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604 WILLKOMM (M.). Die Wunder des Mikroskops oder die Welt im kleinsten Raume. Sm. 4to., illustrations; half calf

Leipzig, 1856

£ s. d.

020

1861

026

605 WOOD (J. G.). Common Objects of the Microscope. 12mo., coloured plates by Tuffen West; cloth

606 Mineralogy. KURR (J. G. v.). Das Mineralreich in Bildern. Folio, 22 plates containing numerous coloured figures; bds.

Stuttgart und Eisslingen, 1858 Mining and Metallurgy: 607 AGRICOLE (G.) de re Metallica libri XII . . Folio, very many woodcuts representing Mining and Smelting Operations; calf or vellum

Basiler, 1657 608 CLOWES (F.). The Detection and Measurement of Inflammable Gas and Vapour in the Air. Cr. 8vo., coloured frontispiece and other illustrations; cloth (pub. 5s net) 1896 609 KIRKALDY (D.). Results of an experimental inquiry into the Mechanical Properties of Steel, of different degrees of hardness, and under various conditions, manufactured by C. Aspelin. 4to., plates and woodcuts;

cloth 1873 610 PETTUS (Sir J.). Fleta Minor. The Laws of Art and Nature, in Knowing, Judging, Assaying, Fining, Refining and Inlarging the Bodies of confin'd Metals. In Two Parts. Folio, portrait and numerous plates; old calf

1686 A work still in great request. The first part contains the Assays of Lazarus Erckern, the second has a considerable etymological interest.

611 RICHARDS (J. W.). Aluminium: its History, Occurrence, Properties, Metallurgy and Applications, including its Alloys. 8vo., illustrations; cloth (pub. 21s)

1890

612 SCHLUTER (C. A.). Gründlicher Unterricht von HÜTTE-WErken nebst einem vollständigem PROBIER-BUCH. . . Folio, frontispiece, and numerous folding plates of forges and kindred appliances; hf. bd. Braunschweig, 1738 613 SPERGES (J. von). Tyrolische Bergwerksgeschichte. 8vo., portrait; half calf Wien, 1765 614 ZOPPETTI (V.). Arte Siderurgica. Nozioni sulla Produzione della Ghisa, del Ferro e dell' Acciaio. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., 158 woodcuts; sd. Milano, 1883 615 MIVART (St. George). Essays and Criticisms. 2 vols., 8vo., cloth (pub. 32s)

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616 ALDER and HANCOCK'S Monograph of the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca. 7 parts complete, folio, with 82 plates, most of them coloured;

another copy, folio, hf. calf

1845-55
1845-55

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bds. 616* 617 ALLMAN (George James). Monograph of the Fresh-Water Polyzoa, including all the known species. Folio, with 11 coloured plates; bds. Ray Society, 1856 618 BROOKS (W. K.). The Oyster. Cr. 8vo., illustrations; cloth Baltimore, 1891 619 FLEMING (J.). Molluscous Animals, including Shell Fish. 8vo., plates; cloth Edinburgh, 1837

110 0

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620 FORBES (E.) and S. HANLEY. History of British Mollusca, and their Shells. 4 vols., 8vo., more than 200 plates; half calf 1853 310 0 the same. 4 vols., roy. 8vo., LARGE PAPER; the plates coloured; half brown morocco neat, gilt tops

620*

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621 KOBELT (W.). Studien zur Zoogeographie. Die Mollusken der Palæ arktischen Region. Impl. 8vo., sd. Wiesbaden, 1879 622 OYSTER Culture in relation to Disease. Roy. 8vo., sd. (pub. 8s 6d) 1896 The Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the Local Government Board, 1894-95.

Mollusca-continued.

623 PHILPOTS (J. R.). Oysters, and all about them. 2 vols., cr. 8vo., pp. 1370; cloth 1890-91

624 REEVE (Lovell). The Land and Freshwater Mollusks indigenous to, or naturalized in, the British Isles. 8vo., woodcuts; half red morocco, gilt top

1863

625 WOODWARD (S. P.). Manual of the Mollusca; or rudimentary treatise on Recent and Fossil Shells. 12mo., plates and woodcuts; calf 1851-56 626 NATURAL HISTORY (Dictionary of); or, Complete Summary of Zoology. 18mo., with a very large number of coloured figures; half calf

1802

627 NATURALIST (A) on the Prowl, or, in the Jungle. By Eha. Cr. 8vo., 80 illustrations; cloth 1894 628 WILD NORWAY: with Chapters on the Swedish Highlands, Jutland, and Spitzbergen. By ABEL CHAPMAN, Author of "Wild Spain," etc. 8vo., with seventeen full-page illustrations and numerous smaller ones by the Author and Charles Whymper

1897

It is hoped that this book may become a standard work on Norwegian Sport. It is
the result of many years' personal experience of all kinds of sport-Stalking, Fishing,
Shooting, and Elk-hunting. The author is well known as a naturalist, and his
interesting remarks on the habits of birds and animals are those of a close and careful
observer.

CONTENTS:-Chap. I. Fjeld and Fjord-Chaps. II. and III. Reindeer Stalking-
Chaps. IV. and V. Salmon Fishing-Chap. VI. Memories of Monsters-Chap, VII.
Salmon in Surendal-Chap. VIII. Summer Rambles-Chap. IX. More Salmon
Rivers-Chaps. X. and XI. Trouting-Chap. XII. Autumn in Norway-Chap. XIII.
Hunting Camps in Hardanger-Chaps. XIV. and XV. Elk-Hunting-Chaps. XVI.
and XVII. Highlands of the Swedish Divide-Chap. XVIII. Wild Life in Forest and
Fjeld-Chap. XIX. Impressions of Denmark-Chap. XX. Lagoons and Marshes of
Jutland-Chap. XXI. The North Sea-Chap. XXII. Spitzbergen.

629 NEW YORK. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK. 13 vols., 4to., many hundred coloured plates; cloth

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630 Novara. The Voyage round the World.
REISE DER ÖSTERREICHISCHEN
FREGATTE "NOVARA" um die Erde, in den Jahren 1857-59, unter den
Befehlen des Commodore B. von WÜLLERSTORF-URBAIR.
3 vols., roy.
8vo., and 18 vols., roy. 4to., with several hundred plates, the greater part
of them, the LEPIDOPTERA in particular, being finely coloured; 1 vol. in
morocco, 5 half bound, the rest as issued

CONTENTS:

Anthropologischer Theil. 35 plates.

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Botanischer Theil. 36 plates.

Geologischer Theil. 52 plates.

Linguistischer Theil.

Medicinischer Theil. 2 plates.

630.

Optics:

Statistisch-commercielier Theil. 9 plates.

Zoologischer Theil. 228 plates.

Beschreibender Theil.

Separately:

LEPIDOPTERA. 2 vols., 4to., 140 superbly coloured plates; bds. 1865-70 15 0 0

631 ALHAZEN. Optica Thesavrus Alhazeni Arabis libri septem eivsdem
liber de Crepvscvlis & Nubium ascensionibus.
libri X. . . Folio, diagrams; old calf

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632 CODDINGTON (H.). An Elementary Treatise on Optics. 8vo., folding plates; half calf neat Cambridge, 1823 A Treatise on the Eye and on Optical Instruments. Being Part II of A System of Optics. 8vo., folding plates; half calf neat;

633

VERY SCARCE

Cambridge, 1830 634 EULER (L.). Dioptricæ pars prima [secunda et tertia]. 3 vols. 4to., plates; old mottled calf Petropoli, 1769-71 635 [LASSERE (F.)]. La Dioptriqve Ocvlaire, ov la Theoriqve, la Positive, et la Mechaniqve, de l'Ocvlaire Dioptriqve en tovtes ses especes. Par le Pere Chervbin d'Orleans . . . Folio, numerous fine plates; old calf Paris, 1671 636 [NEWTON (I.)]. Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. . . 4to., folding plates; old calf 1704 637 POTTER (R.). Elementary Treatise on Optics. 2 vols., 8vo., cloth; or, bound in 1 vol., half calf 637* Physical Optics, or the Nature and Properties of Light. 8vo., woodcuts; half calf

The revised second edition.

1851

1856

638 SMITH (R.). A Compleat System of Opticks. 2 vols., 4to., plates; hf.
bd.
Cambridge, 1738
639 ZAHN. Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus sive Telescopium, ex abditis
rerum Naturalium & Artificialium principiis protractum novâ methodo,
eâque solidâ explicatum ac comprimis è triplici fundamento Physico
seu Naturali, Mathematico Dioptrico et Mechanico, seu Practico
stabilitum. . . Authore R. P. F. Joanne Zahn . . . 3 pts. in 1 vol.,
sm. folio, numerous plates; vellum
Herbipoli, 1685-86

On p. 181 of part I, is a plate illustrating the idea of a photographic camera.
ORNITHOLOGY:

1820

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640 ANDERSSON (C. J.). Notes on the Birds of Damara Land and the
adjacent countries of S. W. Africa. 8vo., map and 3 plates; cloth 1872 0 96
641 ATKINSON (J.). Compendium of the Ornithology of Great Britain.
8vo., pp. xii and 232; half morocco
642 AUDUBON (J. J.). THE BIRDS OF AMERICA.
4 vols., atlas folio, the Original Issue; 435 superbly
coloured plates containing life-size representations 1827-38

ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY, Descriptions of the
Objects represented in the Work entitled The BIRDS of
AMERICA. 5 vols., impl. 8vo.

1831-39

together, 4 vols., atlas folio, and 5 vols., impl. 8vo., uniformly bound in half blue morocco by Lewis 1827-39 350 0 (

The above being a copy of the first issue, the numbering of the plates of the first volume is almost entirely in Arabic numerals.

Audubon, by birth an American, was the son of a Frenchman. His indefatigable pursuit of knowledge, his enthusiastic devotion to the science of ornithology, his keenness of insight, have rendered his name for ever famous as that of one of the greatest naturalists the world has seen. With Buffon, Cuvier, and Owen, he occupies a front rank from which no later investigator can dethrone him; and at the same time he holds a position of no small importance as one of the literary celebrities of the New World.

The Companion Work:

643 ELLIOT (D. G.). The NEW and HERETOFORE UNFIGURED SPECIES of the BIRDS of NORTH AMERICA. 2 vols., impl. folio, 72 coloured plates; half green morocco, gilt tops, New York, 1866-69

uncut

The continuation to the work of Audubon.

25 00

Ornithology-continued.

RARE

644 AUDUBON (J. J.). ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY, or an Account of the
Habits of the BIRDS of AMERICA. 5 vols., roy. 8vo., hf. bd.; a bargain;
Edinburgh, 1831-39
the same.
5 vols., roy. 8vo., proof portrait (with autograph
affixed) inserted; calf extra, by J. Clarke

645

646

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800

Author's presentation copy to William Yarrell.
Synopsis of the Birds of North America.

8vo., pp. xxii and

Edinburgh, 1839

050

Cr. 8vo., front.,

1890

050

History of NORTH

359; bds.

647 BACKHOUSE (J.). Handbook of European Birds.
pp. viii and 334; cloth (pub. 10s 6d)

648 BAIRD (S. F.), T. M. BREWER, and R. RIDGWAY.
AMERICAN BIRDS.
LAND BIRDS. 3 vols., 64 coloured plates and 593 woodcuts

Boston, 1875

WATER BIRDS. 2 vols., with several hundred woodcuts, mostly coloured by hand

Boston, 1884 together, 5 vols., impl. 8vo., coloured plates and cuts, cloth 1875-84 649 BENDIRE (C.). Life Histories of NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS, with special reference to their Breeding, Habits, and Eggs. Roy. 4to., 12 fine coloured plates containing a large number of oological figures; cloth Smithsonian Ins., Washington, 1892 650 BLACKBURN (H.). Birds from Moidart and elsewhere. 8vo., with nearly 90 finely executed plates; cloth Edinburgh, 1895 651 BLYTH (E.). Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum Asiatic Society. 8vo., bds. Calcutta, 1849

652 BONAPARTE (C. L.). Iconographie des PIGEONS. Impl. folio, 140
exquisitely coloured plates; bds., RARE
Paris, 1857

Comprising those figures not included by Mme. Knip in the work of Temminck
and Prévost.

see also: WILSON.

653 BRUCE (G.). The Land Birds in and around St. Andrews. Cr. 8vo., pp. vii, 563; cloth

654 BRÜNNICH (M. T.). Die naturliche Historie des Eider-Vogels. 12mo., 3 plates; half calf

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655 BUCHNER und PLESKE.
Gouvernements. 8vo., half morocco

656 BULLER (W. L.). History of the BIRDS of NEW ZEALAND. 4to., frontispiece, woodcuts, and 35 hand-coloured plates, shewing in many cases the male and female or adult and young; half calf

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1888

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2 vols., folio, a beautiful copy in half green morocco,
elaborately gilt backs, fancy sides, gilt tops, uncut

660 BUREAU (L.). L'Aigle Botté, Aquila Pennata (Cuvier). Folding
coloured plate. 1875-De la Mue du Bec et des Orements Palpébraux
du Macareux Arctique, Fratercula Artica (Lin.), après la Saison des
Amours. Plain and coloured figures. 1877-in 1 vol., impl. 8vo.,

660

cloth

1875-77

Recherches sur la Mue du Bec des Oiseaux de la Famille des
MORMONIDES. Roy. 8vo., several coloured and plain plates containing
figures of Beaks; cloth
Paris, 1879

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Ornithology-continued. 661 CATALOGUE

OF THE BIRDS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, by R. B. SHARPE, H. SEEBOHM, HANS GADOW, P. L. SCLATER, T. SALVADORI, W. R. OGILVIE GRANT, etc. Vols. I-XXV, and XXVII [Vol. XXVI is not yet published]. 26 vols., 8vo., with some hundreds of fine COLOURED PLATES; nine vols. neatly half bound in calf gilt, one in hf. morocco gilt, the rest in cloth

£ s. d.

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662 Challenger. Voyage of H.M.S. CHALLENGER, 1873-76: BIRDS, by P. L. SCLATER. Roy. 4to., 30 coloured plates by Smit; sd. 1881 663 CODE (The) of Nomenclature and Check-List of NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 8vo., cloth

N. Y., 1886 664 COUES (Professor Elliott). HANDBOOK of FIELD and GENERAL ORNITHOLOGY. 8vo., many cuts of the Anatomy of Birds (pub. at 10s), cloth Macmillan, 1890

8vo., 8 pretty illustrations by

1896

A manual of the structure and classification of Birds, with instructions for collecting and preserving specimens-forming a companion to every work on Birds, and the necessary adjunct to every Sporting book. 665 DIXON (C.). British Sea Birds. C. Whymper; cloth (pub. 10s 6d) 666 DRESSER (H. E.) [and R. B. SHARPE]. History of the BIRDS of EUROPE, including all the Species inhabiting the Western Palearctic Region. 8 vols., impl. 4to., 633 beautifully drawn and coloured plates; half red morocco extra, gilt tops, uncut; an ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBER'S COPY 1871-81

667

the same, the SUPPLEMENT. 9 pts. impl. 4to., coloured plates; parts 1-8 ready, each

To the many collectors, who, from either a lack of means or of opportunity, have been unable to acquire a copy of Dresser's great work, an extract should be of interest. Such an extract consisting of 14 pp. roy. 4to., dealing with the SQUATAROLA HELVETICA and the TRINGA MINUTA, can be supplied for 3d-the same, with a coloured plate by Keulemans, 18.

668 D'URBAN (W. S. M.) and M. A. MATHEW. The Birds of Devon. 8vo., coloured plates, photographs, and maps; cloth (pub. 21s net) 1892 669 ELLIOT (D. G.). A MONOGRAPH of the PHASIANIDE or FAMILY of the PHEASANTS. 2 vols., impl. folio, 84 superb coloured plates; in the five original parts, £30; or, hf. bd. red morocco, RARE

1872 The finest and rarest of all Elliot's celebrated works. 670 GÄTKE (H.). Heligoland as an Ornithological Observatory. The result of fifty years' experience. Translated by R. Rosenstock. Roy. 8vo., portrait and woodcuts; cloth; scarce Edinburgh, 1895 671 GIGLIOLI (E. H.). Notizie d'Indole Generale, migrazioni, nidificazione, alimentazione, ecc. 8vo., sd.

Fizenze, 1891

Primo Resoconto dei Risultati della Inchiesta Ornitologica in Italia. Parte III. 672 GOULD (J.). A CENTURY of BIRDS from the HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS. Impl. folio, 80 coloured plates; half green morocco 1832 673 GOULD. THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 7 vols., 600 coloured plates. 1848 - THE SUPPLEMENT. 81 coloured plates. 1851-70-together 8 vols., impl. folio, a magnificent copy in blue morocco extra, broad gold borders, full gilt backs, gilt edges 674 GOULD. THE BIRDS OF ASIA. [Completed by R. BOWDLER SHARPE]. 7 vols., impl. folio, 530 coloured plates (pub. £110. 5s in boards); half dark green morocco extra, gilt edges

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