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Catalogue: Items In The British Natural History Museum

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Catalogue: Items In The British Natural History Museum

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Catalogue Of The Books Manuscripts Maps & Drawings In The British Museum (Natural History). A catalogue of one of the world's finest collections on natural history. Not just a checklist, but often containing information on contents[British Museum] London: by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1903-1940 Five volumes (complete) Quarto, navy blue cloth stamped and lettered in gilt. Corners and spine ends rubbed, and some bumped, covers a bit scuffed, cloth in spine channels split in four volumes, some endpapers cracked over hinges.First edition

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