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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
Amsterdam: De Erven van F. Houttuyn, 1767. Octavo, nine uncoloured folding lithographic plates. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, some wear and crushed corners, later endpapers. The insect volume from the 37 volume 'Natuurlyke Historie of uitvoerige Beschryving der Dieren, Planten en Mineraalen, volgens het Samenstel van den Heer Linnaeus'..... More
London: William Smith, (1843. new edition). 124 hand-coloured plates. Handsome half red morocco, all edges gilt, some wear, a very good copy. More
1859. Small quarto, 32 chromolithographs. Publisher's decorated cloth, grubby, contents crisp and sound. More
London: William Smith, 1845. Quarto, TEXT ONLY, LACKS PLATES. Handsome later half blue calf. More
London: 1787. Quarto, eight folding uncoloured engraved plates. Early half calf and marbled boards. The entire volume 77 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. More
London: Gurney and Jackson, 1938. Quarto, 24 colour plates. Publisher's cloth with plain printed dustwrappers, a fine set and scarce in this condition with dustwrappers. 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
Sydney: Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1871. Folio, 16 uncoloured lithographs. Publisher's quarter cloth and stiff card wrappers, some typical rubbing, chipping and wear to upper wrapper, the plates sound, the bookplate of Joseph Henry Maiden (1859-1925, the first Government botanist of New South Wales and director of the Sydney Botanic..... 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
Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie, 1867. Large octavo, 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 [of treatises..... 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
Octavo, single sheet 22.5cm by 18cm, holograph letter in ink in the entire hand of John Latham. Original folds, some slight loss and tear. An excellent holograph letter in which Latham discusses the "publication of my long intended new work on birds" [A General History of Birds, 1821-1828]. Medical practitioner..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1839. Octavo, six uncoloured plates. contemporary full marbled calf, some wear and hinges cracked, a few spots. 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 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
London: The Ibis, 1930. Octavo, 20 folding colour plates. Binder's green cloth with red labels, all edges coloured, a fine 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 6... More
London: R H Porter, 1890. Small quarto, 45 handcoloured lithographs by J. G. Keulemans, text illustrations. Modern half brown morocco (Period Binders of Bath), top edge gilt and other edges uncut, a fine copy with text and plates crisp and clean. St. George Jackson Mivart (1827-1900) was an active British..... More
London: Groombridge and Sons, (1875. second edition). Octavo, 225 colour plates. Publisher's blindstamped and gilt cloth, a very good set with a few minor blemishes. Casey Wood p. 472. More
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London: Angus and Robertson, 1982. Quarto, colour photographs, very good set in dustwrappers. The National Photographic Index, established by Donald Trounson and administrated from the Australian Museum in Sydney, has proved to be a valuable resource and this outstanding ten volume photographic monograph on Australian birds is its lasting legacy..... More
London: R. H. Porter, 1864-1907. Large octavo, 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, with his..... 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
London: Zoological Society of London, 1909-1910. Quarto, 23 chromolithographic plates, one uncoloured. Contemporary half calf, some slight wear, all edges gilt, a fine clean copy. The entire volume nineteen of the Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. The expedition to the Ruwenzori Mountains in what was then the British..... More