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1870VV249321870-1878 Loose (disbound).All but one were drawn by J. Smit (and all were lithographed by him) and include: Numida ellioti, Fulgula nationi, Ara spixi, Philopus pictiventris, P. ventroi, Zonotrichia vulcani, Casuaris beccarii, Paradiastes pacificus, Bambusicola fytchii, Campephaga anderssoni, Coryphistera alaudina, Lanius waldeni & Lobiospiza notabilis.
1891e3201aLondon: R H Porter. VG: in very good condition. Spines faded. Occasional slight foxing. 1891. Second Edition. Green hardback half-leather cover. 260mm x 170mm 10" x 7". xxxv 969pp. 421 chromolithographed colour plates mounted on linen guards. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn and J G Keulemans. Text and plates neatly paginated in pencil. Index in Volume VII. Note that the work was issued in two editions. The first commenced in October 1885 and the second in April 1891. Both editions ended simultaneously. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . R H Porter hardcover
1857032907London: Willis and Sotheran 1857 A good set in contemporary rebacked cloth bindings with 322 colour plates of birds 102 colour plates of eggs and 8 black and white plates. The original cloth was probably a shade of green but it has sunned. It has been rebacked in a dark green relaying the original gilt-decorated spines which are mostly complete. The bindings are therefore sound and tight but there is a lot of wear to corners with varying degrees of bumping corner turning fraying and loss of cloth. Newer marbled endpapers have been added and each volume has an armorial bookplate of K I Beynon to the front pastedown with the motto 'Gwell Dysg Na Golud' the original motto of Llandovery College. Internally the volumes are complete and the plates are well-coloured. All the title pages have a small ink signature of Spencer Nicholl to the top. There is sporadic light marking which is mostly to margins particularly the side margin and occasional foxing to text. The top margin has dark toning at the top edge. Vol I: title; contents; preface; text pp 3-320 with 45 bird and 14 egg plates in colour and 6 black and white plates. There is a small top edge tear to plate 22; small loss from the side edge of p 119; and the text pp vary from white to toned with some spotting. Vol II: title; contents; text 233pp with 46 bird and 12 egg colour plates. Plate at p 45 lacks guard; plate at 86 has a creased guard; plate at 107 has a loose guard and there is a small paint run to plate at p214. Vol III: title; contents; text 240pp with 45 bird and 13 egg colour plates. Some spotty text and odd marks to guards or verso of plates. Vol IV: title; contents; text 215pp with 45 bird and 15 egg colour plates. Some marking to plate 160. Vol V: title; contents; text 192pp with 45 bird and 15 egg colour plates. Small repaired paper hole at p49. Vol VI: title; contents; text 185pp with 44 bird and 15 egg colour plates and 1 black and white plate. Light foxing. Vol VII: title; contents; text 198pp with 52 bird and 18 egg colour plates and 1 black and white plate; index pp 199-206. Paper repair to top edge p 49; offsetting to guards. Willis and Sotheran hardcover
18463282bLondon: John van Voorst. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Some off-setting but content including illustrations in ovaerall VG condition. 1846. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 220mm x 140mm 9" x 6". xvi 223pp; 247pp plates. 131 hand coloured plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . John van Voorst hardcover
1842g9566London: G W Nickisson; George Willis; Willis & Sotheran. G: in good condition. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Ownership label on paste-downs. Plates VG. 1842. First Edition. Green hardback half-leather cover. 230mm x 140mm 9" x 6". 1501pp plates. 432 of 435 plates ciomprising 321 hand-coloured plates of birds 8 plain plates and 103 hand coloured plates of eggs. Volume I published by G W Nickisson in 1842; Volumes II III IV and V published by George Willis and Volumes VI and VII by Willis and Sotheran between 1853 and 1857. Heavy set - extra shipping needed for overseas. . G W Nickisson; George Willis; Willis & Sotheran hardcover
1880185961Garnier Paris, Garnier vers 1880. In-16 broché reliure cartonnage moderne, pièce de titre en dos de 56 pages, un tableau. Cachet de bibliothèque.
188127667Paris Ve A. Morel & Cie 1881 In-folio 50 très agréables planches en noir gravées sur cuivre de Boussard ( Imp. Lemercier et Cie ), portefeuille éditeur dos toilé, faiblesse en coif supérieure, imprimé sur beau papier avec quelques rousseurs
1884VV097051884 122 p., disbound (no covers). Published in: Bulletin of the United States National Museum.
186019881Paris, Goin ; Bruxelles Vve Parent et Fils ; Leipzig, A. Schnée (Imp. Vve Parent et Fils, à Bruxelles), 1860 ; in 8, bradel demi maroquin à coins bordeaux, titre et date en queue dorés, non rogné (reliure de l’époque) ; 219 p., [1] bl., III pp. de Catalogue “Bibliothèque illustrée du Sportman” ; 5 planches hors-texte, dont 2 lithographiées sur chine contrecollé et 3 gravées sur bois par Félicien Rops ; quelques vignettes in texte.
1890VV013681890 [4], 120 p., 4 lithographed pls, paperbound. Thesis. Unopened copy.
1891VV200351891 120 p., 4 lithographed pls, disbound (no covers). Published in: Annales des Sciences Naturelles.
1898167540Washington, 1898. (S.-A.a.: Proceedings of the U.S. Nat. Mus. 20). M. 1 Kte. u. 6 Diagr.-Taf. S. 549-625. OBr. Rücken etwas angerissen. Umschl. angestaubt.
182618812London: William Cobbett 1826. Ex-Library. Good Reading Copy. Hardback. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Not paginated. Front board is detached and spine is missing. Usual library markings. Information relative to the brewing of beer making of bread keeping of cows pigs bees ewes goats poultry and rabbits and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of labourer's family; to which are added instructions relative to the selecting the cutting and the bleaching of the plants of English grass and grain for the purpose of making hats and bonnets; and also instructions for erecting and using ice-houses after the Virginian manner. William Cobbett Hardcover
1898167658Washington, 1898. M. 1 Taf. u. 1 Abb. 26 S. OBr. Rücken minimal anerissen. Leicht angestaubt. (U.S. Depart. Agricult. Farmers Bull. 9).
1831179266Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1831. XLVIII, 975 S. Pp. d. Zt. m. Rsch. u. Rsign. Einbd. beschabt.Rücken beschäd. M. mehr. St. Gebräunt, teils braunfl.
1801VV362591801 [6], 303, [1] p., 29 engraved plates, 4to (21 x 27 cm), contemporary marbled paper-covered boards (with some rubbing). This is the Johannes Allart (Amsterdam) edition. Ex library F.J.W. Vrijheid (with his unobtrusive blind stamp on half-title). This part deals exclusively with birds of prey and owls. The last bird treated however is the ostrich (with it’s plate). The beautiful plates are all after De Seve (as in the original French edition).
1877VV115551877 21 p., 2 lithographed pls (1 partly coloured and superposed), disbound (no covers). Unopened copy. Published in: Bull. Soc. Zool. de France. Scarce.Pages 285-388 are missing but the text seems to run through. The paper is sold as is.We added: Dybowski, 1882. Observations sur les oiseaux de la famille des Mormonidés (12 p., 2 figs).
1900VV00960n.d. (ca. 1900) 295 p., num. charming figs, publisher's hcloth. Dutch translation of the 8th French edition.
18972496Couverture rigide Henri Jouve 1897 Paris 24x15,5 cm
186540237Heidelbergae, ex officina Avenarii 1865. 88 Seiten, Gr. 8° (21 x 13 cm), Orig.-Broschur.
1900VV061561900 51 p., 1 col. lithographed plate, roy. 4to, disbound (no covers). Last page with repaired tear. Unopened copy. Published in: Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldnisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher.
1900VV272761900 51 p., 6 figs, 1 col. lithographed plate, roy. 4to, disbound (no covers). Published in: Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldnisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher. Good unopened copy.
1900VV248951900 vii, 102 p., 13 figs, paperbound (upper end spine worn). Library stamps.
1895VV151821895 viii, 172 p., 21 figs, paperbound. Unopened copy.
1900189121Halle, Engelmann, 1900. 4°. M. 1 farb. Taf. u. 6 Abb. S. 249-296. Ohne Umschl. Rücken mit Kleberest von ehemaliger Bind. Etwas angeschmutzt. Unaufgeschn. (Nova acta Leopoldina 77/3).