BAKER, Henry (1698-1774). An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Polype in a letter to Martin Folkes, London: for R. Dodsley, 1743, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved plate, illustrations, contemporary calf (rebacked in library cloth, worn) [Nissen ZBI 199] Provenance: JCL -- John ELLIS. An Essay towards a Natural History of the Corallines and other marine productions of the like kind, London: for the author, 1755, 4°, FIRST EDITION, folding frontispiece (torn, repaired), 39 engraved plates, some folding (perforation stamp on title, ink stamp on verso of plates, dedication leaf torn with marginal repair, browned), library cloth [Nissen ZBI 1281] Provenance: JCL; and 2 other editions of the same work in French (1756) and German (1767, both copies browned). (4)