London: R H Porter, 1881. Tall octavo, frontispiece, 31 lithographed plates including eleven coloured and seven either folding or double page. Contemporary black half morocco, the bookplate John Calaby. Alfred Henry Garrod (1846-1879) was an anatomist and physiologist with a strong interest in zoology. He was the first person to... More
London: Taylor and Francis, 1881. Large quarto, eleven handcoloured plates by Smit, one coloured map, with an EXTRA 55 handcoloured plates. Contemporary binder's cloth, some wear, spines titled 'extra illustrated copy', the bookplate of Alan Francis Brooke, a unique copy. Colonel Arthur Hay, ninth Marquess of Tweedale (1824-1878), known before... 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