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The treasury of natural history; or, A popular dictionary of animated nature: in which the zoological characteristics that distinguish the different classes, genera, and species, are combined with a variety of interesting information illustrative of the habits, instincts, and general economy of the animal kingdom. To which are added, A syllabus of practical taxidermy, and A glossarial appendix. Embellished with nine hundred woodcuts, expressly engraved for this work.

Title:The treasury of natural history; or, A popular dictionary of animated nature: in which the zoological characteristics that distinguish the different classes, genera, and species, are combined with a variety of interesting information illustrative of the habits, instincts, and general economy of the animal kingdom. To which are added, A syllabus of practical taxidermy, and A glossarial appendix. Embellished with nine hundred woodcuts, expressly engraved for this work.
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Note:Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852
  
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