Biodiversity Heritage Library
924
924
A natural history of uncommon birds : and of some other rare and undescribed animals, quadrupedes, fishes, reptiles, insects, &c., exhibited in two hundred and ten copper-plates, from designs copied immediately from nature, and curiously coloured after life, with a full and accurate description of each figure, to which is added a brief and general idea of drawing and painting in water-colours; with instructions for etching on copper with aqua fortis; likewise some thoughts on the passage of birds; and additions to many subjects described in this work
Jul 19, 2019
07/19
by
Edwards, George,1694-1773
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statement of responsibility: by George Edwards.
Topics: Early works to 1800, Birds, Zoology, Ornithology
988
988
Dec 17, 2013
12/13
by
André, Eugène; Keltie, John Scott, Sir, 1840-1927
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eye 988
favorite 1
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Topics: Natural history -- Venezuela, Venezuela -- Description and travel, Caura River
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Stageman 14
Topic: Natural history
"The views are engraved in aquatint by Thomas Sutherland, and colored by hand"--Handbook of Jamaica 1896
Source: bplill
629
629
Jan 24, 2010
01/10
by
Alexander Barclay , Jamaica, Jamaica
texts
eye 629
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comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: slaves, slave, negro, negroes, persons, slavery, law, jamaica, colonies, enacted, west india, free...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=KahBAAAAIAAJ&oe=UTF-8
California Digital Library
1,793
1.8K
Mar 19, 2010
03/10
by
Barclay, Alexander, 1785-1864; Jamaica. Laws, etc. (Laws of Jamaica : Rev. ed.)
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Topics: Stephen, James, 1758-1832, Slavery -- West Indies, British
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Topic: Botany
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Topics: Hurricanes, Storms
302
302
Feb 22, 2010
02/10
by
Henry Keppel
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Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: captain, dido, arrived, admiral, sailed, sir, anchored, cape, flag, dined, sir william, admiral...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=wz0JAAAAIAAJ&oe=UTF-8
225
225
Feb 22, 2010
02/10
by
Henry Keppel
texts
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Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: dined, admiral, captain, sir, weighed, brooke, ship, board, fleet, flag, sir charles, sir james,...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=luQgAAAAMAAJ&oe=UTF-8
470
470
Feb 22, 2010
02/10
by
Henry Keppel
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eye 470
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Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: sir, admiral, captain, prince, flag, dined, board, arrived, chapter, lieutenant, admiral sir, sir...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=4Q4MAAAAYAAJ&oe=UTF-8
276
276
Feb 22, 2010
02/10
by
Henry Keppel
texts
eye 276
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Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: captain, dido, arrived, admiral, sailed, sir, anchored, childers, cape, flag, sir william, admiral...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=hA4MAAAAYAAJ&oe=UTF-8
digitized
Topic: Wesleyan Methodist Church
874
874
Jun 1, 2017
06/17
by
Williams, Cynric R; Reynell, Carew Henry, d. 1859, printer; Hunt and Clarke, publisher
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Signatures: pi² A-Z⁸
Topics: Slaves, Slavery
816
816
Mar 19, 2010
03/10
by
Cynric R. Williams
texts
eye 816
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comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: negroes, negro, chapter, port, jamaica, firom, tbe, slaves, white, blue mountain, public domain,...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=dMvWZji-r6YC&oe=UTF-8
California Digital Library
748
748
Mar 19, 2010
03/10
by
Stevens, Walter B. (Walter Barlow), 1848-1939
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eye 748
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comment 0
Topics: Panama -- Description and travel, West Indies -- Description and travel, Saint Thomas (V.I.)
Filmed from a copy of the original publication held by the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec
Topics: West Indies -- Description and travel, North America -- Description and travel, Antilles --...
984
984
Mar 19, 2010
03/10
by
Madden, Richard Robert, 1798-1886
texts
eye 984
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comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topic: Blacks
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=vUBCK0fHOAkC&oe=UTF-8
544
544
Mar 19, 2010
03/10
by
John Stewart
texts
eye 544
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comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: slaves, negro, island, jamaica, slave, negroes, chiefly, whites, great, great britain, west indies,...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=d2hyogr_XU0C&oe=UTF-8
830
830
Mar 19, 2010
03/10
by
John Stewart
texts
eye 830
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Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: slaves, jamaica, negro, island, slave, negroes, great, white, whites, great britain, west indies,...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=ME88RWLP90oC&oe=UTF-8
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3.2K
Vol Vol. 2: A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica ?with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four?footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd, an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with figures of the things described, which have not been heretofore engraved. In large copper?plates as big as the life /by Hans Sloane.
Jul 22, 2011
07/11
by
B. M.; Gucht, Michael van der,; Sloane, Hans,
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Topics: 1707, Botany, Description and travel, Early works to 1800, England, Engravings, gmgpc, Jamaica,...
5,600
5.6K
Vol Vol. 1: A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica ?with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four?footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd, an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with figures of the things described, which have not been heretofore engraved. In large copper?plates as big as the life /by Hans Sloane.
Jul 22, 2011
07/11
by
B. M.; Gucht, Michael van der,; Sloane, Hans,
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Topics: 1707, Botany, Description and travel, Early works to 1800, England, Engravings, gmgpc, Jamaica,...
Rooms of their Own: Dwellings of the Enslaved and the Free in the early Americas
263
263
Vol 1: A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica, : with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved; in large copper-plates as big as the life.
Feb 21, 2019
02/19
by
Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753
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2 v. : 36 cm. (fol.)
Topics: Natural history -- Jamaica, Jamaica -- Description and travel, Imprint 1707, Imprint 1725
Rooms of their Own: Dwellings of the Enslaved and the Free in the early Americas
261
261
Vol 2: A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica, : with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved; in large copper-plates as big as the life.
Feb 21, 2019
02/19
by
Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753
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2 v. : 36 cm. (fol.)
Topics: Natural history -- Jamaica, Jamaica -- Description and travel, Imprint 1707, Imprint 1725
214
214
Nov 26, 2010
11/10
by
Richard Hill
texts
eye 214
favorite 1
comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: port, sea, fishes, birds, animal, dorsal, fins, fort, waters, port royal, public domain, sir...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=pb4NAAAAQAAJ&oe=UTF-8
Topics: Slavery -- West Indies, Slavery -- United States Controversial literature 1840, West Indies --...
Colour wood-engraved plates are with imprints: "P. H. Gosse, del." and "Leighton, Bros.". All are with captions
Topics: Seashore biology, Seashore animals, Marine animals
On spine: Daldy, Isbister
Topics: Seashore biology, Marine animals
Signed: Alfred
Topics: Fugitive slaves, Slavery, Antislavery movements
969
969
Apr 5, 2019
04/19
by
New York Botanical Garden.
texts
eye 969
favorite 2
comment 0
Topics: Botany, Periodicals
703
703
Apr 5, 2019
04/19
by
New York Botanical Garden.
texts
eye 703
favorite 3
comment 0
Topics: Botany, Periodicals
567
567
Feb 16, 2010
02/10
by
John Rennie
texts
eye 567
favorite 1
comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: feet, great, engines, constructed, vessel, steam, vessels, rennie, improvement, navigation, feet...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=IAgfAAAAMAAJ&oe=UTF-8
276
276
Mar 19, 2010
03/10
by
Henry Windsor Villiers Stuart , Villiers Stuart
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eye 276
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comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of University of Texas and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=oT5lAAAAMAAJ&oe=UTF-8
2,813
2.8K
Feb 4, 2014
02/14
by
Aeronautical Society of America; Aero Club of Pennsylvania
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Published by E. L. Jones, July-Oct. 1908; by the Aeronautics Press, Inc., Nov. 1908-July 1915
Topics: Aeronautics, Aeronautics
810
810
Jul 22, 2011
07/11
by
Sheppard, Moses
texts
eye 810
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Attributed to Moses Sheppard
Topics: Slavery, Slave trade
Source: bplgrhum
Biodiversity Heritage Library
2,218
2.2K
Feb 5, 2012
02/12
by
Great Britain. Imperial Dept. of Agriculture for the West Indies
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Issued under the authority of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the West Indies
Topics: Agriculture -- West Indies, Plant diseases -- West Indies
2,928
2.9K
texts
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Topic: Saker, Alfred, 1814-1880
1,175
1.2K
Mar 4, 2012
03/12
by
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Dickens, Charles, 1837-1896
texts
eye 1,175
favorite 1
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Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=0zQFAAAAQAAJ&oe=UTF-8
University of Toronto - Robarts Library
11,000
11K
Jan 18, 2015
01/15
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University of Cambridge; Venn, John, 1834-1923; Venn, J. A. (John Archibald), b. 1883
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"Authorities": pt. 1, v. 1, p. xxii-xxvi
Topic: University of Cambridge
University of Toronto - Robarts Library
7,419
7.4K
Jan 18, 2015
01/15
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University of Cambridge; Venn, John, 1834-1923; Venn, J. A. (John Archibald), b. 1883
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"Authorities": pt. 1, v. 1, p. xxii-xxvi
Topic: University of Cambridge
3,032
3.0K
Mar 7, 2015
03/15
by
Howard university, Washington, D.C. Union alumni association. [from old catalog]
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eye 3,032
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Topic: Howard university, Washington, D.C
1,771
1.8K
Feb 25, 2013
02/13
by
HERBERT MITGANG
texts
eye 1,771
favorite 2
comment 0
Biodiversity Heritage Library
974
974
Feb 1, 2019
02/19
by
Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857; Jardine, William, 1800-1874
texts
eye 974
favorite 2
comment 0
extracted picklist
Topic: Birds
Biodiversity Heritage Library
1,259
1.3K
Feb 1, 2019
02/19
by
Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857; Jardine, William, 1800-1874
texts
eye 1,259
favorite 2
comment 0
extracted picklist
Topic: Birds
Biodiversity Heritage Library
1,085
1.1K
Feb 1, 2019
02/19
by
Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857; Jardine, William, 1800-1874
texts
eye 1,085
favorite 2
comment 0
extracted picklist
Topic: Birds
498
498
Mar 19, 2010
03/10
by
John Lunan, Jamaica , Great Britain
texts
eye 498
favorite 1
comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: slave, slaves, persons, person, clause, justices, negro, lawful, supreme court, slave laws, true...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=ztITAAAAYAAJ&oe=UTF-8
Thomas Fisher Canadiana Collection
154
154
Oct 13, 2017
10/17
by
Dennys, N. B. (Nicholas Belfield); Foley, Henry (bookplate); Burn & Co. (binder)
texts
eye 154
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Caption title: The cruise of H.M. ship "St. George"
Topic: St. George (Ship : 1653)
370
370
Aug 28, 2010
08/10
by
Peter Marsden
texts
eye 370
favorite 3
comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: negroes, thefe, alfo, ifland, fome, leaves, grows, fize, fuch, thofe, public domain, google book,...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=_b4NAAAAQAAJ&oe=UTF-8
Cornell University Library
854
854
Feb 16, 2010
02/10
by
Poore, Ida Margaret Graves, Lady, 1860-1941
texts
eye 854
favorite 2
comment 0
The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions.
Topics: Great Britain. Royal Navy, Voyages and travels
390
390
Nov 2, 2017
11/17
by
King, David, 1812-1882; YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
texts
eye 390
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comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topic: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=kKHiMT9fSTsC&oe=UTF-8
Pritzel (2nd ed.)
Topic: Fungi -- England Halifax
Pritzel (2nd ed.)
Topic: Fungi -- England Halifax
727
727
Feb 4, 2019
02/19
by
Bolton, James, naturalist
texts
eye 727
favorite 1
comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topic: Fungi
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=irgVAAAAYAAJ&oe=UTF-8
1,576
1.6K
An history of Jamaica : with observations on the climate, scenery, trade, productions, negroes, slave trade, diseases of Europeans, customs, manners, and dispositions of the inhabitants : to which is added, an illustration of the advantages which are likely to result from the abolition of the slave trade
Mar 19, 2010
03/10
by
Renny, Robert
texts
eye 1,576
favorite 2
comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topic: Slavery
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=CNMTAAAAYAAJ&oe=UTF-8
2,720
2.7K
Mar 26, 2015
03/15
by
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
texts
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Commencement program for Northwestern University. 79th annual commencement, 1937.
Topic: Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) --Periodicals.
1,312
1.3K
Apr 22, 2011
04/11
by
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
texts
eye 1,312
favorite 1
comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: Science, Industrial arts
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=6GUEAAAAYAAJ&oe=UTF-8
341
341
Jul 19, 2013
07/13
by
Pennsylvania State Library
texts
eye 341
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comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: historical, library, pennsylvania, free, report, public, county, traveling, libraries,...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=lRsbAAAAMAAJ&oe=UTF-8
4,008
4.0K
Mar 25, 2015
03/15
by
United States. Patent Office
texts
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Description based on: 1866, v. 3; title from t.p
Topics: United States. Patent Office, Patents
1,366
1.4K
Oct 27, 2013
10/13
by
Johns Hopkins University
texts
eye 1,366
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comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: professor, university, johns, lectures, hopkins, study, courses, seminary, associate, conducted,...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=pBMUAAAAIAAJ&oe=UTF-8
2,194
2.2K
Mar 18, 2018
03/18
by
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833
texts
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''England was the first country to use lithography in a book, in J.T. Smith Antiquities of Westminster... 1807.'' cf. Lithography: 200 years of art, history & technique, NY, 1983, p. 224
Topic: Westminster Palace (London, England)
634
634
texts
eye 634
favorite 1
comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: cos, going, lot, bit, young, tion, people, eyes, yon, young man, young lady, great deal, lady...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=FecAAAAAYAAJ&oe=UTF-8
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1.1K
texts
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Book digitized by Google from the library of Princeton University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: yon, going, lot, gwynplaine, people, bit, journal, lord david, young man, great deal, google...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=ER8ZAAAAYAAJ&oe=UTF-8
5
5.0
May 13, 2019
05/19
by
Tringham, Holland, 1861-1908
texts
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This postcard was printed between 1903 and 1959. This postcard has variants, which the Newberry defines to include: textured versus untextured cards; any differences in color or printing; identical images with different captions or ornamentation (e.g. gilt, glitter); postcards with a written message on the back versus blank back. Crowdsourced data: Variant 2 features a handwritten message. Variant 3 features a handwritten message.
Topics: Landscapes (Representations), Estates, Houses, Gardens, Jamaica, Postcards, Oilettes, Raphael Tuck...
4
4.0
texts
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This postcard was printed between 1903 and 1959.
Topics: Trees, Rural areas, Dwellings, Jamaica, Postcards, Oilettes, Raphael Tuck & Sons, Leonard A....
Nos. 1-4, 26-27 issued without title and number
The Founding Collection represents the cornerstone of the Whitney Museum's Art Reference Library. It originated with the personal collections of research material owned by the museum's founder, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and its first director, Juliana Force.
Topic: Artists Dictionaries.
26 45
Topic: Sports -- Periodicals
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Topic: Bananas
269, [3] p., [15] leaves of plates (. [271-272] advertisements) :
Topic: Birds
1,417
1.4K
Feb 5, 2010
02/10
by
Richard Jefferies
texts
eye 1,417
favorite 1
comment 0
293
293
Feb 5, 2010
02/10
by
John Richard Jefferies
texts
eye 293
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comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: bevis, pan, formosa, mark, raft, cloth, gilt, crown, gun, author, small post, left hand, sweet...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=xukBAAAAQAAJ&oe=UTF-8
281
281
Feb 5, 2010
02/10
by
John Richard Jefferies
texts
eye 281
favorite 1
comment 0
Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: bevis, mark, savages, pompey, shouted, raft, ted, pan, hollow, till, savages continued, public...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=mukBAAAAQAAJ&oe=UTF-8
