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473 PLINIUS (C). Libro Nono, De Caio Plinio Segundo, De La Historia Natural de los pescados, 

 del mar, de lagos, estanques, y rios. Hecha Por El Licenciado Geronimo de Huerta . . . En 

 Madrid . . . Aiio 1603. 



Sm. 4to., repair to margin ofD\ involves loss of afew letters; age-stained throughout; but a crisp 

 copy in modern vellum. Madrid, 1603 /12 $33.60 



Although chiefly on fishes, includes frogs, molluscs and sea snakes. 



- 474 RONDELET (G.). Gulielmi Rondeletii . . . Libri de Piscibus Marinis, in quibus verae Piscium 

 effigies expressae sunt . . . Lugduni, Apud Matthiam Bonhomme, M.D.LIIII . . . [Pars I]. 



Folio, 7 11. , 583 pp., 12 11., with portrait and 245 woodcuts; a tall, washed copy with some neat 

 marginal repairs; modern vellum, with ties. Lyons, 1554 £22 lOs. $63.00 



Without the second part, Universce Aquatilium historicB, published in 1555. 



Although the bulk of this classic work treats of fishes, much material on conchology, mollusca, 

 crustacea and marine growths is also included. 



475 STAHMER (M.). Fischhandel und Fischindustrie. 



8vo., with 33 text-illustrations, many full-page; clotk. Stuttgart, 1913 £1 $2.80 



476 SWAINSON (W.). The Natural History of Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles, or Monocardian 

 Animals. 



2 vols., sm. 8vo., with many text-illustrations; cloth, spines faded. 1838-39 £2 15s. $7.70 

 Scarce. Contains an appendix on "the characters and descriptions of 62 new or little known 



fishes alluded to in this work". Classification based on McLeay's "Quinary" System. 



477 WOOD (W.). A complete Illustration of the British Fresh Water Fishes, with some Account 

 of their Habits. 



3 parts, 8vo., all published, 12 hand-coloured plates, with descriptive text; original printed 

 wrappers, torn, enclosed in morocco portfolio, ties missing. [1842-43] £12 $33.60 



Very scarce. The plates are numbered 1-2, 7, 12-13, 22, 29-30, 36, 38, 42 and 46. 



ENTOMOLOGY 



478 ABBOTT (J.) and J. E. SMITH. The Natural History of the rarer lepidopertous Insects of 

 Georgia, including their systematic Characters, the Particulars of their several Metamorphoses 

 and the Plants on which they feed. 



2 vols., folio, with 104 coloured plates (some before letters); the text in English and French; 

 contemporary straight-grained green morocco, giltframe sides, gilt edges, enclosed in a morocco tipped 

 slip-case. 1797 £425 $1190.00 



One of the rarest as well as one of the finest books on American natural history. 



479 ACGENTUATED LIST (An) of the British Lepidoptera, with Hints on the Derivation of the 

 Names. Pubhshed by the Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge. 



8vo., cloth. 1858 lOs. $1.40 



480 ACHETA DOMESTICA [Miss M. L. BUDGEN]. Episodes of Insect Life. 



3 vols., 8vo., with coloured frontispiece and numerous other illustrations, some coloured; cloth. 

 Vol. 3 neatly rebacked. 1849-51 £3 15s. $10.50 



481 ADKIN (R.). The Butterfles of Eastbourne. 8vo., with 15 plates. Eastbourne, 1928.— The 

 Moths of Eastbourne. 2 pts. and Supplement, 8vo., witk 2 maps and 55 plates. Eastbourne, 

 1930-31-34. 



Together in 1 vol., 8vo., boards, buckram back. Eastbourne, 1928-34 /3 $8.40 



482 ALCOCK (A.). Entomology for Medical Officers. 



8vo., with 136 text-illustrations; inscription cut from half-title; cloth; scarce. 1911 



£1 15s. $4.90 



483 ARROW (G. J.). Horned Beetles. A Study of the Fantastic in Nature. Edited by W. D. 

 Hincks. 



8vo., with 148 illustrations; cloth. The Hague, 1951 £1 5s. $3.50 



484 AUSTRALASIAN LEPIDOPTERA. A Collection of 8 Papers on Australasian Lepidoptera 

 by G. A. Waterhouse, R. Illidge, A. Quail, etc. 



In 1 vol., 8vo., with 3 plates; half morocco. v.p., 1892-1903 £2 $5.60 



Includes Waterhouse. Cat. of Rhopalocera of Australia, and Notes on Australian Rhopalocera. 

 Pt. III. 



485 BARRETT (C G.). The Lepidoptera of the British Islands. 



11 vols., roy. 8vo., Large Paper, with 504 coloured plates; cloth. 1893-1097 £35 $98.00 

 A descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and 

 Ireland, their preparatory states, habits and localities. 



486 another issue. 11 vols., 8vo., Small Paper; original cloth. 1893-1907 /6 $16.80 



487 BARRET (C) and A. N. BURNS. Butterfles of Australia and New Guinea. 



8vo. with 8 coloured and 10 plain plates, and 14 text-figures; cloth. Melbourne, 1951 



£2 lOs. $7.00 



