British butterflies and their transformations.
London: William Smith, 1845. Quarto, TEXT ONLY, LACKS PLATES. Handsome later half blue calf. More
London: William Smith, 1845. Quarto, TEXT ONLY, LACKS PLATES. Handsome later half blue calf. More
Paris: Author, 1849. Duodecimo, contemporary half morocco and marbled boards. More
London: Williams and Norgate, 1862. Small octavo, illustrations. Annotations throughout, signature, very good copy in publisher's blindstamped cloth. More
Paris: Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, 1842. Octavo, publisher's plain papered boards with partial handwritten spine label. More
[c1840's]. Quarto, 42 leaves of Whatman paper, some leaves watermarked 'J Whatman 1794'. A single leaf for the title page and table of contents (the wording a direct copy of the Lewin 1822 title page), then follows 13 watercolours and 13 accompanying manuscript text leaves ( a copy of the..... More
(1706-1789. second edition), Quarto, 18 engraved plates on folding stubs. Contemporary full marbled calf with red label, some light wear, library stamp on red and black title page. More
Amsterdam: Author, [1767. Quarto, one engraved plate (lacking folding plates). Contemporary polished calf, rebacked, bookplates, small library stamp on title page. 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
Stuttgart: Sumptibus J. G. Cottae, 1834. Octavo, bookplates. Handsome full polished calf with inner rule, gilt spine with labels, all edges coloured, a fine set. Text in Latin. More
Washington: National Academy of Sciences, 1914. Quarto, 93 (34 chromolithographs) plates, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, expertly rebacked with new endpapers. More
Paris: Rene Haton, 1882. Octavo, text illustrations. Contemporary quarter cald and marbled boards, some rubbing, all edges coloured. More
London: Thomas Parkhurst, 1657. Octavo, contemporary full calf, some damage, sympathetically rebacked. The full title reads: A theatre of politicall flying-insects.Wherein especially the nature, the worth, the work, the wonder, and the manner of right-ordering of the bee, is discovered and described. Together with discourses, historical, and observations physical concerning..... More
Regimonti: Apud Fratres Borntraeger, 1832. Quarto, three uncoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, duplicate library (Royal Society of London) stamps. More
Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1734- 1742. Quarto, 247 uncoloured engraved plates (some folding). Contemporary full patterned calf, gilt spine with raised bands and red title label, all edges marbled, a fine set. More
Vitoduri Helvetorum, H. Steiner et Socios, 1789. Quarto, one handcoloured engraved title-vignette, 36 hand-coloured and one engraved plate uncoloured as issued. Contemporary full calf, expertly rebacked with label, a very good copy. Plate four is defective with a single image cut out, but another plate four, smaller in size, is..... More
Lugduni: Impensis Christ. Gottl. Proft. 1789. Octavo, original (?) boards with paper labels, a very good set. More
London: Edward Churton, 1836. Quarto, 31 uncoloured (some plates partially coloured) lithographs, a few spots, text illustrations. Contemporary quarter morocco, bookplate. More
London: Baldwin and Cradok, 1829. Octavo, early binder's cloth, cracked with a piece missing from top of spine, some foxing. More
Amsterdam: Jan Christiaan Sepp, 1788. Quarto, coloured half title, 41 handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, expertly respined with red label, marbled boards, all edges coloured, a very good copy. Caspar Stoll (1725-1791) was a naturalist and entomologist, best known for the completing Pieter Cramer's De Uitlandsche Kapellen. He also..... More
Amsterdam: Jan Christiaan Sepp, 1788. Quarto, coloured half title, 29 handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, expertly respined, all edges coloured, a very good copy Caspar Stoll (1725-1791) was a naturalist and entomologist, best known for the completing Pieter Cramer's De Uitlandsche Kapellen. He also published six..... More
Utrecht: Otthonis de Vries, (1693. second edition). Octavo, 13 folding engraved plates, text illustrations, Early quarter velum spine and marbled boards, uncut. Text in Latin, the later edition with uncoloured plates. More
Utrecht: Chez Guillaume de Walcheren, 1682. Octavo, 13 engraved (some folding) plates. Contemporary full polished calf and raised bands, some wear, bookplate, Text in French. More
London: Tryckt I Berlingska Boktryckeriet, 1862. Octavo, text illustrations. Contemporary marbled boards, expertly rebacked with new endpapers. More
London: Henry G Bohn, 1837. Quarto, Contemporary half morroco and marbled boards, rebacked. The three volume text bound in one. There are no plates. More
London: William Smith, 1848. Quarto, four lithographic plates (three handcoloured). Red box with label, the upper cover title completely detached, the plates loose, chipped and edge-stained. With a previous bookseller pencil note " Remainder publication text and four plates (one uncoloured) only" More