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Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Descriptive letters and drawings
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Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
A View of the Island of Ascenscion, bearing West by North, at seven Leagues distance. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
A View on the Island of St. Helena, including the Town in St. James's Valley; and the Ships in the Road. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Sans-Souci, a Villa at Bombay; and the last house in which I resided in India. J. Forbes, 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Buck-horn Fern, at St. Helena. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Cunning-Fish, at St. Helena; of its naural Size and Color. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Stapelia Hirsula, at the Island of St. Helena. 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Finger Plant, or Carrion-Plant, at St. Helena. Drawn of the natural size. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Golden Spider, and Monkey-tailed Fern, at St. Helena. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Green-Fish, at St. Helena. Drawn smaller than nature. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Ground-Fern, at St. Helena. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Gum-Wood Tree, and Mountain Spider, at St. Helena. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Hog-Fish, at St. Helena; of its natural size and colours. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Variegated Lophius, or small Tyger-Fish; taken up on the annexed piece of Sea-Weed, in a Current from the Gulf of Florida. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Velvet Thorn, at St. Helena. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Wild-Sedum, or House-Leek Tree, at St. Helena. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Purple Caterpillar, on a Branch of the String-Wood Tree, at St. Helena. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Rose-Linnet, or Wax-bill, of its natural size; with the Apricot Peach at St. Helena. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Seed-Leaf Fern, at St. Helena. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Trumpet-Fish, at St. Helena. Drawn much smaller than Nature. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Java Sparrow, now become a very troublesome Bird at St. Helena, with the Red-Wood, or White Ebony-Tree, on that Island. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
A Sprig of the Ebony Tree, at St. Helena. J. Forbes 1784
1784
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