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11 TRANSACTIONS of the Meridan Scientific Association. Vol. II. 8vo. sd. 1887
Including a List of the Birds of Meridan, Conn., by F. PLATT.
12 PROCEEDINGS of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. III (1843),
and from vol. V, number 47 (1851), to vol. XXXIII, number 145
(1894), a few numbers missing, as described below;-77 numbers, 8vo.,
with plates; sd.
Philadelphia, 1843-94
Vol. XXII, Part III (875 pages), consists of a condensed edition of the Proceed.
ings of the Society from 1744 to 1838, a circumstance which renders the above
described lot more nearly complete than it would at first seem. (This part can be had
separately, price 7s 6d.) The intermediate numbers missing are: 50, 53-56, 58, 76,
128, 129, 134, 135, 137-139, and 143. The Catalogue of the Society's Library, parts
II and III (Chronology, Ethnology, Archæology, Mythology, History, Sociology,
Manufactures, Commerce, Finance, War, Law), and a list of the original members of
the Society (1769), are given with the set.

13 Arachnida. THORELL (T.). Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. OATES, and preserved in the British Museum. 8vo. 442 pages (pub. at 10s 6d), cloth

Arctic Regions:

14 SALGARI (Emilio). I Pescatori di Balene. Royal 8vo. a romance of adventure, with 46 woodcuts illustrating views in the Polar regions, incidents of Whale Fishing, etc.; sd. Milano, 1894 15 SCORESBY (W.) Account of the Arctic Regions, and the Whale-Fishery, 2 vols. map and plates, 1820-Journal of a Voyage to Greenland, maps and plates, 1823-together 3 vols. 8vo. calf extra, gilt edges, uniform Edinburgh, 1820-3

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Astronomy:

16 ARAGO (F.) Astronomie populaire publiée par J. A. Barral, 5 vols. 8vo.
diagrams, sd.
Paris, 1855
17 [ASTRONOMI VETERES]. Iulii Firmici Astronomicorum libri octo
. . . Marci Manilii astronomicorum libri quinque. Arati Phænomena
Germanico Cæsare interprete cum commentariis & imaginibus
Procli Diadochi Sphæra græce Procli eiusdem Sphæra, Thoma Linacro
Britanno interprete.

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18 BALL (Sir R. S.) Time and Tide, a Romance of the Moon. 12mo., front.
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19 CHAUVENET (W.) A Manual of spherical and practical Astronomy, 2 vols.
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Philadelphia, 1885
20 CLARK (Latimer) A Treatise on the transit instrument, 8vo. figures,
1882
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21 DISCURSIVE ESSAYS, part I, by Cosmopolites. 8vo., cloth

Containing a new theory in astronomy based on the translatory motion of the Sun, and a new theory on the element of cold in the Universe; followed by a description of the probable origin of the Earth, formation of its ocean, crust, continents, and islands, including a concise review of the evolution of the organic beings on its surface.

22 DUNKIN (E.) The Midnight Sky: familiar notes on the stars and

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24 LOOMIS (E.) A Trastise of Meteorology, with a collection of meteoro-
logical tables, 8vo. calf
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An Introduction to practical Astronomy, 8vo. calf New York, 1866 25 PEARSON (W.) Introduction to practical Astronomy, 2 vols. roy. 4to. hf. calf 26 PROCTOR (R. A.) Handbook of the Stars. 12mo., maps and diagrams; cloth

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Australia:

35 AFLALO (F. C.) A Sketch of the Natural History of Australia, with some notes on Sport, 8vo. plates, cloth 1896

36 DEPARTMENT of MINES, Sydney. Mineral Products of N. S. W., by H. WOOD; Notes on Geology of N. S. W., by C. S. WILKINSON; Minerals of N. S. W., by Arch. LIVERSIDGE; etc. In 1 vol., 4to., with maps, etc., sd.

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37 LAURIE (J. S.) The Story of Australasia: its Discovery, Colonisation, and Development, cloth extra

38 WITHERS (N. B.) The History of Ballarat, 8vo. plates, cloth Ballarat, 1870 39 ROYAL SOCIETY of TASMANIA. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land. Vol. I, in 3 parts, 1849-51; vol. II, in 3 parts, 1852-54; vol. III, parts 1 and 2, 1855-59. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, for the years 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1888, 1890, and 1892. Monthly Notices of the Papers and Proceedings for the years 1863, 1864, 1865, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874 and 1879. Report of the Society for 1862. Catalogue of the Library of the Society, 1885. 28 vols. and parts 8vo. with plates; sd. Tasmania, 1859-92 40 NATURAL HISTORY of VICTORIA. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria; or, figures and descriptions of the living species of Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals. By Frederick McCor. Decades I-XV. 15 parts or vols., royal 8vo., 150 COLOURED PLATES, with text; bds. Melbourne, 1878-87

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44 ARCHERY. By C. J. LONGMAN, Col. H. WALROND, etc. 195 illustrations

and 2 maps

45 ATHLETICS AND FOOTBALL. By MONTAGUE SHEARMAN. 51 illustrations
46 BIG GAME SHOOTING. By C. PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY, etc.

Vol. I. AFRICA and AMERICA. 77 illustrations.
Vol. II. EUROPE, ASIA, and the ARCTIC REGIONS.

47 BOATING. By W. B. WOODGATE. 49 illustrations
48 COURSING AND FALCONRY. By HARDING Cox and the Hon. GERALD
LASCELLES. 76 illustrations

49 DANCING. By Mrs. LILLY GROVE, Miss MIDDLETON, the Hon. Mrs.
ARMYTAGE, the COUNTESS OF ANCASTER, etc. 131 illustrations

50 RACING AND STEEPLE-CHASING. Racing: By the EARL OF SUFFOLK AND
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51 SKATING, CURLING, TOBOGGANING, and other ICE SPORTS. By J. M. HEATH-
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55 BANKS: JOURNAL OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOSEPH BANKS, DURING CAPT. COOK'S FIRST VOYAGE in H.M.S. ENDEAVOUR, in 1768-71, to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies, etc. edited by Sir Joseph Hooker, 8vo. portraits and charts 1896

Sir Josepn Hooker's motive in editing this Journal of long ago is to give prominence to Sir Joseph Banks' indefatigable labours as an accomplished observer and ardent collector during the whole period occupied by that expedition, and thus to present him as the pioneer of those naturalist voyagers of later years of whom Darwin is the great example.

1885

56 BARLOW (W.) New Theories of Matter and of Force, 8vo. cloth
57 BATES (H. W.) The Naturalist on the River Amazons, crown 8vo. cloth 1873
58 BICKERDYKE (John). The Book of the All-Round Angler. LARGE
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Only 200 copies printed. This book, which commences with an Introduction written by Mr. Wm. Senior ("Red Spinner "), is eminently a practical one. It will be found to contain more useful information on the various modern methods of angling in fresh and salt water than has ever been published in one volume and far in excess of anything published at the price. In whatever part of the United Kingdom the angler may be-whether on the sea-coast or inland, on sea, lake, or river-he will be able, by following the instructions given, to fish with a fair chance of success. Botany: Chiefly from the Library of that amiable and accomplished savant, the late Mr. Edwin Clarke, of Marlow, Bucks.

59 ALLIONIUS. FLORA PEDEMONTANA, sive enumeratio methodica stirpium
indigenarum Pedemontanii, auctore CAROLO ALLIONIO. 3 vols. in 1,
folio, 92 plates; russia gilt
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62 BEDDOME (R. H.). The Ferns of SOUTHERN INDIA, being Descriptions and Plates of the Ferns of the MADRAS PRESIDENCY. Royal 4to., 271 plates, rough calf

Madras, 1863

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65 BENTHAM (G.) and F. MUELLER, FLORA AUSTRALIENSIS, a Description of the Plants of the Australian Territory, 7 vols. 8vo., cloth, uncut 1863-78 66 BOLUS (H.). The Orchids of the Cape Peninsula. Roy. 8vo., 36 plates containing numerous plain and coloured figures; cloth (pub. 158)

Cape Town, 1888 Extra Tropical South African Orchids. Roy. 8vo., 50 plates containing numerous plain and coloured figures; cloth (pub. 21s) 1893 68 BURNETT (M. A.) Plantæ Utiliores; or, illustrations of useful plants, employed in the Arts and Medicine, 4 vols. 4to. 250 coloured plates, calf gilt 1842

69 CALCUTTA. Annals of the ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, vol. V, pt. 2. Folio, in a portfolio

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72 COOKE (M. C.). Handbook of British Fungi. 2 vols. post 8vo., coloured plate and several hundred woodcuts; cloth

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73 CORDIER (F. S.) Les Champignons de la France, impl. 8vo. 60 finely coloured plates, sd. Paris, 1870 74 DODOENS. A Nievve Herball, or Historie of Plantes: wherein is contayned the vvhole discourse and perfect description of all sortes of Herbes and Plantes . . . First set foorth in the Doutche or Almaigne tongue, by that learned D. REMBERT DODOENS . . . translated out of French into English, by HENRY LYTE . . . Sm. folio, the title and a few leaves mended; morocco London, 1578 75 DUHAMEL [DU MONCEAU]. TRAITÉ des ARBRES et ARBUSTES, édition augmentée par VEILLARD, J. SAINTHILAIRE, MIRBEL, POIRET, et LOISELEUR-DESLONGCHAMPS. 7 vols. impl. folio, Large Paper, 500 plates beautifully coloured by hand; elegantly bound in green morocco with broad tooled borders, by J. Wright Paris, 1825 50 0 0

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78 FLORE DES SERRES et des Jardins de l'Europe; Annales générales d'Horticulture, comprenant descriptions des plantes les plus rares et les plus méritantes nouvellement introduites, édité par L. Von Houtte. 23 vols. COMPLETE, royal 8vo. with about 3000 FINELY COLOURED plates, besides woodcuts; a beautiful set in hf. red morocco gilt, UNCUT

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83 GRANT (Capt. Bartle) The Orchids of Burma and the Andaman Islands
described, 8vo. vi, 424 and 8 Index pp. (subscription price 12s 6d),
cloth
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Published privately in Burma. Indispensable to all Orchid Collectors.
84 GREVILLEA; a Quarterly Record of Cryptogamic Botany and its
Literature. Edited by M. C. COOKE. Vols. I-XXII. 22 vols. 8vo.
with 185 plates, most of them COLOURED; the first twelve vols. in six, half
bound in calf neat, the rest in numbers

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The first two volumes appeared in monthly numbers, and are, of course, entitled "a monthly record," etc. This Journal includes descriptions of all the species figured in Cooke's" Illustrations of British Fungi."

85 HACKEL (E.). The True Grasses. Translated from DIE NATÜRLICHEN
PFLANZENFAMILIEN by F. Lamson-Scribner and Effie A. Southworth.
8vo., upwards of 90 illustrations and diagrams; cloth
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The following are extracts from a letter received from C. B. Clarke, Esq., F.R.S.,
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"Hackel, as a systematist, is surpassed by no living German, and his especial
Order is Gramina. His account of these in Engler und Prantl Pflanzenfamilien' is
altogether the best account of the whole Order extant, i.e. that incluai the Grasses
of the World."

"No competent person would commence any systematic work on Grasses without Hackel's work on his table."

86 HALL (J. G.) A collection of about 80 coloured drawings of Fungi, sm. folio, loose in portfolio About 1860

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87 HASSALL (A. H.). History of the BRITISH FRESHWATER ALGÆ, in-
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plates; cloth, rare
88 HILLEBRAND (W.). Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. 8vo., 673 pp.,
frontispiece, and map; cloth
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