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Excerpt from Guide to an Exhibition of Old Natural History Books, Illustrating the Origin and Progress of the Study of Natural History Up to the Time of Linnaeus It makes no pretence of giving a complete history of the contributions of all writers, but is practically limited to such works as have contributed to the advancement of the science. It has been compiled chiefly by the Assistant in charge of the General Library, Mr. B. B. Woodward, with assistance in technical matters from officers in the several departments, and from members of the staff at the British Museum, Bloomsbury. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.