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616 MORRIS (F. O.). A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. 6 vols., roy.
8vo., the ORIGINAL ISSUE, with 358 coloured plates; a fine copy in the
publishers' cloth, from the Carmichael Collection; SCARCE
the same. 6 vols., roy. 8vo., green morocco extra, gilt edges 1851-57
6 vols., roy. 8vo., half red levant morocco, very neat, gilt
1851-57

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- A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE NESTS AND EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS. 3 vols., roy. Svo., the ORIGINAL ISSUE, with 225 coloured plates; calf, gilt edges 1859-55-56

619 ORNITHOLOGISCHE

MONATSSCHRIFT

DES DEUTSCHEN

VEREINS ZUM SCHUTZE DER VOGELWELT. Begründet unter
Redaktion von E. v. SCHLECHTENDAL, redigiert von C. R. HENNICKE,
FRENZEL, O. TASCHENBERG. Vols. IX-XXI, roy. 8vo., with 71 plates
(43 coloured); cloth
Merseburg, 1884-96

62) SAXBY (H. L.). The BIRDS of SHETLAND, with Observations of their
Habits, Migration, and occasional Appearance. 8vo., with tinted
plates; cloth; scarce
Edinburgh, 1874

621 SOLATER (P. L.) and O. Salvin. Nomenclator Avium Neotropicalium.
Folio, pp. viii, 163; bds.
For the Authors, 1873
622 SEEBOHM (H.). The GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION of the Family
CHARADRIIDE, or the PLOVERS, SANDPIPERS, SNIPES, and their Allies.
Impl. 4to., with 21 coloured plates by KEULEMANS, and numerous woodcuts
by J. G. MILLAIS; cloth (pub. £5. 5s net)

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1896

COLOURED FIGURES OF THE EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS,
with Descriptive Notices. Edited by R. BOWDLER SHARPE.
with portraits and 59 coloured plates; cloth (pub. £3. 3s net)
A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, with Notes
Classification and Geographical Distribution, also Coloured Plates of
their Eggs. 4 vols., roy. 8vo., with 68 coloured plates; cloth;

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1896

A MONOGRAPH OF THE TURDIDÆ, or FAMILY of THRUSHES. Edited and completed (after the Author's Death) by R. BOWDLER SHARPE. 2 vols., folio, with portrait and 149 coloured plates by Keulemans; half green levant morocco extra, gilt tops, uncut, the wrappers bound in

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This work is issued, unbound, at £22. 19s net. The copy offered is probably the only one on the market at a second-hand price. The binding being worth £4, a saving of £5 is effected by its purchase. 625 TURNER. (Fol. la:) | AVIVM | PRAECIPV | ARVM, QVARVM | APVD PLINIVM ET ARI- ftotelem mentio eft, breuis & fuccincta hiftoria. | Ex optimis quibufque fcripto= | ribus contexta, Scholio illuftrata Saucta. | Adiectis nominibus Græcis, Germanicis & | Britannicis. | Per Dn. Guilielmum Turnerum, artium & Medicine doctorem. | Coloniæ excudebat Ioan. Gymnicus, Anno M.D.XLIIII. |

16mo., FIRST EDITION, a large and fine copy, with the blank leaf at end; brown morocco, gilt edges, with the bookplate of W. P. Turnbull

Cologne, 1544 15 15 0

COLLATION: A-K, in eights (K7, errata: K8, blank).
EXCESSIVELY RARE. Unknown to Lowndes and Hazlitt. The former mentions
a 1554 edition in 4to. The book is of extreme interest to collectors of works on British
ornithology. Names occur, in common use at the present day, such as kynges fif her, duck,
goje, egle, ofprey, heron, gold finche, tork, uuater suuallouu, doue, quale, crouu, uuaştale,
cukkouu, chaffinche, uuhite femauu, jegell, lerk or lauerock, uuod cok, crane, and pecok.

TURNER on BIRDS: a short and succinct History of the principal
Birds noticed by Pliny and Aristotle, first published by Doctor William
Turner, in 1544. Edited, with Introduction, Translation, Notes, and
Appendix, by A. H. EVANS. 8vo., cloth
Cambridge, 1903 06 0

626 WILLOUGHBY. Francisci Willughbeii. . . Ornithologie Libri tres Totum Opus recognovit, digessit, supplevit Joannes Raius . . . Folio, with 77 copperplates containing a great number of figures; a fine copy in vellum

At plate 37 is a representation of the Dodo.

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627 WILSON (S. B.) and A. H. EVANS. AVES HAWAIIENSES: The
BIRDS of the SANDWICH ISLANDS. Roy. 4to., with map, 64 coloured, and
6 plain plates; in 8 pts., as issued ( pub. £7. 7s net)
628 YARRELL (W.). A HISTORY of BRITISH BIRDS. Fourth Edition. 4
vols., 8vo., with 564 illustrations; cloth; NOW SCARCE
1871-85

This, the best edition, is revised and enlarged by Alfred Newton and Howard
Saunders.

(m) Reptilia

629 ANDERSON (J.). ZOOLOGY OF EGYPT: REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. Roy. 4to., pp. lxv and 371, with woodcuts, map of Egypt, Nubia and the Sudan, 7 illustrations of Physical Features, and 41 coloured, and 11 uncoloured plates; cloth

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1898 12 1 100 copies were printed of which 95 were for sale; but few remain. 630 BELL (T.). A History of British Reptiles. 8vo., with more than 40 woodcuts; half green morocco gilt, gilt top

1839

631 BOULENGER (G. A.). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. 8vo., profusely illustrated; cloth (pub. £1. net)

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1890 632 HOPLEY (C. C.). SNAKES: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life. 8vo., with woodcuts and coloured plates; cloth; SCARCE

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(n) Echinodermata, Infusoria, Zoophytes, Microscopy, 633 BEDDARD (F. E.). A MONOGRAPH of the ORDER of OLIGOCHAETA. 4to., with 5 plates and numerous woodcuts; bds. ( pub. £2. 2s net) Oxford, 1895 634 BÜTSCHLI (O.). Investigations on Microscopic Foams and on Protoplasm. Translated by E. A. Minchin. 8vo., with 12 plates; cloth (pub. 18s net) 1894 635 COBBOLD (T. S.). ENTOZOA: an Introduction to the Study of Helminthology, with Reference, more particularly, to the internal Parasites of Man. 1864. Supplement. 1869.-together, 2 vols., with woodcuts and 21 plates; cloth

1864-69 636 DEBY. Bibliotheca Debyana being a Catalogue of Books and Abstracts relating to Natural Science, with special Reference to Microscopy, in the Library of J. Deby. Vol. I. 8vo., cloth For the Author, 1889 CONTENTS: Serial and Periodical Publications; The Microscope and its Technicalities; The Protozoa.

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637 DUJARDIN (F.). Histoire Naturelle des Zoophytes. Infusoires. 1 vol.,
8vo. (text), 1 vol., roy. 8vo. (atlas), with 23 coloured plates; cloth and
Paris, 1841
638 FORBES (E.). A HISTORY of British Starfishes, and other Animals of the
Class Echinodermata. 8vo., with numerous woodcuts; cloth
639 Gosse (P. H.). A History of the British Sea-Anemones and
Svo., with coloured plates and woodcuts; cloth

the same. 8vo., calf gilt

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641 HINCKS (T.). A HISTORY of the BRITISH HYDROID ZOOPHYTES. 2 vols.,
Svo., with illustrations in the text and 67 plates; cloth
1868
642 JOBLOT. Observations d'Histoire Naturelle, faites avec le Microscope.
2 vols. in 1, 4to., with folding plates containing a great number of figures;
old calf
Paris, 1754
643 JOHNSTON (G.). A History of the British Zoophytes. Second Edition.
2 vols., 8vo., with woodcuts and 74 plates; cloth (pub. £2. 2s net)

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614 KENT (W. Saville). A MANUAL OF THE INFUSORIA: including a Description of all known Flagellate, Ciliate, and Tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and Foreign, and an Account of an Organization and Affinities of the Sponges. 3 vols., roy. 8vo., with 52 plates containing hundreds of figures; cloth (pub. £4. 4s net); SCARCE -1880-82

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the same. 3 vols., roy. 8vo., a fine copy in half morocco very neat, gilt tops, uncut 1880-82 646 LENS (The); a Quarterly Journal of Microscopy and the allied Natural Sciences; with the Transactions of the State Microscopical Society of Illinois. Edited by S. A. BRIGGS. 2 vols. in 1, 8vo., with 11 plates; half calf neat; SCARCE Chicago, 1872-73 CONTENTS: Conspectus of the Families and Genera of the Diatomaceæ. By Prof. H. L. Smith. 3 plates.-The Diatomaceae in the Soundings of the Expedition for the Exploration of the Baltic. By S. A. Briggs. 1 plate.-etc.

647 MANTELL (G. A.). The Invisible World revealed by the Microscope; or, Thoughts on Animalcules. New Edition. Post 8vo., with woodcuts and 12 coloured plates; cloth

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648 MÉGNIN (P.). Les Parasites et les Maladies parasitaires chez l'Homme, les Animaux domestiques et les Animaux sauvages, avec les quels ils peuvent être en Contact. 1 vol. (text) and 1 vol. (atlas), 8vo., with 63 woodcuts and 26 plates; sd.

649 MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL (The), and Structural Record.

Paris, 1880
Edited by

D. COOPER. 2 vols. in 1, 8vo., with plates and woodcuts; half calf 1841-42 650 NAVE (J.). A Handy-Book to the Collection and Preparation of Freshwater and Marine Algæ, Diatoms, Desmids, Fungi, Lichens, Mosses, and other of the lower Cryptogamia. Translated by W. W. Spicer. 12mo., with 26 plates; cloth

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651 OPPEL (A.). LEHRBUCH der vergleichenden mikroscopischen ANATOMIE der WERBELTHIERE. Vols. I-III, roy. 8vo., with 1397 illustrations in the text, and 19 plain and coloured plates; half calf neat (pub. £3. 108 net) Jena, 1896-1900 CONTENTS: 1, der Magen; II, Schlund und Darm; III, Mundhöhle, Bauchspeicheldrüse und Leber. 652 ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. JOURNAL. A complete Set from the beginning in 1878 to August 1903 inclusive; forming 25 vols. and 3 pts., 8vo., with numerous plates; 5 vols. in cloth, the rest in pts. 1878-1903 12 12 0 653 SLACK (H. J.). Marvels of Pond-Life. Cr. 8vo., with woodcuts and coloured plates, some pencil annotations here and there; cloth 1878 Contains microscopic illustrations of the polyps, infusoria, rotifers, and polyzoa. 654 WITT (O. N.). Ueber den Polierschiefer von Archangelsk-Kurojedowo in Gouv. Simbirsk. Large 8vo., pp. 41, with 7 plates; bds.

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II. PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE, ETC. (a) Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics

655 ALBUMASAR. (Title:) | Introductorium in astronomia; | Albumasaris abalachi octo continens libros partiales (Colophon, on leaf 70 :) | Opus. . . explicit feliciter Erhardi ratdolt mira imprimendi arte ... 7. Idus Februarij. 1489.

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(Title) Flores Albumasaris. (Colophon, on leaf 19:) | Opus
floru Albumasaris explicit feliciter | Erhardi ratdolt
imprimendi arte : | . . . | . . . xiiij. kal. Decebris. | M.cccc.lxxxviij.
2 vols. in 1, sm. 4to., Gothic letter, with ornamental initials, and
a great number of woodcuts representing the Stars, the Signs of the Zodiac,
Constellations, etc.; blue morocco extra, by Faulkner; VERY RARE
Augsburg, E. Ratdolt, 1489-88

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656 ALFONSO, KING of CASTILLE.

(Ala, title:) | Tabule Astronomice |
Alfonfi* Regis. | (k 6a, colophon :) | Expliciunt Tabule tabularum
Aftronomice Diui Alfonsi Romanorum | Caftelle regis illustrissimi :
Opera arte mirifica viri folertis Johanis Ham | man de Landoia dictus
Hertzog. . . . . . . | . . . Anno Sa | lutis. 1492. . . Venetijs. |

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Venice, Johann Hamman, called Hertzog, 1492 COLLATION: —D, in eights ; e, 6 ll. ; a—h, in eights; i—k, in sixes. 657 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. PROCEEDINGS. Vols. XII-XXII, XXIII pt. I, and XXV-XXXI ;-in all, 18 vols. and 1 pt., large Svo., with plates; sd., uncut

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Boston, Mass., 1877-96 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS, conducted by B. SILLIMAN, J. D. DANA, etc. A COMPLETE SET FROM THE BEGINNING in 1818 to January 1896 inclusive ;-in all, 150 vols. and 1 pt. 8vo., with an immense number of plates; the first twenty-seven vols. in half caly, the rest as published

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FIRST SERIES. 100 nos. forming 49 vols.-GENERAL INDEX, 1 vol.-in

all, 50 vols.

SECOND SERIES. 150 nos. forming 50 vols.
THIRD SERIES. 300 nos. forming 50 vols.
FOURTH SERIES. Vol. I no. 1

659 ARITHMETICA. (Fol. 1a, written in gold on

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STEPHANO. D. B. DELLISTPHA NI. DAMECATELLO. ATVTTI.

QVE | ILI. LIQVALI. IN ARTE. MERCANTILE. EXERCITARE.
SIDILECTANO |.

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Sm. 4to., MS. ON PAPER (fol. 1 on vellum), 150 Il., neatly written in italics in red and black, long lines, 29 to a full page; contemporary binding, oaken boards, leather, with metal bosses, top and bottom clasps, motto in gold letters in centre PER FARE CHE DIRE MODERATA DURANT, gilt and gauffred edges About 1500 15 660 ASTRONOMICAL REGISTER (The). A COMPLETE SET from the beginning in January 1863, to the end in December 1886, being nos. 1 to 288, or vols. I-XXIV, with a separate General Index to the first 20 vols., 8vo., half morocco neat; SCARCE 1863-86 661 ASTRONOMISCHE NACHRICHTEN. BEGRÜNDET von

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H. C. SCHUMACHER. Unter Mitwirkung des Vorstandes
der astronomischen Gesellschaft herausgegeben von Pro-
fessor D'. A. KRUEGER. A COMPLETE SET from the begin-
ning in 1823 to 1896 inclusive, forming vols. 1-140, with
General Indexes to Vols. 1-120, 5 vols., and Supplement,
1 vol. ;-together 146 vols. in 76, 4to., with numerous
plates; cloth; VERY SCARCE
Altona, 1823-96 55

The above set has several trifling imperfections, as follows: vol.
37 (wanting portrait); vol. 51 (wanting Beilage); vol. 52 (wanting 2
plates); vol. 59 (wanting 2 plates); vol. 73 (wunting 1 plate).

662 BAILY (Francis). A CATALOGUE of those STARS in the HISTOIRE CÉLESTE FRANÇAISE of J. DELALANDE, for which Tables of Reduction to the Epoch 1800 have been published by SCHUMACHER. 8vo., upwards of 1200 pages; bds.

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664 BALL (Sir R. S.). The Story of the Heavens. Second Edition. Roy. Svo., with coloured plates and numerous illustrations; cloth (pub. £1. 11s 6d) 1886 665 BION (N.). Traité de la Construction et des principaux Usages des Instruments de Mathematique . . . Nouvelle Edition, revuêë, corrigée & augmentée . . . 4to., with copperplates; in the original pigskin

The Hague, 1723

Among the plates are some interesting engravings of mathematics as applied to horology and the naval and military arts.

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666 BLANCHINI (F.). De Kalendario et Cyclo Caesaris ac de Paschali Canone
S. Hippolyti. . . 4to., vellum, uncut
Rome, 1703
667 BLUNDEVILLE. (A2a, title, lines 1-5) | THE Theo
riques of the feuen Planets, fhewing all their diuerfe
motions, and all other Accidents, called Paffions, there-
unto belonging. Now more plainly fet forth in | our
mother tongue by M. Blundeuile (The same, lines
17-22) | There is alfo hereto added, The making, defcrip
tion, and vfe, of two moft ingenious and neceffarie
Inftruments for | Sea-men, to find out thereby the latitude of
any Place гроп the Sea or Land, in the darkest night that
is, without the helpe of Sunne, Moone, or Starre. | Firft
inuented by M. Doctor Gilbert, a most excellent Philofopher,
and one of the ordinarie Phyficians to her Maiestie

(The same, lines 25-27:) | LONDON, Printed by Adam
Iflip. | 1602.1

TYMME. (Ala, title, lines 1-17:) | A | DIALOGVE | Philo
sophicall. | VVHEREIN NATVRES | SECRET CLOSET IS opened,
AND THE CAVSE OF ALL MOTION IN | NATVRE SHEWED OUT OF
MATTER AND Forme, tending to mount mans minde from
Nature to Supernaturall and Celestiall promo- tion:
And how all things exift in the number of three.
Together with the wittie inuention of an Artificiall
perpetuall motion, presented to the Kings moft | excellent
Maieftie. All which are difcourfed betweene two Speakers,
Philadelph, and Theophraft, brought together by Thomas
Tymme... (The same, lines 21-24:) | LONDON, Printed
by T. S. for Clement Knight, and are to be folde at his
Shop in Paules Church-yard, at the Signe of the Holy-
Lambe. 1612. |

BAINBRIDGE. (Ala, title, lines 1-6:) | AN | ASTRONO
MICALL DESCRIPTION OF the late Comet from the 18. of
Nouemb. 1618. to the 16. of | December following. | (The
same, lines 11-12 :) | BY VIGILANT AND DILIGENT obferua
tions of IOHN BAINBRIDGE (The same, lines 15-17:) |
LONDON, Printed by Edward Griffin for Henry Fetherstone.
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