Lot 281
Miscellaneous books, British, a large quantity, including Beckmann, John
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 2 May 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
A history of inventions and discoveries. 1817. Third edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, original boards, uncut, tape mark to inner margin of titles and end leaves, boards detached; Bowdich, T. Edward An analysis of the natural classifications of mammalia. Paris, 1821. 15 lithographed plates, some folding, cloth, spotted; Gosse, P.H. A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast. 1853. 8vo, plates, some coloured, original cloth' Chambers, Robert Vestiges of the natural history of creation. 1846. Fifth edition, half calf, slightly rubbed; Recluse, E. The ocean, atmosphere and life. 1873. 2 volumes, 8vo, maps, original cloth; Daniell, J.F. Elements of meteorology. 1845. 2 volumes, 8vo, plates, cloth, spotting, worn; Brady, G.S. A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic copepoda of the British islands. 1878-80. 3 volumes, 8vo, plates, a few partly coloured, original cloth; Baird, W. The natural history of the British entomostraca. 1850. 8vo, plates, some coloured, original cloth; and others, miscellaneous (quantity)