Perry's Arcana: a facsimile edition with a collation and systematic review.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. Large octavo, colour illustrations, dustwrapper. From 1810 to 1811, the English stonemason and amateur naturalist George Perry published a lavishly illustrated magazine on natural history. The Arcana or Museum of Nature ran to 22 monthly parts, with 84 extraordinary hand-coloured plates and over 300 text..... More