Book Collecting: A Guide for AmateursSlater, J. Herbert (John Herbert)
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Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs
Slater, J. Herbert (John Herbert)
Book collecting
Throughout the winter and early spring, a large stock of live pupae of
British and Foreign Butterflies and Moths, including the gigantic Atlas
and other Exotic Moths.
Collections of Natural-History objects, carefully named and arranged.
New and Second-hand Works on Entomology.
Label Lists of every description. The complete Label List of British
Lepidoptera (Latin and English names), 1s. 6d., post free.
One each of all the British Butterflies in a Case, 25s.
A magnificent assortment of Preserved Caterpillars always in Stock.
Birds and Animals stuffed and mounted in the best style by skilled
workmen on the premises.
_A full Catalogue sent post free on application._
JAMES GARDNER,
Manufacturer of all kinds of Entomological Apparatus,
29, OXFORD STREET,
=Dealer in Insects, Birds' Eggs, Skins. &c.=
Plain Ring Net, cane or wire, 2s. Umbrella Net, 5s. 6d., 6s. 6d., 7s.
6d., and 10s. 6d. Folding Nets, cane or iron, 4s. 6d. Pocket Box, wood,
6d. and 1s. Ditto, metal, 1s. 6d. and 2s. Store Box, 1s. 9d., 2s. 6d.,
4s., 5s., and 6s. Larva Box, 1s. Larva Cage, 2s. 6d., 3s., 3s. 6d., and
5s. Sugaring Tin, 1s., 1s. 6d., 2s., and 2s. 6d. Entomological Pins,
from 1s. per ounce, assorted or mixed. Willow Chip Box, four sizes,
Nested, the packet of four dozen, 9d. Setting Boards, 6d. to 2s.; a
Complete Set, 10s.
All Articles Guaranteed.
_EXCHANGED IF NOT APPROVED OF._
Price Lists on Application.
29, OXFORD STREET.
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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
The book does not have a table of contents; one has been added by the
transcriber.
Seven [oe] ligatures have been simplified to oe.
The reversed-C symbol is indicated by [C].
The following obvious typos have been corrected:
p. 36 "Defense de la Reformation" has been changed to "Defense de la
Reformation".
p. 105 After "in a double sense" a period has been added.
p. 105 "specime nof" has been amended to "specimen of".
p. 106 "Momento" has been amended to "Memento".
p. 124 "Specialites" has been amended to "Specialities".
Other possible typos (for example "caligraphy" on p. 6, "horde" on p. 35
and "neither have succeeded" on p. 43) have been left unchanged as they
may reflect the spelling choice of the author.
Variations in hyphenation have been retained as in the original.
The asterism symbol on pages 126, 131 and 133 is indicated by [***].
The three advertisement pages at the start of the book have been moved
to the end, to follow other advertisements.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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