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Archives of Natural History (formerly: Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History). Volume 12 (parts 1-2).
1985 252 p., num. illustrations, paperbound. In issues. Good copy. First two parts, missing third and last part.Includes: William Sheffied: four letters to Gilbert White / Manuscript material for the Histoire naturelle des poissons, 1828-1849: sources for understanding the fishes described by Cuvier and Valenciennes / Separately published prints of fossils in nineteenth century Britain / Zoological notes by Johann Reinhold and George Forster included in Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle / A revised census of the known copies of T. Martyn’s Psyche / William Pitcairn - a biographical sketch / John Abbot, and early naturalist-artist in North America: his contribution to ornithology..., and many more papers.
Archives of Natural History (formerly: Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History). Volume 13.
1986 344 p., num. illustrations, paperbound. In issues. Good copy.Includes: Hermann Schlegel’s investigation of the Maastricht mosasaurus / Darwin in Chinese / Robert Hardwicke (1822-1875), publisher of biological books / Drawings of vertebrate animals from the collection of Charles Hamilton Smith / The first three editions of Charles Lyell’s The Geological Evidence of the Antiquiy of Man / Charles Darwin and ‘’Ancient Seeds’’ / Henry Leonard Meyer 1797-1865: bird artist / Catalogue of extant mammal specimens from the collection of the 13th Earl of Derby, now in the Liverpool Museum / William Swainson: naturalist, author and illustrator / William Turner’s (c. 1508-1568) notes on fishes in his letter to Conrad Gessner / Unveiling Darwin’s roots, and many more papers.
