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A table with 36 different fish. Engraving by R. Scott after Captain T. Brown.

A variety of insect life including beetles, wasps and dragonflies. Engraving by R. Scott after T. Brown.

The elements of conchology; or, natural history of shells. According to the Linnean system. With observations on modern arrangements / By Thomas Brown ... Illustrated with nine coloured engravings.

Above, an Indian elephant; below, an African elephant cow suckled by its young. Coloured etching by S. Milne after Captain T. Brown and N. Maréchal.

The book of butterflies, sphinges, and moths / Illustrated by one hundred and forty-four engravings coloured after nature.

An inquiry into the antivariolous power of vaccination : in which ... the most serious doubts are suggested of the efficacy of the whole practice ... / by Thomas Brown.

A table with 63 different molluscs. Engraving by R. Scott after Captain T. Brown.

A table with 79 different shells. Engraving by R. Scott after Captain T. Brown.

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