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London: George Bell and Sons, 1884-1887. Tall octavo, 81 colour-printed wood-engraved plates (chromoxylographs) by Benjamin Fawcett drawn by A. F. Lydon. Publisher's turquoise green blindstamped cloth, a very good crisp set. The first book devoted exclusively to parrots in captivity and with much of Australian interest. Occasional contributions were made..... More
London: British Museum, 1877. Small folio, 55 uncoloured lithographed plates. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, all edges speckled, inscribed for the Earl Enniskillen by the author, with the Earl's handsome circular bookplate. A superb copy. William Willoughby Cole, third Earl of Enniskillen, FRS (1807-1886), known by his courtesy title..... More
London: Ray Society, 1864. Folio, 26 uncoloured lithographic plates. Publisher's quarter cloth and boards with label, some cracking and minor fraying of corners, a few minor spots. German born British herpetologist and ichthyologist Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1830-1914) was, along with his near contemporary Alfred George Boulenger, the most..... More
London: Ray Society, 1864. Folio, 26 uncoloured lithographic plates. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, top edge gilt, upper corner very slightly bumped and a few spots, otherwise a handsome copy. German-born British herpetologist Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1830- 1914) was, along with his near contemporary Alfred George Boulenger..... More
Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedlander und Sohn, 1910-22. Quarto, text illustrations. Contemporary green half morocco, with the bookplates of David Armitage Bannerman. More
Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedlander und Sohn, 1910-38. Quarto, text illustrations.The first three volumes in contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, the supplement in a binders cloth, all volumes with some wear, the bookplate of Dom Serventy. More
London: William Smith, 1845. Quarto, TEXT ONLY, LACKS PLATES. Handsome later half blue calf. More
Sydney: Author, 1907. Quarto, photographs. Modern full polished calf, spine with raised bands and two coloured labels, title page grubby. S. W. Jackson (1873-1946) is best known for Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. This is a handsome production liberally illustrated with his pioneering photographs and has always been..... More
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, (1835. first edition). Duodecimo, 33 handcoloured plates. Publisher's cloth, a fine copy. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1929. Small oblong format, illustrations. Publisher's cloth with green tree-snake design, cloth buckled and some borer damage, not affecting contents. One of the classics of Australian herpetological literature. A very desirable book published in an attractive and unusual format. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1929. Small oblong format, illustrations. Publisher's cloth with green tree-snake design, cloth buckled, contents sound One of the classics of Australian herpetological literature. A very desirable book published in an attractive and unusual format. More
Sydney: Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1869. Quarto, twelve handcoloured lithographs. Modern half red morocco, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, publisher's stiff card wrappers retained, the title wrapper with a contemporary inscription dated 1889, small owner's stamp "R. Rendle" on title page, an excellent copy. Gerard Krefft (1830-1881) is rightly considered..... More
Tokyo: Author, 1933. Small folio, 34 coloured plates, two folding maps. Publisher's burgundy half cloth over burgundy coloured paper boards, a fine copy. Nagamichi Kuroda (1889- 1978) was a Japanese ornithologist who is best remembered for Birds of the Island of Java. He also wrote Parrots of the World in..... More
Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie, 1867. Large octavo, two volumes, 36 handcoloured engraved plates. Early brown calf and marbled boards, all edges coloured, a few inoffensive spots, otherwise a handsome copy. This edition of Histoire naturelle de Lacepede was first published in 1856 and "the many subsequent volumes and editions..... More
Paris: M Veuve Agasse, 1821. Quarto, 84 uncoloured engraved plates. Later half calf, some foxing throughout but a sound copy. Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux (1779-1825) was a French biologist and naturalist, best known for making the important distinctions between green, brown and red algae. He also wrote extensively on hydrozoa..... More
London: Zoological Society of London, 1903. Quarto, three plates, including one chromolithograph of the Okapi. Binder's cloth, two small library stamps including one on the title page, corners of pages creased and crushed. The full volume of Transaction of the Zoological Society of London, volume 16, with the following papers..... More
London: Author, [1878]-1880. Quarto, one coloured map and 33 handcoloured plates by Keulemans. Contemporary half brown morocco, top edges gilt, the second appendix present (sometimes lacking), a fine set. William Vincent Legge (1841-1918) was born in Tasmania in 1841 and educated in England after which he joined the Royal Artillery..... More
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Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, 1911-1912. Quarto, 22 plates of birds, reptiles and mammals. Single volume binder's cloth with three parts, marbled boards with some damage, a sound copy. More
London: The Ibis, 1930. Octavo, 20 folding colour plates. Binder's tan leather half-morocco and cloth boards, original wrappers retained. The plates are produced in folding chart form and are highly attractive examples of measured drawings. Published as a Supplement to The Ibis, Twelfth Series, Volume 6. More
London: The Ibis, 1930. Octavo, 20 colour plates. Handsome binder's red cloth, a small sticker pasted on the front endpaper from the author. The plates are produced in folding chart form and are highly attractive examples of measured drawings. Published as a Supplement to The Ibis, Twelfth Series, Volume six..... More
London: The Ibis, 1930. Octavo, 20 colour plates. Handsome publisher's "Ibis" red cloth, a very good copy. The plates are produced in folding chart form and are highly attractive examples of measured drawings. Published as a Supplement to The Ibis, Twelfth Series, volume six. More
Melbourne: Government Printer, 1878-1890. Large octavo, 199 handsome lithographed plates (including 172 chromolithographs) of mammals, reptiles and fish. Handsome modern half green morocco, small ink stamp on both title pages, a fine set The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria is an underrated work of Australian natural history; the plates..... More
London: R. H. Porter, 1864-1907. Large octavo, two volumes, portrait, 37 lithographed plates mostly coloured, folding coloured map. Binder's cloth retaining the two printed front wrappers in each volume, top edges gilt, others uncut, a fine copy, scarce. John Wolley (1824-1859) assembled a fine egg collection and was deeply involved..... More
Madras: Higginbotham and Co., (1893. second edition). Octavo, 20 lithographic plates, many figures handcoloured. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt cobra, title page and early leaves laid down, otherwise a very good copy. More
Sydney: Australian Museum, 1901-1914. Quarto, 25 egg plates, uncoloured vignettes by Neville Cayley senior, photographs by the author and H. Barnes. Contemporary half black calf, all edges speckled, an excellent set. Alfred John North (1855-1917) was one of the greatest of all Australian ornithologists and a founding member in 1880..... More