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Mankind's scientific progress, as it happened, complete with all the dead ends and unrealised theories. Four hundred years of thinking and re-thinking and all the breakthroughs.
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1958 PelargoniumsLondon: 1958A first edition work regarding pelargonium flowering plants, lavishly illustrated throughout and bound in half morocco by Maltbys.
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1953 The Soils of EuropeMadrid; London : 1953A smart first edition work regarding the soils of Europe, and how to identify them. Bound in quarter morocco by Maltbys.
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1954 Forests of FranceLondon: 1954A scarce first edition copy of this work regarding the forests of France, bound in a beautiful quarter morocco binding by Maltbys.
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1989 Margaret Mee In Search of Flowers of the Amazon RainforestSuffolk: 1989A beautifully illustrated copy of the diaries of Margaret Mee, the renowned English botanical artist from her adventures in the Amazon rainforest. With a foreword from the late Duke of Edinburgh.
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1985 The Fowler in IrelandSouthampton : 1985A handsome new edition of this classic work regarding wildfowl and seafowl, with shooting instructions.
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c1890 Romance of Natural HistoryLondon: c1890A charming pictorial binding of naturalist Philip Henry Gosse's work of natural history, illustrated with plates by Wolf.
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1931 The Compleat AnglerLondon: 1931A crisp, bright, copy of Izaak Walton's noted work 'The Compleat Angler'. Being the first, de luxe edition adorned with Arthur Rackham's illustrations.
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1908 The Natural History of SelborneLondon: 1908A beautiful Riviere bound copy of this popular natural history work by ornithologist Gilbert White. An exceptionally bound work, with natural history motifs gilt tooled to the spine.