEIR NATURAL HISTORY AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT. New and greatly improved Edition, containing also the latest Discoveries and Improvements in every department of the Apiary, with a description of the most approved HIVES now in use, thick 12mo, Portrait and numerous Woodcuts (pub. at 10s. 6d.), cloth, gilt, 68. 6d.

1844

JOHNSON'S GARDENER, complete in 12 vols. with numerous woodcuts, containing the Potato, one vol.-Cucumber, one vol.-Grape Vine, two vols.-Auricula and Asparagus, one vol.-Pine Apple, two vols.-Strawberry, one vol.-Dahlia, one vol.-Peach, one vol.-Apple, two vols.-together 12 vols. 12mo, woodcuts (pub. at I. 108.), cloth, 128.

1847

1846

either of the volumes may be had separately (pub, at 2s. 6d.), at ls. JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY OF MODERN GARDENING, numerous Woodcuts, very thick 12mo, cloth lettered (pub. at 10s. 6d.), 48. A comprehensive and elegant volume. LATHAM'S GENERAL HISTORY OF BIRDS. Being the Natural History and Description of all the Birds (above four thousand) hitherto known or described by Naturalists, with the Synonymes of preceding Writers; the second enlarged and improved Edition, comprehending all the discoveries in Ornithology subsequent to the former publication, and a General Index, 11 vols. in 10, 4to, with upwards of 200 coloured Plates, lettered (pub. at 261. 88.), cloth, 71. 178. 6d. Winchester, 1821-28. The same with the plates exquisitely coloured like drawings, 11 vols. in 10, elegantly half bound, green morocco, gilt edges, 12l. 12s.

LEWIN'S NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Third Edition, with an Index of the Scientific Names and Synonymes by Mr. GOULD and Mr. EYTON, folio, 27 plates, coloured (pub. at 41. 48.), hf. bd. morocco, 21. 28. 1838 LINDLEY'S BRITISH FRUITS; OR, FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VARIETIES OF FRUIT CULTIVATED IN GREAT BRITAIN. 3 vols. royal 8vo, containing 152 most beautifully coloured plates, chiefly by MRS. WITHERS, Artist to the Horticultural Society (pub. at 107. 108.), half bound, murocco extra, gilt edges, 51. 5s.

1841

"This is an exquisitely beautiful work. Every plate is like a highly finished drawing, similar to those in the Horticultural Transactions."

LINDLEY'S DIGITALIUM MONOGRAPHIA. Folio, 28 plates of the Foxglove (pub, at 41. 48.), cloth, 17. 11s. 6d.

-the same, the plates beautifully coloured (pub. at 61. 6s.), cloth, 2l. 12s. 6d.

LOUDON'S (MRS.) ENTERTAINING NATURALIST, being Popular Descriptiers, Tales, and Anecdotes of more than Five Hundred Animals, comprehending all the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, &c. of which a knowledge is indispensable in polite education. With Indexes of Scientific an1 Popular Names, an Explaration of Terms, and an Appendix of Fabulous Animals, illustrated by upwards of 500 beautiful woodcuts by BEWICK, HARVEY, WHIMPER, and others. New Edition, revised, enlarged, and corrected to the present state of Zoological Knowledge. In one thick vol. post 8vo. gilt cloth, 78. 6d. LOUDON'S (J. C.) ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM, or the Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, delineated and described; with their propagation, culture, management, and uses. Second improved Edition, 8 vols. 8vo, with above 400 plates of trees, and upwards of 2500 woodents of trees and shrubs (pub, at 107.) 57. 58. 1844

1850

1840

RUDING'S ANNALS OF THE COINAGE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. Three vols., 4to., 159 plates, (pub, at 61. 6s.) cloth, 41. 44. SHAKSPEARE PORTFOLIO; a Series of 96 GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS, after Designs by the most eminent British Artists, including Smirke, Stothard, Stephano, Cooper, Westall, Hilton, Leslie, Briggs, Corhould, Clint, &c., beautifully engraved by Heath, Greatbach, Robinson, Pye, Finden, Englehart, Armstrong, Rolls, and others (pub at 81. 8s.), in a case, with leather back, imperial 8vo, 17. 18.

SHAW AND BRIDGENS' DESIGNS FOR FURNITURE, with Candelabra and interior Decoration, 60 Plates, royal 4to, (pub. at 37. 38.), half-bound, uncut, 1. iis. 6d.

1838

The same, large paper, impl. 4to, the Plates coloured (pub. at 67. 6s.), hf.-bd., uncut, 31. 3. SHAW'S LUTON CHAPEL, its Architecture and Ornaments, illustrated in a series of 26 highly finished Line Engravings, imperial folio (pub. at 34. 3s.), half morecco, uncut, 14. 168.

1830

SILVESTRE'S UNIVERSAL PALEOGRAPHY, or Fac-similes of the writings of every age, taken from the most authentic Missals and other interesting Manuscripts existing in the Libraries of France, Italy, Germany, and England. By M. Silvestre, containing upwards of 300 large and most beautifully executed fac-similes, on Copper and Stone, most richly illuminated in the finest style of art, 2 vols. atlas folio, half morocco extra, gilt edges, 31. 108.

The Historical and Descriptive Letter-press by Champollion, Figeac, and Champollion, jun. With additions and corrections by Sir Frederick Madden. 2 vols. royal 8vo, cloth, 1. 16s.

1830

the same, 2 vols. royal 8vo, hf. mor. gilt edges (uniform with the folio work), 21. 8s. SMITH'S (C. J.) HISTORICAL AND LITERARY CURIOSITIES. Consisting of Fac-similes of interesting Autographs, Scenes of remarkable Historical Events and interesting Localities, Engravings of Old Houses, Illuminated and Missal Ornaments, Antiquities, &c. &c., containing 100 Plates, some illuminated, with occasional Letter-press. In 1 volume 4to, half morocco, uncut, reduced to 31.

1840

SMITH'S ANCIENT COSTUME OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, From the 7th to the 16th Century, with Historical Illustrations, folio, with 62 coloured plates illuminated with gold and silver, and highly finished (pub. at 107. 10s.) half bound, morocco, extra, gilt edges, 31. 13s. 6d.

SPORTSMAN'S REPOSITORY; comprising a Series of highly finished Line Engravings, representing the Horse and the Dog, in all their varieties, by the celebrated engraver JOHN SCOTT, from original paintings by Reinagle, Gilpin, Stubbs, Cooper, and Landseer, accom panied by a comprehensive Description by the Author of the "British Field Sports," 4to, with 37 large Copper Plates, and numerous Wood Cuts by Burnett and others (pub. at 21. 12s. 6d.). cloth gilt, 17. 18.

STORER'S CATHEDRAL ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. 4 vola. 8vo., with 256 engravings (pub. at 77. 10s.), half morocco, 21. 12. 6d.

STOTHARD'S MONUMENTAL EFFIGIES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 147 beautifuly finished Etchings, all of which are more or less tinted, and some of them highly luminated in gold and colours, with Historical Descriptions and Introduction, by KEMPE. Folio (pub. at 19.), half morocco, 81. 8s.

STRUTT'S SYLVA BRITANNICA ET SCOTICA; or, Portraits of Forest Trees, distinguished for their Antiquity, Magnitude, or Beauty, comprising 50 very large and highly-finished painters' Etchings, imperial folio (pub. at 97. 98.), half morocco extra, gilt edges, 4. 10s.

1826

STRUTT'S DRESSES AND HABITS OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. from the Establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time; with an historical and Critical Inquiry into every branch of Costume. New and greatly improved Edition, with Cri2 vols. royal 4to, 153 Plates. tical and Explanatory Notes, by J. R. PLANCHE, ESQ., F.S.A. cloth, 4l. 48. The Plates, coloured, 71. 78. The Plates splendidly illuminated in gold, silver, and opaque colours, in the Missal style, 201.

1842

STRUTT'S REGAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND. Containing the most authentic Representations of all the English Monarchs from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth; together with many of the Great Personages that were eminent under their several Keigns. New and greatly improved Edition, by J. R. PLANCHE Esq., F.S.A. Royal 4to, 72 Plates, cloth, 21. 2s. The Plates coloured, 41. 48. Splendidly illuminated, uniform with the Dresses, 127. 128.

1842

STUBBS' ANATOMY OF THE HORSE. 24 fine large Copper-plate Engravings. Imperial folio (pub. at 41. 4s.), boards, leather back, 17. 11s. 6d.

The original edition of this fine old work, which is indispensable to artists. It has long been considered rare.

TATTERSALL'S SPORTING ARCHITECTURE, comprising the Stud Farm, the Stall, the Stable, the Kennel, Race Studs, &c. with 43 beautiful steel and wood illustrations, several after HANCOCK, cloth gilt (pub. at il. 11s. 6d.), l. 1s.

1850

TAYLOR'S HISTORY OF THE FINE ARTS IN GREAT BRITAIN. 2 vols. post 8vo. Woodcuts (pub. at 17. 18.), cloth, 7s. 6d.

"The best view of the state of modern art."-United States' Gazette.

1842

TOD'S ANNALS AND ANTIQUITIES OF RAJASTHAN: OR, THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN RAJPOOT STATES OF INDIA, COMMONLY CALLED RAJPOOTANA). By Lieut.-Colonel J. TOD, imperial 4to, embellished with above 28 extremely beautiful line Engravings by FINDEN, and capital large folding map (47. 148. 6d.), cloth, 258. 1839

TURNER AND GIRTIN'S RIVER SCENERY; tolio, 20 beautiful engravings on steel, after the drawings of J. M. W. TURNER, brilliant impressions, in a portfólio, with morocco back (pub. at 5i. 5s.), reduced to 1. 11s. 6d.

the same, with thick glazed paper between the plates, half bound morocco, gilt edges (pub. at Gl. 6s.), reduced to 21. 28.

WALKER'S ANALYSIS OF BEAUTY IN WOMAN. Preceded by a critical View of the general Hypotheses respecting Beauty, by LEONARDO DA VINCI, MENGS, WINCKELMANN, HUME, HOGARTH, BURKE, KNIGHT, ALISON, and others. New Edition, royal 8vo, illustrated by 22 beautiful Plates, after drawings from life, by H. HOWARD, by GAUCI and LANE (pub. at 21. 28.), gilt cloth, 17. 18,

1846

WALPOLE'S (HORACE) ANECDOTES OF PAINTING IN ENGLAND, with some Account of the Principal Artists, and Catalogue of Engravers, who have been born or resided in England, with Notes by DALLAWAY; New Edition, Revised and Enlarged, by RALPH WORNUM, Esq., complete in 3 vols. 8vo, with numerous beautiful portraits and plates, 24. 28. WATTS'S PSALMS AND HYMNS, ILLUSTRATED EDITION, complete, with indexes of "Subjects," "First Lines," and a Table of Scriptures, 8vo, printed in a very large and beautiful type, embellished with 24 beautiful Wood Crts by Martin, Westall, and others (pub. at 14. 18.), gilt cloth, 7s. S.

WHISTON'S JOSEPHUS, ILLUSTRATED EDITION, compiete; containing both the Antiquities and the Wars of the Jews. 2 vols. 8vo, handsomely printed, embellished with 52 beautiful Wood Engravings, by various Artists (pub. at 17. 4s.), cloth bds., elegantly gilt, 148.

1845

WHITTOCK'S DECORATIVE PAINTER'S AND GLAZIER'S GUIDE, containing the most approved methods of imitating every kind of fancy Wood and Marble, in Oil or Distemper Colour, Designs for Decorating Apartments, and the Art of Staining and Painting on Glass, &c., with Examples from Ancient Windows, with the Supplement, 4to, illustrated with 104 plates, of which 44 are coloured, (pub. at 27. 148.) cloth, 17. i0s.

WHITTOCK'S MINIATURE PAINTER'S MANUAL. Foolscap 8vo., 7 coloured plates, and numerous woodcuts (pub. at 5s.) cloth, 3s.

WIGHTWICK'S PALACE OF ARCHITECTURE, a Romance of Art and History. Imperial 8vo, with 211 Illustrations, Steel Plates, and Woodcuts (pub. at 27. 12s. 6d.), cloth, 17. 18. 1840 WILD'S ARCHITECTURAL GRANDEUR of Belgium, Germany, and France, 24 fine Plates by LE KEUX, &c. Imperial 4to (pub. at 17. 18s.), half morocco, il. 48. 1837 WILD'S FOREIGN CATHEDRALS, 12 Plates, coloured and mounted like Drawings, in a handsome portfolio (pub. at 124. 128.), imperial folio, 57. 58. WILLIAMS' VIEWS IN GREECE, 64 beautiful Line Engravings by MILLER, HORSBURGH, and others. 2 vols. imperial 8vo (púb. at 6l. 6s.), half bound mor. extra, gilt edges, 27. 12s. 6d. 1829

WINDSOR CASTLE AND ITS ENVIRONS, INCLUDING ETON, by LEITCH REITCHIE, new edition, edited by E. JESSE, ESQ., illustrated with upwards of 50 beautiful Engravings on Steel and Wood, royal 8vo., gilt cloth, 15

WOOD'S ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES AND RUINS OF PALMYRA AND BALBEC. 2 vols. in 1, imperial folio, containing 110 fine Copper-plate Engravings, some very large and folding (pub. at 71. 78.), half morocco, uncut, 31. 138. 6d. 1827

Natural History, Agriculture, &c.

1845

ANDREWS' FIGURES OF HEATHS. with Scientific Descriptions, 6 vols. royal vo with 300 beautifully coloured Plates (pub. at 157.), cloth, gilt, 77. 103. BARTON AND CASTLE'S BRITISH FLORA MEDICA; OR, HISTORY OF THE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 2 vols. 8vo, illustrated by upwards of 200 Coloured Figures of Plants (pub. at 31. 38.), cloth, 17. 16s. 1845 BAUER AND HOOKER'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENERA OF FERNS, in which the characters of eact. Genus are displayed in the most elaborate manner, in a series of magnified Dissections and Figures, highly finished in Colours. Imp. 8vo, Plates, 6. 1838-42 BEECHEY. BOTANY OF CAPTAIN BEECHEY'S VOYAGE, comprising an Account of the Plants collected by Messrs. LAY and COLLIE, and other Officers of the Expedition, during the Voyage to the Pacific and Behring's Straits. By SIR WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, and G. A. W. ARNOTT, ESQ., illustrated by 100 Plates, beautifully engraved, complete in 10 parts, 4to (pub. at 72. 10s.), 5l. 1831-41

BEECHEY.-ZOOLOGY OF CAPTAIN BEECHEY'S VOYAGE, compiled from the Collections and Notes of Captain BEECHEY and the Scientific Gentlemen who accompanied the Expedition. The Mammalia, by Dr. RICHARDSON; Ornithology, by N. A. VIGORS, Esq., Fishes, by G. T. LAY, Esq., and E. T. BENNETT, ESQ.; Crustacea, by RICHARD OWEN; Esq.; Reptiles, by Joux EDWARD GRAY, Esq.; Shells, by W. SOWERBY, Esq.; and Geology, by the Rev. Dr. BUCKLAND. 4to, illustrated by 47 Plates, containing many hundred Figures, beautifully co'cured by SOWERBY (pub. at 51. 58.), cloth, 31. 131. 6d. 1839

1845

6 vols. 8vo, 81 1846

BOLTON'S NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH SONG BIRDS. Illustrated with Figures, the size of Life, of the Birds, both Male and Female, in their most Natural Attitudes; their Nests and Eggs, Food, Favourite Plants, Shrubs, Trees, &c. &c. New Edition, revised and very considerably augmented. 2 vols. in 1, medium 4to, containing 80 beautifully coloured plates (pub. at 81. 8s.), half bound morocco, gilt backs, gilt edges, 31. 38. BRITISH FLORIST, OR LADY'S JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE. coloured plates of flowers and groups (pub, at 47. 108.), cloth, 16. 148. BROWN'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE LAND AND FRESH WATER SHELLS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND; with Figures, Descriptions, and Localities of all the Species. Royal 8vo, containing on 27 large Plates, 330 Figures of all the known British Species, in their full size, accurately drawn from Nature (pub. at 15s.), cloth, 10s. 6d. 1845 CURTIS'S FLORA LONDINENSIS; Revised and Improved by GEORGE GRAVES, extended and continued by Sir W. JACKSON HOOKER; comprising the History of Plants indigenous to Great Britain, with Indexes; the Drawings made by SYDENHAM, EDWARDS, and LINDLEY. 5 vols. royal folio (or 109 parts), containing 647 Plates, exhibiting the full natural size of each Plant, with magnified Dissections of the Parts of Fructification, &c., all beautifully coloured (pub. at 874. 4s. in parts), half bound morocco, top edges gilt, 30%. DENNY-MONOGRAPHIA

1835

ANOPLURORUM BRITANNIÆ, OR BRITISH SPECIES OF PARASITE INSECTS (published under the patronage of the British Associetion), 8vo, numerous beautifully coloured plates of Lice, containing several hundred magnified figures, cloth, 1. 118. 6d.

1842

1831-1838

DON'S GENERAL SYSTEM OF GARDENING AND BOTANY. 4 volumes, royal 4to, numerous woodcuts (pub, at 144. 8s.), cloth, 17. 118. 6d. DON'S HORTUS CANTABRIGIENSIS; thirteenth Edition, 8vo (pub. at ll. 48.), cloth, 12x. DONOVAN'S NATURAL HISTORY OF THE INSECTS OF INDIA. Enlarged, by J. O. WESTWOOD, Esq., F.L.S., 4to, with 58 plates, containing upwards of 120 exquisitely coloured figures (pub. at 61. 6s.), cloth, gilt, reduced to 21. 28.

1845

1843

DONOVAN'S NATURAL HISTORY OF THE INSECTS OF CHINA. Enlarged, by J. O. WESTWOOD, Esq., F.L.S., 4to, with 50 plates, containing upwards of 120 exquisitely coloured figures (pub. at 61. 68.), cloth, gilt, 27. 58.

"Donovan's works on the Insects of India and China are splendidly illustrated and extremely useful."-Naturalist.

"The entomological plates of our countryman Donovan, are highly coloured, elegant, and useful, especially those contained in his quarto volumes (Insects of India and China), where a great number of species are delineated for the first time."-Swainson.

DONOVAN'S WORKS ON BRITISH NATURAL HISTORY. Viz.-Insects, 16 vols, -Birds, 10 vols.-Shells, 5 vols.-Fishes, 5 vols.-Quadrupeds, 3 vois.-together 39 vols. 8vo. containing 1198 beautifully coloured plates (puh. at 667. 98.), boards, 234. 178. The same set f 39 vols. bound in 21 (pub. at 731. 108.), half green morocco extra, gilt edges, gilt backs, 301. Any of the classes may be had separately.

DOYLE'S CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HUSBANDRY, and Rural Affairs in General, New Edition, Enlarged, thick svo., with 70 wood engravings (pub. at 13.), cloth, 83. Gd. 1843

DRURY'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF FOREIGN ENTOMOLOGY; wherein are exhibited upwards of 600 exotic Insects, of the East and West Indies, China, New Holland, North and South America, Germany, &c. By J. O. WESTWOOD, ESQ., F.L.S., Secretary of the Entomological Society, &c. 3 vols, 4to, 150 Plates, most beautifully coloured, containing above 600 figures of Insects (originally pub. at 157. 15s.), half bound morocco, 6l. 168. 6d.

1837

EVELYN'S SYLVA AND TERRA. A Discourse of Forest Trees, and the Propagation of Timber, a Philosophical Discourse of the Earth; with Life of the Author, and Notes by Dr. A. Hunter, 2 vols. royal 4to. Fifth improved Edition, with 46 Plates (pub. at 5l. 5s.), cloth, 2.

1825

FITZROY AND DARWIN.-ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE IN THE BEAGLE. 166 plates, mostly coloured, 3 vols. royal 4to. (pub. at 97.), cloth, 51. 5s. 1838-43 GREVILLE'S CRYPTOGAMIC FLORA, comprising the Principal Species found in Great Britain, inclusive of all the New Species recently discovered in Scotland. 6 vols. royal 8vo. 360 beautifully coloured Plates (pub. at 167. 168.), half morocco, 81. 8^.

1823-8

This, though a complete Work in itself, forms an almost indispensable Supplement to the thirty-six volames of Sowerby's English Botany, which does not comprehend Cryptogamous Plants. It is one of the most scientific and best executed works on Indigenous Botany ever produced in this country.

HARDWICKE AND GRAY'S INDIAN ZOOLOGY. Twenty parts, forming two vols., royal follo, 202 coloured plates (pub. at 214.), sewed, 121. 128., or half morocco, gilt edges

142. 144.

HARRIS'S AURELIAN; OR ENGLISH MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES, Their Natural History, together with the Plants on which they feed; New and greatly improved Edition, by J. O. WESTWOOD, Esq., F.L.S., &c., in 1 vol. sm. folio, with 44 plates, containing above 400 figures of Moths, Butterflies, Caterpillars, &c., and the Plants on which they feed, exquisitely coloured after the original drawings, half-bound morocco, 41. 48. 1844

This extremely beautiful work is the only one which contains our English Moths and Butter. Ales of the full natural size, in all their changes of Caterpillar, Chrysalis, &c., with the plants on which they fee

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