CASSELL'S NATURAL HISTORY (1913) [illustrated] - F. Martin Duncan

Hardcover/Clothbound book.
Embossed letters and decorations on cover and spine.
Richly illustrated.
Good condition.
CASSELL'S NATURAL HISTORY
By F, MARTIN DUNCAN
(F.R.P.S., F.R.M.S., MEMBER OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AUTHOR OF "DENIZENS OF THE DEEP" ETC)
WITH 16 COLOUR PLATES AND MORE THAN 200 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR
Publisher: CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED
Pages: 432 + plates of illustrations
Publishing Year: 1913
Dimensions: 23,5 x 16 x 6
CONTENTS:
THE PROTOZOA - THE DAWN OF LIFE
THE SPONGES
THE COELENTERATES OR HYDROIDS: JELLY-FISH, ANEMONES AND CORALS
THE ECHINODERMA: STARFISHES, SEA URCHINS, AND HOLOTHURIANS
WORMS, ROTIFERS, LEECHES, POLYZOA
THE MOLUSCA
THE CRUSTACEA
SCORPIONS, SPIDERS, CENTIPEDES, AND MILLIPEDES
BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS
THE COLEOPTERA : BEETLES
HYMENOPTERA : ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS
DIPTERA, ORTHOPTERA, HEMIPTERA, AND NEUROPTERA
ANCIDIANDS AND LANCELETS
INTRODUCTION TO THE FISHES
THE ROUND-MOUTHED AND CARTILAGINOUS FISHES
THE TELEOSTOMI, OR "PERFECT-MOUTHED" FISHES
THE AMPHIBIA
THE REPTILES
AVES : THE BIRDS
THE ECHIDNA AND DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS
THE MARSUPIALS, OR POUCHED ANIMALS
THE SLOTHS, ANT-EATERS, AND ARMADILLOS
THE WHALES, DOLPHINS, AND MANATEES
THE UNGULATES, OR HOOFED QUADRUPEDS
THE EVEN-TOED UNGULATES
THE CARNIVORA
THE RODENTIA, OR GNAWING ANIMALS
SHREWS, MOLES, AND BATS
PRIMATES : APES AND LEMURS
INDEX
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Francis Duncan Smith (1873–1961) was a British naturalist and nature documentary pioneer who worked for producer Charles Urban. He specialised in micro-cinematography and pioneered many of the techniques of future natural history filmmaking.