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A History of The Earth and Animated Nature - With an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom. Translated from the French of Baron Cuvier and with copious Notes, embracing Accounts of New Discoveries in Natural History. [Includes a Biographical Sketch of Oliver Goldsmith: "A Life of the Author", by Washington Irving].

A History of The Earth and Animated Nature - With an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom. Translated from the French of Baron Cuvier and with copious Notes, embracing Accounts of New Discoveries in Natural History. [Includes a Biographical Sketch of Oliver Goldsmith: "A Life of the Author", by Washington Irving].

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A History of The Earth and Animated Nature - With an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom. Translated from the French of Baron Cuvier and with copious Notes, embracing Accounts of New Discoveries in Natural History. [Includes a Biographical Sketch of Oliver Goldsmith: "A Life of the Author", by Washington Irving].: (Illustrated Edition with full-page portrait of Goldsmith, 45 (of 46) full-page hand-coloured Plates of Butterflies, Birds, Rhonocerous etc. as well as two hand-coloured, additional Titlepages with animal-scenes [plate XXVI (Crocodile) is missing and plat

by Goldsmith, Oliver/ [Washington Irving] / [Sara Jeffares (Landscape, 1886)]

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1846. First Edition with the Biography of Goldsmith by Washington Irving. Six Parts in Two Volumes (complete set). London, Edinburgh and Dublin, A. Fullerton and Co., 1846-1848. Large Octavo. Pagination: Frontispiece-Portrait of Oliver Goldsmith by S. Freeman from a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Engraved and hand-coloured Titlepage (with tissue-guard), LIV, Hardcover / Original, decorative half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Plate 40 with a minor defect to the outer margins only (no image effected). Bindings in wonderful and firm condition. From the library of one Sara Jeffares (Landscape, 1886), her full name, year and place of lodgings signed by her on the titlepage. The two Volumes include the following chapters: Volume I: - History of the Earth (With a Survey of the Globe from the light of Astronomy and Geography) - Of Fossil-Shells and other Extraneous Fossils - Of the Internal Structure of the Earth - Of Caves and Subterraneous Passages - Of Mines, Damps and Mineral Vapours - Of Volcanoes and Earthquakes - Of the Appearance of New Islands and Tracts and the Disappearing of others - Of Mountains, Water and of the Origin of Rivers - Of the Ocean in general and it ssaltness - Of the Tides, Motion and Currents of the Sea - An Essay towards a Natural History of the Air - Of Winds, Irregular and Regular - Of Meteors History of Quadrupeds - The Infancy of Man - Of Puberty - Of Sleep and Hunger - Of Old Age and Death - Of the Varieties in the Human Race - Of Monsters - Of Mummies, Wax-works etc. - Of Quadrupeds in General, compared to Man - Animals of the Horsekind - Animals of the Cow kind - Carnivorous Animals - Animals of the Hare kind - Animals of the Rat kind and other species - Animlas of the Monkey kind - Of the Elephant, Rhinoceros and other species of Quadrupeds Volume II (Zoology with Ornithology / Entomology / Fish etc). History of the Birds - Of Birds in General - Of the Generation, Nestling and Incubation of Birds - Of the Division of Birds - Of the Ostrich, Emu, Cassowary and Dodo - Rapacious Birds - Birds of the Poultry - kind - Birds of the Pie kind - Birds of the Sparrow kind - Birds of the Crane kind - Of Water- Fowl History of the Fishes - Of Cetaceous Fishes - Of Cartilaginous Fishes - Of Spinous Fishes - Of Crustaceous and Testaceous Fishes History of Frogs, Lizards and Serpents - Of Frogs and Toads - Of the Lizard kind - Of Serpents &c. History of Insects - Of Insects in General - Insects of the Second Order - Insects of the Third Order - Insects of the Fourth Order - Of the Zoophytes List of Content and Plates and with a General Alphabetical Index to the whole work Illustrations include (selection only): Plate I: Fossil Madreporite from Steeple Ashotn / Strobulis / Fossil - Leaves / Fig-formed Alcyonite / A Madreporite from Bristol / Plate II: A Chrysalis / Plants found in Chalcedony / Globules of Silex by Mr. Conybeare / The Lily Encrinite / Mosses Plate III: Specimens of Encrinitic Marble / The Spatangus Lacunosus from Malta / A Conoidal Mammillated Echinite from Kent / Plate IV: Skeleton of the Megatherium / Skeleton of the Ichthosaurus / Molar Tooth of the Rhinocerous / Plate V: Common Baboon / Chimpanse (Chimpansee)

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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature is a fascinating work of natural history. It was first published in 1774 in eight volumes, these volumes brought together a history of the earth with a description of its geographical features and species.  Oliver Goldsmith was a novelist, poet and journalist as well as the author of many works of natural history. He is now best known for his 1766 novel, The Vicar of Wakefield .

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A History of The Earth and Animated Nature - With an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom. Translated from the French of Baron Cuvier and with copious Notes, embracing Accounts of New Discoveries in Natural History. [Includes a Biographical Sketch of Oliver Goldsmith: "A Life of the Author", by Washington Irving].
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Goldsmith, Oliver/ [Washington Irving] / [Sara Jeffares (Landscape, 1886)]
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1846
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Pagination: Frontispiece-Portrait of Oliver Goldsmith by S. Freeman from a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Engraved and hand-co
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19th century illustration; Animal behaviour; Animals; Birds; Catalogue Irish History Seven - Irish Literature - Poetry - Music - Theatre; Catalogue Irish History Ten - Irish Literature Before 1900; Catalogue No.10 - International Literature; Goldsmith, Ol
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