The treasury of natural history, or, A popular dictionary of animated nature
Subtitle: in which the zoological characteristics that distinguish the different classes, genera, and species, are combined with a variety of interesting information illustrative of the habits, instincts, and general economy of the animal kingdom. : To which are added, a syllabus of practical taxidermy, and a glossarial appendix. : Embellished with nine hundred woodcuts, expressly engraved for this work.
By: By Samuel Maunder ....
Contributors: Marchant, J., ill.; Adlard, Henry, engraver.; Branston, R., wood-engraver.; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans ...
Published: 1848
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 812
Subjects: Zoology -- Dictionaries.
Genres: Dictionaries.
Notes: Frontis. signed: J. Marchant del. H. Adlard, sc..

'The engravings are in Mr. R. Branston's best manner, and will no doubt be properly appreciated' - p v.

With an additional engraved title-page: The treasury of natural history, or, A popular dictionary of animated nature,; illustrated with upwards of eight hundred figures on wood. Engraved expressly for this work ...

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