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"Each volume is elegantly printed in royal 8vo, and illustrated with a very large number of well-executed engravings, printed in colors. . . . They form a complete library of reference on the several subjects to which they are devoted, and nothing more complete in their way has lately appeared." —The Bookseller.
BREE'S BIRDS OF EUROPE AND THEIR EGGS, not observed in the British Isles. With 238 beautifully colored plates. Five vols. 5l. 5s.
COUCH'S HISTORY OF THE FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. With 256 carefully colored plates. Four vols.
GATTY'S (MRS. ALFRED) BRITISH SEAWEEDS. Numerous colored illustrations. Two vols. 2l. 10s.
HIBBERD'S (SHIRLEY) NEW AND RARE BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS. With 64 colored full-page illustrations. Executed expressly for this work. One vol. 1l. 5s.
LOWE'S NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS. With 479 finely colored plates. Eight vols. 6l. 6s.
LOWE'S OUR NATIVE FERNS. Illustrated with 79 colored plates and 900 wood engravings. Two vols. 2l. 2s.
LOWE'S NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW AND RARE FERNS. Containing species and varieties not included in "Ferns, British and Exotic." 72 colored plates and woodcuts. One vol. 1l.
LOWE'S NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH GRASSES. With 74 finely colored plates. One vol. 1l. 1s.
LOWE'S BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS: being a description of the most beautiful-leaved plants in cultivation in this country. With 60 colored illustrations. One vol. 1l. 1s.
MORRIS' HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. With 360 finely colored engravings. Six vols. 6l. 6s.
MORRIS' NESTS AND EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS. With 223 beautifully colored engravings. Three vols. 3l. 3s.
MORRIS' BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. With 71 beautifully colored plates. One vol. 1l. 1s.
MORRIS' BRITISH MOTHS. With colored illustrations of nearly 2000 specimens. Four vols. 6l. 6s.
TRIPP'S BRITISH MOSSES. With 39 colored plates, containing a figure of each species. Two vols. 2l. 10s.
WOOSTER'S ALPINE PLANTS. First Series. With 54 colored plates. 25s.
WOOSTER'S ALPINE PLANTS. Second Series. With 54 colored plates. 25s.