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19500224451950. ORYX - Journal of the Fauna Preservation Society becoming Fauna and Flora Preservation Society becoming International Journal for Conservation . Volume 1 3 -11 12 parts 1 3 4 & 5 13 - 16 18 parts 1 2 & 4 19 - 32 part 3. Thirteen volumes are bound the rest in parts as issued. From the library of the ecologist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp in the bound volumes. Very heavy - extra postage will be necessary. Very expensive if posted overseas. First Edition. Mixed bindings. Good. Paperback
196309Y02Baton Rouge IN : American Ornithologists Union 1963. Hardbound. NEAR FINE FINE. As new except Volume I has what appears to be a streak of nail polish partially removed from the back cover. Sections number of papers: Taxonomy Paleontology and Systematics 16; Behavior: General Studies 8; Behavior: Life history and Breeding Biology 6; Behavior: Migration and Orientation 15: Behavior: Phylogeny and Evolution 6: Diseases: Birds amnd Arthropod-Borne Viruses 4; Ecology: Breeding Seasons and Adaptations 7; Eology: Mortality and Reproductive Rates 6; Ecology: Population Studies 7; General Biology and Miscellaneous Studies 8; Physiology: Annual Cycles and Migration 6; Endocrinology Morphology and Metabolic Studies 7; Zoogeography and Distribution 13 plus a list of Films and Additional Papers Presented at the Congress. 246 indexed pages. Oversize and heavy may require additional shipping for priority or International shipping. American Ornithologists Union hardcover
1968ST18431Zurich: L'Art Ancien S. A. Antiquariat; Munich: Robert Wölfle Antiquariat; Olten: Weiss-Hesse Antiquariat 1968. No. 8 OF 100 SETS in German there were an additional 100 sets in English. The leaves of various sizes put into mats of uniform size and contained in a case measuring 495 x 362 mm. 19 1/2 x 14 1/4". Booklet: 2 p.l. 5-108 1 pp. Plus 2 folio-sized leaves listing the title publisher and contents. <br/> The leaves uniformly matted; text in original paper wrappers housed in a pocket in the inside upper cover and leaves contained in the original folding rough-textured linen case printed paper label on front cover and spine. With a full color double-page facsimile housed in a printed paper bifolium noting that it was "put together for Konrad Graf Reuttner Schloss Achstetten" and ILLUSTRATED WITH ZOOLOGICAL LEAVES FROM 60 DIFFERENT BOOKS as called for including woodcuts and engravings of all manner of animals including two incunabular leaves and 28 WITH CONTEMPORANEOUS HAND COLORING plus an additional matted engraving not called for. ◆Some foxing to the case though the cloth bright and showing almost no wear as is the case with commentary volume; mostly light browning dampstaining or foxing on perhaps a dozen leaves one leaf the 1598 Gessner "Fischbuch" with noticeable repairs one folder torn at bottom corner but in excellent condition as a whole and with the majority of the leaves in fine or nearly fine condition.<br/> <br/> There are 60 leaves here showing woodcuts engravings and lithographs of a wide range of species from the animal kingdom--wild domestic and imaginary. The majority of these leaves come from the 18th and early 19th centuries but there are two incunabular leaves and 14 leaves from the 16th and 17th centuries. The two incunabular leaves both in fine condition are the "Ortus Sanitatis" Mainz Jacob Meydenbach 1491 and the same work printed by Johann Pruß in Strassburg ca. 1497-99. Works represented include Pliny Gessner's illustrations of fish and fowl Audubon's "Birds of America" and Meyer's "British Birds" among other notable titles. Felinophiles take note: whoever compiled the specimen leaves for the present copy included an inordinate number of illustrations of cats. There are a total of 13 leaves depicting cats both great and small including one print not called for in the list of contents. Weiss-Hesse Antiquariat unknown
1770ST20535-03Amsterdam: Chez D. J. Changuion 1770. 169 x 104 mm. 6 3/4 x 4". Two volumes. Translated from the German by Réneume de Latache. <br/> Inexpensive contemporary half sheepskin over sprinkled paper boards smooth spine divided into panels by gilt rules one tan and one black morocco label. Engraved printer's device on title pages. Verso of half titles with bookplate of M. Le Syndic Jean-Louis Masbou dated 1827. Leather with minor stains and losses isolated spots of foxing but in most ways a beautiful copy--the spine ends and joints unworn and the text extraordinarily fresh and with virtually no signs of use.<br/> <br/> This is a really excellent contemporary copy of an early edition of a French translation of the first attempt at a rigorous analysis of animal behavior. Hermann Samuel Reimarus 1694-1768 is largely remembered for his contributions to Deist philosophy but his wide-ranging research interests included mathematics philology and economics as well as natural history as evidenced in the present work initially published in German in 1760. Reimar argues in the text here for instinct as a driving factor in animals' actions rather than a response to bodily necessities or taught behavior. Our French translation by journalist and natural historian Jacques Réneaume de Latache 1725-96 features additional notes and commentary concerning Latache's own observations of animals. These include such charming details as the romance of butterflies and the work ethic of beavers. Our copy is from the library of Jean-Louis Masbou 1770-1836 an important player in Geneva politics in the early 19th century. Masbou held several government posts between 1814 and 1832 including serving as one of the four mayors or syndics six times during the period between 1821-32. This bookplate was evidently produced during one of these mayorships as it refers to the syndic office. Our 1770 Amsterdam printing seems to be the only collectible edition that appears on the market. Chez D. J. Changuion unknown
a102783Washington 1922-1931. 6 issues. Opinions 68-77; 78-81; 98-104105-114 115-123. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Volume 73 Nos. 1 2 3 5 6 7. octavo wraps. about 25pp. per issue wraps. Unopened. VG institute stamps on cover. . paperback
1840DEMO015930IBoston: Otis Broaders And Company 1840. New 'Brewer' edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 woodcuts and 23/24 plates. 8vo viii 746 pages modern brown morocco gilt contrasting red morocco label. <br/><br/>Also includes the Notes by Sir William Jardine. Illustrated with 4 woodcuts and 23 of 24 plates. Alexander Wilson emigrated from Scotland and began a scientific study of birds. His AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY 1808-1814 identified 39 new species earning him the appellation as the "Father of American Ornithology". 4 woodcuts and 23/24 plates Otis, Broaders And Company hardcover
75144Harvard MA The Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy 1861-1900. 40 reports in two volumes. Thick 8vo 23.5 x 14.5 cm. Contemporary uniform red gilt-bordered half morocco over marbled boards. Spines with five raised bands gilt vignettes and title. Top edges gilt. Printed wrappers bound in. = A rarely seen uninterrupted set from the start up to the year 1900. Even individual reports are very scarce. These volumes deal mainly with the activities of personel and associates acquisition of new material zoological object arranged systematically donations of books biological specimens etc.; and laboratory activities building activities regarding the museum and biological stations etc. etc. From 1875 onwards Annual Report of the curator to the Committee of the Museum was added to the title. Still later the Trustees were dropped from the title. Illustrations on plates or folded charts include floor plans and new buildings. An average yearly report contains some 30 to 50 pages. Provenance: an autograph of the Bostonian entomologist Samuel Henshaw 1852-1941 on the front free endpaper recto and his armorial bookplate "Esse quam videri" mounted on front pastedowns. A stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson 1925-2020 on the front free endpaper recto. Boards rubbed at hinges and edges otherwise very good. hardcover
195261130New York: Viking Press 1952; 1955. Two vols. 1st - 8vo. x 361 1 pp. With text illustrations by Gustav Wolf. Brown embossed publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. cover art by Carl Cobbledick minor edgewear rubbing price-clipped still NF/VG copy; 2nd - x 293 1 pp. With text illustrations. Gray-green publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. cover art by Bill English minor scuffing edgewear rubbing still VG/VG copy. Second printing of the first and 1st edition of the second both of these odd and unusual excursions through the wonders of ancient to modern natural history and zoological wonders by the famed scientist. The first includes sections on mythical creatures of unicorns dragons and the Kraken as well as the extinct giant sloth and Dodo along with explorations of the Abominable Snowman or Yeti the “Man-Eating Trees†of Madagascar and giant tortoises. Viking Press, hardcover
12540Toulouse Imprimerie Douladoure Rouget Frères et Delahaut successeurs Rue Sainy-Rome 39 1870. 36pp. 8vo green paper wraps.frontispiece portrait of La Baumelle chipped and stained sl. hinge strain contents sl. foxed but mainly good condition. Titlepage continued: ". Accompagnés de Pensées inédites de la Beaumelle et d'une lettre autographe de La Condamine relative a la première incarcération de l'auteur des Pensées a la Bastille." "Extrait des Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des Sciences Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres de Toulouse. 7me sè To. II pages 194-227."INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR though recipient's name has ben cut out of the inscription "A Monsieur cut out Hommage de'l'auteur N. Joly". WorldCat lists two copies: BnF and LC. Toulouse, Imprimerie Douladoure, Rouget Frères et Delahaut, successeurs, Rue Sainy-Rome, 39, 1870. paperback
1880D19881London: Trubner and Co 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to. Publisher's cloth corners and edges worn; cracked at the top rear board. Nevertheless textblock is tight and sound pages fresh. Contents very good or better. Illustrated throughout. Armorial bookplate of Francis Gray Smart. <br/><br/> Trubner and Co hardcover
1993106418<p>Large 4to brown cloth gilt title on spine 643 pp. Bright clean and pretty much not touched. Fine condition. Excellent reference work on zoology titles compiled and edited by Casey A. Wood. This is a reprint of the 1931 Oxford University Press edition. May require some additional postage. </p> Martino Publishing,
19530Paris: Saintin Et Mame. 1814. First edition published under this title second overall. First edition published under this title second overall. Four volumes. Sextodecimo 130 x 96mm. Publisher's original pink coated-paper boards with titles and volume numbers in gilt to the spines. Page edges untrimmed. Housed in a later pink handmade paper-covered card slipcase. Illustrated with 107 hand-coloured engraved plates including a frontispiece depicting visitors to the Menagerie to the first volume. A near fine set the bindings firm with light rubbing to the boards sunning to the spines and some wear to the extremities. The contents with a corner missing to the front free endpaper of volume two appears to be an original paper flaw and some occasional light foxing are otherwise in excellent order and clean throughout. The plates remain bright and fresh. A superb set. A most attractive embodiment of the early nineteenth-century endeavour to transform royal and imperial ménageries displays of power and authority into the first zoological gardens. This formative period for the modern zoo was partly linked to the ongoing development of scientific zoological study but was also as is so wonderfully demonstrated by the present set an attempt to educate and entertain the general population democratising a formally exclusive arena of knowledge and spectacle. This work was first published in 1812 under Napoleon's reign as Emperor and was thus titled "La Ménagerie Impériale". Following his abdication in 1814 and his succession by King Louis XVIII the publisher Saintin was prompted to reissue the same book with identical text and illustrations and in the same exact format but under the new title "La Ménagerie Royale". He even recycled the pages from the previous edition in the binding of this one as revealed by the somewhat see-through endpapers. A rare and entirely original set of a charming French popular natural history especially desirable with contemporary colouring. Not listed in Copac nor at the Bibliothèque nationale de France OCLC only lists three copies of the "Impériale" edition. Huzard 4010. Provenance: pencil ownership inscriptions of Euphémie and Esther Courtois to versos of front free endpapers one dated "38" possibly pointing to a contemporary family living near Guiscard in the Oise department north of Paris. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Paris: Saintin Et Mame. 1814 hardcover
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8030Washington: Printed by Davis and Force Franklin's Head 1822. First edition. The top edge of the title page has some professional paper repairs as does the contents page and errata page at the end of the volume light age-toning to some text pages a few marginal pencil annotations a tight and clean copy in very good condition in an attractive period binding. Pp. 256 2 contents 1 leaf of errata. Later full tan calf leather spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in three compartments front and rear covers tooled in blind marbled endpapers 8vo. This volume examines the role that John Quincy Adams played in the negotiation of the Treaty of Ghent that ended the War of 1812. There were numerous issues dealt with in this treaty among them was American access to the Mississippi River. This volume was compiled when Adams was Secretary of State just two years before he was elected President. Old oval blind-stamp of the Library Company R. B. Philadelphia on the final page of the text p. 256. Very small sticker of 'International Bookfinders' Inc. at the base of page 3. No other ownership marks. Washington: Printed by Davis and Force (Franklin's Head), 1822. First edition. hardcover
1859021746London: Longman Brown Green Longmans & Roberts; & Trubner & Co 1859. Octavo not illustrated pp viii 381 slightly used internally recently bound in plain green cloth with brown leather label on the spine. "For Agassiz the proper classification of plants and animals was essential to understanding the relationships among animals and between animals and the environments they inhabit. An anti-evolutionist Agassiz argued that plant and animal species are immutable and do not change over time. In the Essay he wrote that " . . . all differences observed among finite beings are ordained by the action of the Supreme Intellect and not determined by physical causes."". First Edition. Cloth. Good. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts; & Trubner & Co Hardcover
1859021747London: Longman Brown Green Longmans & Roberts; & Trubner & Co 1859. Octavo not illustrated pp viii 381very clean internally rebound in a serviceable twentieth century black half leather and green cloth . "For Agassiz the proper classification of plants and animals was essential to understanding the relationships among animals and between animals and the environments they inhabit. An anti-evolutionist Agassiz argued that plant and animal species are immutable and do not change over time. In the Essay he wrote that " . . . all differences observed among finite beings are ordained by the action of the Supreme Intellect and not determined by physical causes."". First Edition. Half Leather. Good. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts; & Trubner & Co Hardcover
9400Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge Vol. II Art. 6 1850 . First edition original publication of 1850 bound in heavy-weight pamphlet binder smaller quarto few illustrations 28pp 1 lithographic plate of Eudamus Tityrus at rear. A title from the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge series. Lightly foxed throughout. Binding covers creased down length but not affecting original publication inside else very good. A seminal contribution by Prof. Louis Agassiz. 250 grams shipping weight. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. II, Art. 6, 1850, unknown
1866021744London: Sampston Low & Marston 1866. Octavo a few small text illustrations pp viii 128 slightly marked internally the front hinge a bit tender publisher's green cloth very slightly worn. Publisher's catalogue dated November 1865 tipped in at the rear. From the Halifax Literary and Philosophical Society's Library with their label on the front endpaper. . First British edition. Cloth. Good. Sampston Low & Marston Hardcover
