London: Author? 1755. Quarto, uncoloured folding frontispiece, 39 uncoloured engraved plates. Modern half calf, some wear, foxing throughout but a sound copy. The first book to state the true zoological nature of corals, previously corals were thought to be plants. Plate 39 is unnumbered and depicts Cuff's aquatic microscope, the... More about An essay towards a natural history of the corallines, an other marine products of the kind,...

London: J. and A. Churchill, 1872. Folio, 28 chromolithographed and three uncoloured lithographed plates. Publisher's burgundy cloth titled in gilt to upper board, a few blemishes, rebacked with original spine laid down, a few tears restored. Inscribed "With Dr. Fayrer's Comps.", the bookplate of Edward Taylor. Sir Joseph Fayrer (1824-1907)... More about The Thanatophidia of India; being a description of the venomous snakes of the Indian Peninsula...

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1941-1969. first edition). Octavo, very good set in dustwrappers, some wear. More about Bibliography of Australia

Leiden: E J Brill, 1867-1868. Octavo, one handcoloured lithographic distribution map, six (one folded plain and five handcoloured) lithographed plates and some folded tables. Early blue half morocco, all edges coloured, a very good set. The first true monograph on parrots. "In the first section of Volume one of this... More about Die Papageien: monographisch bearbeitet

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1885. Octavo, chromolithograph frontispiece (Forbes' Honeyeater), text illustrations. Publisher's decorated cloth, cracked hinges, otherwise a bright crisp copy. An important early natural history of the area now known as Wallacea. Henry Ogg Forbes (1851-1932) was a Scottish born explorer, ornithologist, and botanist. He... More about A naturalist's wanderings in the eastern archipelago, a narrative of travel and exploration from...

Cambridge MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1917. Octavo, 42 uncoloured lithographs. Modern half red morocco marbled endpapers, all edges uncut, wrappers retained, a fine copy. The entire issue of Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Volume 30, number four. Samuel Garman (1843-1927) was a pupil of... More about The Galapagos Tortoise

Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1974. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a very good copy. Honeyeaters. More about The birds of Australia [volume four only

Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1974. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a very good copy. Robins and other small passerines. More about The birds of Australia [volume three only

Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1972. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a fine clean set. The first complete full sized facsimile of John Gould's monumental work. More about The birds of Australia

London: Author, 1865. Octavo, Publisher's handsome decorated cloth, front endpaper of volume one marked, otherwise a near fine copy. The Handbook is a significant elaboration of the text of Birds of Australia and Gould's final contribution to Australian ornithology. It is still a useful book in any working collection of... More about Handbook to the birds of Australia

London: Author, [1858]- 1875. Folio, 47 handcoloured lithograph plates by W. Hart, and H.C. Richter. Full contemporary green morocco, gilt inner rules, elaborate gilt spine five raised bands and gilt title, some minor rubbing. The King of Belgium's gilt stamp with crown and initials, a superb copy crisp and free... More about A Monograph of the Trogonidae or Family of Trogons

London: Author, 1837-1838. Large octavo, 73 finely coloured lithographed plates by Elizabeth Gould and the eight-page appendix 'Description of New Species of Australian Birds'. Contemporary half green morocco and morocco-grained cloth, elaborate gilt-decorated spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; a crisp fine coloured copy, free of foxing and other significant... More about A synopsis of the birds of Australia, and the adjacent islands

London: British Museum, 1855. Quarto, 42 uncoloured lithographs. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, some blemishes, top edge gilt, a presentation copy dated 1885 from P. L. Sclater to the Rev. G. R. Fisk, small neat library stamps on title page and plates, a fine copy. John Edward Gray (1800-1875)... More about Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum, part one: Testudinata...