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The Art of Classification

The Art of Classification

Natural History from the Eighteenth Century
 to the Twenty-First

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An exploration of changing ways we have understood and represented the natural world.

Alongside pioneering works of botany, zoology, and conchology, this catalogue offers the works of amateur naturalists, learned societies, and women who made their mark as authors, patrons, collectors, and illustrators. 

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ALBIN, Eleazar; W. DERHAM. A Natural History of English Insects. Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven from the Life: and (for Those who Desire it) exactly Coloured by the Author … [[bmid:2125138e]]
ALBIN, Eleazar; W. DERHAM. A Natural History of English Insects. Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven from the Life: and (for Those who Desire it) exactly Coloured by the Author … [[bmid:2125138c]]
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ALBIN, Eleazar; W. DERHAM. A Natural History of English Insects. Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven from the Life: and (for Those who Desire it) exactly Coloured by the Author …

£4,500.00

BLACKSTONE, John. Fasciculus Plantarum circa Harefield sponte nascentium. Cum appendice, ad loci historiam spectante. [[bmid:2121839a]]
BLACKSTONE, John. Fasciculus Plantarum circa Harefield sponte nascentium. Cum appendice, ad loci historiam spectante. [[bmid:2121839]]
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BLACKSTONE, John. Fasciculus Plantarum circa Harefield sponte nascentium. Cum appendice, ad loci historiam spectante.

£800.00

CLARKE, William A[mbrose]. First Records of British Flowering Plants.
CLARKE, William A[mbrose]. First Records of British Flowering Plants. [[bmid:2124382a]]
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CLARKE, William A[mbrose]. First Records of British Flowering Plants.

£200.00

COUCH, Jonathan. A History of the Fishes of the British Islands. [[bmid:2125975h]]
COUCH, Jonathan. A History of the Fishes of the British Islands. [[bmid:2125975e]]
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COUCH, Jonathan. A History of the Fishes of the British Islands.

£1,150.00

DA COSTA, Emanuel Mendes. Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British Conchology: Containing the Descriptions and Other Particulars of Natural History of the Shells of Great Britain and Ireland: Illustrated with Figures, in English and in F… [[bmid:2125788a]]
DA COSTA, Emanuel Mendes. Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British Conchology: Containing the Descriptions and Other Particulars of Natural History of the Shells of Great Britain and Ireland: Illustrated with Figures, in English and in F… [[bmid:2125788c]]
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DA COSTA, Emanuel Mendes. Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British Conchology: Containing the Descriptions and Other Particulars of Natural History of the Shells of Great Britain and Ireland: Illustrated with Figures, in English and in F…

£1,300.00

GLEADALL, Eliza Eve. The Beauties of Flora with Botanic and Poetic Illustrations: Being a Selection of Flowers Drawn from Nature, Arranged Emblematically, with Directions for Colouring Them. [[bmid:2124911c]]
GLEADALL, Eliza Eve. The Beauties of Flora with Botanic and Poetic Illustrations: Being a Selection of Flowers Drawn from Nature, Arranged Emblematically, with Directions for Colouring Them. [[bmid:2124911e]]
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GLEADALL, Eliza Eve. The Beauties of Flora with Botanic and Poetic Illustrations: Being a Selection of Flowers Drawn from Nature, Arranged Emblematically, with Directions for Colouring Them.

£4,500.00

GOSSE, Philip Henry. Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals.
GOSSE, Philip Henry. Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals. [[bmid:2125971c]]
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GOSSE, Philip Henry. Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals.

£700.00

JEFFREYS, John Gwyn. British Conchology, or an Account of the Mollusca which now Inhabit the British Isles and the Surrounding Seas.
JEFFREYS, John Gwyn. British Conchology, or an Account of the Mollusca which now Inhabit the British Isles and the Surrounding Seas. [[bmid:2125790a]]
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JEFFREYS, John Gwyn. British Conchology, or an Account of the Mollusca which now Inhabit the British Isles and the Surrounding Seas.

£1,250.00

MONTAGU, George Testacea Britannica, or, Natural History of British Shells, Marine, Land, and Fresh-Water, Including the Most Minute: Systematically Arranged and Embellished with Figures. Part I [–II]. [[bmid:2125048a]]
MONTAGU, George Testacea Britannica, or, Natural History of British Shells, Marine, Land, and Fresh-Water, Including the Most Minute: Systematically Arranged and Embellished with Figures. Part I [–II]. [[bmid:2125048b]]
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MONTAGU, George Testacea Britannica, or, Natural History of British Shells, Marine, Land, and Fresh-Water, Including the Most Minute: Systematically Arranged and Embellished with Figures. Part I [–II].

£1,500.00

PERRY, George Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells: Containing a New Arrangement of the Genera and Species. Illustrated by Coloured Engravings, Executed from the Natural Specimens, and Including the Latest Discoveries. [[bmid:2125787b]]
PERRY, George Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells: Containing a New Arrangement of the Genera and Species. Illustrated by Coloured Engravings, Executed from the Natural Specimens, and Including the Latest Discoveries. [[bmid:2125787a]]
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PERRY, George Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells: Containing a New Arrangement of the Genera and Species. Illustrated by Coloured Engravings, Executed from the Natural Specimens, and Including the Latest Discoveries.

£5,500.00

SAYERS, Brendan; Susan SEX ( illustrator ). Ireland's Wild Orchids. A Field Guide. [[bmid:2124357a]]
SAYERS, Brendan; Susan SEX ( illustrator ). Ireland's Wild Orchids. A Field Guide. [[bmid:2124357]]
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SAYERS, Brendan; Susan SEX (illustrator). Ireland's Wild Orchids. A Field Guide.

£750.00

SPEECHLY, William. Treatise on the Culture of the Pine Apple and the Management of the Hot-House. Together with a Description of Every Species of Insect that Infest Hot-Houses, with Effectual Methods of Destroying Them.
SPEECHLY, William. Treatise on the Culture of the Pine Apple and the Management of the Hot-House. Together with a Description of Every Species of Insect that Infest Hot-Houses, with Effectual Methods of Destroying Them. [[bmid:2110857a]]
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SPEECHLY, William. Treatise on the Culture of the Pine Apple and the Management of the Hot-House. Together with a Description of Every Species of Insect that Infest Hot-Houses, with Effectual Methods of Destroying Them.

£475.00

WASSON, Valentina Pavlovna; R. Gordon WASSON. Mushrooms, Russia and History. [[bmid:2123906d]]
WASSON, Valentina Pavlovna; R. Gordon WASSON. Mushrooms, Russia and History.
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WASSON, Valentina Pavlovna; R. Gordon WASSON. Mushrooms, Russia and History.

£7,000.00

WHITTOCK, Nathaniel. The Art of Drawing and Colouring from Nature; Flowers, Fruit, and Shells to which is Added, Correct Directions for Preparing the Most Brilliant colours for Painting on Velvet, with the Mode of Using Them; also, the New Method of Orie… [[bmid:2124912c]]
WHITTOCK, Nathaniel. The Art of Drawing and Colouring from Nature; Flowers, Fruit, and Shells to which is Added, Correct Directions for Preparing the Most Brilliant colours for Painting on Velvet, with the Mode of Using Them; also, the New Method of Orie… [[bmid:2124912b]]
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WHITTOCK, Nathaniel. The Art of Drawing and Colouring from Nature; Flowers, Fruit, and Shells to which is Added, Correct Directions for Preparing the Most Brilliant colours for Painting on Velvet, with the Mode of Using Them; also, the New Method of Orie…

£1,200.00