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The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy / by the late Baron Georges Cuvier ; translated and adapted to the present state of science ; the Mammalia, birds, and reptiles, by Edward Blyth ; the fishes and Radiata, by Robert Mudie ; the molluscou
By: Cuvier, Georges, - Blyth, Edward, - Carpenter, William Benjamin, - Johnston, George, - Mudie, Robert, - Westwood, J. O. - Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University)
Edition: A new ed., with additions by W. B. Carpenter and J. O. Westwood ; illustrated by three hundred engravings on wood and thirty-four on steel.
Publication info: London :Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen Corner, Paternoster Row,1849
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Subjects: Animals Gilt edges (Binding) Half bindings (Binding) Leather bindings (Binding) Marbled papers (Binding) Nomenclature Paper bindings (Binding) Raised bands (Binding)
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The cabinet of oriental entomology : being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time discribed and figured / by J.O. Westwood.
By: Westwood, J. O. - Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). - Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University).
Publication info: London :William Smith, 113 Fleet Street,[1848]
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Subjects: Dentelle bindings (Binding) Endpapers (Binding) Gilt edges (Binding) Half bindings (Binding) India Insects Leather bindings (Binding) Marbled papers (Binding) Pictorial works Raised bands (Binding)
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The construction of timber from its early growth; explained by the microscope, and proved from experiments, in a great variety of kinds: in five books, on the parts of trees; wtheir vessels; and their encrease by growth, and on the different disposit by John Hill.
By: Hill, John,
Publication info: London,Printed for the author; and sold by R. Baldwin, in Pater-Nother Row; J. Ridley, in St. James's-Street; J. Nourse, T. Becket, P. Elmsly, J. Campbell, in the Strand; and T. Davies, in Ruffel-Street, Cov1770.
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Subjects: Marbled papers (Binding) Raised bands (Binding) Timber Trees Wood
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Erinnerungen aus dem Leben eines Natur- und Seelenforschers des neunzehnten Jahrunderts / von Maximilian Perty.
By: Perty, Maximilian, - Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University).
Publication info: Leipzig :C.F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung,1879.
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Subjects: 1804-1884 Endpapers (Binding) Ink stamps (Provenance) Leather bindings (Binding) Marbled papers (Binding) Perty, Maximilian, Raised bands (Binding)
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Les genres des insectes de Linné : constatés par divers échantillons d'insectes d'Angleterre, copiés d'après nature / par J. Barbut.
By: Barbut, James. - Newton, James, - Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). - Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University).
Publication info: London :Imprimé par Jacques Dixwell, dans St. Martin's Lane, et se vend au profit de l'auteur chez J. Sewell, Libraire, dans Cornhill,1781.
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Subjects: Entomology Great Britain Half bindings (Binding) Insects Leather bindings (Binding) Marbled papers (Binding) Paper bindings (Binding) Raised bands (Binding)
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An introduction to the modern classification of insects : founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families / by J. O. Westwood.
By: Westwood, J. O. - Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). - Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University).
Publication info: London :Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster-Row,1839-1840
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Subjects: Authors' inscriptions (Provenance) Classification Half bindings (Binding) Ink stamps (Provenance) Inscriptions (Provenance) Insects Leather bindings (Binding) Marbled papers (Binding) Paper bindings (Binding) Raised bands (Binding)
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Lehrbuch für Förster und die es werden wollen / von Georg Ludwig Hartig,...
By: Hartig, Georg Ludwig,
Edition: Zweite Aufl., verb.
Publication info: Stuttgart ;J. G. Gotta,1814.
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Subjects: 19th century Forests and forestry Germany Half bindings (Binding) Leather bindings (Binding) Paper boards (Binding) Raised bands (Binding) Sprinkled edges (Binding) $z Germany $y 19th centu
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Natuurlyke historie, of Uitvoerige beschryving der dieren, planten, en mineraalen, volgens het samenstel van den Heer LinnÆus. Met naauwkeurige afbeeldingen.
By: Linné, Carl von, - Houttuyn, M. - Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University).
Publication info: Amsterdam,F. Houttuyn,1761-85.
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Subjects: Classification Leather bindings (Binding) Marbled papers (Binding) Natural history Raised bands (Binding)
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The palm tree / by S. Moody ; with illustrations by the author.
By: Moody, Sophy.
Publication info: London :T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row; Edinburgh, and New York,1864.
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Subjects: Bookplates (Provenance) Endpapers (Binding) Half bindings (Binding) Leather bindings (Binding) Marbled edges (Binding) Marbled papers (Binding) Palms Paper bindings (Binding) Raised bands (Binding) Trees in the Bible
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A practical treatise of husbandry : wherein are contained, many useful and valuable experiments and observations in the new husbandry / collected during a series of years by the celebrated M. Duhamel du Monceau ... ; also the most approved practice of the best English farmers, in the old method of husbandry ; with copper plates of sev
By: Duhamel du Monceau, - Mills, John,
Edition: [1st English ed.]
Publication info: London :Printed for J. Whiston and B. White in Fleet Street ; R. Baldwin in Pater-noster Row ; W. Johnston in Ludgate Street ; P. Davey and B. Law in Ave-mary Lane,1759.
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Subjects: Agriculture Calf bindings (Binding) Early works to 1800 Raised bands (Binding)
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Reisen in Europa, Asien, und Afrika : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die naturwissenschaftlichen Verhältnisse der betreffenden Länder ; unternommen in den Jahren 1835 bis 1841 / von Joseph Russegger.
By: Russegger, Joseph. - Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University).
Publication info: Stuttgart :E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung,1841-48.
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Subjects: Austria Bookbinders' tickets (Provenance) Leather bindings (Binding) Marbled papers (Binding) Natural history Paper bindings (Binding) Quarter bindings (Binding) Raised bands (Binding) Vienna
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Sheep : breeds and management / by John Wrightson.
By: Wrightson, John,
Edition: Fifth edition
Publication info: London :Vinton & Company, Ltd., 9 New Bridge Street, Ludgate Circus, E.C.,1905.
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Subjects: Dentelle bindings (Binding) Endpapers (Binding) Leather bindings (Binding) Marbled edges (Binding) Marbled papers (Binding) Raised bands (Binding) Sheep
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A treatise on forest-trees : containing not only the best methods of their culture hitherto practised, but a variety of new and useful discoveries, the result of many repeated experiments ; as also, plain directions for removing by William Boutcher.
By: Boutcher, William.
Publication info: Edinburgh :Printed by R. Fleming, and sold by the Author, by J. Murray, No 32 Fleeet-Street, London and other Booksellers in Great Britain,[1775].
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Subjects: Authors' inscriptions (Provenance) Forests and forestry Leather bindings (Binding) Raised bands (Binding) Trees
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The woodlands : or, A treatise on the preparing of ground for planting, on the planting, on the cultivating, on the pruning, and on the cutting down of forest trees and underwoods ... the trees being arranged in alph by William Cobbett.
By: Cobbett, William,
Publication info: London :Printed and Published by William Cobbett, no. 183, Fleet Street,1825.
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Subjects: Leather bindings (Binding) Marbled papers (Binding) Quarter bindings (Binding) Raised bands (Binding) Tree planting Trees
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