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Reptiles

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  • Das Gehörorgan der Wirbelthiere : morphologisch-histologische Studien / von Gustaf Retzius.
  • The Zoological Museum ... : Mr. Seaman, (as manager for a society of gentlemen, to whom this collection belongs) begs to inform the ladies and gentlemen of this town, that he has just arrived with that extensive and valuable Museum, containing many thousands of natural curiosities ...
  • A chemist's laboratory, with the apparatus numbered for a key. Engraving, 1748.
  • Five types of lizard, including the large spotted ground lizard and brown lizard. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Snake. Etching, 18--?.
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Catalogue

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    Three types of lizard and a crocodile. Engraving, ca. 1778.

    | Date: 1778 | Reference: 41906i
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    Our reptiles and batrachians : a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain / by M.C. Cooke ... with original figures of every species and numerous woodcuts.

    Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt), 1825-1914. | Date: 1893
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    Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India / by William Theobald.

    Theobald, W. (William), 1829-1908. | Date: 1876
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    Six snakes of the cobra family, including a rhomboidal and diamondbacked species. Engraving, ca. 1778.

    | Date: 1778 | Reference: 41992i
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    Snake anatomy: ventral view of snake with scales; ventral view of internal organs; view of open mouth. Engraving, ca. 1778.

    | Date: 1778 | Reference: 42039i
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