4705 BOMBAY Observatory, Magnetical and Meteorological Observations, 1845-48, 1850-52, printed by order of the East India Company, under the superintendence of Orlebar and Montriou, 8 vols. impl. 4to. plates, £2. 2s Bombay, 1845-55 4706 BONAPARTE (Carlo L. Principe di Canino) ICONOGRAFIA DELLA FAUNA ITALICA, complete in 3 vols. folio, containing 180 beautifully coloured plates, (pub. at、 £31. 10s) hf. green morocco, the Earl of Shrewsbury's copy, £20. Roma, 1832-41 There is at present a leaf of sheet 52 wanting, it will be supplied as soon as obtained from Italy. 4707 Observations on the nomenclature of Wilson's Ornithology, 8vo. bds. 16s Philadelphia, 1826 4708 List of the Birds of Europe and North America, 8vo. cloth, 78 6d 1838 4709 BONN AND BRESLAU TRANSACTIONS: Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher (Nova Acta PhysicoMedica Academiæ Cæsarea Leopoldino-Carolina Naturæ Curiosorum), Vols. X. part 2; XI. 1. 2; XIII. 1. 2; XIV. 1. 2. and Suppl.; XV. 1. 2; XVI. and suppl. to Vol. XXIV. part 1; with Supplements, 39 vols. 4to. numerous plates, many of them coloured, twenty-three half bound and sixteen sewed, £15. 1821-57 Separate volumes from 1821-57 in stock, sold separately for the completion of sets. 4710 BORGNIS (J. A.) Traité complet de Mécanique, appliqué aux arts, contenant l'exposition méthodique des théories, et des expériences les plus utiles, pour diriger le choix, l'invention, la construction, et l'emploi de toutes les espéces de machines, 9 vols. 4to. 249 plates drawn by Girard and engraved by Adam, half bd. calf, £5. 5s Paris, 1818-21 Priced, 1845, by Bossange, Paris, 220 fr. "The importance of the subject here treated, and the order with which the whole is arranged, are sufficient recommendations of this work of M. Borgnis. All the articles are written with great perspicuity; and are sufficiently intelligible for the reading of all.”—Revue Ency. vol. 3, p. 233. [The Revue Ency. adds in a note, that the Minister of the Interior, having received a very favourable report of this great work of M. Borgnis, made by the Bureau Consultatif des Arts et Manufactures, had ordered a number of copies to be purchased at the expense of government.] 4711 BOTTIS (G. de) Ragionamento istorico intorno all' Eruzione del VESUVIO, 29 Luglio al 15. Agosto 1779, 4to. 4 folding views, bds. 3s 6d Napoli, 1779 4712 BOUTELOU (Don C.) Discurso acerca del Origen y Progresos de la Agricultura, etc. 1816-Tratado del Injerto, Madrid, 1817-Tratado de las Flores, ib. 1827 -Tratado de la Huerta, ib. 1813-together 4 vols. smallest 4to. half calf, 7s 6d Alicante, 1813-27 4713 BOWDICH's (T. E.) Analysis of the Natural Classifications of Mammalia, Paris, 1821, 15 plates-idem, Introduction to the Ornithology of Cuvier, ib. 1821, with 253 engravings-in 1 vol. 8vo. half calf, scarce, 10s 4714 1821 Elements of Conchology, including the Fossil genera and the Animals, Part I. Univalves, 19 plates containing upwards of 500 figures, Paris, 1822-Boon Mesch, de Incendiis montium igni ardentium Insulae Javae, plates, Lugd. Bat. 1826-in 1 vol. 8vo. cloth, 7s 6d 1822-26 4715 BRANDT, RATZEBURG und PHOEBUS, Deutschlands Giftgewächse, Phanerogamen und Kryptogamen, 2 vols. 4to. 56 finely coloured plates of poisonous Herbs and Fungi, 30s Berlin,1829-38 4716 BREHM, Beiträge zur Vögelkunde in vollständigen Beschreibungen mehrerer neu entdeckter und vieler seltener, oder nicht gehörig beobachteter deutscher Vögel, 3 vols. stout 8vo. 10 plates, hf. morocco, gilt tops, 21s Neustadt, 1820-22 4717 BRIDGEWATER TREATISES: BELL on the Hand, BUCKLAND on Geology and Mineralogy, CHALMERS on the Intellectual Constitution of Man, KIDD on the Physical Constitution of Man, KIRBY on the History, Habits and Instinct of Animals, PROUT on Chemistry, Meteorology and on the Functions of Digestion, ROGET on Animal and Vegetable Physiology, and WHEWELL on Astronomy and General Physics, 12 vols. 8vo. plates, cloth, £7. 10s 1833-37 4718 BRITISH ASSOCIATION: Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, from 1831 to 1855 inclusive, 24 vols. 8vo. plates, £10. 10s 1833-56 719 BRODIE'S (P. B.) History of Fossil Insects in the secondary Rocks of England, 8vo. cloth, 5s 1845 1856 4720 BROMFIELD'S (W. A.) Flora Vectensis, the Phaenogamous or Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Isle of Wight, 8vo. with Botanical map, cloth, 16s 4721 BRONGNIART, Mémoire sur les Terrains de Sediment supérieurs CalcaréoTrappéens du Vicentin et sur quelques Terrains d'Italie, de France, d'Allemagne, etc. de la même époque, 6 plates, Paris, 1823; BLAINVILLE, Mémoire sur les Bélemnites considérées zoologiquement et géologiquement, 5 plates, Paris, 1827 -together 2 vols. in 1, 4to. calf, 25s 10s 1823-7 4722 BRONN (H.G.) Naturhistorisch-öconomische Reisen (Schweitz, Italien und Südfrankreich), 1824-27, 2 vols. 8vo. 1340 pp. 12 plates of Geology, etc. hf. calf gilt, Heidelberg, 1826-31 Lethaea geognostica, oder Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der für die Gebirgs-Formationen bezeichnendsten Versteinerungen, 2 vols. 8vo. and impl. 4to. atlas of plates, half green morocco, 36s Stuttgart, 1837-38 4723 4724 Index Paleontologicus, oder Uebersicht der Fossilen Organismen, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, 16s Stuttgart, 1848-9 4725 BROTERI (F. A.) Flora Lusitanica, 2 vols. sq. 8vo. calf, 18s Olissipone, 1804 4726 Phytographia Lusitaniae Selectior, seu novarum, rariorum, et aliarum minus cognitarum stirpium, quæ in Lusitania sponte veniunt ejusdemque floram spectant, descriptiones iconibus illustratae, Vol. I. folio, 82 plates, half calf, Olissipone, 1816 18s 4727 BROWN (R.) Prodromus Florae NovAE HOLLANDIAE et Insulae Van-Diemen, Vol. I. (all published), half calf, rare, £2. 2s 4728 4729 Lond. 1810 BAUER Illustrationes Florae NOVAE HOLLANDIAE, roy. fol. 15 plates, The most beautiful and most satisfactory work that was ever published. Its rarity is extreme. Suppressed by the late Mr. Brown. 4730 BRUNFELSII Herbarum vivae eicones, 3 vols. in 2, sm. folio, many woodcuts, fine copy in calf, gilt edges, 15s Argent, 1532-36 4731 BRUSSELS ACADEMY. Bulletins de l'Académie Royale de Bruxelles [de Belgique], 1835, 1842 pts. 1, 2, 4, 5, 1848, Tome XV., XVI., XVII. part 1, 8vo. plates of Antiquities, Natural History, Physics, sd. 7s 6d 4733 1835-50 4732 BUCH (Leopold von) Reise durch Norwegen und Lapland, 2 vols. 12mo. plates, hf. calf neat, rare, 6s Berlin, 1810 Physikalische Beschreibung der Canarischen Inseln, 4to. vellum paper; and impl. folio Atlas of 12 engravings and maps on 8 plates, bds. £2. 10s ib. 1825 The large Atlas is very rare. A map of Teneriffe and one of Great Canary, mentioned in the Index as not then ready, seem never to have been published. 4734 BUCKLAND'S (Dr. Wm.) Reliquiæ Diluviana: or, Observations on the Organic Remains contained in Caves, Fissures, and Diluvial Gravel, and on other Geological Phenomena, attesting the Action of an Universal Deluge, 4to. second and best edition, 27 plates, 4 of which are coloured, bds. very scarce, 24s 1824 First edition, 1823, 3 coloured plates according to Wood, priced, in 1824, by Wood, £1. 11s 6d; 1844, J. R. Smith, hf. cf. £1. 128; 1854, B. Quaritch, hf. cf. 188. Second edition, 1824, 4 coloured plates, priced, 1841-7, H. G. Bohn, 3 copies, £2. 10s, £2. 5s, and £2.; 1843, J. Bohn, £2. 128 6d. 4735 BUFFON (G. L. Comte de) DAUBENTON et LACÉPÈDE, Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, 38 vols. 4to. many plates, French cf. nt. £6. 10s Paris, 1750-89 Contents: I. Hist. naturelle et générale, 15 vols.- II. Supplément, 7 vols.-III. Oiseaux, 9 vols.-IV. Minéraux, 5 vols.-V. Ovipares et Serpens, par De Lacépède, 2 vols. Sold, 1856, mor. £9. 58. Priced, 1841, Wood, coloured plates, £38. 4736 BUFFON ET MONTBEILLARD, PLANCHES ENLUMINÉES D'OISEAux, 5 vols. roy. folio, LARGEST PAPER, 864 beautifully coloured plates of birds, without text, half bound, uncut, £6. 10s Paris, 1770-80 The above interesting ORNITHOLOGICAL series is of the best issue, on Large Paper, the plates MORE CAREFULLY COLOURED. The complete series consists of 1008 plates. The Text, under the title "Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux," appeared separately in 10 vols. folio, 1783-86. Priced, SMALL PAPER, 4to. 1845, Bossange, 500 fr.; 1847, H. Bohn, £10. 10s; LARGE PAPER, 1845 Bossange, 750 fr Sold by auction, 1855, Lord Stuart de Rothesay's copy, £13. 4737 BUFFON. SUE (P.) Tables Analytiques et Raisonnées des Matières et des Auteurs pour l'édition de Buffon par Sonnini, 3 vols. 8vo. (pub. at 18s) hf. calf neat, 7s bd Paris, 1808 NOUVELLES SUITES à BUFFON, formant avec les Œuvres de cet auteur un cours complet d'Histoire Naturelle, 25 vols. 8vo. of TEXT, with 313 COLOURED PLATES, the lot, £7. 10s TEXTE: Lacordaire, Introduction à l'Entomologie, 2 vols. Paris, 1834-47 1834-38 Milne Edwards, Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, Vols. 1, 2. 1834-37 Dumeril et Bibron, Erpétologie, ou histoire complète des Reptiles, Vols. 1-6, and 8 1834-41 Macquart, Histoire des Insectes Diptères, 2 vols. 1834-35 1836 Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, Hyménoptères, 4 vols. Serville, Histoire naturelle des Orthoptères, 1 vol. Helminthes ou Vers Intestinaux, 1 vol. Lacordaire, Introduction à l'Entomologie Milne Edwards, Crustacés, Plates 1, 2, 3, 5-8, 10, 14—25 Dumeril et Bibron, Reptiles, Plates 1-62, 64-69, 71, 73-74, 85-96 Macquart, Diptères Boisduval, Lépidoptères, Vol. I Lepeletier de St. Fargeau, Hymenoptères 1836-46 1837-47 1839 1841 1845 Walckenaer et Gervais, Aptères Serville, Orthoptères 52 14 23 12 4740 Dujardin, Infusoires Helminthes 4739 BULLIARD ET VENTENAT, Herbier de la France, contenant : l'Histoire des PLANTES VÉNÉNEUSES de la France, 72 coloured plates, uncut, 1784: l'Histoire des CHAMPIGNONS de la France, 4 vols. 392 coloured plates, half calf neat, 1809-12; et DICTIONNAIRE de Botanique, 10 coloured plates, sd. uncut, 1812, together 6 vols. folio, with 474 finely coloured plates, 4 vols. hf. cf. neat, 2 sd. uncut, £5. Paris, 1784-1812 Dictionnaire de Botanique, folio, 250 pp., 10 plates finely coloured, sd. uncut, 10s Paris, 1812 Priced, 1824, Wood, £1. 118 6d. 4741 BURMANNI (J.) Thesaurus Zeylanicus, exhibens Plantas in Insula Zeylana nascentes, 4to. 236 and 28 pp. 110 plates, slightly wormed, half calf neat, 7s 6d 1737 4742 the same, 110 plates, finer copy, with a portrait of Burmann, 4to. calf, Amstel. 1737 Priced, 1824, W. Wood, £1. 10s. Two Catalogues of African Plants occupy the 33 pages at the end of the volume; and although seemingly irrelevant, are always bound with it. 4743 Plantae Africanæ, 4to. 100 plates, hf. calf, 7s 6d 10s Amst. 1738 4744 BURMANNI (N. L.) Flora Indica: cui accedit Series Zoophytorum Indicorum, necnon Prodromus Florae Capensis, 4to. 298 pp. 67 plates, fine paper, half calf neat, slightly wormed, 7s 6d 4745 1768 Lugd. Bat. 1768 the same, 4to. large paper, slightly wormed, hf. calf neat, with a few manuscript synonyms and references on the margins, 12s 4746 BURMEISTER'S (Dr. H.) Handbuch der Entomologie, 8vo. Band 1; Allgemeine Entomologie, 698 pp. half calf, 4s 4747 Berlin, 1832 1836 Manual of Entomology, translated, with additions, notes, and plates, by W. E. Shuckhard, 8vo. 654 pp., 33 plates comprising upwards of 500 subjects, some coloured (pub. at 21s), morocco back, 10s 4747*BURMEISTER (Hermann) Geschichte der Schöpfung, 8vo. 228 geological woodcuts, cloth, 4s 6d Leipzig, 1851 4748 BURY'S (Mrs. E.) Selection of HEXANDRIAN PLANTS, belonging to the Orders Amaryllida and Liliace, 10 parts, atlas folio, containing 50 most BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED PLATES, with descriptive text, (pub. at £10. 10s in parts) newly hf. bd. green morocco, uncut, £10. 1834 This beautiful work is now getting very scarce, only a few copies were originally published for scribers; it is on the same scale as Bateman's Orchidaceae, and Roscoe's Monandrian Plants. 4749 CAGNOLI, Traité de Trigonométrie Rectiligne et Sphérique, avec applications à des Problêmes de l'Astronomie, 4to. plates of diagrams, cuts, ed. 10s Par. 1786 4750 CALCUTTA JOURNAL of NATURAL HISTORY, exhibiting a view of the progressive discoveries in Indian Geology, Zoology, Botany, and other branches of Natural Science: Geology and Zoology by M'Clelland, Botany by Griffith; Nos. 1 to 16, forming 4 vols. 8vo. plates, sd. 20s Calcutta, 1840-44 4751 CALEDONIAN Horticultural Society (Memoirs of the), Vols. I.-IV., 8vo. plates, hf. bd. green morocco, 15s Edinb. 1814-29 4752 CANGIAMILLA (F. M., contra haereticam pravitatem in regno Siciliae Inquisitor) Embryologia sacra, sive de Officio Sacerdotum, Medicorum et aliorum circa AETERNAM PARVULORUM IN UTERO EXISTENTIUM SALUTEM, folio, plate, vellum, VERY RARE, 25s Panormi, fr. Valenza, 1758 Religious officiousness, not to say insanity, was never carried further than in the production of the above work, by a learned Inquisitor. 4753 CANTU, l'Italia Scientifica contemporanea, 8vo. biographical notices, with list of publications, sd. 2s 6d Milano, 1844 4754 CARUS (C. G.) Darstellung des Nervensystems und insbesondre des Gehirns im thierschen Organismus, 4to. 6 plates, bds. 6s Leipzig, 1814 System der Physiologie, für Naturforscher und Aerzte, 3 vols. 8vo. Dresden, 1838-40 4755 hf. calf neat, 10s 4756 CATALOGUE of Exotic Plants, cultivated in the Mauritius. with their Linnaean, English and French Names, and Native places of growth, compiled under the Auspices of R. T. Farquhar, Esq. Governor, 4to. interleaved, red mor. 7s 6d 1816 4757 CATULLO (T. A.) Saggio di Zoologia Fossile delle Provincie Austro-Venete, impl. 4to. with 8 plates, half bound, 5s Padova, 1827 4758 CAVANILLES (Ant. Jos.) Monadelphia Classis Dissertationes decem, 3 vols. 4to. with x and 463 pp. of Text, 296 plates, calf gilt, scarce, £3. 3s Parisiis et Matriti, 1785-90 Priced, 1847, H. G. Bohn, £5. 5s. "On en trouve peu d'exemplaires complets."-Brunet. Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum, quæ aut sponte in HISPANIA crescunt, aut in Hortis hospitantur, 6 vols. folio, with 600 finely engraved plates, hf. bd. russia, £12. 12s Matriti, 1791-1801 4759 Priced, by Salva, £36; 1831, in Paris, 650 fr.; 1847, Bohn, €16. 16s. "Cet ouvrage, très estimé et d'une exécution soignée, revient, en France, à plus de 500 francs."-Brunet. 4760 CETTI (Francesco) Storia Naturale di SARDEGNA; I. I Quadrupedi; II. gli Uccelli; III. 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ICONES INSECTORUM rariorum, cum nominibus eorum trivialibus, 1835 locisque e Linnaei syst. nat. allegatis, 4to. frontispiece and 55 very beautifully COLOURED plates, the text in Latin and Swedish, Holmiae, 1759-CLERCK, Aranei Suecici, with 6 coloured plates, Stockholmiae, 1757-in 1 vol. 4to. fine copy in green morocco, gilt edges, EXCESSIVELY RARE, £7. 7s 1757-9 I remember no copy of the "Icones Insectorum," in any of the numerous Natural History collections, dispersed within the last 10 years in England. "Ce volume rare est orné de 55 planches bien coloriées, vendu, 511 fr. Gouttard; 750 fr. Camus de Limare; 430 fr. Le Febure; £5. 108, Hibbert.' - Brunet. 4767 CHRISTIAN (M.) Traité de MÉCANIQUE INDUSTRIELLE, ou Exposé de la Science de la Mécanique, à l'usage des Manufacturiers et des Artistes, 3 vols. 4to. plates, calf gilt, 21s Paris, 1822-5 "With some trifling defects, this treatise may be recommended on the score of utility. At all events, it is a very popular book."-Revue Ency. vol. 20, p. 510. 4768 CLAIRVILLE, Entomologie Helvetique ou Catalogue des INSECTES de la SUISSE, avec descriptions, Français et Allemand, 2 vols. in 1, stout 8vo. 31 coloured plates, hf. morocco, uncut, 32s Zuric, 1798 4769 COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. Catalogue of the Contents of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons:-Part III. Osteology; IV. fasc. 1, Natural History in Spirit; V. Monsters; VI. Vascular Preparations; Gallery, 80 pp. no title; Vol, 3, parts 1 and 2, Nervous System, Connective and Tegumentary System, plates; Mammalia and Birds; Quekett, Osteology; Skeletons; Fossil Reptilia and Pisces; Fossil Plants-together 12 vols. 4to. cloth, rare, £2. 1831-55 4770 COPENHAGEN ACADEMY TRANSACTIONS. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Philosophiske og Historiske Afhandlinger, Deel 1-5, 8 plates, 1823-36: - Naturvidenskabelige og Mathematiske Afhandlinger, 12 vols. the complete series containing 210 plates and 3 maps, 1824-46:-Femte Række, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk Afdeling, Bind 1-3, 18 tables, 3 maps and 37 plates, 1849-53:-together 20 vols. 4to. comprising upwards of 250 plates of Natural History, Mathematics and Antiquities, bds. £6. 15s 1823-53 4771 CORDA, Flora der Vorwelt, atlas 4to. with 60 plates of Fossil Flora, bds. 36s Prag, 1845 4772 CORSI, delle Pietre Antiche, 8vo. a valuable work, sd. 2s 6d Roma, 1845 4773 COSTE, Recherches sur la Génération des Mammifères, et sur la formation des Embryons, 4to. 8 plates, sd. 5s Paris, 1834 4774 CURIOSE KÜNSTLER (der): Kunst- Haus- und Wunderbuch, small stout 4to. several thousand curious old german receipts, and real or pretended Secrets, vellum, 7s 6d Nürnberg, 1703 4775 CURTIS (C. M.) Drawings of LEPIDOPTERA, royal 4to. 79 sheets of most delicately drawn Insects, mostly of Java, with details, hf. calf, from Dr. Horsfield's library, £2. 1827-28 4776 CUVIER, LE REGNE ANIMAL distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des Animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée; nouvelle édition accompagnée de planches gravées, représentant les types de tous les genres, les caractères distinctifs des divers groupes, etc. etc. publiée par une réunion d'élèves de G. Cuvier; MM. Audouin, Blanchard, Deshayes, de Quatrefages, d'Orbigny, Dugès, Duvernoy, Laurillard, Milne Edwards, Roulin et Valenciennes, 11 volumes de texte et 11 atlas, 22 vols. impl. 8vo. (small folio), with 993 beautifully coloured plates (pub. at £65.), hf. morocco, gilt tops, uncut, a handsome set of books, £42. ANALYSIS OF EACH DIVISION. 1. Les Mammifères et les Races Humaines avec Atlas, par Milne Edwards, Laurillard et Roulin Paris, 1848-49 Number 2. 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Les Zoophytes avec Atlas, par Milne Edwards et Blanchard 30 100 .638932526 6 15 5 0 9 15 13 15 5 15 5505 0 0 4777 CUVIER, Recherches sur les OSSEMENS FOSSILES, où l'on rétablit les caractères de plusieurs Animaux dont les Révolutions du Globe ont détruit les espèces, quatrième edition, 10 vols. 8vo. with Atlases, 2 vols. 4to. sd. £2. 10s 1834 "This work is worthy of the celebrated Naturalist; it exhibits a splendid example of the progress of science, and whatever theories may exist, posterity will gratefully preserve a work which has cost so much labour, which contains so many important facts, and which presents so many useful lessons to the lovers of science."-Revue Encyc. vol. 23, p. 290. 778 CUVIER, Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire et à l'Anatomie des Mollusques, 4to. with 35 plates, hf. calf neat, 25s Paris, 1817 Priced 1817, H. G. Bohn, £2. 16s-Fetched, 1853, Hurt's sale, £1. 12s. |
