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and other Marine Productions of the like Kind..., first edition, frontispiece, 40 engraved plates, some folding, offsetting, very occasional spotting, ink library numbers and stamp to title, same stamp to margin of each plate, replaced endpapers, modern half calf, for the Author, London, 1755 § Popular History Series.- Sowerby (Henry) Popular Mineralogy, ink inscription over text and small tear to p.3 of adverts, another insciption to following blank, 1850 § Moore (Thomas) A Popular History of the British Ferns, ink inscription residue to upper pastedown, upper joint cracked, 1851 § Landsborough (Rev. D.) A Popular History of British Sea-weeds, upper joint repaired, 1849; A Popular History of British Zoophytes, occasional spotting, shaken, bookplate to upper pastedown, 1852; Jukes (J. Beete) Popular Physical Geology, joints repaired, occasional spotting, 1853 § Daubeny (Charles, editor) Popular Geography of Plants, lacking upper free endpaper, 1855 § Catlow (Agnes) Popular Garden Botany, 1855; Popular British Entomology, 1860 § Lindsay (W. Lauder) A Popular History of British Lichens, ink name to title, upper joint cracked and lacking endpaper, bookplate to upper pastedown, 1856 § White (Adam) A Popular History of British Crustacea, upper joint cracked and lacking endpaper, 1857 § Sowerby (George Brettingham) Popular History of The Aquarium, cocked, 1857 § Stark (Robert) A Popular History of British Moses, bookplate to upper pastedown, 1860, mixed editions, some first, c.284 lithographic plates, many hand-coloured, occasional spotting, otherwise very good, original embossed cloth, gilt, rubbed, a few with splits and small tears to joints and spine ends; and 2 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (15) *** Plate 39 in the first title is the earliest depiction of Cuff's aquatic microscope.