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The Naturalist's Repository, Volume 1 (of 5)
Edward Donovan
Edward Donovan's repository is a cabinet of natural wonders in print, opening with the banded shells of conchology. This first volume gathers exotic species in hand-colored detail, from the three-banded admiral shell onward. Rich, illustrated, and made to delight the collector. A Georgian showcase of nature's most beautiful forms. Open the drawers of a naturalist's cabinet and marvel at its treasures.
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128 chapters
- 1THE NATURALIST’S REPOSITORY, OR Monthly Miscellany OF EXOTIC NATURAL HISTORY:
- 2ADVERTISEMENT.
- 3Table of Contents. ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO VOL. I.
- 4THE NATURALIST’s REPOSITORY. c. c. c.
- 5CONCHOLOGY. PLATE I.
- 6FIGURE I. CONUS AMMIRALIS var AMBOINENSIS. THREE-BANDED AMBOYNA HIGH-SPIRED ADMIRAL SHELL. Univalve.
- 7GENERIC CHARACTER.
- 8SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS.
- 9FIGURE II. CONUS AMMIRALIS var AMBOINENSIS β. SIX-BANDED AMBOYNA HIGH-SPIRED ADMIRAL SHELL.
- 10FIGURE III. CONUS AMMIRALIS var CEDO NULLI α. OLIVE-BANDED NONPAREIL CONE.
- 11FIGURE IV. CONUS AMMIRALIS var CEDO NULLI β. FULVOUS NONPAREIL CONE.
- 12ORNITHOLOGY. PLATE II. TROGON VIRIDIS. YELLOW-BELLIED GREEN TROGON, OR CURUCUI. Order PICÆ.
- 13GENERIC CHARACTER.
- 14SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS.
- 15ENTOMOLOGY. PLATE III.
- 16FIGURE I, I. PAPILIO CODOMANNUS. CODOMANNUS BUTTERFLY. Order LEPIDOPTERA.
- 17GENERIC CHARACTER.
- 18SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS.
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