Preliminary list of works and papers relating to the Mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia (1495-1840) [facsimile].
Hythe: A. D. Lilly, (1977. facsimile). Octavo, softcover. First published 1881. More
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Bird books and bird art. An outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology [facsimile].
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
Gatherings of a naturalist in Australasia.
Milson's Point: Currawong Press, (1982. facsimile). Octavo, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. First published 1860. An important early work on the Platypus. Bennett sent specimens, plus his own observations, to Richard Owen and the mystery was finally solved. More
The Skottowe manuscript: select specimens from nature of the birds, animals etc etc. of New South Wales.
Sydney: David Ell Press, 1988. Octavo, 27 full-page watercolours. Publisher's cloth and slipcase, limited to 550 copies, a fine copy. The manuscript, now held in the Mitchell Library, was created in 1813 by the colonial official Thomas Skottowe, using the illustrations of the convict artist Robert Browne. More
The Batrachia of North America.
Ashton: Eric Lundberg, (1963. facsimile). Octavo, illustrations. More
Coursing and falconry.
Southampton: Ashford Press, (1986. facsimile). Octavo, More
The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle during the years 1832-1836.
Wellington: Nova Pacifica, (1980. facsimile). Quarto, three volumes. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, fine set. An excellent facsimile of Darwin's monumental work. Limited to 750 copies. More
Travels in New Zealand: with contributions to the geography, geology, botany and natural history of that country.
London: John Murray, 1843. Octavo, five lithographed plates (four tinted.) Contemporary calf, spines fully gilt with red and green labels, all edges speckled, bookplate, some foxing but otherwise an attractive set. More
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The student's handbook of British mosses [facsimile].
Codicote: Wheldon & Wesley, (1970. third edition). Octavo, 63 black and white plates, fine copy. More
The student's handbook of British mosses.
London: Wheldon & Wesley, (1954. third edition). Octavo, uncoloured plates. Publisher's cloth, some wear and owner's inscriptions. More
![Neue classification der reptilien [facsimile]. Leopold Fitzinger](/pictures/thumb/11412.jpg?v=1604563227)
Neue classification der reptilien [facsimile].
Ithaca: SSAR Publications, 1997. Quarto, cloth, folding table. Introduction by Robert Mertens. More
Thomas Johnson: botanical journeys in Kent and Hampstead. A facsimile reprint with introduction and translation of his Iter Plantarum 1629, Descriptio Itineris Plantarum 1632.
Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library, 1972. Quarto, text illustrations, folding map, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
![The birds of Australia [volume five, the parrot and pigeon volume]. John Gould](/pictures/thumb/3952.jpg?v=1637815542)
The birds of Australia [volume five, the parrot and pigeon volume].
Melbourne: Hill House, (1989. facsimile). Folio, 92 colour plates. Publisher's green cloth, fine copy. More
Handbook to the birds of Australia.
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1972. facsimile). Octavo, a fine copy in publisher's vinyl. The complete text of Gould's folio eight volume Birds of Australia; first published in 1865 and still a useful reference for Australian birds. More
![A monograph of the Macropodidae, or family of kangaroos [facsimile]. John Gould](/pictures/thumb/13996.jpg?v=1623912331)
A monograph of the Macropodidae, or family of kangaroos [facsimile].
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1981. Folio, 30 colour plates. Publisher's cloth with locket portrait, limited edition of 750 copies numbered and signed by Joan M. Dixon, a very good copy. This is a facsimile edition of the two-part work, A Monograph of the Macropodidae of Family of Kangaroos, published by John..... More
![Biologia Centrali-Americana: Reptilia and Batrachia [facsimile]. Albert C. L. G. Gunther](/pictures/thumb/3808.jpg?v=1632290420)
Biologia Centrali-Americana: Reptilia and Batrachia [facsimile].
Oxford: SSAR Publications, 1987. Quarto, 75 plates (one coloured). More
Musee botanique de M. Bejamin Delessert.
Codicote: Wheldon and Wesley, 1970. Octavo, publisher's cloth, bookplate. with an introduction by F. A. Stafleau. More
Sertum orchidaceum: a wreath of the most beautiful orchidaceous flowers.
New York: Johnson Reprint, (1973. facsimile). Folio, 49 colour plates. Publisher's green cloth, limited edition of 1000 numbered copies, fine copy. First published 1838. More
![A bibliography of British ornithology [facsimile]. W. H. Mullens, H. Kirke Swann](/pictures/thumb/7431.jpg?v=1550831475)
A bibliography of British ornithology [facsimile].
Hitchin: Wheldon and Wesley, 1986. Octavo, publisher's cloth. More
![Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa [facsimile]. Arthur H. Neumann](/pictures/thumb/14310.jpg?v=1576637175)
Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa [facsimile].
Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, 1982. Octavo, photographs. Torn dustwrapper. More
Scopoli's ornithological papers from the delicae florae et faunae insubricae (Ticini: 1786-1788).
London: The Willughby Society, (1882. facsimile). Small quarto, publisher's printed red wrappers, some wear, partly unopened. Originally published in 1786. More
The biology of the amphibia.
New York: Dover Publications, (1954. facsimile). Octavo, paperback, text figures. Some shelf wear, otherwise a good copy. Reprint of the standard work on the natural history and biology of frogs, toads and salamanders. More
New Zealand birds.
Wellington: A H & A W Reed, (1974. second edition), Octavo, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. First published in 1930. More
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
The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, with an account of the establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island.
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, (1968. facsimile). Quarto, uncoloured plates and maps. Publisher's quarter cloth and papered boards, a fine copy. More