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1772(LCPCSCI-0005)(Une jolie édition de Buffon du XVIII siècle, en reliure homogène et avec 257 planches gravées sur cuivre) BUFFON Georges-Louis Leclerc (C.te DE). "HISTOIRE NATURELLE, GENERALE ET PARTICULIERE PAR M. DE BUFFON, INTENDANT DU JARDIN DU ROI, DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCOISE, & DE CELLE DES SCIENCES... NOUVELLE EDITION". 1772, Paris, De Thou. 5 volumes fort in-8° (210x135 mm) (dimensions pages 203x124 mm) I : (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre), 640 pp., (1) f. (table), 2 cartes dépliantes et 9 planches sur cuivre h.t. ; II : (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre), 576 pp., (1) f. (table), 42 planches h.t. dont 1 tableau dépliant ; III : (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre), 558 pp., (1) f. (table), 81 planches h.t. ; IV : (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre), 468 pp. (y compris la table), (2) ff. (table et privilège), 76 planches h.t. ; V : (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre), XX pp. (plan de l'ouvrage), 641, (1) pp., 49 planches h.t. Soit un total de 257 planches sur cuivre h.t. et 2 cartes dépliantes. (I : (2) ff., A-Z8, Aa-Rr8, (1) f. (cahier G8 en double) ; II : (2) ff., A-F8, G-L4, M-Z8, Aa-Pp8, Qq4, (1) f. ; III : (2) ff., A-Z8, Aa-Mm8, (E8 après G1, H1 avant G2, V4-V5 avant T5) ; IV : (2) ff., A-Z8, Aa-Dd8, Ee-Ii4 (un carton après L8) ; V : (2) ff., a8, b2, A-Z8, Aa-Rr8, Ss2) Reliure de l'époque en basane brune marbrée. Dos avec petites décorations dorées et pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin vert. Tranches pointillées de rouge. Gardes de papier blanc. Rare édition, complète des 4 premiers volumes et avec le cinquième volume, premier des oiseaux. Petit manque de cuir à la coiffe supérieure du t. I, deux petits trous de ver en queue du t. II et quelques infimes éraflures sur les plats. Petite déchirure marginale, sans atteinte et sans perte au f. B2 du t. II. Petit manque marginale de papier au f. de la table du t. I, avec perte de quelques numéros. Quelques mouillures marginales dans le t. IV, mais très bel exemplaire en reliure homogène. (LCPCSCI-0005) (1.200,00 €)
1785032107London : Harrison and Co 1785 A rare and beautiful introduction to natural history. In 2 folio volumes with 99 of 100 hand coloured plates by Moses Harris and others after his style. Martyn is a pseudonym for William Fordyce Mavor who authored a wide range of works. The books are set out alphabetically with the plates reflecting this classification so they can portray lizards and lynx side by side on the same plate. The pages are double column and unpaginated. The text for each animal is thoughtfully put together eg for the guinea pig 'The Guinea-Pig is a very cleanly creature and totally different from that that affords it a name.Guinea-Pigs repose on their bellies pretty much in their usual posture.'. The plates are nicely coloured and the ones by Moses Harris butterflies moths and shells are particularly well drawn. This copy is in a contemporary half leather binding with marbled boards. The half leather corners have been replaced with a paper cover. There is some wear to boards and corners but overall they are in good condition. The spines are leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. There are title and volume labels. There is some wear to joints particularly on Vol I where there is some cracking at the front hinge but the bindings are currently sound. Contents generally clean with occasional marking and some edge tearing. There are some pencil notes at the beginning of both volumes. The paper used in this work is particularly soft and prone to edge-tearing. Vol I: red and black title page; Preface; covers A-K; 55 plates; new rear endpaper. A couple of plates have margin/edge tears - Plate I has tear at the top margin with a small piece missing at the corner and a tear at the bottom margin again missing corners; Plate XLVII has a small piece missing from the bottom edge and a repair. The title page has a small hole and 2 repaired edge tears. Vol II: 44 of 45 plates; title page in red and black; text and plates L-Z; 2pp listing of plates; Finis. There is some offsetting from plates to text occasional browning to pages; and some edge-tearing. Please enquire if you would like more images to assess condition. Harrison and Co hardcover
1730GITj081A Paris Hôtel de Thou 1730. In-8 660pp dont table. Pleine basane havane racinée, dos à nerfs orné de cadres de filets et fleurettes dorés, pièces de titre grenat et de tomaison tabac, tranches brique, reliure de l'époque. Orné d'une belle gravure hors texte. Bel exemplaire complet et en bon état, reliure fraîche et décorative. TOME XVIII seul contenant: Livre IV Kamtchatka, découverte et conquête par les Russes, leur commerce, pays et peuples voisins (Koriaques), vocabulaire de la langue du Kamtchatka et des îles Kourites, dialectes des Koriaques, des Kourites, Groënland, glaces, climat, minéraux, végétaux, bêtes, oiseaux et poissons, habitants du Groënland, Annales ou histoire du Groënland, 1ers établissements Danois dans le Groënland, établissements du Groënland depuis l'année 1733 jusqu'à l'an 1740. (j081)
1769016541Lugduni Batavorum: Westenium 1769. Latin text throughout. Title page dedication leaf pp 506 ii with seven engraved folding plates and one folding table slight damage to the margin of the ornithological plate a little age-toning generally endpapers unevenly browned but otherwise very clean internally bound in full contemporary polished calf slight wear at the corners joints cracking slightly lacking a small piece at the head of the spine. The students whose names appear on the dissertations were not necessarily their authors; it was their function to present the dissertation and defend it in public debate but the responsibility for the content of the dissertation was largely that of the professor in this case Linnaeus. The fact that Linnaeus cited the Amoenitates as the place of publication for plant names he credited to himself indicates that he was generally the principal author of the work. At the end of this volume is a list of "Editiones operum auctoris" including the Amoenitates with the clear implication that Linnaeus is the author. Of great importance for "Potus Theae" in which Pehr Tillaeus discussed among other things the properties and benefits of tea as a medicine. Tillaeus's dissertation was the first in-depth botanical study of the tea bush and he also named parts of the plant. The tea plant had only been introduced to Sweden and Europe generally as recently as 1763. Also includes Hoffman's "Potus Chocolatae" - a botanico-medical essay on the merits of drinking chocolate flavored with vanilla. Botanical accounts are given of the cacao tree Theobroma cacao L. and of the vanilla orchid Epidendrum vanilla L. = Vanilla fragrans. The preparation of the chocolate beans and of the beverage by the Spaniards is described. Linnaeus advocated use of the beverage as a pleasant drink and for treatment of hypochrondria and hemorrhoids. Other essays include : Gahn's "Fundamenta Agrostographiae" - a classified list of grasses of economic importance preceded by a history of prior studies of grasses. Laurin's "Menthae usus" - an essay on the kinds of mints useful in medicinal preparations. Lado's "Motus polychrestus" - an essay on the importance of physical exercise as a preservative and restorative of good health. Tengborg's "Hortus Culinaris" - an essay on edible and economic plants of Sweden their culture and hardiness. Includes those then in use and others suggested. Backmann's "Fundamenta ornithologica" - an exposition of the fundamentals of Linnaeus' classification of birds. Uddman's "Lepra" - An overview of leprosy including hypotheses about causes types of leprosy possible treatments. Aphonin's "Usus historiae naturalis" - An essay on the importance of a knowledge of natural history to greater improvement of agriculture and horticulture with emphasis on those kinds of plants best suited as food for each kind of domestic animal. Osterdam's "Siren lacertina" - an account of the two-legged Siren lizard of South Carolina sometimes known as the Carolina mud iguana. Berlin's "Usus Muscorum" - an historical study of the economic uses of lichens in Sweden including Lapland. Roos' "Mundus Invisibilis" - a medico-botanical treatise on airborne spores and microorganisms some of which Linnaeus believed to be responsible for infectious diseases. Blad's "Fundamenta entomologiae" - an historical review of entomology with a list of 32 pre-Linnaean authors instructions on how to collect and preserve insects and the fundamentals of their classification. Wedenberg's "Varietas ciborum" - a medico-nutritional essay on the wide range of foodstuffs eaten by man and a classification of these foods into 10 groups and the effects of diets in which each group dominates and the diseases which might result. Linnaeus' concluding advice is "Ne quid nimis" nothing in excess ! With approximately ten other essays. LATIN TEXT THROUGHOUT. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AMOENITATES VOLUMES. RARE. Full Leather. Very Good. Westenium Hardcover
1798VV076751798 39 p., 8 engraved pls, disbound (no covers). Published in Transactions of the Linnean Society. Rare and important very early study.
1751LFA0172eUn ouvrage de 427 pages, format 100 x 175 mm, illustré de 6 planches dépliables, relié cuir, ppublié en 1751, Imprimerie Royale (Paris)
175999927993chez Claude Jean Baptiste Bauche A Paris, chez Claude Jean Baptiste Bauche, 1759. Consistant en Quadrupèdes, Cétacées, Oiseaux, Reptiles, Poissons, Insectes, Vers, Zoophytes, ou Plantes animales ; leurs propriétés en Médecine ; la classe, la famille, ou l'ordre, le genre, l'espèce avec ses variétés, où chaque animal est rangé, suivant les différentes méthodes ou nouveaux systèmes de Messieurs Linnaeus, Klein & Brisson par M. D. L. C. D. B. (Aubert de La Chesnaye Des Bois), Ouvrage composé d'apres ce qu'ont écrit les naturalistes anciens & modernes les historiens & les voyageurs. 4 volumes In-4 reliés plein veau, dos à nerfs ornés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge, tranches rouges. Faux-titre, titre, XXXII + 816 pages, 1 feuillet blanc et 729, 731, 640 pages. Texte sur 2 colonnes. Ouvrage composé d'après ce qu'ont écrit les naturalistes anciens & modernes, les historiens & les voyageurs. Quelques défauts aux reliures (coiffes élimées, coins émoussés), une trace d'humidité au plat supérieur du tome 2. Bel ensemble.
176620596Florence Italy: Giuseppe Vanni 1766. Print. Very good condition. Contemporary hand colored copper engraving. From the Natural History of the Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations in Miniature and Life-Size 1766-1777. <br /> <br /> The work carries some interesting historical importance according to Peter Dance: "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Florence. Begun in 1767 and based on birds taken from the collection of Giovanni Gerini it was completed ten years later. It was larger better engraved and more vividly coloured than any previous work on birds but these are not its only claim to fame. The attitudes of the birds themselves give this book its unique character. Strutting parading posturing and occasionally flying.are birds whose real-life counterparts would surely disown them and not without reason for Manetti seems in these pictures to be depicting the human comedy the habits and mannerisms of contemporary Italian society. His book may still be rated among the very greatest bird books if only for its magnificent comicality" S. Peter Dance The Art of Natural History: Animal Illustrators and their Work. London 1978.<br /> <br /> Approx. 10 5/8 x 13 1/2" platemark on watermarked paper measuring 14 1/2 x 18". The original images were drawn by Lorenzo Lorenzi Violante Vanni or Manetti himself. Giuseppe Vanni unknown
1791VV193891791-1795 (1st ed.) xvi, 840, xx, 800, xviii, 946 p., 26, 18, 31 (+ 5a & 5b) engraved, folded pls, 3 frontispieces, contemporary spickled paper covered boards (somewhat rubbed). Library stamps on blank end papers, and blank verso tiitle-page. A small waterstain on upper margin of first frontispiece, the great majority of text and plates clean, a little foxing on a few scattered pages, but nothing serious. Several plates depict two birds and these are counted in this work as two separate plates (in all there are 49 full page plates + 3 frontispieces).This is the complete birds section (volumes 2-4) in First edition! Volume 1 treated the mammals.
1790ORNI0052Wien, Schrämbl 1790. 376 S., 4 Bl., 48 handkolorierte Kupfertafeln, neuer Pappbd. m. Steinmarmor-Bezugspapier, Rückenschildchen, Farbschnitt, schwache Lichtspuren, einige schwache Stockfleck., die Textseiten 369-376 nur fragmentarisch vorhanden Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), französischer Naturforscher der Aufklärung. Sein offizielles botanisches Autorenkürzel war "Buffon".
17703928Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale 1770. Hardcover. Good. Eight volumes of birds; incomplete but a nice run. Quartos. Contemporary leather bindings worn. A profusion of wonderful plates. Uncollated and sold as is. <br/><br/> De L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
1770VV080851770-1783 9 vols (complete). 262 engraved plates (by De Seve), 4to, much later rose-red hcalf with black labels and marbled edges and endpapers. Upper ends of spines rubbed, three joints weak. Some occasional slight foxing, but the great majority clean. Faint traces of removal of small circular stamps on title-pages.The complete ornithological section of the scarce first edition (4to edition!) of Buffon's classic Histoire Naturelle. A good sound set.
1770188363Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1770. Kl.-8°. XXXVI, 352 S., 1 Bl.; 3 Bl., 351 S. Br. d. Zt. M. Sign. Gebräunt, teils braunfl. Unbeschnitten. Ohne die Tafeln! (Histoire naturelle 32-33).
1772188368Paris, Impr. Royale, 1772. Kl.-8°. M. gest. Tit.-Vign. u. 9 Kpfr.-Taf. 3 Bl., 417 S. Ppbd. d. Zt. Etwas berieben u. bestoßen. Gebräunt, teils braunfl. Name von alter Hd. a. Tit. (Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi 13).
178821250Paris Hôtel de Thou 1788/1789 -in-4 plein-veau 2 volumes, reliure plein veau havane raçiné in-quarto (binding full calfskin in-quarto)(26,5 x 20,5 cm), dos à nerfs (spine with raised band), décoration or et à froid (gilt and blind stamping decoration) à filets et roulettes or (gilt lines and filets), entre nerfs à fleurons "or" dans un encadrement d'un double filet "or" avec rinceaux "or" aux angles, titre et tomaison frappés or (gilt title and volume numbering), pièce de titre et de tomaison sur fond marron-foncé avec double filets "or" en encadrement (label of title and volume numbering with double gilt line), filet à froid de part et d'autre des nerfs, dos très légèrement frotté (spine very lightly rubbed), coiffe supérieure et inférieure du tome 1 accidentée, plats ornés d'un tiple filet "or" en encadrement avec coins écornés, mors bas du 4ème plat du tome 1 fendu sur 5 cm, bord droit du premier plat du tome II accidenté avec 1 coin droit haut fortement accidenté, toutes tranches lisses (all smooth edges), peignées bleues et rouges (all blue and red marbled edges), orné d 'une gravure front de chapitre gravée sur cuivre en noir par De Sève + 41 planches hors-texte en noir par De Sève, gravée sur cuivre en noir par Ve Tardieu (I à XLI) + 2 tableaux dépliants (les 2 tableaux manquent) pour le Tome 1 + une gravure front de chapitre gravée sur cuivre en noir par De Sève + 22 planches hors-texte en noir par De Sève, gravée sur cuivre en noir par Ve Tardieu(I à XXII) pour le Tome II, brunissures sur quelques cahiers avec manque de papier en bas de la page 425/426 du Tome 1, (XVIII + 1 p. d'errata + 651) + (527) pages, 1788/1789 Paris, Hôtel de Thou Editeur,
17703928Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale 1770. Hardcover. Good. Eight volumes of birds; incomplete but a nice run. Quartos. Contemporary leather bindings worn. A profusion of wonderful plates. Uncollated and sold as is. <br/><br/> De L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover books
177116641771 Couverture rigide Paris, de l'imprimerie royale, 1771. Un volume in-4 (26 x 21 cm), reliure plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos à 5 nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, filet doré sur les coupes, triple filet doré d'encadrement sur les plats, tranches marbrées, quelques épidermures et quelques frottements sur les plats, manques aux coiffes, coins émoussés. Feuillet de faux-titre, feuillet de titre, 3 feuillets de table, 560 pages, illustrées de 27 planches hors-texte dessinées par Jacques de Sève, 2 vignettes (dont une au titre), quelques feuillets jaunis, mouillure angulaire sur quelques feuillets autour de la planche VI sans atteindre l'illustration (voir photo). L'ouvrage contient l'étude détaillée de différents oiseaux (Coq, Dindon, Gélinotte, Perdrix, Caille...). Buffon est surtout célèbre pour son oeuvre majeure, "l'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi", en 36 volumes parus de 1749 à 1789, plus 8 autres tomes après sa mort, grâce à Lacépède. Il y a inclus tout le savoir de l'époque dans le domaine des sciences naturelles. Exemplaire du tome XVII bien complet. Bel état des planches et du texte, bon exemplaire de cette première édition.
1797biblio2Bewick Thomas: 1753-1828 History of British Birds. The Figures Engraved on Wood by T. Bewick. Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 containing the description and history of land birds etc. Newcastle: Sol. Hodgson; Edward Walker 1797; 1804 1804. 2 vols. 8vo. xxx ii 335 1; xx 400 pp. With 233 cuts of birds in the text. Contemporary half-polished calf over boards spine gilt; an excellent copy with respect to the interior of the book. Unfortunately the board is detached and nearly off. This copy is signed by Henry Oates and presented to him by his Aunt Ann Rayner in Dec. 1797. Ascended from Joseph Henry Oates to Lawrence Titus Oates who accompanied Scott on his expedition to the South Pole.First edition second issue as shown by the presence of the words "Wycliffe 1791" from the figure of the sea eagle on p. 11 of Volume I. Mottled calf over paper boards with some damage to the leather on volume one and volume two. Occasional spotting but otherwise a nice clean and internally bright copy. This is a very rare set owing in part to the signature and ascension of the Oates family. Published in two parts the first deals with land birds the second with water birds. "The text of the first volume was entirely written by Ralph Beilby; the illustrations are all by Bewick. It is as illustrator and artist that Bewick is best known and mainly on account of his excellent woodcuts this work passed through numerous editions a supplement being published by him in 1821. He also issued a number of small atlases of cuts without descriptive matter. The text in all the treatises bearing his name is mostly compilations from earlier writers." Thomas Bewick 1753-1828 is best remembered for his wood engravings especially those in his two works of Natural History: A General History of Quadrupeds and A History of British Birds Vol. I Land Birds Vol. II Water Birds. The methods of printing used in the eighteenth century led Bewick to develop techniques of engraving that far surpassed the work of his contemporaries. He lowered the surface of the blocks in the areas which he 'wished to appear pale so as to give the effect of distance'. These techniques together with Bewick's complete mastery of the traditional methods and his artistic ability resulted in some exquisite engravings. Masterful engraving indeed but all too frequently the printers of the day had neither the opportunity time or the incentive to produce fine sensitive impressions. Today printing the engravings individually and using a combination of eighteenth and nineteenth century techniques and twentieth century materials I was able to produce impressions that I hope go some way towards revealing the full potential of the blocks. As always it was both a privilege and a pleasure to print these wood engravings. Bewick was born in the north of England at Cherryburn on the south bank of the river Tyne twelve miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to Ralph Beilby a general engraver in Newcastle. Ten years later he formed a partnership with Beilby. Wood engraving was only a small part of the business and the majority of the work involved engraving inscriptions and decorations on a wide variety of objects such as guns dog collars harness clock faces rings cutlery and the engraving of banknotes billheads and even bookbinders' tools and letters. Bewick is best known for his wood engravings in his two works of natural history: A General History of Quadrupeds and A History of British Birds Vol.1 Land Birds Vol. 2 Water Birds. Bewick started to engrave the illustrations for the Quadrupeds in 1785 and in his autobiographical Memoir 1 recounts: 'The greater part of these Wood cuts were drawn & engraved at nights after the days work of the shop was over. The <br />book was very well received and Bewick was encouraged to work on a history of birds. © David Esslemont 1997.These books were purchased at a Dominic Winter Auction and further family provenance is as follows from a Oates historian. "Joseph Oates whose name is inscribed in the volume was the great-grandfather of Captain Lawrence Oates. Joseph Oates was born in 1743 and died in 1824. His wife was Elizabeth Rayner which accounts for the other signature in the book. Joseph Oates and Elizabeth Rayner had six children and the youngest Edward 1792-1865 married Susan Grace in 1836. One of their five children was William Oates 1841-1896 the father of Captain Oates 17 March 1880 – 17 March 1912- He died on his birthday. His grandparents' names were included in the full name of Captain Oates - i.e. Lawrence Edward Grace Oates. There is a strong connection with travel and exploration throughout the Oates ancestors." There is no connection to be found that these books were taken on the expedition or recovered from the expedition if they were they would be worth considerably more than our price. It is safe however to say that it was a treasured set by grandparents and parents of Oates and that both the great grandfather and Captain Oates' father had an interest in birds and collected such upon their travels around the world. From the age of 20 until his death at 32 Captain Lawrence Oates was mostly away in service or in the Antarctic. He spent 9 months at his ancestral home recovering from a leg wound he received in the Boer War in 1901. In the expedition at near death starving; Captain Lawrence Oates on his birthday said "I am just going outside and may be some time." Hew was known as a gentleman brave and determined to try and save his companions. His body was never found. Sol. Hodgson; Edward Walker hardcover
1792j7074London: P Elmsley; W Richardson. G: Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed with loss to spine. Untrimmed. 1792. First Edition. Grey card cover. 230mm x 140mm 9" x 6". cxxii 160pp plates. Fold-out hand-coloured map b/w fold-out plate. . P Elmsley; W Richardson unknown
1784ABC_46946The Netherlands 1784. Large folio 52 x 33.5 cm. Contemporary richly gold-tooled red morocco over boards sewn on 8 supports each board with a round gold-tooled green morocco inlaid centre piece gold-tooled board edges 2 pairs of green cloth ties gilt edges and block-printed paste-paper endpapers in red and yellow. The spine is also richly gold-tooled with 2 different rolls to frame the compartments and underline the leaf and flower stamps. The front and back boards match except for the gold lettering: on the front board "konst tekeningen" and on the back board "anno 1784". The tooling shows 4 different rolls used for multiple frames and numerous stamps of leaves flowers vases birds and other decorative elements. With 18 large beautifully hand-drawn and coloured illustrations of birds. 90 ll. Splendidly bound drawing book containing 18 unsigned detailed watercolour and gouache drawings of birds. The colourful birds appear to be drawn after the plates in Edward Donovan's The natural history of British birds first published in instalments between 1794 and 1819. If so the present drawings must have been added to the drawing book at least 10 years after it was bound.The blank drawing-book was bound according to the gold lettering on the back board in 1784 and the tools identify it as the work of the most important and arguably the best bindery in the 18th-century Netherlands dubbed the First Stadholder Bindery by Storm van Leeuwen. Since the names of the binders remain unknown the name now used alludes to the fact that it produced many bindings by order of the Stadholder Willem V and presumably his father Willem IV. Its great importance rests on the number of its surviving bindings the diversity of the work it produced the quality of the tooling the exceptionally large number of binding tools it must have owned and the length of time it must have been operating from at least 1722 to 1793 Storm van Leeuwen. The paper is laid with no watermark and appears to be quite consistent.Occasional minor foxing but otherwise internally fine and clean. The binding shows only slight signs of wear so both the album and the binding are in very good condition. A sumptuously bound album of attractive illustrations of British birds.l For the binding: Jan Storm van Leeuwen Bookbinding 18th century IIA pp. 67-101; for images of the rolls etc.: Jan Storm van Leeuwen De achttiende-eeuwse Haagse boekband pp. 388-395. ABE CAT Art History hardcover
1787188331Berlin, Pauli, 1787. Kl.-8°. M. 2 (wiederh.) gest. Tit.-Vign. u. 1 gest. Front. 245 S., 4 Bl.; 296 S., 4 Bl. Hldr. d. Zt. m. Rsch. Einbd. berieben u. bestoßen. Exlibris a. Innendeckel. Gebräunt, teils braunfl. Ohne die Tafeln !
1781164723Berlin, Pauli, 1781-82. M. gest. Front., 2 (wiederh.) gest. Tit.-Vign. u. zus. 95 Kpfr.-Taf. 4 Bl., IV, 362, III; 342, IV, 18 S., 1 Bl. Hldrbd. d. Zt. m. Rverg. Einbd. berieben u. leicht fleckig. Gebräunt, teils etwas braunfl.
1776032975London: Printed for B White 1776 A fair copy complete with 50 hand coloured plates in contemporary binding which has been rebacked preserving the original spine. Classed as 'fair' because text leaf 109/110 is in facsimile; there are some paper repairs; and the colouring is not as detailed and careful as it could be. The binding has a relaid decorative spine with 5 raised bands and gilt compartments - the title is in the second compartment. Boards are marbled. There is scuffing and wear at the board edges surfaces and corners. All page edges gilted. New endpapers. Contents are complete with text in french and english on alternate pages and 50 hand coloured plates. Text 134 pp with 2 pp of index. Contents are generally clean with the odd mark or spot. There is long stain in the gutter of p 69 where an old sticky tape repair has been removed and the original tear professionally repaired. The stain is also lightly visible on the following 2 text pages. Plate 2 has professional repair in the gutter; Plate 36 has a professional repair and has a very small tear at the bottom edge. There is a small nick from the top page edge of Plate 23 and a small edge tear at the top of p 95. There is a small mark at the foredge from pp 110 to 129. Peter Brown was primarily an illustrator and the specimens were taken from the collections of Marmaduke Tunstall; Mr's Lee Yeats and Moon; the British Museum and the Royal Society. Some plates were copied from drawings by Gideon Leon. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images. Printed for B White hardcover
1775038937London: Philosophical Transactions 1683-1775 1775. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A New Edition. 8vo. Letter 1 of the House-Swallow Pp 258-276 ; Original extract carefully bound with cloth spine and boards title label to the front board near fine. Contents clean and tight very light foxing to the first and last endpaper no inscriptions or other marks. A very good copy of this extract Letter 1 of the House-Swallow. Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775) Hardcover
1760173693Paris, Bauche, 1760. 4°. M. gest. Tit. u. 46 gef. Kpfr.-Taf. v. F.N. Martinet. 1 Bl., 516, LXVII S. Ldrbd. d. Zt. m. Rsch. u. Rverg. Einbd. stark berieben u. bestoßen. Ecken, Kanten u. Rücken etwas beschäd. Vorsätze fehlen. Gest. Tit. beschnitten (ohne Textverl.). Teils leicht braunfl. Breitrandiger Druck.
