Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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Sarah Lee. ( empaillé ) for which we have substituted that of mounted : it does not perfectly express the idea we would convey ; but it is always more correct than the former . Some persons , struck by the appearance of these animals ...
Sarah Lee. ( empaillé ) for which we have substituted that of mounted : it does not perfectly express the idea we would convey ; but it is always more correct than the former . Some persons , struck by the appearance of these animals ...
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... mounted them very well , and who merited the confidence which Mauduyt had accorded him , in all the preparations which his fine collection required . Mauduyt , however , did not point out any means of preservation . Sulphurous ...
... mounted them very well , and who merited the confidence which Mauduyt had accorded him , in all the preparations which his fine collection required . Mauduyt , however , did not point out any means of preservation . Sulphurous ...
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... . The Dutch , by fixing the animal which is mounted in a box proportioned to its size , supersede all all other means of preservation . The interior of this box is furnished with white paper , well pasted ; A 5 TAXIDERMY . 9.
... . The Dutch , by fixing the animal which is mounted in a box proportioned to its size , supersede all all other means of preservation . The interior of this box is furnished with white paper , well pasted ; A 5 TAXIDERMY . 9.
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... mounted as many birds as the latter . * He is a nephew of Bécœur's of Metz , who invented the metallic soap . Bécœur of Metz was the best apothecary in that city . He mounted fresh birds in the greatest perfection , and by a little ...
... mounted as many birds as the latter . * He is a nephew of Bécœur's of Metz , who invented the metallic soap . Bécœur of Metz was the best apothecary in that city . He mounted fresh birds in the greatest perfection , and by a little ...
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... mounted could only bend in its natural posture . He prepared quadrupeds in the same man- ner . If this man , so favourably known ( since he created the art of Taxidermy ) had not invented the arsenical soap , we should not now have the ...
... mounted could only bend in its natural posture . He prepared quadrupeds in the same man- ner . If this man , so favourably known ( since he created the art of Taxidermy ) had not invented the arsenical soap , we should not now have the ...
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