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Curiosities & wonders

'Curiosities & wonders' contains the following 63 items:

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Aesop's fables [109837643]

Author: Aesop

Date printed: 1786

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Alphabet of insects for the use of beginners [120764198]

Author: Rennie, James, 1787-1867

Publisher: Orr & Smith

Printer: Bradbury & Evans

Date published: 1834

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Anecdotes of the animal kingdom [116586718]

Publisher: A. Fullarton & Co.

Author: Brown, Thomas, 1785-1862

Date published: 1833

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Arabian nights entertainment [115109647]

Publisher: Gall & Inglis

Probable date published: 1870

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Volumes 1-4 - Arabian nights entertainments [117917413]

Printer: Alex. Lawrie & Co.

Date printed: 1807

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Volumes 1-4 - Arabian nights entertainments [126160582]

Printer: Schaw, D. (Daniel), active 1788-1835

Date printed: 1802

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Arabian nights' entertainments [106697502]

Publisher: R. Griffin and Co.

Date published: 1828

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Autumn, or, The causes, appearances, and effects of the seasonal decay and decomposition of nature [114362488]

Publisher: Thomas Ward and Company

Printer: Clay, Richard, 1789-1877

Author: Mudie, Robert, 1777-1842

Date published: 1837

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Boys' and girls' book of wonders in nature and art [115703110]

Publisher: Cameron, Clark, & Co.

Probable date published: 1851

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Catalogue of antiques, curios, &c. which belonged to the late A.T.F. Fraser, Esq. of Abertarff, last male descendant of Simon Lord Lovat of the " 45.", which will be sold by auction within the Music Hall, Inverness on Wednesday, 6th Augus t 1884, and following days [128899958]

Date published: 1884

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Catalogue of books, charters, letters, and other family papers, mineralogical cabinet, philosophical instruments, arms, china, & pictures which belonged to the late A.T.F. Fraser, Esq. (of Abertarff), last male descendant of Simon Lord Lovat of the "'45.", to be sold within the Music Hall, Inverness, on Friday, 31st October 1884 and following days [128899959]

Date published: 1884

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Catechism of zoology, or, Natural history of the animal kingdom [109004397]

Author: Rhind, William, 1797-1864

Printer: Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Printer: Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Date published: 1831

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Cosmotheoros, or conjectures concerning the planetary worlds, and their inhabitants [116492065]

Printer: Foulis Press

Author: Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695

Date printed: 1757

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Curiosities for the ingenious, selected from the most authentic treasures of nature, science and art [120443468]

Publisher: Boys, Thomas

Printer: Gye and Balne

Date published: 1821

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Demonology and witchcraft [116375305]

Author: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

Date published: 1876

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Demonology and witchcraft [117238925]

Publisher: Tegg, William, 1816-1895

Author: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

Illustrator: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878

Date published: 1868

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Description and use of the celestial and terrestrial globes, and of Collins's pocket-quadrant [116991327]

Author: Harris, John, 1667?-1719

Publisher: Ward, Aaron, -1747

Date printed: 1747

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Description of three hundred animals, viz. beasts, birds, fishes, serpents, and insects [120764138]

Author: Boreman, Thomas, 18th century

Date printed: 1774

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Dr Goldsmith's abridgement of the history of Rome [127162995]

Author: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774

Editor: Simpson, Robert, active 1808-1850

Publisher: Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Date published: 1823

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Dr Goldsmith's history of Rome [116127295]

Publisher: Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Printer: Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Editor: Simpson, Robert, active 1808-1850

Author: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774

Date published: 1834

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Dr. Goldsmith's history of Greece, abridged, for the use of schools [127164441]

Author: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774

Editor: Simpson, Robert, active 1808-1850

Publisher: Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Date published: 1828

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Dr. Goldsmith's Roman history, abridged by himself for the use of schools [120443345]

Author: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774

Printer: D. Schaw and Co.

Date printed: 1801

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Flowers of ancient history [117954622]

Printer: Jackson, Zachariah

Author: Adams, John, 1750?-1814

Date printed: 1789

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History of the heathen gods and heroes of antiquity, very necessary for understanding the writings of the ancients, and the modern English poets [106669663]

Author: Sheldon, William, 1762-1822

Printer: J. & M. Robertson

Date printed: 1798

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Juvenile histories, consisting of the History of the seven champions of Christendom, Jack the giantkiller, Robin Hood, Valentine and Orson, and Finetta [110184170]

Publisher: W. and J. Deas (Firm)

Printer: J. Pillans & Sons

Date printed: 1809

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Juvenile tales [110184171]

Date printed: 1809

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Lays of ancient Greece and Rome [115109645]

Printer: Munro, William (Printer in Glasgow)

Author: W. R., active 1878

Publisher: Hadden, James (Publisher in Glasgow)

Date published: 1878

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Letters of demonology and witchcraft, addressed to J.G. Lockhart, Esq [133247945]

Printer: Didot, Jules, 1794-1871

Author: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

Publisher: A. and W. Galignani (Firm)

Date published: 1831

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Letters on demonology and witchcraft [124880952]

Author: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

Printer: J. & J. Harper, Printers

Date printed: 1831

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Letters on demonology and witchcraft [124880992]

Author: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

Publisher: Murray, John, 1778-1843

Illustrator: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878

Date published: 1830

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Letters on natural magic [115108006]

Author: Brewster, David, 1781-1868

Date published: 1882

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Long pack [116135895]

Author: Hogg, James, 1770-1835

Date published: 1821

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Macleod's History of witches &c [129394416]

Author: Macleod, Malcolm, D.D.

Printer: Roach, John, active 1796

Date printed: 1793

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My own ABC of quadrupeds [126248606]

Author: Sutcliffe, John

Publisher: William and John Milne (Firm)

Date published: 1846

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Volumes 1-3 - Natural and artificial wonders of the United Kingdom [188442653]

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Natural history of beasts, birds, & fishes, or, Stories of animated nature [107708089]

Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons

Author: Aikman, James, 1779?-1860

Date published: 1847

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Natural history of Selborne [114473046]

Author: White, Gilbert, 1720-1793

Editor: Brown, Thomas, Captain

Publisher: Fraser & Co. (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Date published: 1835

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New observations on the natural history of bees [114473043]

Author: Huber, François, 1750-1831

Printer: J. & C. Muirhead

Date printed: 1821

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New treatise on the use of the globes. Or a philosophical view of the earth and heavens [128445694]

Author: Keith, Thomas, 1759-1824

Printer: Strahan, Andrew, -1831

Date printed: 1818

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Perpetual astronomical calendar [116991331]

Author: Wilson, John, active 1757

Printer: Bryce, John, active 1750-1786

Printer: Paterson, David, active 1752-1789

Date printed: 1757

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Philosophical analysis and illustration of some of Shakespeare's remarkable characters [107117598]

Author: Richardson, William, 1743-1814

Publisher: Murray, John, 1778-1843

Date published: 1774

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Picture of the seasons [116859993]

Date printed: 1819

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Reflections upon laughter [109890101]

Author: Hutcheson, Francis, 1694-1746

Date printed: 1750

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Renovation of India [109614371]

Publisher: W. and C. Tait

Author: Brown, Thomas, 1778-1820

Date published: 1820

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Roman antiquities, or, An account of the manners and customs of the Romans [114907209]

Publisher: Blackie & Son

Editor: Boyd, James, 1795-1856

Author: Adam, Alexander, 1741-1809

Date published: 1857

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Roman antiquities, or, An account of the manners and customs of the Romans [132806334]

Author: Adam, Alexander, 1741-1809

Publisher: Blackie & Son

Printer: W.G. Blackie and Co.

Author: Boyd, James, 1795-1856

Date published: 1852

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Roman history, in the way of question & answer. Including all the principal events from the building of Rome to the destruction of the Empire by the Goths and vandals [120764115]

Printer: F. Houlston and Son F. Houlston and Son

Date printed: 1825

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Ruined cities of the East [109634265]

Author: Tweedie, W. K. (William King), 1803-1863

Date published: 1859

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Story of Florio and Florella [114907207]

Publisher: W. & J. Deas

Date published: 1809

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Tales of the castle, or, Stories of instruction and delight [114361973]

Author: Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de, 1746-1830

Publisher: R. Griffin and Co.

Date published: 1824