Notice des insectes de la France, reputes venimeus, tiree des ecrits des naturalistes, des medecins, & de l'observation.
Paris: Rue et Hotel Serpente, 1789. Octavo, two engraved plates. Early patterned boards, expertly rebacked, bookplate. More
Paris: Rue et Hotel Serpente, 1789. Octavo, two engraved plates. Early patterned boards, expertly rebacked, bookplate. More
Paris: Paul Lechevalier, 1943. Octavo, text illustrations, binder's cloth. More
Chelmsford: Arlequin Press, 2003. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Divided into regions of Brittany; Normandy and the Channel Coast; Paris; North Central; South Central; and The Mountainous East with a number of birdwatching areas for each. More
Carlton South: Miegunyah Press, 2006. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. In 1800 François Péron, an ambitious young medical student not long released from the French revolutionary army, gained a place as an assistant zoologist on Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australian waters. As his colleagues either deserted or died..... More
Wageningen: Wetlands International, 2006. Quarto, paperback, tables, diagrams. Proceedings of an International Symposium of the WI Woodcock and Snipe Specialist Group. Contains 16 papers covering topics such as breeding, biology, ecology, behaviour, population dynamics, monitoring, and hunting bags. This work presents papers focusing on Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola), Common Snipe (Gallinago..... More
France: Biotope, 2012. Octavo, colour illustrations, maps, softcover. This bilingual guide allows accurate and easy identification of 640 vertebrate species. All birds, mammals (including cetaceans and bats), reptiles, amphibians and freshwater fish found in France, the Benelux and the British isles are detailed. Concise texts give the size, overall description..... More
Paris: Calixte-Volland and Rémont, 1799. Quarto, one folding table, 22 uncoloured engraved plates. Modern half calf, all edges marbled. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. Descriptions of places to visit are accompanied by maps and photographs of animals and plants. More
London: New Holland, 2009. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. France boasts an amazing diversity of habitats and wildlife, from Ibex and Chamois scaling the cliff faces of the Alps and colonies of Puffins and Gannets on the rugged coasts of Brittany to one of the last western strong-holds of the European..... More
Exeter: Pelagic Publishing, 2013. Octavo, colour photographs, tables, softcover. This volume assesses the status of amphibian decline and extinction in Britain, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal. Experts from each country contribute a chapter describing the ecological background and the conservation status of affected species, with an emphasis..... More
Oxon: Routledge, 2013. Octavo, softcover. Today's celebrity conservationists play a major role in drawing public attention to an increasingly threatened world. One of the first books to address this contribution, it focuses on five key figures: English naturalist David Attenborough, French marine adventurer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, American primatologist Dian Fossey, Canadian..... More
Sydney: Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 1999. Octavo, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Covers the discoveries of the Baudin expedition of 1800 and Napoleon's ambitions for a scientific empire. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Robbins considers nearly every aspect of France's obsession with exotic fauna, from the vast literature on exotic animals and the inner workings of the oiseleurs' (birdsellers') guild to how the animals were transported, housed and cared for... More
London: The Willughby Society, (1883. facsimile). Octavo, publisher's printed red wrappers, some wear, partly unopened. Originally published in 1816, text in French. More
Paris: Societe Nouvelle des Éditions du Boubee, 1988. Small octavo, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Montpellier: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1982. Octavo, wrappers, two plates, text figures. Palæovertebrata, volume twelve, fasc five. More