London: Zoological Society of London, 1890. Quarto, 65 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Contemporary green half morocco, marbled endpapers, a few spots. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON In 1826 the Zoological society of London was formed with the specific intention of establishing a menagerie, museum... More
London: W. Mears, 1721. Quarto, 28 handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary full calf and maroon leather label, some wear and corners bumped, all edges coloured, a sound copy. Richard Bradley was appointed to the chair of botany at Cambridge University in 1724. This work is an early attempt to describe the... More
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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
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
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
Octavo, Single sheet 22.5 cm by 18 cm, 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]... More
London: Trubner and Co, 1876-1876. Quarto, 104 handcoloured lithographs and chromolithographs by Keulemans and others. Publisher's green cloth, some occasional spots mainly to the endpapers and early leaves, the bookplate of H. Bradley Martin, a very good set. George Dawson Rowley (1822-1878) was an English amateur ornithologist, a friend of... More
London: Trubner and Co, 1876-1876. Quarto, three volumes, 104 handcoloured lithographs and chromolithographs by Keulemans and others. Contemporary green binder's cloth (a near match to the publisher's binding) with burgundy label, a few minor flecks and marks; the contents clean, a very good set. George Dawson Rowley (1822-1878) was an... More