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[BOTANY]. A group of 54 volumes relating to botany and natural history, including: MORRIS, Francis Orpen. A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds. London, 1892. 3 volumes, large 8o. Numerous color plates. Original cloth. Third edition. -- DILLWYN, Lewis Weston. British Confervae; or Colored Figures and Descriptions of the British Plants Referred by Botanists to the Genus Conferva. London, 1809. 4o. Numerous aquatint plates. Later pebbled cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- JARDINE, Sir William, editor. The Naturalist's Library. Edinburgh, [ca 1840s]. Volumes 35, 36, and 40 only, small 8o. Numerous engraved plates. Original cloth. -- [CURTIS, William]. Curtis's Botanical Magazine. London, 1805-1882. Volumes 21, 104, 106, 107, and 108 only, tall 8o. Numerous hand-colored plates. Various bindings. -- and 42 others, 8o and 4o, condition varies. A complete list is available upon request. (54)

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[BOTANY]. A group of 54 volumes relating to botany and natural history, including: MORRIS, Francis Orpen. A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds. London, 1892. 3 volumes, large 8o. Numerous color plates. Original cloth. Third edition. -- DILLWYN, Lewis Weston. British Confervae; or Colored Figures and Descriptions of the British Plants Referred by Botanists to the Genus Conferva. London, 1809. 4o. Numerous aquatint plates. Later pebbled cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- JARDINE, Sir William, editor. The Naturalist's Library. Edinburgh, [ca 1840s]. Volumes 35, 36, and 40 only, small 8o. Numerous engraved plates. Original cloth. -- [CURTIS, William]. Curtis's Botanical Magazine. London, 1805-1882. Volumes 21, 104, 106, 107, and 108 only, tall 8o. Numerous hand-colored plates. Various bindings. -- and 42 others, 8o and 4o, condition varies. A complete list is available upon request. (54)

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