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Spencer FullertonBaird(1823-1887)
Hints for preserving objects of natural history
Carlisle:Printed by Gitt & Hinckley,1846.12 p.

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Juan GrauBassas
Nociones de taxidermia
Barcelona:Imprentade A. Frexas,1849.x, [11]-144 p., 1 folded leaf : ill.

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Henry WalterBates(1825-1892)
The naturalist on the River Amazons [sic]
London:John Murray,1863.2 v., [10] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., map.

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A. (Adolphe)Boucard(1839-1905)
How to gain from eighty to two hundred pounds sterling a year by instructive and amusing means, or, Instructions for collecting, preserving, and sending collections of natural history
London:General Natural History Agency,1871.28 [i.e. 32] p.

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ThomasBrown(1785-1862)
The taxidermist's manual, or, The art of collecting, preparing and preserving objects of natural history
Glasgow:Archibald Fullarton ... [and 3 others],1833.xii, 150 p., VI leaves of plates : ill.

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James BoydDavies
The practical naturalist's guide : containing instructions for collecting, preparing and preserving specimens in all departments of zoology, intended for the use of students, amateurs and travellers
Edinburgh:MacLachlan & Stewart,1858.iv, 82, [10] p. : ill.

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J. J.Ernst
Papillons d'Europe, peints d'après nature ...
Paris:Chez P. M. Delaguette [etc.],1779-1792.8 v. in 3 : ill. + atlases (3 v. : col. ill.).

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Franklin Society of Providence, R.I.
General directions for collecting and preserving articles in the various departments of natural history …
Providence, R.I.:J.C. Parmenter.....Printer,1829.8 p.

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Johann LeonhardFrisch(1666-1743)
Beschreibung von allerley Insecten in Teutsch-Land
Berlin:Verlegts Christ. Gottl. Nicolai,1730-1753.13 pts. in 1 v., [38] leaves of plates : ill.

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GeorgeGraves(fl. 1777-1834)
The naturalist's pocket-book, or Tourist's companion : being a brief introduction to the different branches of natural history : with approved methods for collecting and preserving the various productions of nature
London:Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown,1818.viii, [8], 335, [1] p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. (5 col.).

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MosesHarris(1731?-1785?)
The Aurelian : a natural history of English moths and butterflies, together with the plants on which they feed
London:Henry G. Bohn,1840.[4], xi, [1], 83, [4] p., 46 leaves of plates : ill.

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FerranteImperato(1550-1625)
Dell'historia naturale . . .
Naples:C. Vitale,1599.12 p. l., 791 p. illus., double plate.

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ErnestIngersoll(1852-1946)
Hand-book to the National Museum, under direction of the Smithsonian Institution
New York, Chicago and Washington:Brentano Brothers,1886.110, [28] p. : ill.

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LorenzoLegati
Museo Cospiano . . .
Bologna:Per G. Monti,1677.11 p. l., 532 p. illus., fold. pl., port.

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John CoakleyLettsom(1744-1815)
The naturalist's and traveller's companion
London:E. & C. Dilly,1774.2 p. l., iii-xvi, 89, [8] p. col. Front.

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Pierre FrançoisNicolas(1743-1816)
Méthode de préparer et conserver les animaux de toutes les classes : pour les cabinets d'histoire naturelle
Paris:F. Buisson,1801.228 p., x folded leaves of plates : ill.

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AdamOlearius(1599-1671)
Gottorffiche Kunst-Kammer, worinnen allerhand ungemeine Sachen, so theils die Natur, theils künstliche Hände hervorgebracht und bereitet …
Schlesswig:Auff Gottfriedt Schulzens Kosten,1674.5 p. l., 80 p. front., XXXVI plates.

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JamesPetiver(1663?-1718)
Opera
London:Printed for John Millan, Bookseller,1767.2 v., [292] leaves of plates : chiefly ill.

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FrederikRuysch(1638-1731)
Thesaurus animalium primus = Het eerste cabinet der dieren
Amsterdam:apud J. Wolters,1710.[56], 42 p., 7 leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill.

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Jacob ChristianSchäffer(1718-1790)
Elementa entomologica . . .
Regensburg:Gedruckt mit Weissischen Schriften,1766.[170] p., 135 p. of plates : col. Ill.

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Smithsonian Institution
Directions for collecting, preserving and transporting specimens of natural history
Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution,1859.23 p.

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Etienne FrançoisTurgot(1721-1789)
Mémoire instructif sur la manière de rassembler, de preparer, de conserver, et d'envoyer les diverses curiosités d'histoire naturelle . . .
Lyon:chez J. M. Bruyset,1758.xvi, 235 [i.e 239], [1] p. 25 fold. Plates.

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United States Naval Lyceum
General directions for collecting and preserving articles in the various departments of natural history …
New York:J. Post, printer,1834.11 p.

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LevinusVincent(1658-1727)
Elenchus tabularum, pinacothecarum, atque nonnullorum cimeliorum . . .
Haarlem:Sumptibus auctoris,1719.[24], 52 p., [9] leaves of plates (8 folded) : ill.

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CharlesWilkes(1798-1877)
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition . . .
Philadelphia:Lea and Blanchard,1845.5 vols. and atlas.

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OleWorm(1588-1654)
Museum Wormianum; seu, Historia rerum rariorum, tam naturalium, quam artificialium, tam domesticarum, quam exoticarum . . .
Leiden:ex officina Elseviriorum,1655.6 p. l., 389, [3] p. illus.

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