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London: George Bell and Sons, 1884-1887. Octavo, three volumes, 81 colour-printed wood-engraved plates (chromoxylographs) by Benjamin Fawcett drawn by A. F. Lydon. Publisher's primary issue dark green blindstamped cloth, a fine set in the best of three variant publisher's bindings, scarce in this condition. The first book devoted exclusively to... More about Parrots in captivity
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 about Parrots in captivity
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 about The gigantic land-tortoises (living and extinct) in the Collection of the British Museum
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 about The reptiles of British India
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 about The reptiles of British India
Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedlander und Sohn, 1910-22. Quarto, text illustrations. Contemporary green half morocco, with the bookplates of David Armitage Bannerman. More about Die Vogel der palaarktischen Fauna. Systematische Ubersicht der in Europa, Nord-Asien und der...
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 about Die Vogel der palaarktischen Fauna. Systematische Ubersicht der in Europa, Nord-Asien und der...
Berlin: Salfeld, 1811. Octavo, Later half calf and marbled boards, with the bookplate of H. M. Whittell. A rare and important work on early ornithological nomenclature. The adoption of the taxa "Family" is attributable to Illiger's Prodromus. "... descriptive lists of orders, families and genera, the species of each genus... More about Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium: additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis,...
Sydney: Author, 1907. Quarto, photographs. Publisher's printed wrappers, a fine copy, in a modern box. S. W. Jackson (1873-1946) is best known for 'Egg collecting and bird life of Australia'. This handsome production, liberally illustrated with Jackson's pioneering photographs, has always been a scarce and desirable item of ephemeral Australian... More about Egg collecting and bird life of Australia: catalogue and date of the "Jacksonian Oological...
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 about Egg collecting and bird life of Australia: catalogue and date of the "Jacksonian Oological...
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, (1835. first edition). Duodecimo, 33 handcoloured plates. Publisher's cloth, a fine copy. More about The naturalist's library. Mammalia, volume three: Ruminata
London: Royal Society of London, 1901. Quarto, 30 numbered leaves of plates with 50 mounted chromolithographs. Contemporary full morocco and bevelled boards, lettered in gilt with gilt inner dentelles and watered silk linings, lengthy inscription from the author to John Howard Angus, a superb copy. From the Philosophical Transactions of... More about The comparative anatomy of the mammalian eye, chiefly based on ophthalmoscopic examination
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1929. Small oblong format, illustrations. Publisher's cloth with green tree-snake design, slight crack to inner front cover and hinges tender, contemporary owner's inscription, a near fine copy. One of the classics of Australian herpetological literature. A desirable book published in an attractive and unusual format. James... More about Snakes of Australia
Sydney: Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1871. Folio, 16 uncoloured lithographs. Publisher's quarter cloth and stiff card wrappers, some typical rubbing and light spotting to the titlepage, otherwise a very good copy, all contained in a solander box. Included is a copy of [Krefft, Gerard. Australian Natural History. Mammals of Australia... More about The mammals of Australia, illustrated by Miss Harriett Scott and Mrs Helena Forde, for the...
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 about Birds of the island of Java
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 about Histoire naturelle de Lacepede comprenant les cetaces, les quadrupedes ovipares, les serpents et...
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 about Exposition methodique des genres de l'ordre des Polypiers
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 about On Okapia, a new genus of Giraffidae, from central Africa
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 about Autograph letter signed and dated 1820
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 about A history of the birds of Ceylon
London: Bernard Quaritch, [1875]. Folio, 26 hand-coloured engraved plates with accompanying text leaves. Contemporary half morocco, slight wear, lacks rear marbled endpaper, a few spots but the plates scarcely affected. The Quaritch reissue, from the original copperplates. In a catalogue of 1877 Quaritch described it as "a new issue, in... More about A natural history of the birds of New South Wales, collected, engraved, and faithfully painted...
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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 about The Swedish Zoological Expedition to British East Africa 1911 [birds, reptiles and mammals
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 about Review of the genus Cisticola
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 about Review of the genus Cisticola
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 about Review of the genus Cisticola