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Bruxelles: Lacrosse et cie, 1839. Octavo, Binders half morocco and cloth boards, printed wrappers retained. Text volumes only of mammals, reptiles and fish. Not in Wood or Ronsil. More
London: Methuen & Co., 1898. Large octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's green pictorial cloth, slightly shaken, otherwise a very good copy, scarce. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, (1861-1863. first edition). Folio, 31 handcoloured lithographic plates heightened with gum arabic, after Elliot and P.L. Oudart. Six parts in the original printed tan card covers and half red roan, some light wear; a fine well coloured set. The first book by Elliot and... More
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
Kingston, Jamaica: Government Printing Establishment, 1891. Octavo, printed title wrapper, title, preface. Early quarter calf, substantial wear particularly to top and bottom spine, signatures of Julie Adele Livingston, July 2nd 1904 Kingston, Jamaica on title and top margin of page 5, some browning confined to text, lacking back wrapper. EXTRA... More
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
Wellington: Bock & Cousins, 1889. Large quarto, 40 chromolithographs. Contemporary full black morocco, some wear and upper cover with a cup indentation, all edges gilt, slight cracking, a very good copy. One of the finest of all works on New Zealand botany. A further two volumes were planned but never... More
![Bibliography of Australia [facsimile]. John Alexander Ferguson.](/pictures/thumb/40632.jpg?v=1531962977)
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1975-1986. reprint). Octavo, very good set in slightly worn dustwrappers, with the Addenda. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1941-1969. first edition). Octavo, very good set in dustwrappers, some wear. More
Leiden: E J Brill, 1867-1868. Tall octavo, 14 hand-coloured lithographed bird plates; uncut in later boards mounting the front printed wrapper. More
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
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. Modern full red morocco, wrappers retained, a fine crisp set. The first true monograph on parrots. "In the first section of Volume one of this comprehensive... More
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
London: R H Porter, 1881. Tall octavo, frontispiece, 31 lithographed plates including eleven coloured and seven either folding or double page, water staining to the frontispiece and some plates. Publisher's brown half morocco, rubbed, the bookplate John Calaby. Alfred Henry Garrod (1846-1879) was an anatomist and physiologist with a strong... More
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. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Volume 30, number four. Samuel Garman (1843-1927) was a pupil of Louis Agassiz and a.... More
![The birds of Australia [volume four only]. John Gould.](/pictures/thumb/40928.jpg?v=1547683234)
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1974. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a very good copy. Honeyeaters. More
![The birds of Australia [volume six only]. John Gould.](/pictures/thumb/40929.jpg?v=1547683234)
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1975. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a very good copy. Waders and other waterbirds. More
![The birds of Australia [volume three only]. John Gould.](/pictures/thumb/40930.jpg?v=1547683234)
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1974. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a very good copy. Robins and other small passerines. More
![The birds of Australia [volume two only]. John Gould.](/pictures/thumb/40931.jpg?v=1547683234)
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1975. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a very good copy. Kimgfishers and others. More
![The birds of Australia [volumes eight only]. John Gould.](/pictures/thumb/40932.jpg?v=1547683234)
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1975. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's full calf a very good copy. The Supplement. A variety of later discovered birds are figured, including the Night Parrot. More
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
London: Author, 1865. Octavo, Publisher's handsome decorated cloth, bookplate, a few minor splits in the cloth, 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... More
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
London: Author, 1848. Octavo, two wood-engraved illustrations. Publisher's cloth, expertly rebacked retaining original endpapers, 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 ..."... More
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