Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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... WILLIAM COXE , M.A. F.R.S. F.S.A. The LIFE of WESLEY , and the Rise and Progress of Method- ism . Second Edi In 2 Vols . 8vo . with Portraits . 11. 88. Bds . 6 History and Biography . - Poetry . The HISTORY By ROBERT SOUTHEY , Esq .
... WILLIAM COXE , M.A. F.R.S. F.S.A. The LIFE of WESLEY , and the Rise and Progress of Method- ism . Second Edi In 2 Vols . 8vo . with Portraits . 11. 88. Bds . 6 History and Biography . - Poetry . The HISTORY By ROBERT SOUTHEY , Esq .
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... Method of Pruning and Training is fully described . Published by Order of Government . The 5th Edit . Price 138. Bds . By WILLIAM FORSYTH , F.A.S. and F.S.A. & c . FIRST STEPS to BOTANY ; intended as Popular Illustrations of the Science ...
... Method of Pruning and Training is fully described . Published by Order of Government . The 5th Edit . Price 138. Bds . By WILLIAM FORSYTH , F.A.S. and F.S.A. & c . FIRST STEPS to BOTANY ; intended as Popular Illustrations of the Science ...
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... method of preserving skins of birds to be sent into distant countries . He formed a very beautiful cabinet of Natural History in his own house , which , after his death , became the basis of the collection of birds in the Museum of ...
... method of preserving skins of birds to be sent into distant countries . He formed a very beautiful cabinet of Natural History in his own house , which , after his death , became the basis of the collection of birds in the Museum of ...
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... method is still followed in Germany , but much improved . A work appeared at Lyons , in 1758 , entitled , " Instructions on the Manner of collecting and perparing the different Curiosities of Natural History . " The author was the first ...
... method is still followed in Germany , but much improved . A work appeared at Lyons , in 1758 , entitled , " Instructions on the Manner of collecting and perparing the different Curiosities of Natural History . " The author was the first ...
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... method of packing fragile objects , such as madrepores , star - fish , echini , butterflies , & c .; for by a near calculation , we may , for those objects alone which we have just mentioned , value at one - fourth the loss which ...
... method of packing fragile objects , such as madrepores , star - fish , echini , butterflies , & c .; for by a near calculation , we may , for those objects alone which we have just mentioned , value at one - fourth the loss which ...
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