LONDON, DECEMBER 1858. CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY MR. VAN VOORST. ZOOLOGY. MAMMALIA. History of British Quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. By THOMAS BELL, F.R.S., P.L.S., Professor of Zoology in King's College, London. Illustrated by nearly 200 Engravings, comprising portraits of the animals, and vignette tail-pieces. 8vo. New Edition in preparation. Natural History of the Sperm Whale, and a Sketch of a South Sea Whaling Voyage. By THOMAS BEALE. Post 8vo, 12s. cloth. BIRDS. History of British Birds. By WILLIAM YARRELL, V.P.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. This work contains a history and a picture portrait, engraved expressly for the work, of each species of the Birds found in Britain. Three volumes, containing 550 Illustrations. Third Edition, demy 8vo, £4 14s. 6d. The Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, with Descriptions of their Nests and Nidification. By WILLIAM C. HEWITSON. Third Edition, 2 vols. 8vo, £4 14s. 6d. figures and descriptions of the Eggs in this edition are from different specimens to those figured in the previous editions. Systematic Catalogue of the Eggs of British Birds, arranged with a View to supersede the use of Labels for Eggs. By the Rev. S. C. MALAN, M.A., M.A.S. On writing-paper. 8vo, 8s. 6d. Ornithological Rambles in Sussex. By A. E. KNOX, M.A., F.L.S. Third Edition. Post 8vo, with Four Illustrations by Wolf, 7s. 6d. Falconry in the Valley of the Indus. By R. F. BURTON, Author of Goa and the Blue Mountains,' &c. Post 8vo, with Four Illustrations, 6s. Monograph of the Birds forming the Tanagrine Genus CALLISTE; illustrated by Coloured Plates of all the known species. By P. L. SCLATER, M.A., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, F.Z.S., &c. 8vo. £2 2s. JOHN VAN VOORST, 1 PATERNOSTER ROW: 2 BOOKS PUBLISHED BY MR. VAN VOORST. Birds of Jamaica. By P. H. GOSSE, F.R.S., Author of the The Dodo and its Kindred; or the History, Affinities and Geographical and Comparative List of the Birds of Ornithological Synonyms. By the late HUGH EDWIN REPTILES. History of British Reptiles. By THOMAS BELL, F.R.S., President of the Linnean Society, V.P.Z.S., &c., Professor of Zoology in King's College, London. Second Edition, with 50 Illustrations, 128. FISHES. Production and Management of Fish in Fresh Waters, History of British Fishes. By WILLIAM YARRELL, Yarrell.-Growth of the Salmon in Fresh Water. With Six Coloured Illustrations of the Fish of the natural size, exhibiting its structure and exact appearance at various stages during the first two years. 12s. sewed. Heraldry of Fish. By THOMAS MOULE. Nearly six hundred families are noticed in this work, and besides the several descriptions of fish, fishing-nets, and boats, are included also mermaids, tritons, and shell-fish. Nearly seventy ancient seals are described, and upwards of twenty subjects in stained glass. The engravings, two hundred and five in number, are from stained glass, tombs, sculpture and carving, medals and coins, rolls of arms, and pedigrees. 8vo, 21s.; a few on large paper (royal 8vo) for colouring, £2 2s. JOHN VAN VOORST, 1 PATERNOSTER ROW. BOOKS PUBLISHED BY MR. VAN VOORST. 3 Fly-Fishing in Salt and Fresh Water. With Six Coloured Plates, representing Artificial Flies, &c. 8vo, 7s. 6d. An Angler's Rambles. By EDWARD JESSE, F.L.S., Author of Gleanings in Natural History.' Contents:-Thames Fishing -Trolling in Staffordshire-Perch Fishing Club-Two Days' Fly-fishing on the Test - Luckford Fishing Club Grayling Fishing--A Visit to Oxford —The Country Clergyman. Post 8vo, 10s. 6d. INVERTEBRATA. Introduction to Conchology; or, Elements of the Natural History of Molluscous Animals. By GEORGE JOHNSTON, M.D., LL.D., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, author of A History of the British Zoophytes.' 8vo, 102 Illustrations, 21s. "The book is a convincing proof that there is no subject, however dry and unpromising, that may not be made interesting by a man of taste, genius, and learning. Dr. Johnston's object has been to present the conchologist with a view of the economical, physiological, and systematical relations of molluscous animals to each other and to other created beings; and this he has done in a style so elegant and captivating, and with such a happy facility of illustrating his theories by learned references and curious anecdotes, that it is not easy to decide whether his work is most valuable as a scientific, or interesting as a literary composition.". Morning Post. History of British Mollusca and their Shells. By Professor ED. FORBES, F.R.S., &c. and SYLVANUS HANLEY, B.A., F.L.S. Illustrated by a figure of each known Animal and of all the Shells, engraved on 203 copper-plates. 4 vols. 8vo, £6 10s.; royal 8vo, with the plates coloured, £13. Synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain. Arranged according to their Natural Affinities and Anatomical Structure. By W. A. LEACH, M.D., F.R.S., &c. &c. Post 8vo, with 13 Plates, 14s. History of the British Marine Testaceous Mollusca, described in their Natural Order, on the Basis of the Organization of the Animals, with References and Notes on every British species. By WILLIAM CLARK. 8vo, 15s. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. By G. B. SOWERBY. Imp. 8vo, Eighteen Parts, £1 5s. each. Malacologia Monensis. A Catalogue of the Mollusca inhabiting the Isle of Man and the neighbouring Sea. By EDWARD FORBES. Post 8vo, 3s., Edinburgh, 1838. History of British Star-fishes, and other Animals of the Class Echinodermata. By EDWARD FORBES, M.W.S., Professor of Botany in King's College, London. 8vo, with more than 120 Illustrations, 15s., or royal 8vo, 30s. JOHN VAN VOORST, 1 PATERNOSTER ROW. 4 BOOKS PUBLISHED BY MR. VAN VOORST. Genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their Organization. By HENRY AND ARTHUR ADAMS. This work contains a description and a figure engraved on steel of each genus, and an enumeration of the species. 3 vols. 8vo, £4 10s. ; or royal 8vo, with the plates coloured, £9. Elements of Entomology: an Outline of the Natural History and Classification of British Insects. By WILLIAM S. DALLAS, F.L.S. Post 8vo, 8s. 6d. The Entomologist's Annual for 1855 to 1858. Duodecimo, History of British Stalk-eyed Crustacea (Lobsters, Crabs, History of the British Zoophytes. By GEORGE JOHN- Manual of the Sea-Anemones commonly found on the Familiar Introduction to the History of Insects; being a The World of Insects; a Guide to its Wonders. With By J. W. DOUGLAS, Secretary to the Entomological Society of London. This work contains rambling observations on the more interesting members of the Insect World to be found in the House, the Garden, the Orchard, the Fields, the Hedges, on the Fences, the Heaths and Commons, the Downs, in the Woods, the Waters, or on the Sea Shore, or on Mountains. 12mo, stiff-paper wrapper, 3s. 6d. Siebold on True Parthenogenesis in the Honey-Bee and Practical Hints respecting Moths and Butterflies, with JOHN VAN VOORST. 1 PATERNOSTER ROW. |