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Zustand: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Leather-bound. Zustand: Good Plus. First Edition. 8vo. Brown cloth over marbled paper, with the worn remnants of leather-covered corners. vii,[1],336p.,plate :port. Frontis portrait of Joannes Rajus (John Ray). Spotting and offset from opposite frontis portrait, to title page. Two parts to this work, though pages contiguously numbered: a 100-page biography of Mr. Ray. The second, longer part, entitled "MR. RAY'S ITINERARIES" taken from Ray's own manuscript diary, encompasses about 235 pp.and encompassed country walks, hikes, observations of the natural world -- even meals.In three different journeys (1658, 1661, 1662) Ray had travelled through the greater part of Great Britain, and these selections from his private notes of these journeys were edited by George Scott in 1760, under this present title of "Mr Ray's Itineraries". Nice large font size, very clean pages! John Ray was an innovative and celebrated polymath (Clergyman, Natural Scientist, Mathemetician, etc.) to whom the existence of (Linnean) Taxonomy owes no small debt. . He published important works on botany, zoology, and natural theology.…

Being an analysis of the relation in which Sinhalese stands to Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, and to the Aryan Dialects of India. pp. viii, 53. 8vo. Half cloth, printed boards. Original wrapper bound in. Some staining of title, preface and last 2 leaved. Part 1 only - I can find no evidence that further Parts were published.…