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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature [in Two Volumes]: Goldsmith's original with added commentary
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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature [in Two Volumes], byOliver Goldsmith, with Numerous Notes from the Works of the Most Distinguished British and Foreign Naturalists. Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London: Blackie and Son. 1866. Two volume set.
Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature was first published in the year of his death, 1774, and owed its origin to the writings of Buffon. The 1866 edition was published without change to the original, but with notes added by the publisher to correct or illustrate the text. [Adapted from the Preface]
This makes this two-volume set particularly interesting, in that modern classification is NOT included. Instead, he discusses categories like "quadrupeds of the hog kind" and animals of the "monkey kind--the elephant, rhinoceros..." as examples.
It is important to note that he included interpretations of people, places, and general nature, not just animals, birds, and insects. A spectacular 1874 two-volume set which inspired much interest in Great Britain and worldwide at a time when natural history was pretty much ignored.
Color plates are phenomenal in their beauty, black and white also hold good detail. This set is not to be overlooked for its artistic beauty as well as its historical significance.
Condition: This original half-bound leather two-volume set is a real beauty! Gilt labels are new as shown, but all else is original. Conservation includes interior hinges and leather repair to spine of volume II. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature was first published in the year of his death, 1774, and owed its origin to the writings of Buffon. The 1866 edition was published without change to the original, but with notes added by the publisher to correct or illustrate the text. [Adapted from the Preface]
This makes this two-volume set particularly interesting, in that modern classification is NOT included. Instead, he discusses categories like "quadrupeds of the hog kind" and animals of the "monkey kind--the elephant, rhinoceros..." as examples.
It is important to note that he included interpretations of people, places, and general nature, not just animals, birds, and insects. A spectacular 1874 two-volume set which inspired much interest in Great Britain and worldwide at a time when natural history was pretty much ignored.
Color plates are phenomenal in their beauty, black and white also hold good detail. This set is not to be overlooked for its artistic beauty as well as its historical significance.
Condition: This original half-bound leather two-volume set is a real beauty! Gilt labels are new as shown, but all else is original. Conservation includes interior hinges and leather repair to spine of volume II. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
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*Fabric Sample Book* - Harris Tailors Trimmings Book No. 4, 1940
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William Harris Company, St. Paul Minnesota, Harris Tailors Trimmings. This Book of Harris Tailors' Trimmings Represents The Most Complete Trimming Line in America. "We are Always at Your Service". Containing 369 fabric samples on 101 pagesWm. Harris Woolen Co. Established in 1910 by William Harris as a wholesale woolen jobber with its principal office in St. Paul, Minnesota and continued in its primary business until William Harris' death in 1953.101 Pages with 369 cloth samples -- Scarce complete catalogIncludes information on pricing and supplies including:Thread: Silk, Corticelli Cotton Samples and Henry Myer Thread Co mercerized cotton +, Buttons, Notions for measurement, scissors, iron, interfacing, seam binding, padding, muslin and moleskin, brushes, bodkins, hangers, buckles, pins and needles, snaps, labels, Furrier SuppliesCondition: This original, scarce pre-1940 catalogue of 101 pages has 369 fabric swatch samples, each page being complete. The original cord and hardcover are shown in the…
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Annals of the Army of the Cumberland, 1863 FIRST EDITION
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Annals of the Army of the Cumberland, Comprising Biographies, Descriptions of Departments, Accounts of Expeditions, Skirmishes, and Battles; Also Its Police Recordof Spies, Smugglers, and Prominent Rebel Emissaries. Together With Anecdotes, Incidents, Poetry, Reminiscences, etc. and Official Reports of the Battle of Stone River, by an Officer [John Fitch]. Illustrated with Steel Portraits, Wood Engravings, and Maps. First Edition, Original full leather binding. 1863. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co: 670 pages.Condition: This beautiful original leather first edition of "Annals..." still has gilt page edges and gilt on spine as shown in the photos. Binding is firm. (Shown in photos) Original tissue between two frontispiece illustrations. The feature map of Stone River is in color and is still beautifully vibrant. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can…
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History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, and the war of the North American Tribes ...1851 FIRST EDITION
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History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, and the war of the North American Tribes Against the English Colonies after the Conquest of Canada. Francis Parkman, Jr. Boston: Charles C Little and James Brown.London: Richard Bentley. 1851 - First Edition: 630 pp including alphabetical index.Contents Include: Indian Tribes East of the Mississippi; France and England in America; the French, English and the Indians; Collision of the Rival Colonies; the Wilderness and its Tenants at the Close of the French War; The English take Possession of the Western Posts; Anger of the Indians--the Conspiracy; Indian Preparation; the Council at the River Ecorces; Detroit; Treachery of Pontiac; Pontiac at the Siege of Detroit; Rout of Cutler's Detachment--Fate of the Forest Garrison; the Indians Continue to Blockade Detroit; the Fight at Bloody Bridge; Michillimackinac; the Massacre; Frontier Forts and Settlements; the War on the Borders; the Battle of Bushy Run; the Iroquois--Ambush of the Devil's Hole; Desolation of the…
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Prisoners of War and Military Prisons, Personal Narratives of Experience in the Prisons ...In the South, 1890 FIRST EDITION
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Prisoners of War and Military Prisons. Personal Narratives of Experience in the Prisons at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Charleston, and Columbia, with A General Account of Prison Life and Prisons in the South during the War of the Rebellion, Including Statistical Information Pertaining to Prisoners of War; Together with a list of Officers who were Prisoners of War from January 1, 1864. by Asa B Isham, Henry M Davidson, and Henry B Furness. Cincinnati: Lyman & Cushing, 99 West Fourth Street, 1890 - First Edition. Over 58 pages of illustrations, including maps of camps. Large octavo, 571 pages. Condition: Original cloth, with gilt spine and beautiful front and back cover images. The 58 illustrations are present, including fold out of Andersonville and many full page illustrations. Please note there is a light stamp from a previous owner on the Title Page. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please…
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Chinese Tales: or, the Wonderful Adventures of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam..., 1740
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1740 - Chinese Tales: or, the Wonderful Adventures of Mandarin Fum-Hoam. Related by Himself to Divert the Sultana, upon the Celebration of her Nuptials. Printed for J. Hodges, London. Second Edition 1740.This very rare full leather Second Edition translated by Stackhouse awaits the true collector of 18th century works. The original French edition was published in 1723 under the title "Les aventures merveilleuses du mandarin Fum-Hoam" and Stackhouse's translation first appeared in 1725...hence, this is the second edition.Contents has been photographed for your review as well as examples of engraved illustrations. This small full leather bound original 1740 book is beautifully in tact, with a firm binding, period end pages and stunning illustrations. We found no writing or tears within. The newspaper articles that were inserted in the book have been retained with the book and caused some staining within the book. Please take time to ask for any further photographs or information about condition in order…
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*Fabric Sample Book* - Harris Tailors Trimmings Book No. 4, 1940
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William Harris Company, St. Paul Minnesota, Harris Tailors Trimmings. This Book of Harris Tailors' Trimmings Represents The Most Complete Trimming Line in America. "We are Always at Your Service". Containing 369 fabric samples on 101 pagesWm. Harris Woolen Co. Established in 1910 by William Harris as a wholesale woolen jobber with its principal office in St. Paul, Minnesota and continued in its primary business until William Harris' death in 1953.101 Pages with 369 cloth samples -- Scarce complete catalogIncludes information on pricing and supplies including:Thread: Silk, Corticelli Cotton Samples and Henry Myer Thread Co mercerized cotton +, Buttons, Notions for measurement, scissors, iron, interfacing, seam binding, padding, muslin and moleskin, brushes, bodkins, hangers, buckles, pins and needles, snaps, labels, Furrier SuppliesCondition: This original, scarce pre-1940 catalogue of 101 pages has 369 fabric swatch samples, each page being complete. The original cord and hardcover are shown in the…
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Annals of the Army of the Cumberland, 1863 FIRST EDITION
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Annals of the Army of the Cumberland, Comprising Biographies, Descriptions of Departments, Accounts of Expeditions, Skirmishes, and Battles; Also Its Police Recordof Spies, Smugglers, and Prominent Rebel Emissaries. Together With Anecdotes, Incidents, Poetry, Reminiscences, etc. and Official Reports of the Battle of Stone River, by an Officer [John Fitch]. Illustrated with Steel Portraits, Wood Engravings, and Maps. First Edition, Original full leather binding. 1863. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co: 670 pages.Condition: This beautiful original leather first edition of "Annals..." still has gilt page edges and gilt on spine as shown in the photos. Binding is firm. (Shown in photos) Original tissue between two frontispiece illustrations. The feature map of Stone River is in color and is still beautifully vibrant. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can…
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History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, and the war of the North American Tribes ...1851 FIRST EDITION
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History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, and the war of the North American Tribes Against the English Colonies after the Conquest of Canada. Francis Parkman, Jr. Boston: Charles C Little and James Brown.London: Richard Bentley. 1851 - First Edition: 630 pp including alphabetical index.Contents Include: Indian Tribes East of the Mississippi; France and England in America; the French, English and the Indians; Collision of the Rival Colonies; the Wilderness and its Tenants at the Close of the French War; The English take Possession of the Western Posts; Anger of the Indians--the Conspiracy; Indian Preparation; the Council at the River Ecorces; Detroit; Treachery of Pontiac; Pontiac at the Siege of Detroit; Rout of Cutler's Detachment--Fate of the Forest Garrison; the Indians Continue to Blockade Detroit; the Fight at Bloody Bridge; Michillimackinac; the Massacre; Frontier Forts and Settlements; the War on the Borders; the Battle of Bushy Run; the Iroquois--Ambush of the Devil's Hole; Desolation of the…
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Prisoners of War and Military Prisons. Personal Narratives of Experience in the Prisons at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Charleston, and Columbia, with A General Account of Prison Life and Prisons in the South during the War of the Rebellion, Including Statistical Information Pertaining to Prisoners of War; Together with a list of Officers who were Prisoners of War from January 1, 1864. by Asa B Isham, Henry M Davidson, and Henry B Furness. Cincinnati: Lyman & Cushing, 99 West Fourth Street, 1890 - First Edition. Over 58 pages of illustrations, including maps of camps. Large octavo, 571 pages. Condition: Original cloth, with gilt spine and beautiful front and back cover images. The 58 illustrations are present, including fold out of Andersonville and many full page illustrations. Please note there is a light stamp from a previous owner on the Title Page. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please…
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A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE
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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
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History of the earth and animated nature; with numerous notes from the works of the most distinguished British and foreign naturalists (Volume II)
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