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Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs

by J. Herbert Slater

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Watkins & Doncaster

Naturalists

36, Strand, W.C.

London

(Five doors from Charing Cross.)

Every description of Apparatus and Cabinets of the best make for Entomology and general Natural History, &c.

Wire or Cane Ring Net and Stick, 1s. 8d., 2s., and 2s. 3d. Umbrella Net (self-acting), 7s. 6d. Pocket Folding Net (wire or cane), 3s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. Corked Pocket Boxes, 6d., 9d., 1s. and 1s. 6d. Zinc Relaxing Boxes, 9d., 1s., 1s. 6d. and 2s. Chip Boxes, nested, 4 doz., 8d. Entomological Pins, mixed, 1s. per oz. Pocket Lantern, 2s. 6d. to 5s., Napthaline, 1½d. per oz. Sugaring Tin (with brush), 1s. 6d. and 2s. Best Killing Bottles, 1s. 6d. Store Boxes, 2s. 6d., 4s., 5s., and 6s. Setting Boards, from 5d.; complete Set, 10s. 6d. Setting Houses., 9s. 6d., 11s. 6d., and 14s. Larva Boxes, 9d., 1s., 1s. 6d. Breeding Cages, 2s. 6d., 4s., and 5s.

Finest Stock of British and Foreign Butterflies, Beetles, Birds’ Eggs, &c., in the Kingdom.

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.

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.

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