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Darwin's (Erasmus) Botanic Garden, a Poem; with Philosophical Notes. 4to. London, 1791.

Mason's (W.) English Garden, a Poem; with Commentary and Notes by W. Burgh. (Works, Vol. I.)

Sowerby's (James) English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonymes, and Places of Growth to which are added, occasional Remarks by Sir J. E. Smith. 36 vols. 8vo. London, 1790-1831.

Smith's (Sir James E.) English Flora. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1824. Curtis's (Wm.) Flora Londinensis; or, a History of Plants indigenous to Great Britain. [First series], enlarged by George Graves. Plates coloured. 3 vols. folio. London, 1817-26.

Curtis's (W.) Flora Londinensis; a Continuation by George Graves and W. J. Hooker. Folio. London.

Aiton's (W.) Hortus Kewensis; or, Catalogue of Plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. 5 vols. 8vo. London, 1810. Relhani (Rich.) Flora Cantabrigiensis secundùm Systema Sexuale digesta. 8vo. Cantab. 1802.

[Richardsoni] (Ric.) Index Horti Bierleiensis, Plantas tàm Britannicas notabiliores quàm Exoticas complectens: juxta Raii Methodum dispositas A. C. M.DCC.XXXVII. 4to. MS.

Richardsoni Delicia Hortenses; sive, Horti Richardsoniani Index Alphabeticus, quâ Plantæ omnes quotquot hactenùs horti sui fuere alumnæ, tàm insulæ hujus spontaniæ quàm aliundè delatæ, fideliter in ordinem reducuntur. Curâ et studio R. R[ichardson]. 1676. 2 vols. 4to. MS.

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Lightfoot's (John) Flora Scotica; or, a Systematic Arrangement of the Native Plants of Scotland and the Hebrides. 2 vols. 8vo. burgh, 1792. Besleri (Bas.) Hortus Eystettensis; sive, Plantarum, Florum, Stirpium, ex variis orbis terræ partibus singulari studio collectarum, quæ in celeberrimis Viridariis Arcis Episcopalis, Delineatio et ad vivum Representatio; [with the Explanations and the Winter Part.] Large folio. [Norimbergæ] 1613.

Wallich (N.) Plantæ Asiaticæ rariores; or, Description and Figures of a select number of unpublished East India Plants. 3 vols. folio. Lond. 1829-32.

Van Rhede (H.) et T. Janson Hortus Malabaricus [continens Regni Malabarici Plantas rariores ad vivum exhibitas; additâ insuper accuratâ earundem Descriptione]. Notis adauxit et Commentariis illustravit Jo. Commelinus. 12 vols. folio. Amstelodami, 16861703.

Van Rhede.

Casparis Commelini Flora Malabarica; sive, Horti Malabarici Catalogus, in ordinem alphabeticum digessit. Folio. Lugd. Bat. 1696.

Van Rhede.-Joannis Burmanni Flora Malabarica; sive, Index in omnes tomos Horti Malabarici. Folio. Amstelodami, 1769. Rumphii (Geo. Er.) Herbarium Amboinense, plurimas complectens Arbores, Frutices, Herbas, Plantas, terrestres et aquaticas, quæ in Amboinâ et adjacentibus insulis ; quod et insuper exhibet varia Insectorum Animaliumque Genera. Belgicè conscripsit, nunc primùm in lucem edidit et Latinam Versionem adjecit Jo. Burmannus. 7 vols. in six. Folio. Large paper. Amstelodami, 1741-55.

Hooker's (W. J.) Flora Boreali-Americana; or, the Botany of the
Northern Parts of British America; compiled principally from the
Plants collected on the Northern Land Expeditions under Sir John
Franklin, and those of Mr. Douglas. 4to. London, 1829.
Hooker's and G. A. W. Arnot's 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 performed in 1825. 4to. Lond. 1830.
Barton's (W. P. C.) Compendium Flore Philadelphicæ; containing a
Description of the Indigenous and Naturalised Plants found within
ten miles around Philadelphia. 2 vols. small 8vo. Philadel. 1818.
Humboldt (Alex. de) Plantes Equinoxiales. (Voyage de l'Amérique.)

Evelyn's (John) Silva; or, a Discourse of Forest Trees, and the Propagation of Timber; together with an Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves; with Notes by A. Hunter. 2 vols. 4to. York, 1801.

Strutt's (J. G.) Sylva Britannica; or, Portraits of Forest Trees distinguished for their Antiquity, Magnitude, or Beauty Folio. London,

1822.

Brown (Sir Thos.), the Garden of Cyrus; or, the Quincuncial, Lozenge, or Net-work Plantations of the Ancients considered. (Works.) Phillips's (Henry) Silva Florifera; the Shrubbery historically and botanically treated; with Observations on the Formation of Ornamental Plantations and Picturesque Scenery. 2 vols. in one, 8vo. Lond. 1823.

Paris,

Duhamel du Monceau, Traité des Arbres Fruitiers, augmenté par A.
Poiteau et P. Turpin. Les Figures imprimées en couleur, et re-
touchées au pinceau par les Auteurs mêmes. 6 vols. folio.
1807, &c.
Phillip's (Henry) Pomarium Britannicum; an Historical and Botanical
Account of Fruits known in Great Britain. 8vo. London, 1823.
Ferrarii (Jo. Bapt.) Hesperides; sive, de Malorum Aureorum Culturâ et
Usu. Folio. Roma, 1646.

Ronald's (Hugh) Pyrus Malus Brentfordiensis; or, a Concise Description of selected Apples; with a Figure of each sort drawn from nature on stone and carefully coloured, by his Daughter. 4to. London, 1831.

Kerner (J. S.), le Raisin, ses Espèces et Variétés, dessinés et colories d'après Nature. Folio. Stouttgard, 1803-10.

Kerner (J. S.), les Melons, contenant XXXVI Espèces, dessinés et colories d'après Nature. Folio. Stouttgard, 1811.

Risso et Poiteau (A.), Histoire Naturelle des Orangers. 4to. coloured Plates. Paris, 1818.

Kæmpfer's Natural History of the Japanese Tea, and its Preparation. (History of Japan, Vol. II.)

Ellis's (John) Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, systematically arranged and described by the late Dr. Solander, and published by his Daughter. 4to. London, 1786.

Zoology.

Aristoteles de Animalibus. (Opera, Vol. I.)

Shaw's (Geo.) Zoological Lectures, delivered at the Royal Institution, with Plates from the best Authorities. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1809. Shaw's (Geo.) General Zoology; or, Systematic Natural History, continued by James Francis Stephens; with Plates from the first Authorities, and most select Specimens, engraved by Mrs. Griffith and Mr. Heath. 28 vols. 8vo. London, 1800-26.

Cuvier's (the Baron) Animal Kingdom, described and arranged in conformity with its Organisation; with additional Descriptions, and other original matter, by Edward Griffiths and others. 9 vols. royal 8vo, large paper, coloured Plates. Lond. 1827-31.

Cuvier's (the Baron) Fossil Mammalia, by Pidgeon. Royal 8vo. large paper, coloured. London, 1830.

Bingley's (W.) Animal Biography; or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy of the Animal Creation. 3 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1805.

Waltoni (E.) de Differentiis Animalium Libri X., ad Seren. Aug. Regem Edwardum VI. Folio. Lutetiæ, apud Vascosanum, 1552. Landseer's (Thos.) Characteristic Sketches of Animals, drawn from the Life and engraved; with Descriptive Notices by John Barrow. Imp. 4to. proofs on India paper. London, 1829-32.

Pennant's (Thomas) British Zoology. 4 vols. 4to. Warring. 1776-7. Sowerby's (James) British Miscellany; or, Coloured Figures of new, rare, or little-known Animal Subjects, inhabitants of the British Isles. 8vo. London, 1806.

Pennant's (Thomas) Arctic Zoology. 2 vols. 4to. London, 1784. Richardson's (John) Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America ; containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History collected on the Expeditions under Sir John Franklin. 4to. London, 1829. D'Obsonville's (M. F.) Philosophic Essays on the Manners of various foreign [Asiatic] Ánimals, translated by Thomas Holcroft. London, 1784.

8vo.

Pennant's (T.) Indian Zoology. 4to. London, 1790. Gray's (J. E.) Illustrations of Indian Zoology, consisting of coloured Plates of new or hitherto unfigured Indian Animals, from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. 2 vols. folio. London, 1829. Prichard's (J. C.) Researches into the Physical History of Mankind. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1826.

Bewick's (T.) General History of Quadrupeds, the Figures engraved on Wood. 8vo. Newcastle, 1792.

Geoffroi Saint Hilaire et F. Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères, avec des Figures originales coloriées, dessinées d'après des Animaux vivans. Folio. Paris, 1819.

Pennant's (Th.) History of Quadrupeds. 2 vols. 4to. London, 1793. Topsell's (E.) Historie of Four-footed Beastes, collected out of Conrad, Gesner, and all other Writers. Folio, Cuts. London, by W. Jaggard, 1607.

Ornithology.

Pennant's (Thos.) Genera of Birds. 4to. London, 1781.

Pennant's (T.) Index to the Ornithology of Buffon, and Systematic Catalogue. 4to. London, 1786.

Willughby's (Francis) Ornithology, translated; with Three Discourses on the Art of Fowling, the ordering of Singing Birds, and of Falconry, by John Ray. Folio. London, 1678.

[Latham's (John)] General Synopsis of Birds; the Plates elaborately coloured. 3 vols. in 6. Both Supplements. 2 vols. Index Ornithologicus, sive Systema Ornithologiæ, cum Supplemento. 2 vols.; 10 vols. in 8, 4to. London, 1781-1802.

Edwards's (Geo.) Natural History of Birds, with Figures exactly coloured after the original drawings. 7 vols. in 4, folio. Only 25 copies of this size executed. London, 1802-6.

Bewick's (T.) History of Birds. Figures engraved in wood. 2 vols. 8vo. first edition. Newcastle, 1797-1804.

Themminck (C. J.), Histoire Naturelle des Pigeons; les Figures coloriées par Mdme. Knip, née Pauline de Courcelles. Folio. Paris, 1811. Audebert (J. B.) et L. P. Vieillot, Histoire Naturelle et Générale des [Oiseaux Dorés, viz.] Colibris, Oiseaux-Mouches, Jacamars et Promerops, Grimpereaux, et des Oiseaux de Paradis. 2 vols. folio, large paper; Plates highly finished in colours. Paris, 1802. Vaillant (Fr. le), Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de Paradis, des Toucans, et des Barbus; suivie de celle de Promerops, Guépiers, et des Couroucous. 3 vols. folio, coloured Plates. Paris, 1803-16.

Lesson (R. P.), Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches. Royal 8vo. coloured Plates. Paris, 1829.

Desmarest (A. G.), Histoire Naturelle des Tangaras, des Manakins, et des Todiers; avec Figures coloriées d'après les desseins de Mlle. Pauline de Courcelles. Folio. Paris, 1805.

Vaillant (Fr. le), Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets. 2 vols. folio, coloured Plates. Paris, 1801-5.

Gould's (J.) Coloured Figures of the Birds of Europe, with Descriptions. Large folio. London, 1832.

Montagu's (Col. G.) Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds. Second edition, with a Plan of Study, and many new Articles, by James Rennie. 8vo. Lond. 1831.

Lewin (W.) on the Birds of Great Britain, systematically arranged; with their Eggs accurately engraved and painted from nature. 8 vols. royal 4to. London, 1795-1801.

Donovan's (E.) Natural History of British Birds; or, a Selection of the most rare, beautiful, and interesting, which inhabit this country; with Figures coloured from the original specimens. 10 vols. royal 8vo. London, 1794-1818.

Frisch (J. L.), Représentation des Oiseaux d'Allemagne, et occasionellement de quelques Oiseaux étrangers, peints avec leurs couleurs naturelles. 2 vols. folio. Berlin, 1763.

Vieillot (L. P.), Histoire Naturelle des plus beaux Oiseaux Chanteurs de la Zone Torride. Folio, Plates coloured. Paris, 1806.

Gould's (J.) Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, coloured from nature, with Descriptions by N. Vigors. Large folio. London,

1831.

Vaillant (Fr. le), Histoire Naturelle d'une partie des Oiseaux nouveaux et rares de l'Amérique et des Indes. Folio, Plates coloured. Paris, 1804.

Wilson's (Alex.) American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States; illustrated with Plates, coloured from original drawings taken from nature. [With Life of the Author by Geo. Ord.] 9 vols. 4to. Philadelphia, 1808-14.

Audubon's (John James) Birds of America, from Drawings made during a residence of Twenty-five Years in the United States and its Territories. 3 vols. folio. Edinburgh, 1831.

Audubon's (J. J.) American Ornithological Biography. Royal 8vo. London, 1831.

Waterton's (C.) Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds, &c. for Cabinets of Natural History. (Travels in South America.)

Reptiles, &c.

Cordiner's (Charles) Natural History of Scottish Marine Animals, &c. (Antiquities of Scotland.)

Topsell's (Ed.) Historie of Serpents, collected out of Divine Scriptures, Fathers, Philosophers, Physicians, and Poetes. Folio. London, by W. Jaggard, 1608.

Ichthyology.

Willughbeii (Fr.) Historia Piscium, recognovit, coaptavit, supplevit Joan. Raius. Oxonii, 1686.

Cuvier (le Baron) et M. Valenciennes, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, décrits d'après nature, et distribués conformément à leurs rapports d'Organisation; avec des Observations sur leur Anatomie, et des Recherches critiques sur leur Nomenclature ancienne et moderne. 15 vols. 8vo. coloured Plates. Paris, 1828.

Albin's (E.) History of Esculent Fish; with North's Essay on Fish and Fish-Ponds. 4to. coloured Plates. London, 1794.

Donovan's (E.) Natural History of British Fishes; with accurately finished coloured Plates. 5 vols. royal 8vo. London, 1808. Jovius (Paulus) de Romanis Piscibus. (Descriptiones.)

Entomology.

Kirby (W.) and W. Spence's Introduction to Entomology; or, Elements of the Natural History of Insects with Plates. 4 vols. 8vo. London, 1818-26. Swammerdam (J.) Biblia Naturæ ; sive, Historia Insectorum, in linguâ Bataviâ et Latinâ. Accedit Præfatio, in quâ Vitam Auctoris descripsit H. Boerhaave. 2 vols. folio, large paper. Leyde, 1737. Olivier (G. A.), Entomologie; ou, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. 6 vols. 4to, coloured Plates. Paris, 1789-1808.

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