Sales catalogue: Quaritch

Date:
September 1877
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/17/29
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Quaritch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    American Periodicals of various States of the American Union. 341 BOSTON Jovurnat or Narurat History, a complete set from the commencement in 1837 to 1868, being Vols. I-VII, 8vo. numerous plates, entirely in parts, very rare, £6. 10s Boston, 1837-63 342 —-——-— another set, Vols. LV: ; VI nos.1-3; and VIL nos. 1-3, (four nos. to each vol.) in cloth and parts, £5. 1837-62 343 Procrenpinas, from the commencement in 1841 to Dec. 1870, being Vols. I-XIII, (without the last two or three Nos. of XIIT,) 18 vols. 8vo. entirely in parts, £9. Boston, 1844-70 A set as perfect as the above is very rare. Odd vols. in stock to complete sets. 344 Mrmorrs, being a New Serius of the Boston Journal of Natural History, Vol. 1. complete in 4 parts, large 4:to. 24 jine plates, (published at £3. 6s 6d) sd. 18s 1866-69 345 BricHam, Historical Notes on the Earthquakes of New England, 1638-1869, with “ Note additionnelle,”’ par Lancaster, 4to. sd. 2s Memoirs, vol. ii. 1869-78 346 Lawrence (G. N.) Birds of Western and Northwestern Mexico, 4to. sd. 5s 7 vol. tt. 1874 347 COLLECTIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: First Series, 10 vols. 1792-1809—Second Series, 10 vols. 1814-28—Third Series, 10 vols. 1825-49—Fourth Series, 7 vols. 1852-65—together, 37 vols. royal 8vo. facsimiles of auto- graphs and seals, calf extra, yellow edges, by Bedford, a very Jine and large set, rare, £36. Boston, U. 8. 1806-65 An extremely valuable and scarce set of books, Bae ZooLogicaL AND Boranicat SugvEY or MASSACHUSETTS. Reports of the Commissioners on the Geology, Zoology, and Botany of Massachusetts, 8 vols. 8vo. plates, sd. £3. Camb. and Boston, 1838-46 Contents: Geology by Hitchcock and Jackson, 2 vols. —Zoology by Emmons, Storer and Harris—Fishes, Reptiles and Birds, by Storer and Pea- body, 4 plates—Invertebrate Animals, by Gould, 373 pp. 15 plates representing 213 figures—Herbaceous Plants by Dewey, and Quadrupeds by Emmons, in 1 vol, 360 pp.—lInsects injurious to vegetation, by Harris, 460 pp.—Trees and Shrubs, by Emerson, 534 pp. 17 plates. 349 Storer’s Reports on the Fishes and Reptiles, and Peabody’s Report on the Birds, 1 vol. thick 8vo. 4 plates, sd. 12s Boston, 1839 350 NEW ENGLAND Hisroricat and GENEALOGICAL ReatsteEr, COMPLETE, from its commencement in Jan. 1847 to the end of 1873, being Nos. 1-108, or Vols. I-X XVII, 8vo. with above 180 fine portraits of the first settlers, with facsimile signatures and nu- merous pedigrees, clean in parts, very rare, £12. Boston, 1847-78 —-— the same, Vols. I-XI, 11-vols. 8vo. with about 60 portraits, cloth gilt, £5. 1847-57 The following is an abridged extract from the original prospectus of the Society :—‘‘ It is proposed by this Society, as one important means of accom- plishing the end which it has in view, to issue a Quarterly Periodical, to com- Bi
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