Fine And Rare from Natural History Books

Madras: Central Survey Office, 1875. First edition.. Some light browning to the rear (blank) side of some plates, a few wrinkles of the tissue guards, a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (1, title page printed in silver and gilt), 12 hand-colored photo-lithographic plates, with captions naming the snakes in Latin, English, Tamil, Telugu, Hindustani,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. Dobson, 1842. Second edition.. Some occasional foxing to the text and to the title page of volume 5, fraying to the outer edge of plate 1 in volume 2, the fine hand-colored plates are bright and clean, a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xv, 17-152; vi, 9-142; ii, 3-128; vi, 7-136; vi, 5-118, (1,… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Published by the Author, 1933. First edition. Light edge wear to outer cloth joints, shipping boxes show some wear and rubbing, a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xv, 1-370; vi, 371-794, (1); with 34 color plates by Shigekazu Kobayashi and Nagahisa Kuroda, 2 folding maps. Publisher’s original wine-red half-cloth over lighter… Read more about this item

Albany: Carroll and Cook, 1843. First edition.. Some light edge wear to the cloth at the top and bottom of the spine, the first large folding map has some old folds near the area of attachment to the gutter of the volume, there is some occasional light foxing to the frontis matter of the volume as well as some… Read more about this item

Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen Verlag, 1909-1954. First edition.. A bright and clean set that is in fine (new) condition.. Pp. complete text and 1,458 chromolithographed plates. Publisher’s original brown half-calf over green cloth boards, spines are lettered in gilt with numerous gilt panel lines and with a gilt lepidopterological vignette at the head of each spine, lg 4to… Read more about this item

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1878 (1879). First edition.. The last five pages of the index of volume 1 with faint corner wrinkle, the top outer corner of the first six pages of volume 2 with a faint crease and some soiling, the text block and hand-colored plates are bright and clean without any foxing or browning, a tight copy in… Read more about this item

Weimar: Verlage des Industrie: Comptoir's, 1800-1802. First edition.. Light scattered foxing to title pages with no affect to the plates; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xxxii, 524; xx, 552; xxvi, 454; xx, 298; xii, 200; 168 mostly hand-colored lithographed plates. Light brown original boards, spine with red and black title/author labels and… Read more about this item

Cassel: Theodor Fischer, 1843-1850. First edition.. There is some foxing and browning to some of the hand-colored plates in volume 1, this is due to the poor quality of the paper used; nearly all the plates in volume 2 are bright and clean, only a few shows light foxing. The fine morocco binding is very bright and clean,… Read more about this item

London: Henry Sotheran and Company, 1890. First edition.. Light foxing to the frontis matter only, all the fine hand-colored plates are bright and clean, a tight copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (vi), 54 hand-colored lithographed plates by J. Gould and W. Hart, heightened with gum Arabic. Each plate is accompanied by a descriptive leaf of text… Read more about this item

London: Henry Sotheran and Company, 1887. First edition.. A fine copy with brilliant hand-colored plates in a fine Morocco leather binding.. Pp. (vii), (199); 58 hand-colored lithographs of hummingbirds by John Gould and/or W. Hart, each with a descriptive leaf of text. Full green Morocco leather, spine with five bands, lettered in gilt on two red Morocco… Read more about this item

Nuremberg: Johann Joseph Fleischmann, 1758. First edition.. A very bright and clean copy with brilliant hand-colored plates, outer corners a little rubbed, in near fine condition in a new clamshell cloth-covered box.. Pp. (10), viii, 116, 48 engraved plates (24 are hand-colored each with a matching uncolored key plate), 1 hand-colored frontispiece, engraved title page, 8 engraved headpieces… Read more about this item

La Haye, France: J. Kips, J. Hz. et W. P. Stockum, 1837. First edition.. Some faint browning to the endpapers, and to the front and rear boards, top and bottom outer corners of the front board rubbed, faint creases to rear side of the three double page maps, a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp.… Read more about this item

London: G. Bowyer for Soc. for Encouragement of Learning, sold by J. Whiston, etc., 1744. First edition.. Some edge-wear and rubbing to the head and foot of the spine, the text is very bright and clean in a recent clamshell box, a clean very good copy.. Pp. xiv, xxvii, (36), 603, (1); (605)-1128, (86), with engraved title- and… Read more about this item

Leiden: George Jacob Wishoff, 1753. First edition.. Page edges a bit darkened, some light foxing and browning to the text, a very good copy in an attractive binding.. Pp. (10), 177, (35), 44, 16, (2); 12 full-page folding copper-plate engravings.  Title page is lettered in red and black.  Publisher’s original full brown two-color leather in panels, rebacked with… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Panckoucke, 1789-1790. First edition.. The page edges retain the original deckle edges that are aged-toned, there is light staining to the top outer corners of plates 31 and 32 not affecting the images, some occasional marginal browning to text, overall a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. xxviii, 70, + 43 fine full-page… Read more about this item

Versailles: P. D. Pierres, An VIII [1799-1800]. First edition.. Occasional light foxing, a near fine copy.. Pp. [iv], viii, 202, engraved headpiece, 21 engraved plates printed in bistre, contemporary French marbled calf expertly rebacked, gilt title and panels on spine, marbled endpapers, 4to. This romantic conchology, specifically addressed to female readers as a subject worthy of their study.… Read more about this item

Alcala de Henares, Spain: ex officina Joannis Graciani, apud viduam, 1595. First edition.. A few pages with light marginal staining, some age spots to the vellum, some pages with light browning; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. [12] 375 [4] ff, 122 [24] ff, title page in red and black with woodcut gryphon device.… Read more about this item

Caracas, Venezuela: Edicions de la Presidencia de la Republica, 1986-1988. Limited edition.. A fine set in slightly edge-worn dust jackets.. This is a 10-volume compilation of all the writings by the Prussian-Venezuelan naturalist Adolf Ernst. These articles were published in German, English and Spanish in journals from around the world. This commemorative edition was limited… Read more about this item

New York: National Science Association of America, 1897. Early edition.. Light edge to the outer morocco joints, a very bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (4), 16, 182 (10, index), 119 color plates (chromolithographs). One quarter dark wine-red morocco leather, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in three compartments over maroon-red cloth… Read more about this item

Parisiis: Apud Ludovicum Billaine, 1776. First edition.. Old repairs to the outer margins of the half-title and title pages with no effect to the text, some text-browning and spotting to the last few pages, a few old pencil marks in the margins of the text; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xiv (half-title, title, dedication, preface,… Read more about this item