1411 Parry's (C. H.) Essay on the Nature, Produce, Origin, and Extension, of the Merino Breed of Sheep, 4to. bds. 8s. Lond. 1807 1412 Parry's (Captain Edward) Narrative of an Attempt to reach the North Pole, in the year 1827, 4to. charts, and plates, bds. 21. 2s. 1413 ib. 1828 The Appendix contains the Zoology described by Commander J. C. Appendix to his Second Voyage, 4to. plates, boards, ; 1414 Parson's Observations on the Analogy between the Propagation of Animals and of Vegetables, 8vo. uncut, 5s. ib. 1752 1415 Passeri (G. B.) della Storia de' Fossili dell'Agro Pesarese, e d'altri Luoghi vicini Discorsi sei, 4to. uncut, òs. Bologna, 1775 1416 Patarol (L.) Bombycum Libri 111, cum ejusdem Interpretationibus ac Notis et alia Opera, 2 vols. in 1, 4to. vel. 18s. Venet. 1743 1417 PENNANT'S (THOMAS) WORKS: viz. 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GALOUP DE LA) VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE, pendant les Années 1785-88, redigé et publié par MilletMureau, 4 vols. 4to. and atlas in folio, DUTCH PAPER, with proof impressions of the plates before the letters, and a set of etchings, and some additional portraits inserted, Paris, 1797.-LABILLARDIÈRE, VOYAGE À LA RECHERCHE DE LA PÉROUSE, pendant les Années 1791-94, 2 vols. 4to. & atlas in folio, containing the plates in three states, very fine impressions with the letters, proofs before the letters, and etchings, with 2 additional plates, ib. 1800.-Together 6 vols. 4to. and 2 folio atlasses, uncut, 12l. 12s. 1457 Only 3 copies of Perouse were taken with PROOFS AND ETCHINGS. The ETCHINGS to Labillardière are UNIQUE. Voyage autour du monde, pendant les Années 1785-88, rédigé et publié par M. L. A. Millet-Mureau, 4 vols. 4to. and folio atlas of plates, bds. 31. 13s. 6d. Paris, 1797 1458 Perry's (G.) 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