1787 Sibbaldi (R.) Scotia illustrata sive Prodromus Historiæ Naturalis Plantarum, Animalium et, Mineralium, 3 Parts in 1 vol. folio, 22 plates, neat, scarce, Il. 1s. 1788 Edinb. 1684 Miscellanea quædam eruditæ Antiquitatis, folio, plates, sewed, scarce, 10s. 6d. ib. 1710 1789 Simsoni (A.) Hieroglyphi Volatilium, Natatilium, et Insectorum Sacræ Scripturæ cum eorum Significationibus, 3 parts in 1 vol. 4to. very scarce, Il. 4s. ib. 1623-24 1790 Sinclair's (Sir John) Communications to the Board of Agriculture, on Subjects relative to the Husbandry and Internal Improvement of the Country, 2 vols. 4to. numerous plates, (pub. at 31. 13s. 6d.) calf, neat, 10s. 6d. London, 1797-1800 Code of Agriculture; including Observations on Gardens, Orchards, Woods, and Plantations, 8vo. portrait and 9 plates, calf, marble edges, 8s. 1791 81.8s. ib. 1817 1792 Slabber (M.) Natuurkundige Verlustigingen, i.e. Miscroscopical Observations on Insects, in Dutch, 18 parts in 1 vol. 4to. 18 coloured plates, half-bound, 12s. Haarlem, 1769-78 1793 the same, Part I to X11, 12 coloured plates, sd. 5s. ib. 1769 1794 SLOANE'S (SIR HANS) VOYAGE TO THE ISLANDS MADEIRA, BARBADOES, Nieves, St. Christopher's AND JAMAICA, with their Natural History, &c. 2 vols. folio, with several hundred engravings, fine copy in calf, neat, very scarce, London, 1707-25 1795 SMITH (SIR JAMES EDWARD) PLANTARUM ICONES HACTENUS INEDITE, plerumque ad Plantas in Herbario Linnæano conservatas delineatæ, 3 Parts, folio, 75 plates, uncut, 21.2s. ib. 1789-91 another copy, folio, Part II slightly stained with mildew, 17. 1s. ib. 1789-91 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE RARER LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS OF GEORGIA, including their Systematic Characters, the Particulars of their several Metamorphoses, and the Plants on which they feed, collected from the observations of Mr. John Abbot, many years resident in that Country, 2 vols. folio, 104 most beautifully coloured plates of Insects, and Plants on which they feed, (pub. at 25l. 4s.) boards, London, 1797 1796 1797 0000 1798 71. 78. "It is worthy of remark, that the very last illustrated publication, of any note, upon Entomology, which appeared in England, and which is arranged according to the Linnæan System, is unquestionably one of THE MOST BEAUTIFUL and THE MOST VALUABLE that this or any Country can boast of. We allude to the two noble volumes of Georgian Insects, by Sir James Smith. The Plates are the last and best of Harris's performance; and if the reader possesses this work, and the three (four) volumes of Sepp, his library contains the two best illustrative publications upon Insects that have ever been given to the World."-SWAINSON. ENGLISH BOTANY, see SOWERBY Sketch of a Tour on the Continent, 3 vols. 8vo. (pub. at 11. 11s. 6d.) boards, 11. 1s. 1 ib. 1807 1800 1799 Smith (Sir James Edward) Flora Britannica, 3 vols. 8vo. hf-bd. 17. 18. Lond. 1800-4 English Flora, 4 vols. 8vo. boards, 21. 2s. ib. 1824-28 "The English Flora of Sir James Smith is, undoubtedly, the best which we yet have seen upon species, and must always remain a standard book for British Botanists."-LINDLEY. 1801 Smith's (J.) Agricultural Survey of the County of Argyle, 8vo. map, (pub. at 9s.) boards, 5s. 1802 ib. 1805 (Wm.) Voyage to Guinea (including the Natural History) 8vo. plates, calf gilt, 8s. ib. 1745 1803 Smyth's (Capt. W. H.) Memoir, descriptive of the Resources, Inhabitants, and Hydrography of Sicily and its Islands, interspersed with Antiquarian and other Notices, 4to. 32 maps and plates, (pub. at 21 12s. 6d.) bds. 11. 8s. ib. 1824 Containing remarks on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, &c. In the Appendix is a list of Sicilian Fish, Shell-fish, and Moluscæ, with their names in Latin, Sicilian, and English. 1804 Sketch of the present State of the Island of Sardinia, 8vo. 1805 Soderini (Giovanvettorio) della Coltivazione delli Viti e del Frutto 8vo. 1808 Somerville's (R.) General View of the Agriculture of East Lothian, map, (pub. at 6s.) bds. 4s. London, 1805 1809 Sonnerat (P.) Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine, faits depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781, 3 vols. royal 8vo. LARGE paper, plates, very neat, veau fauve,' red edges, 11. 4s. Paris, 1782 le même Voyage. Nouvelle Edition, augmentée de Notes et de plusieurs Mémoires inédits, par Sonnini, 4 vols. 8vo. no plates, neat, 10s. 1810 1812 London, 1799 ib. 1807 ib. 1806 1811 Sonnini's (C. S.) Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, 3 vols. 8vo. portrait, map and plates, neat, 15s the same, 3 vols. 8vo. calf, gilt, 1l. 1s. Travels in Greece and Turkey, 2 vols. 8vo. with a quarto atlas of plates, containing a four-sheet chart of the Levant, &c. bds. 10s. ib. 1801 1813 66 Shall we here enlarge on the genius, the taste, the science of Sonnini? Is the editor of Buffon a tyro in science? is his skill, and are his acquirements as a naturalist yet unknown? Are we yet to be informed of the brilliancy of his imagination, the solidity of his understanding, and the philosophic cast of mind he enjoys? At once then let us accompany our traveller, and confide in his narrative: his fidelity and his abilities have been equally tried.”—Annual Review. 1814 SOWERBY'S (JAMES) ENGLISH BOTANY, OR COLOURED FIGURES OF BRITISH PLANTS, WITH THEIR ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS, SYNONYMES, AND PLACES OF GROWTH, DESCRIBED BY SIR JAMES E. SMITH, WITH GENERAL INDEX, 36 vols. royal 8vo. complete, containing 2592 coloured plates, (pub. at 551. 6s. 6d.) £38. Lond. 1790-1814 1815 1817 1818 Various early Numbers may be had separately. 161. Various odd Numbers may be had separately. EXOTIC MINERALOGY, forming a Supplement to the British Mineralogy, 28 Nos. (all that is published) in 2 vols. royal 8vo. containing 169 finely coloured plates, (pub. at 71.) boards, 41. 4s. ib. 1811-17 MINERAL CONCHOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN, 104 Nos. roy. 8vo. COLOURED PLATES, (pub. at 261.) £21. ib. 1812-30 GENERA OF Recent and fossil Shells, FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS IN CONCHOLOGY AND GEOLOGY, 42 Nos. 8vo. coloured plates, (pub. at 12l. 12s.) 10l. 10s. ib. 1823-34 1820 Spallanzani's (L.) Dissertations relative to the Natural History of Animals and Vegetables, 2 vols. 8vo. calf, neat, 16s. ib. 1784 Travels in the two Sicilies and some Parts of the Apenines, 4 vols. 8vo. 11 plates, calf, 11. 8s. ib. 1798 1819 1821 1822 "Natural History forms the principal subject of these volumes, which are worthy of the author, who was esteemed one of the first natural historians of his age."-Stephenson. Essay on Animal Reproductions, 8vo. sewed, 3s. ib. 1769 1823 Speechly's (Wm.) Treatise on the Culture of the Vine, 4to. 5 plates, half-bound, 12s. York, 1790 1824 Spinola (M.) Insectorum Liguria Species novæ aut rariores, quas in Agro Ligustico nuper detexit, descripsit, et Iconibus illustravit. Adjecto Catalogo Specierum Auctoribus jam enumeratarum, 2 vols. in 1, 4to. 7 plates, half-bound, scarce, 11. 88. Genuæ, 1806-8 1826 1825 SPIX (J. B. de) SIMIARUM et VespertilionUM BRASILIENSIUM SPECIES NOVE, (Latine et Gallice) royal folio, 38 finely coloured plates, (pub. at 131. 10s.) bds. 10l. Monachii, 1824 AVIUM SPECIES NOVE QUAS IN ITINERE ANNIS 1817-20 PER BRASILIAM COLLEGIT ET DESCRIPSIT, 2 vols. folio, 222 finely coloured plates, (pub. at 56l.) hf.-bd. uncut, 421. ib. 1824-26 SERPENTUM BRASILIENSIUM SPECIES NOVE, LATINE ET GALLICE, CURANTE J. WAGLER, folio, 28 finely coloured plates, boards, 71.15s. ib. 1824 1827 1828 1829 SPECIES NOVE TESTUDINUM ET RANARUM BRASILIEN- ib. 1825 1831 1830 SPIX (J. B. DE) TESTACEA FLUVIATALIA. Digessit, descripsit, et Observationibus illustravit, J. Wagler. Ediderunt F. Schrank et C. F. P. von Martius, folio, 29 finely coloured plates, boards, 41. 4s. Monachii, 1827 SELECTA GENERA ET SPECIES PISCIUM BRASILIENSIUM. Digessit, Descripsit, et Observationibus illustravit L. Agassiz, præfatus est et edidit C. F. P. von Martius, 2 vols. folio, 101 finely coloured plates, boards, 181. ib. 1829-31 DELECTUS ANIMALIUM ARTICULATORUM. Digessit, descripsit, et pingendas curavit M. Perty, 3 Parts folio, 36 finely coloured plates of Insects, 12l. 12s. ib. 1830-34 1833 Spix and Martius' Travels in Brazil in the Years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820. Undertaken by the command of his Majesty the King of Bavaria, and published under his special Patronage. Translated from the German, 2 vols. 8vo. plates, (pub. at 11. 4s.) bds. 12s. 1832 1834 Lond. 1824 the same, 2 vols. in 1, 8vo. hf. bd. morocco, uncut, gilt top edges, 16s. ib. 1824 "The gentlemen fixed on for the mission, appear, from the work before us, to be admirably qualified for the purpose, and to have pursued the object of their journey with a zeal and diligence rarely equalled." Quarterly Review. 1835 Spolverini (G. B.) la Coltivazione del Riso, 8vo. sd. 5s. Mil. 1813 1836 Sporting Magazine, from November, 1832, to February, 1834, Nos. 31 to 46 inclusive, 16 Nos. 8vo. plts. (pub. at 21. 7s. 6d.) Lond. 1832-34 1837 Sportman's Cabinet, or a correct Delineation of the various Dogs used in the Sports of the Field, including the Canine Race in General. 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