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1. Eleazar Albin | A Natural History of Birds, 1738-40, 3 vol., contemporary calf richly gilt
2. William Bligh | A Voyage to the South Seas, 1792, contemporary mottled calf
3. E.T. Booth | Rough notes on the birds observed... in the British Islands, 1881-87, 3 vol., original half morocco
4. A.G. Butler | Foreign finches in captivity, 1894-96, contemporary green half morocco
5. H.E. Dresser | A history of the birds of Europe,1871-96, 9 text vols. and 8 plate vols., the author's own unique copy
6. H.E. Dresser | Eggs of the Birds of Europe, London, [1905-] 1910, 2 vols, red morocco gilt with Dresser emblem
7. H.E. Dresser | A history of the birds of Europe, 1871-96, 9 vol. including supplement, red half morocco
8. H.E. Dresser | A Monograph of the Coraciidae, or the Family of the Rollers, Farnborough, 1893, red morocco gilt
9. George Edwards | A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, London, 1743-64, 7 vols, contemporary calf rebacked
10. John Gould | A Monograph of the Trogonidae, [1836-] 1838, first edition, nineteenth-century green morocco gilt
11. John Gould | A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Humming-Birds, London, 1849-87, 6 vols, green morocco gilt
12. John Gould | The Birds of Great Britain, London, 1862-1873, 5 volumes, contemporary green morocco gilt
13. Lilford | Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands, London, 1885-97, second edition, 7 vols
14. Gregory M. Mathews | The birds of Australia [and related works by the same author], London, 1910-36
15. H. Seebohm | A monograph of the Turdidae, or family of thrushes, [1898-] 1902, 2 volumes, red three quarter morocco
16. H. Seebohm | The geographical distribution of the family charadriidae, London, [1887-1888]. green half morocco
17. Richard Bowdler Sharpe | Monograph of the Paradiseidae, London, 1891-1898, contemporary green morocco gilt
18. Edoaurd Travies | Les oiseaux les plus remarquables..., Paris and London, [n.d.], maroon silk boards
19. Claude W. Wyatt | British Birds, London, 1894, 2 vols, contemporary calf gilt
20. George Brookshaw | Pomona Britannica, London, 1812, first edition, modern red half morocco
21. Samuel and Nathaniel Buck | Buck's Antiquities..., London, 1774, first edition, 3 vols, contemporary calf
22. J. Gould | A century of birds from the Himalaya mountains, London, 1812, first edition, nineteenth-century red morocco
23. John Gould | The Birds of Europe, London, [1832-] 1837, first edition, 5 vols, contemporary green moroccco
24. Saint-Non | Voyage pittoresque... de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-6, first edition, 5 vols, contemporary calf gilt
25. N. Visscher, F. de Wit and others | Atlas Minor, Amsterdam, [c.1688-1750], 18th century boards
26. James Andrews and Louisa Anne Twamley | Flora's Gems, London, [before 1837], original pictorial cloth gilt
27. James Andrews and Louisa Anne Twamley | Flora's Gems, London, [before 1837], brown cloth gilt rebacked
28. Henry C. Andrews | Geraniums, London, 1805
29. Pierre Berjon | Dessins inedite... publié par la Société des amis des arts de Lyon, Paris, 1847-48, contemporary boards
30. Francis Blomefield | An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk, Fersfield, 1739-75, 5 vols
31. Robert Bowyer | An illustrated record of important events in the annals of Europe, London, 1815, three quarter morocco
32. George Brookshaw | Groups of fruit [Six birds; Groups of flowers]... second edition, 1819
33. Gilbert Thomas Burnett | An encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental plants, 1852, 2 volumes
34. Chandler and Booth | Illustrations and descriptions... Camellieae, London, 1831, Chandler's own copy
35. Achille Comte | Keepsake d'histoire naturelle, [1839]
36. Achille Comte | The book of birds, London, 1841, contemporary red half morocco
37. Harriet Grove Cradock | The calendar of nature, London, [c.1850], contemporary green morocco gilt
38. William Curtis | The Botanical Magazine [with Index and Companion], London, 1793-1948, 130 vols, green morocco gilt
39. Samuel Curtis | A monograph of the genus Camellia, London, 1819, half calf
40. Achille Devéria | Flore des salons, Paris, 1831, contemporary blindstamped calf
41. Edward Donovan | The natural history of British insects, 1792-1801, 10 volumes (of 16)
42. J. Duke | The compleat florist, London, 1747, coloured plates, contemporary calf gilt
43. Anne Everard | Flowers from nature, London, 1835, original maroon cloth
44. Agnes Fitzgibbon—Catharine Parr Traill | Canadian wild flowers, Montreal, 1869, contemporary morocco gilt
45. Flowers—Ten [Forty] lithographic coloured flowers | 1826
46. Pierre-Joseph Garidel | Histoire des plantes qui naissent en Provence, Aix, 1719, contemporary calf
47. Pierre-Joseph Garidel | Histoire des plantes qui naissent en Provence, Aix [Paris], 1719, contemporary calf
48. Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur | Museum de la jeunesse, ou tableaux historiques des sciences et des arts, 1812