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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 panoramic display of big cats. Etching by J Wolf, ca 1850, tinted by H Adlard.

Jardin des Plantes, Paris: figures strolling the grounds alongside the glasshouses. Coloured lithograph by J. Jacottet.

Jardin des Plantes, Paris: as seen from across the river with the Pont d'Austerlitz and Prise de l'Arsenal. Coloured line engraving.

Annual report for science / Natural History Museum.

xvii, 286 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm.

Museums and the natural environment : the role of natural history museums in biological conservation / Peter Davis.

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; image 23.9 x 38.9 cm

Histoire naturelle. Cabinets complets d'histoire naturelle. Collections diverses et spéciales d'histoire naturelle, zoologie, botanique, géologie, paléontologie, minéralogie. Sciences naturelles, pures et appliquées. Systématique, anatomie, biologie, physiologie, micrographie, technologie, projections, laboratoires / [Émile Deyrolle].

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Annual report for science / Natural History Museum.

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 ...

Museums and the natural environment : the role of natural history museums in biological conservation / Peter Davis.

Jardin des Plantes, Paris: as seen from across the river with the Pont d'Austerlitz and Prise de l'Arsenal. Coloured line engraving.