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Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, (1855. second edition]. Duodecimo, handcoloured half title, 34 handcoloured plates. Publisher's cloth with new endpapers. The naturalist's library, volume 24. Most Australian species are covered with an accompanying handcoloured plate. More
London: Hippolyte Balliere, 1846-1848. Octavo, volume one 22 (eleven handcoloured) lithographs; volume two 22 (10 handcoloured) lithographs. Modern plain red binder's cloth, some uncoloured plates typically oxidised. Volume one: containing the order Marsupiata or pouched animals. Volume two: containing the order Rodentia, or gnawing mammalia. The marsupial volume represents the..... More
![Journal of a voyage to New South Wales [reptile plates only]. John White](/pictures/thumb/19223.jpg?v=1561194037)
London: J. Debrett, 1790. Quarto, ten handcoloured engraved plates of reptiles. Modern blue half calf with the bookplates of David McPhee. John White was chief surgeon of the First Fleet. He was also an interested amateur naturalist and after arriving at Port Jackson found time to accompany Governor Phillip on..... More
Adelaide: Reprinted from The Register, [1917]. Sextodecimo, photographs. Publisher's printed wrappers, very good copy, scarce. More
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1833. Quarto, 16 engraved plates. Contemporary full calf, expertly rebacked, a "prize" binding with a contemporary written inscription pasted in. Henry Witham (1779- 1844) was the first English person to investigate the internal structure of fossil plants by sectioning the specimens and was a founder..... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1874. Tall octavo, 108 chromolithographed plates. Publisher's blue blindstamped and gilt decorated cloth, some flecking otherwise a bright crisp set. More