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CHRONOLOGICAL PICTURES OF ENGLISH HISTORY, from the Ancient Britons to Queen Victoria. Designed and Lithographed by JOHN GILBERT. In Eight Parts. Every Part contains Five Plates, with Fac-similes of the Autographs of the Sovereigns and most distinguished characters, accompanied with Tabular Sheets of Letterpress, carefully compiled. Each Plate illustrates a reign. Price, complete in one vol., imperial folio, half-bound morocco, gilt tops, 3l. 13s. 6d.; or in Eight Parts, each Part 7s. 6d., beautifully tinted. In a serial portfolio frame, with glass, 3l. 18s.
VARTY'S GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANIMALS: showing their Utility to Man in their Services during Life, and Uses after Death. The size of the Prints is 15 inches by 12. Single Prints may be had.
To present accurate drawings and pleasing pictures is not the only or primary object of this work, but rather to impart lessons of practical importance and daily application in an attractive form, and to open up a subject which, judiciously applied, is calculated to prove to the young a most interesting and instructive study. The design is to show the "Utility of Animals to Man," both in their services during life, and in their uses after death; and to deduce results calculated to excite interest and admiration, and evince the wisdom and goodness of God in the subsistence, comfort, and social advancement of his creature Man. Price, in one volume, folio, exhibiting nearly Sixty Animals, in upwards of 200 Coloured Illustrations, half-bound in morocco, and lettered, 2l. 12s.
VARTY & CO.'S SELECT SERIES OF DOMESTIC AND WILD ANIMALS. In Thirty-six carefully coloured Plates. Size 12½ inches by 9. Price 1l. 4s. The selection of Animals has been limited to those which are most known and best adapted to elicit inquiry from the young, and afford scope for instruction and application. The set of Outlines for Drawings, 9s.
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM at ONE VIEW. Clearly exhibiting the Relative Sizes of Animals to Man, and their Comparative Sizes with each other. Arranged in Divisions, Orders, &c., according to the Method of Baron Cuvier. Carefully and beautifully coloured after Nature. On Four Imperial Sheets. 30 inches by 22, in Sheets, beautifully coloured, with a Key, 1l. 5s. 6d.
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THE EARTH AND MAN; or, Comparative Physical Geography, according to the Principals laid down by Karl Ritter, Humboldt, Steffens, Elie, Beaumont, &c. With ten illustrative coloured Maps and Plates. By ARNOLD GUYOT. Professor of Physical Geography and History at Neufchatel. Second Edition, bound in cloth, demy 12mo. 4s.
ILLUSTRATED OUTLINE MAPS to the ILLUSTRATED ATLAS. By DR. VOGEL. Seven Maps, each beautifully embellished with a Border, exhibiting the Animals, Plants, &c., according to their Geographical Distribution. Imp. 4to., in a cover, 3s. the Set.
NEW SCRIPTURE PRINTS. Six Illustrations from the Parables. Drawn by W. J. MONTAIGNE. Size 15 inches by 12. In a wrapper. 3s.