London: Alecto Historical Editions in association with the British Museum (Natural History), 1980-1990. Folio, 738 copper-engraved plates in titled window mounts, colour printed a la poupee in up to 17 colours with additional watercolour touches from the original plates after Sydney Parkinson, Frederick Polydore Nodder, John Frederick Miller, James Miller..... More

Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, [c1965]. Octavo, a fine set in binder's cloth, wrappers retained. Jack Hyett and Roy Cooper, frustrated by the impossibility of completing their sets of The Emu published this facsimile in the 1960's.100 sets were produced (Jack Hyett pers com). The single most important twentieth century..... More

London: Author, 1848. Octavo, two wood-engraved illustrations. Publisher's cloth, rebacked, scarce. "The Preface and Introduction to my Birds of Australia having been set up in small type for facility of correction, I have had a limited number of copies printed in octavo form, for distribution ..." (Notice p. vii). Ferguson..... More

Melbourne: Government Printer, 1874-1882. Large octavo, 70 chromolithographs, publisher's printed stiff card wrappers (the front cover to decade two lacking), a very good set, all in a binder's box, scarce. A complete set. More

London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Quarto, five handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary binder's cloth, one leaf with circular tear into the bottom line of text, one plate with small circular tear to corner but not affecting image, otherwise a clean copy, very scarce. The first monograph on Australian fish..... More

Melbourne: Academic Press, 1981-1988. Large folio, 48 colour plates by Celia E. Rosser (24 plates in each volume). Publisher's half morocco, slightly rubbed, limited to 730 numbered copies. Celia Rosser is recognised as one of the great modern botanical artists. She has won many awards including the Jill Smythies Award..... More

London: James Ridgway, [1827-1838]. Octavo, 56 handcoloured engraved plates with accompanying leaves and interleaving. Modern half morocco with gilt spine and cloth covered boards, a handsome crisp copy. One of the most attractive of all Australian botanical books and the first to use live specimens for illustration instead of dried..... More