British butterflies.
1859. Small quarto, 32 chromolithographs. Publisher's decorated cloth, grubby, contents crisp and sound. More
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British butterflies and their transformations.
London: William Smith, 1845. Quarto, TEXT ONLY, LACKS PLATES. Handsome later half blue calf. More
Observations on the structure and economy of whales; communicated by Sir Joseph Banks.
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
Egg collecting and bird life of Australia: catalogue and date of the "Jacksonian Oological Collection," illustrated with numerous photographs depicting various incidents and items ...
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
Genera et species Curculionidium.
Paris: Author, 1849. Duodecimo, contemporary half morocco and marbled boards. More
An introduction to conchology; or elements of the natural history of molluscous animals.
London: John Van Voorst, 1850. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, a fine copy in publisher's blue cloth. More
A manual of European butterflies, on the plan of Stainton's manual of British butterflies and moths.
London: Williams and Norgate, 1862. Small octavo, illustrations. Annotations throughout, signature, very good copy in publisher's blindstamped cloth. More
The mammals of Australia, illustrated by Miss Harriett Scott and Mrs Helena Forde, for the Council of Education; with a short account of all the species hitherto described.
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
The snakes of Australia; an illustrated and descriptive catalogue of all the known species.
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
Two papers on the vertebrata of the Lower Murray and Darling; and on snakes observed in the neighbourhood of Sydney.
Sydney: Reading and Wellbank, Printers, 1865. Octavo, Modern binder's cloth with gilt title, very scarce. The author's reprint with a separately published title page. Originally published in the Transactions of the Philosophical Society of New South Wales. Both Krefft papers are of great interest, the first paper particularly so as..... More
Histoire naturelle de Lacepede comprenant les cetaces, les quadrupedes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons. Nouvelle edition precedee de L'eloge de Lacepede par Cuvier avec des notes et la nouvelle classification de M. A.-G. Desmarest.
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
Monographie de la famille des erotyliens.
Paris: Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, 1842. Octavo, publisher's plain papered boards with partial handwritten spine label. More
Exposition methodique des genres de l'ordre des Polypiers ...
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
Pheasant drawings by Joseph Wolf.
Kingston upon Hull: The Allen Publishing Co, 1988. Large folio, colour plates tipped in, monochrome plates. Publisher's quarter red calf, red cloth, raised bands, marbled endpapers, slipcase, wooden box, limited edition of 275 copies numbered and signed by editor, fine copy. Reproductions of the original sketches and the coloured plates..... More
Report on the collections of natural history made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the "Southern Cross".
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1902. Octavo, 33 lithographed plates, including nine coloured by H. Gronvold. Publisher's cloth, bookplate, signature on front endpaper, a bright crisp copy. More
On Okapia, a new genus of Giraffidae, from central Africa.
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
Autograph letter signed and dated 1820.
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
A new and improved edition of Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets by Francoise Le Vaillant 1753-1824 from the original two volumes in the collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green.
Sydney: Imprime, 1989. Elephant folio, 144 loose plates. Publisher's handsome green cloth Solander boxes with coloured label, limited to 200 numbered copies, a fine set. A magnificent modern reproduction of Le Vaillant's great work on parrots. The published price was $20,000. Freight is extra. More
A history of the birds of Ceylon.
London: Author, [1878]-1880- [1881]. Quarto, one coloured map, one coloured egg plate, 33 handcoloured plates by Keulemans of the Ceylonese endemics. Contemporary red calf and blue boards with gilt lettering "Royal Australasian Ornithologist Union/ presented to the R.A.O.U. by its first president/ the author". All edges speckled, the R.A.O.U. library..... More
Reconnoitering voyages and travels, with adventures in the new colonies of South Australia.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1839. Octavo, six uncoloured plates. Contemporary full marbled calf, some wear and hinges cracked, a few spots. More
Illustrations de Zoologie, ou recueil de figures d'animaux printes d'apres nature.
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, [1832-1835]. Octavo, 60 handcoloured engraved plates with accompanying text leaves. Contemporary brown tree calf, raised bands and coloured labels, all edges coloured, a superb copy. The plates are very handsome and include fine images of Birds of Paradise and parrots, with male and female Cockatiel figured in..... More
A natural history of the lepidopterous insects of New South Wales [manuscript copy]
[c1840's]. Quarto, 42 leaves of Whatman paper, some leaves watermarked 'J Whatman 1794'. A single leaf for the title page and table of contents (the wording a direct copy of the Lewin 1822 title page), then follows 13 watercolours and 13 accompanying manuscript text leaves ( a copy of the..... More
The Swedish Zoological Expedition to British East Africa 1911 [birds, reptiles and mammals].
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
Amazon parrots: a monograph.
London: Rodolphe d'Erlanger/Basilisk Press, 1983. Folio, 25 tipped-in plates by Elizabeth Butterworth. Full red silk, all contained in a handsome black Solander box, limited to 515 numbered copies and signed by author and artist on the final leaf, a magnificent association copy inscribed "Rosemary Low- best wishes to Andrew Isles..... More
Review of the genus Cisticola.
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