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... royal 4to . with 1008 plates , beautifully coloured , an original and remarkably fine copy ; French red morocco ... folio , 67 prints , hf . bd . morocco , 10s 6d 1775 BECHSTEIN'S ( J. M. ) Cage Birds , their Natural History , & c . 8vo . bds ...
... royal 4to . with 1008 plates , beautifully coloured , an original and remarkably fine copy ; French red morocco ... folio , 67 prints , hf . bd . morocco , 10s 6d 1775 BECHSTEIN'S ( J. M. ) Cage Birds , their Natural History , & c . 8vo . bds ...
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... royal folio , with 50 en- gravings , ( pub . at £ 10 . 10s ) hf . bd . morocco , 1825 £ 1 . 1s BASTERI ( Jobi ) Opuscula Subseciva , Observa- tiones Miscellaneas de Animalculis et Plantis quibusdam marinis , eorumque Ovariis et Semi ...
... royal folio , with 50 en- gravings , ( pub . at £ 10 . 10s ) hf . bd . morocco , 1825 £ 1 . 1s BASTERI ( Jobi ) Opuscula Subseciva , Observa- tiones Miscellaneas de Animalculis et Plantis quibusdam marinis , eorumque Ovariis et Semi ...
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... royal 4to . with an immense large View of the Principal Mountains of the World , in their prospective proportions ... folio , with 60 coloured plates , £ 4 . 4s Stuttg . 1830-33 the same . Nos . 3 , 4 , 8 , 9 , and 10 , royal folio ...
... royal 4to . with an immense large View of the Principal Mountains of the World , in their prospective proportions ... folio , with 60 coloured plates , £ 4 . 4s Stuttg . 1830-33 the same . Nos . 3 , 4 , 8 , 9 , and 10 , royal folio ...
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... folio , with 220 COLOURED PLATES , very neat in calf , rare , £ 4 . 4s Amstelodami , 1697-1701 CONNOISSANCE et ... royal folio , the first edition ; several hundred finely coloured plates ( arranged according to the Linnaan system ) ...
... folio , with 220 COLOURED PLATES , very neat in calf , rare , £ 4 . 4s Amstelodami , 1697-1701 CONNOISSANCE et ... royal folio , the first edition ; several hundred finely coloured plates ( arranged according to the Linnaan system ) ...
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... royal folio , with 32 plates of Thistles , bds . £ 1 . ls Paris , 1803 DESFONTAINES , Flora Atlantica , sive Historia Plantarum , quæ in Atlante , Agro Tunetano , et Algeriensi crescunt , 4 vols . 4to . 261 beautiful engravings by ...
... royal folio , with 32 plates of Thistles , bds . £ 1 . ls Paris , 1803 DESFONTAINES , Flora Atlantica , sive Historia Plantarum , quæ in Atlante , Agro Tunetano , et Algeriensi crescunt , 4 vols . 4to . 261 beautiful engravings by ...
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