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183154248Philadelphia: Stoddart and Atherton 1831. Second edition. Three octavo volumes 22cm. Contemporary marbled calf with leather spine labels; engraved extra-title present in each volume; xvi7-362;330;264pp; engraved frontispiece v.1 and 48 inserted leaves of plates; text illus. Faint scattered foxing to text but plates generally clean; bindings exhibit moderate external aging and wear with small losses to leather at spine ends and corners. A complete structurally sound Good or better set. Early ownership signature of a Benj. Webb Jr. on endpaper and extra-title of v.1.<br /> <br /> A quite presentable set of Godman's treatise on the mammals of North America including some ethnographic notes on Native Americans and a lengthy discussion of the fossil record with special attention given to the Giant Mastodon. Much of the third volume is devoted to a description of the American whale fishery. Godman 1794-1830 was trained as a physician and was for some time the director of the Philadelphia Anatomical Rooms a private medical college where he achieved considerable renown as an anatomist. American Natural History described as "the first systematic treatise on the subject" DAB was first published in Philadelphia from 1826-1828; two "Second Editions" appeared in 1831 this one under the Stoddart & Atherton imprint and another by Key & Mielkie. Sabin and Imprints Bruntjen & Bruntjen note only the latter but OCLC records suggest that the two editions are collected with equivalent frequency. Neither Sabin nor Imprints supply a plate count for the Second Edition but our copy conforms to that at the Smithsonian Institution the only OCLC member institution to provide a collation. SABIN 27663. B&B 7271. Stoddart and Atherton unknown
1879033758Colorado 1879. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Black Paper Card Covers Gilt Lettering On Front Cover Bound By A Ribbon At Top. Contains 12 Cards Each With A Mounted Flower With Printed Scientific Description And The Location Where Collected All Locations At 6000-7500 Ft. Altitude. Flowers In Good Condition One Mostly Loose But All Present And Apparently Complete. Worldcat Does Not Identify An Institutional Holding Nor Does Google Identify Any Information; No Publication Information Just The Title And Date On Front Cover. <br/> <br/> paperback
181138686Caen: Chalopin / Poisson 1811-1817. The two volumes of the reports of the Academy of Caen all published first and only edition and the second edition of the Abbé de la Rue's groundbreaking work on Breton bards all bound up in two volumes. 352 8 302 13; 74 pp. 8vos. Bound in contemporary calf-backed boards. Engraved armorial bookplates of L.H. Ruault du Plessis Vaidière in both volumes. Backstrips worn but still solid and attractive. Internally fine and bright. Very scarce. Frère I 329. <br/><br/> Chalopin / Poisson hardcover
18841405300113Paris Imprimerie royale 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. 516p. French. Bound in modern brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Fine binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Soiling to first page and last page. Lacking title page. <br><br> The albumins are a family of globular proteins the most common of which is serum albumin. The albumin family consists of all proteins that are water-soluble are moderately soluble in concentrated salt solutions and experience heat denaturation. Albumins are commonly found in blood plasma and are unique from other blood proteins in that they are not glycosylated. Substances containing albumins such as egg white are called albuminoids. <br>A number of blood transport proteins are evolutionarily related including serum albumin alpha-fetoprotein vitamin D-binding protein and afamin. <br><br> Pierre Jacques Antoine Bechamp was a French chemist and biologist now best known as a rival of Louis Pasteur. Bchamp did pioneering work in industrial chemistry developing an efficient process to produce aniline dye which was central to the development of the synthetic dye industry. He also developed p-aminophenylarsonate an organic arsenic compound used to treat parasitic diseases.<br> Bechamp's later life was consumed by a bitter and protracted dispute with Louis Pasteur. Initially their rivalry centered on credit for discovery of fermentation and later grew to encompass competing ideas on microbiology pathogenesis and germ theor Paris, Imprimerie royale hardcover
18502671Philadelphia:: The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 1850. First edition. Near Fine with condition with original hand-coloring. . A Near Fine original hand-colored lithograph. Folio 9.25 x 13 inches 235 x 330 mm. The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was established by the learned naturalists of high Philadelphian society in early 19th century America to document the recent natural discoveries of a new nation and farther afield. The founding members and contributors were the luminaries of early American natural history and sciences; Titian Peale Thomas Say and George Ord to name a few. The Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences was their clarion and was illustrated with wonderful folio-sized hand-colored lithographs by RP Smith Lithographer. We classify these fabulous plates as some of the best unsung values in the art of 19th century American ornithology. The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, unknown
1824580Paris: De L'Imprimerie De Firmin Didot 1824. Exotic. Very Good . 4 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches. 18 pages 4 feps at front and rear. Title page with small owner's stamp of "Mr Henri Milne Edwards" the noted 19th Century zoologist 1800-1885. All page edges uncut. A little light foxing and the old endpapers are lightly soiled. Bound by John Field with binder's ticket in modern full yellow water buffalo with blind rolled borders and red spine label with gilt title and new endpapers. Provenance: Henri Milne Edwards Library of Henry and Virginia Walton Harry and Virginia Walton were lifelong residents of Covington Virginia a small town in the Allegheny Mountains. Harry was a graduate of Lynchburg College and Virginia was a graduate of the Lynchburg General School of Nursing. Although largely unknown to the general public the Waltons' reputation as collectors was widely respected in bibliophile and academic circles and items from their collection were exhibited at numerous colleges universities and art centers. After their deaths the original Walton collection was the subject of a series of very successful auctions in New York and London. John Field was an expert leather bookbinder associated with W.J. Barrow Restoration Shop Richmond VA. De L'Imprimerie De Firmin Didot unknown
18502676Philadelphia:: The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 1850. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. A Fine original hand-colored lithograph. Folio 9.25 x 13 inches 235 x 330 mm. The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was established by the learned naturalists of high Philadelphian society in early 19th century America to document the recent natural discoveries of a new nation. The founding members and contributors were the luminaries of early American natural history and sciences; Titian Peale Thomas Say and George Ord to name a few. The Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences was their clarion and was illustrated with wonderful folio-sized hand-colored lithographs by J.T. Bowen and Co. in Philadelphia America's premier lithographers of the mid-19th century and the very same company to produce John James Audubon's landmark lithographs for the first seven Royal Octavo editions of the Birds of America c. 1840-65 and both the Imperial Folio and Royal Octavo editions of the Quadrupeds of North America. c.1840-54. In essence the same artists and printers who produced Audubon masterful lithographs created this work. We classify these fabulous plates as one of the best unsung values in the art of 19th century Americanornithology. The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, unknown
18482675Philadelphia:: The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 1848. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. A Fine original hand-colored lithograph. Folio 9.25 x 13 inches 235 x 330 mm. The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was established by the learned naturalists of high Philadelphian society in early 19th century America to document the recent natural discoveries of a new nation. The founding members and contributors were the luminaries of early American natural history and sciences; Titian Peale Thomas Say and George Ord to name a few. The Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences was their clarion and was illustrated with wonderful folio-sized hand-colored lithographs by J.T. Bowen and Co. in Philadelphia America's premier lithographers of the mid-19th century and the very same company to produce John James Audubon's landmark lithographs for the first seven Royal Octavo editions of the Birds of America c. 1840-65 and both the Imperial Folio and Royal Octavo editions of the Quadrupeds of North America. c.1840-54. In essence the same artists and printers who produced Audubon masterful lithographs created this work. We classify these fabulous plates as one of the best unsung values in the art of 19th century ornithology. The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, unknown
1892ZB445183Mdison: Democrat Printing Co. etc. 1892-1900. volumes 8-13 complete volumes original paper wrappers untrimmed as issued some external wear and tears overall very good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT:. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Mdison: Democrat Printing Co., etc. unknown
181345481Philadelphia: Kimber & Richardson 1813. First Edition. Two volumes; octavo 21.5cm.; Vol. I bound in slightly later half calf over marbled boards black gilt spine label Vol. II in full contemporary sheep red gilt spine label; 4506; 6484pp.; engraved title pages 25 leaves of plates including eight folding. Evidence of previously removed library bookplates to Vol. 1 pastedowns some scuffing to boards more heavily so to Vol. II some light foxing one leaf trimmed close with slight loss of text a couple of closed tears to folding leaves else Very Good and sound overall. Attractive engraved pictorial bookseller ticket to rear pastedown of Vol. II. Complete first and second volumes of the New Series edited by the Anglo-American chemist Thomas Cooper. Though not a particularly brilliant scientist Cooper's "greatest service to science was undoubtedly the dissemination of information" Dictionary of Scientific Biography III p. 400. The present collection includes detailed articles on sugar from beets and grapes "Comparative Height of Mountains on the Earth the Moon and Venus" turnpike roads making "fine Cutlery" foreign and homemade wines criminals from 1805 to 1811 and "the uses of a dead horse by the editor." SHAW & SHOEMAKER 28226. Kimber & Richardson unknown
18502679Philadelphia:: The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 1850. first edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. A Fine original hand-colored lithograph. Folio 9.25 x 13 inches 235 x 330 mm. The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was established by the learned naturalists of high Philadelphian society in early 19th century America to document the recent natural discoveries of a new nation. The founding members and contributors were the luminaries of early American natural history and sciences; Titian Peale Thomas Say and George Ord to name a few. The Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences was their clarion and was illustrated with wonderful folio-sized hand-colored lithographs by J.T. Bowen and Co. in Philadelphia America's premier lithographers of the mid-19th century and the very same company to produce John James Audubon's landmark lithographs for the first seven Royal Octavo editions of the Birds of America c. 1840-65 and both the Imperial Folio and Royal Octavo editions of the Quadrupeds of North America. c.1840-54. In essence the same artists and printers who produced Audubon masterful lithographs created this work. We classify these fabulous plates as one of the best unsung values in the art of 19th century ornithology. The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, unknown
1899246396Washington: The Academy. Very Good. 1899-1911. Complete in 13 volumes 1899-1911 some with several parts ; most in original wrappers with vols 4 5 6 & 7 bound in maroon cloth. In 1911 the name was changed to "Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences" with a new vol. 1 no. 1 issued on July 19 1911. . The Academy hardcover
1846022540Princes Street Soho London: John Churchill 1846. Second edition. Small octavo pp viii 205 i 10 page publisher's catalogue slightly age-toned and dusty internally the hinges at page 1 and page 2/3 a bit strained and open but not weak original red blind-stamped cloth rather dull and marked the joints rubbed lacking small pieces at the spine head the base of the spine a little bruised the binding leaning a little. With the armorial bookplate of Hunt of Aylesbury. RARE. . Second edition. Cloth. Good. John Churchill Hardcover
18331611020024Cambridge Mass. : Charles Folsom Metcalf & Co 1833 - 1846. Hardcover. Good. Two quarto volumes. New series 1833-1846. Rebound in modern green cloth. Perforated library stamp on titles. Scattered foxing. Hand colored map of Nova Scotia and colored lithographs to rear of volume I. Foldout charts in Volume II are facsimiles on modern paper. Volume I contains Father Sebastian Rasles' Dictionary of the Abnaki Language. Rale had been a French missionary who had encourage native resistance to Yankee settlement. Abenaki is a now endangered Algonquian language which the Eastern dialects is spoken by the Micmac Maliseet Passamaquoddy Penobscot Indians of Maine New England and Quebec. Pilling 3196. <br> Contents of Vol. 1:A Discourse in Commemoration of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; Remarks on Longevity and the Expectation of Life in the United States Relating More Particularly to the State of New Hampshire with Some Comparative Views in Relation to Foreign Countries; A Table of the Longitude and Altitude; Tables of the Present Value of a Life-Annuity at Any Age According to Dr. Wigglesworth's Bill of Mortality; Occultations and Eclipses Observed at Dorchester Massachusetts; Observations on the Comparative Rates of Marine Chronometers; Remarks and Inquiries concerning the Birds of Massachusetts; A Meteorological Journal from the Year 1786 to the Year 1829; Remarks on the Mineralogy and Geology of Nova Scotia; Table Showing the Present Value of the Right of Dower of a Married Woman in Any Real Estate Provided She Survives Her Husband; Description of a New Stand for a Reflecting Telescope; Latitudes and Longitudes of Several Places in the United States as Determined by Observation; Tables Exhibiting the Number of White Persons in the United States at Every Age Deduced from the Last Census; Description of a Machine Called a Gypsey for Spinning Hemp and Flax; A Dictionary of the Abnaki Language in North America. With an Introductory Memoir and Notes. <br><br>Vol. 2: Plantae Fendlerianae Novi-Mexicanae: An Account of a Collection of Plants Made Chiefly in the Vicinity of Santa Fe New Mexico; A Memoir upon the Geological Action of the Tidal and Other Currents of the Ocean; History and Transformations of Corydalus cornutus; Internal Anatomy of Corydalus cornutus in Its Three Stages of Existence; Contributions to the Bryology and Hepaticology of North America; Description of the Observatory at Cambridge Massachusetts; On Some Applications of the Method of Mechanical Quadratures; Illustrations of Fossil Footprints of the Valley of the Connecticut. Cambridge [Mass.] : Charles Folsom, Metcalf & Co hardcover
1865036341London : Robert Hardwicke 1865. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . 400 Pp 9 Color Plates Encompassing 75 Illustrations With Description On Facing Page Not Included In Book Pagination. First Printing 1865 Of This First And Only Edition Of This Work Prepared During The Author's Lifetime Although Reprinted In 1868 The First Posthumous Edition And Thereafter. The Author's Preface Provides The Author's Explanation Of The Many Revisions Additions And Deletions To His Previous Works. Three Quarter Green Morocco Brown Morocco Spine Label Gilt; Buff Endpapers.; 1865 Date On Title Page. All Edges With Publisher's Red Color. Wear Loss Of Paper On Edges Of Boards Pinpoint Frays At Tips But Binding Exceptionally Sturdy. Rare; Worldcat Shows No Institutional Holding Of This 1865 Edition Only The 1868 And Later Editions. Sir William Jackson Hooker1785 - 12 August 1865 Was An English Systematic Botanist And Organiser And Botanical Illustrator. He Held The Post Of Regius Professor Of Botany At Glasgow University And Was Director Of The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. He Enjoyed The Friendship And Support Of Sir Joseph Banks For His Exploring Collecting And Organising Work. His Son Joseph Dalton Hooker Succeeded Him To The Directorship Of Kew Gardens. <br/> <br/> Robert Hardwicke hardcover
1807135159Stockholm: Henrik A. Nordström 1807-08. First edition all published of the series of "Economic Annals" of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Sweden. The work issued in monthly parts deals with economics in the sense of practical advice and findings applicable in agriculture and business in general. 8 vols octavo. 3 folding tables and 1 folding plate. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards flat spines ruled and decorated gilt red morocco labels yellow edges. Spine ends a little worn some slight surface wear and corners rubbed the February 1807 issue lacking 2 leaves pp. 87-90; in very good condition. hardcover
1832036310London: Richard Taylor / Charles E. Sowerby 1832 1835 1836 1837 1838 1832. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Seven Volumes Of 2Nd Edition So Stated In All Volumes Without Later Supplementary And Continuation Volumes. Vol. I Undated With 1832 Preface;Vol. Ii Dated 1835; Vol Iii Dated 1836; Vol. Iv Dated 1837; Volume V Dated 1838; Vol. Vi Dated 1839; Vol. Vii Dated 1840. All Volumes Contain A Mixture Of Plates With Single And Double Plate Numbers. Apparently First Printings Of Second Edition Of All Volumes; Text Reduced And Plates Omitted Which Represent Such Allied Species As May Be Readily Distinguished By The Descriptions From Those Figured. Quarter Green Diced Morocco Over Green Cloth With An Intricately And Deeply Blindstamped Floral Design. 9 1/8" Tall. All Bindings Worn; Old Repairs To Joints; Fraying At Tips And Corners Of Spine Chipping To Lower Spines Of Several Volumes; Contents Clean Slight Foxing To A Few Plates; Contemporary Ownership Signatures Of Jane ----- In Each Volume. Vol. I With Rear Board Detached. International Postage At Usps Insured Mail Rates. <br/> <br/> Richard Taylor / Charles E. Sowerby 1832 1835 1836 1837 1838 hardcover
1842biblio642Paris: L.Curmer 1842-43. Very Good. <p>2 vols in 8 Rel demi-cuir plats percaline embosses dorures xxiv416p 664p Abondamment illustré de gravures sur acier et sur bois dont 33 planches aquarellées plans dépliants portraits taches de rousseurs clairsemées</p> L.Curmer unknown
1822B6522Paris: Imprimerie de C.L.F. Panckoucke. 1822. . A very good copy with marginal minor light spotting. Publisher's blind stamps to corners of plates. Edition: Second Edition. Binding: contemporary half red calf over orange calf title in gilt on upper board and spine spine with 6 raised bands spine compartments with gilt ruling and blind decorative central devices. Notes: The second edition contained in total 11 plate volumes in large folio and 24 volumes of text in octavo.<br>The Description de L'Egypte was a series of publications appearing first in 1809 and continuing until the final volume appeared in 1829 which aimed to comprehensively catalog all known aspects of ancient and modern Egypt as well as its natural history. It is the collaborative work of about 160 civilian scholars and scientists known popularly as the savants who accompanied Bonaparte's expedition to Egypt in 1798 to 1801 as part of the French Revolutionary Wars as well as about 2000 artists and technicians including 400 engravers who would later compile it into a full work.<br> Size: Large Folio 670 x 515 mm Illustration: Illustrated with some superb folding large plates of panoramas and maps.<br>Volume 3 illustrated with 43 single full-page plates 20 double page plates 6 large folding plates of maps plans views and more.<br>Volume 4 illustrated with 58 single full-page plates 2 double page plates 4 large folding plates of maps plans views and more lacking 8 plates never bound.<br>Volume four missing plates 3 6 7 10 13 14 29 42 not bound originally.<br> Volume: Volume 3-4 out of 11 pl Category: Book Plate Books General; Book Africa Egypt; Imprimerie de C.L.F. Panckoucke. hardcover
