117 Balk (L.) Museum Adolpho-Fridericianum sub Præsidio C. Linnæi, 4to. 2 plates, sd. 3s. Holmiæ, 1746 118 Bancroft's (Edward) Essay on the Natural History of Guiana in South America, royal 8vo. LARGE PAPER, plate of the double headed Snake, calf, gilt edges, scarce, 12s. London, 1769 119 Banister's (J.) Synopsis of Husbandry, 8vo. bds. 2s. 6d. ib. 1799 120 Barbut's (James) Genera Insectorum of Linnæus, illustrated with Figures of English Insects, 4to. containing 22 finely coloured plates, neat, 21.12s. 6d. 121 122 123 London, 1781 "A publication indispensably necessary to the student of Linnæan Entomology."-HAWORTH. Genera Vermium exemplified by various Specimens of the Animals contained in the Orders of Intestina, Molusca, Testacea, Lithophyta, and Zoophyta, Animalia Linnæi, 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. coloured plates, half-bound Turkey moroc. uncut, top edge gilt, 21.12s. 6d. London, 1783-88 the same, Part 11, 4to. the 13 plates uncoloured, 10s. 6d. 1788 Helminthologia Portugueza, trad. por Fr. José M. da Conceição Velloso, 4to. front. & 11 plates, neat, 8s. Lisboa, 1799 124 Barnes (Juliana) The Gentleman's Academie, or the Booke of St. Albans containing three exact and most excellent Bookes : the first of Hawking, the second of Hunting, and the last of Armorie: now reduced to a better Method by G. Markham, London, 1595.-Leigh's Accedence of Armorie, ib. 1591.—In 1 vol. sm. 4to. very fine copies, in old gilt calf, scarce, 17.16s. 125 Barrelieri (J.) Plantæ per Galliam, Hispaniam et Italiam observatæ et Iconibus æneis exhibitæ. Opus posthumum editum Cura et Studio A. de Jussieu. Accessit ejusdem Auctoris Specimen de Insectis Marinis, Mollibus, Crustaceis et Testaceis, folio, LARGE PAPER, frontispiece, containing portrait, and 1327 plates, fine copy, in veau fauve, red edges, 21. 2s. 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Gött. 1801 156 Beechey's (Capt. F. W.) Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions, 2 vols. 4to. 3 maps and 21 plates, boards, very scarce, 4l. 4s. London, 1831 BEES. The Appendix contains an Account of the Fossil Remains, discovered by Beechey, written by Professor Buckland; and E. T. Bennett on Mexican Bees. 157 Butler's (Charles) Feminine Monarchie, or History of Bees, The best work on the subject of Bees. BEES-continued. 164 Short History of Bees, 18mo. 2s. Lond. 1800 165 Sydserff's (Ř.) Treatise on Bees, 8vo. uncut, very scarce, 12s. Salisbury, 1792 166 The Reformed Commonwealth of Bees, presented in Letters to S. Hartlib, with the Reformed Virginian Silkworm, small 4to. very neat, scarce, 10s. 6d. 167 Warder's (Joseph, of Croydon) True Amazons, or the Monarchy of Bees, 6th edition, 8vo. port. hf.bd. 7s. 6d. ib. 1726 168 White's (W.) Complete Guide to the Mystery and Management of Bees, 8vo. hf. bd. 6s. Lond. 1655 n. d. 169 Wildman's (Thos.) Treatise on the Management of Bees; with the Natural History of those Insects, as also of Wasps and Hornets, 4to. plates, hf. bd. 8s. Lond. 1768 ***For other works on this subject, see under their Authors' names. 170 BELL'S (THOMAS) MONOGRAPH OF THE TESTUDINATA, with Descriptions in Latin and English, 7 parts, folio, each containing 5 finely coloured plates, 71. 7s 172 ib, 1833-34 171 Bellonii (Petri) de Aquatilibus, Libri 11. oblong 8vo. numerous fine woodcuts, very neat, rare, 12s. Paris, 1553 Histoire de la Nature des Oyseaux, avec leurs Descriptions et naïfs Portraicts retirez du naturel, folio, brilliant impressions of the numerons spirited woodcuts, fine copy, ruled with red lines, old calf, gilt edges, 11. 1s. ib. 1555 Belon was the first systematic writer on birds, and has described them with remarkable exactness. 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