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Horological dialogues

Smith, John (fl. 1673-1680); Oughtred, William (1575-1660)

1962

Facsimile reprint; originally published: London: Printed for Jonathan Edwin, 1675.

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Horological disquisitions concerning the nature of time

Smith, John (1650-1725)

1962

Facsimile reprint; originally published: London: Printed for Richard Cumberland, 1694.

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Deutschlands Insecten (Hft.117-124, 130-164)

Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz (1755-1829); Herrich-Schäffer, Gottlieb August Wilhelm (1799-1874); Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz (1755-1829)

[1829-?]

Continuation of: Faunae insectorum Germanicae / G.F.W. Panzer - NUC pre-1956 imprints. Title and imprint from label of Heft 121.

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The artificial clockmaker

Derham, W (1657-1735)

1962

Facsimile reprint; originally published: London: Printed for James Knapton, 1696.

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Lucina sine concubitu; ou, La génération solitaire

Hill, Sir John (1714?-1775); Assézat, Jules (1832-1876); Colombe, Etienne Guillaume

1865

Title in red and black.

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Histoire naturelle des reptiles et des poissons, extraite des grands ouvrages de Buffon, Lacepède at Cuvier par le bibliophile Jacob

Jacob, P L (1806-1884); Lacépède, Bernard Germaine Étienne de La Ville sur Illon comte de (1756-1825); Cuvier, Georges baron (1769-1832); Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc comte de (1707-1788)

1854

At head of title: Petit Buffon illustré.

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