NATURAL HISTORY, AGRICULTURE, ETC. 
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LATHAM'S GENERAL HISTORY of BIRDS, 
being the Natural History and Description of 
all the Birds (above four thousand) hitlierto 
known or described by Naturalists, with the 
Synonymes of preceding Writers ; the second 
enlarged and improved edition, compreliending 
all the discoveries in Ornithology subsequent 
to the former publication, and a Cieneral Index, 
11 vols, in 10, 4to. with upwards o/'200 coloured 
plates, cloth lettered, (pub. at £26. 8s) reduced 
to £7. 17s 6d Winchester, 1821-28 
the same, with the i'lati;s i;xquisitely 
COLOURED, LIKE DRAWINGS, 11 vols. in 10, ele- 
gantly hf. bd. green morocco, gilt edges, £12. \'2s 
The Iiukx sold separately, price 10s. 0(1. in bils. 
Thts celebrated work was publislied at tweiity-five 
gaineas in boards, with tlie plates coloured in the ordi- 
nary manner. The present bound copies are all co- 
loured LIKK HIGHLY-FINISHED DRAWINGS, \villi 
Studious accuracy, under the direction of several emi- 
nent Ornithologists. Copies coloured in this manner 
by Miss Stone, similar in execution but interior in ac- 
curacy to liie present, have been sold as high as from 
fifty to one hundred guineas at the sales of Col. Stanley, 
Jolin Dent, Esq. and Sir Mark Sykes. 
" No authentic works on Natural History ever ob- 
tained so nnicb celebrity as those of our venerable 
countryman Dr. Latham. His General History of 
Birds is undoubtedly the most useful and valuable 
work of its class, that has yet appeared, as it contains 
exact scieiititic descriptions of every bird known at the 
time." — Neville Wood. 
LE KEUX'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF NATURAL 
HISTORY, embracing a Series of Engravings, 
and descriptive Accounts of the most interest- 
ing and popular Genera and Species of the Ani- 
mal World, 8vo. ivilh 114c/ei'er steel engravings 
by Le Keux, Daniell, Landseer, and others, extra 
cloth, (pub. at £1. Is) reduced to 9s 
LEWIN'S NATURAL HISTORY of the BIRDS 
OF NEW SOUTH WALES, collected, en- 
graved, and faithfully painted after Nature by 
John William Levvin, late of Paramatta, New 
South Wales ; third greatly improved edition, 
•with an Index of the Scientific Names and 
Synonymes by Mr. Gould and Mr. Eyton, 
folio, with 27 plates, beautifnlly coloured, neatly 
hf. bd. morocco, (pub. at £4, 4s) reduced to 
£2. 2s . 1838 
" Admirable figures, full of truth and nature; accom- 
companied by valuable observations on the liabits and 
economy of the birds." — Xwainson. 
" According to the first ornitliologisis of the day, 
these plates are of permanent value." — Wood. 
LINDLEY'S BRITISH FRUITS; or Figures and 
Descriptions of the most Important Varieties of 
Fruit cultivated in Great Britain, 3 vols, royal 
8vo. containing 152 most beautiJuUu coloured 
plates, chiefly by Mrs. Withers, Artist to the Horti- 
cultural Society, elegantly hf. bd. green morocco 
citro,^i/t edges, (pub, at £10. 10s) reduced to 
£5. 5s . 1841 
This is ?.n exqaisitely beautiful work. Every plate 
is like a highly finished drawing, similar to those in the 
Horticultural Transactions. 
LOUDON and WESTWOOD'S TREATISE on 
INSECTS INJURIOUS to GARDENS, 
Forests, and Farms, translated from the Ger- 
man of Kbilar, illustrated by GO woodcuts, fcap. 
8vo. eitra cloth (pub. at 7s) reduced to 4s 1840 
LOUDON'S (Mrs.) ENTERTAINING NATU- 
RALIST, being Popular Descriptions, Tales, 
and Anecdotes of more than Five Ilundred 
Animals, comprehending all the Quadrupeds, 
Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, &c. of which a 
knowledge is indispensable in Polite Education; 
with Indexes of Scientific and Popular Names, 
au explanation of Terms, and an Apjieiidix of 
Fabulous Animals, illustrated by upwards of 400 
beautiful woodcuts by Bewick, Harvey, Whimper, 
and others, new edition, revised, eidarged, and 
corrected to the present state of Zoological 
Knowledge, in 1 thick vol. post 8vo. elegantly 
bound in gilt cloth, Is iid 1843 
the same, in morocco extra, 12s 
This new and handsome edition is likely to become 
the most popular work of the! kind, having been con- 
siderably enlarged and improved both in text ani 
plates. 
MACGILLIVRAY'S DESCRIPTIONS of the 
RAPACIOUS BIRDS of GREAT BRI- 
TAIN, post 8vo. plates, and numerous fine wood- 
cuts, cloth ^i/t,(i)ub. at 9s) reduced to 3« 6a! 1836 
HISTORY OF THE MOLLUSCOUS and 
CIRRIPEDAL ANIMALS of SCOTLAND, 
as found in the North-Eastern District, particu- 
larly in the Shires of Aberdeen, Kincardine, 
Banff, &c. second editioji, fcap. 8vo. gilt cloth, 
(pub. at 6s) reduced to 3s 1844 
MAIN'S (.Tas.) VILLAGE and COTTAGE FLO- 
RISTS' DIRECTORY, particularly the Ma- 
nagement of the best Stage, Bed, and Border 
Flowers usually cultivated in Britain; second 
edition, fcap. 8vo, extra cloth hds. (pub. at 6s) 
reduced to 3s . 1835 
MANTELL'S (Dr.) NEW GEOLOGICAL 
WORK — The Medals of Creation, or First 
Lessons in Geology, and in the Study of Or- 
ganic Remains ; including Geological Excur- 
sions to the Isle of Sheppy, Brighton, Lewes, 
Tilgate Forest, Charawood Forest, Faringdou, 
Swindon, Calne, Bath, Bristol, Clifton, Mat- 
lock, Crich Hill, &c. by Gideon Algernon Man- 
tell, Esq. L.L.D., F.R.S., &c. 2 thick vols, 
fcap. 8vo. with coloured plates, and several hun- 
dred beautiful woodcuts of Fossil Remains, cloth, 
elegantly gilt, £\.\s 1844 
WONDERS of GEOLOGY, or a Familiar 
Exposition of Geological Phenomena, new edi- 
tion, illustrated by a beautiful frontispiece by John 
Martin, coloured plates, and upwards of 150 wood- 
cuts, 2 vols. fcap. 8vo. eitra cloth, 16s 
FOSSILS OF THE SOUTH DOWNS, or illus- 
trations of the Geology of Sussex, royal 4to. 
42 plates, cloth bds. (pub. at £3. 3s) reduced to 
£2. 2s . 1822 
MARTIN'S (P. I.) GEOLOGICAL MEMOIR on 
A PART of WESTERN SUSSEX, with some 
Observations upon Chalk-Basins, the Weald- 
Denudation and Outliers-by-Protrusion, 4to. 
letrge map and coloured plates, cloth hds. (pub. at 
£1.) reduced to 12s . 1828 
MINSTRELSY OF the WOODS, or Sketches and 
Songs connected with the Natural History of 
some of the most interesting British and Foreign 
Birds, (by Miss Waring, of Selborne), post 
8vo. with 17 coloured plates of Birds, green cloth, 
richly gilt, (pub. at 9s) reduced to 6s 1832 
MUDIE'S (ROBT.) HISTORY of BRITISH 
BIRDS, or the Feathered Tribes of the British 
Islands, 2 vols. 8vo. ne^u edition, the plates beau- 
tifully coloured, extra cloth gilt, (pub. at £1. 8s) 
reduced to 16s . ^ 1835 
" This is, without any exception, the most truly 
charming work <in Ornithology which lias hitherto 
appeared, from the days of Willugliby downwards. 
Other authors describe, Muilie paints; other authors 
give the busk, .Mudie the kernel. We most heartily 
