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1816C217705London: Sherwood Neely and Jones 1816. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 5 only. Small octavo. vii 386 2pp. 6 plates. Contemporary half leather over cloth boards. Slight rubbing and wear to covers lacks backstrip otherwise very good with bright solid contents. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, hardcover
1832C217952London: Joseph Smith 1832. Hardcover Hardcover. Good. Sixteenmo. 144; 144pp. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards with gilt spine titles. Some rubbing and wear to covers inner rear hinge starting some pages with pencil scribbles mainly at start and end otherwise a good copy. Joseph Smith, hardcover
18873445010Paris.: Lib. Firmin-Didot et Cie. 1887. Hardcover. Cubierta deslucida. cortes decorados al agua . Good. 16 cm. 520 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura artesanal. Idioma frances . Cubierta deslucida. cortes decorados al agua . Literatura.82 82 Lib. Firmin-Didot et Cie. hardcover
18661012H21London: Thomas Kelly c1866. Leather. Good Only. 10" by 8.5". None Stated. The second volume of this richly illustrated revised edition of Buffon"s celebrated natural history featuring twenty-seven finely coloured plates of birds reptiles fishes insects and exotic plants. In a contemporary full calf binding. Front board detached but present. Volume II of a two volume set only. New edition corrected and enlarged. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière was originally published in French between 1749 and 1789 ultimately extending to thirty-six quarto volumes issued during Buffon"s lifetime with additional posthumous volumes continuing the series. Illustrated with twenty-seven coloured plates and a monochrome portrait frontispiece. Collated complete. Volume II of Buffon"s celebrated natural history one of the most ambitious and influential attempts to survey the natural world produced during the Enlightenment. This expanded English edition contains sections devoted to birds fishes reptiles insects and exotic plants incorporating later discoveries by prominent naturalists. Translated from the French by William Smellie. In a contemporary full calf binding. Externally worn. Front board detached but present. Rubbing to boards with the odd minor scratch. Chipping to calf. Small repair to calf of rear board. Creasing to spine. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to calf. Previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean if typically age toned with the odd light spot heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edge. One or two small chips and creases to fore edge. Repair to closed tear to margin of plate 24 "Guffard Eagle and the Boatman." Slight cockling to leaves. Good Only Thomas Kelly hardcover
1812004511London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1812. New Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Good. Copperplate Engravings . Octavo 493 pages contemporary full calf joints rehinged inked name on half-title page no spine labels <br/><br/>Translated by William Smellie editor of The Encyclopedia Britannica. Vols. 16 of 20 : being vol. 6 of The History of Birds with coverage of bergeronettes figeaters wrens titmice nuthatches parrotscockatoos lories. 15 plates. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 198. T. Cadell and W. Davies hardcover
1865181039Paris.: Langlume. No date circa 1865. Publisher’s gilt blindstamped cloth. Good scattered foxing and dampstains cover faded hinges starting. 12mo. 16.5x10.5 cm. French text. May be missing one or two plates. weight: 0.6 lb. Hand-colored frontis hand-colored vignette on title pageplus 10 additional hand-colored plates. Langlume. hardcover
1802cdb08gParis: Chez Deterville. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed with loss to spine. Some neat hand written annotation Ex Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Library. 1802. Nouvelle Édition. Brown hardback leather cover. 140mm x 90mm 6" x 4". 307pp. 6 engraved plates by Deseve. . Chez Deterville hardcover
1802cdb08pParis: Chez Deterville. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed with loss to spine. Ex Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Library. 1802. Nouvelle Édition. Brown hardback leather cover. 140mm x 90mm 6" x 4". 313pp. 6 engraved plates by Deseve. . Chez Deterville hardcover
1802cdb08zParis: Chez Deterville. G : in Good condition . Cover rubbed with loss to spine. Some neat hand written annotation. Ex Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Library. 1802. Nouvelle Édition. Brown hardback leather cover. 140mm x 90mm 6" x 4". 360pp. 8 hand coloured plates by Deseve. . Chez Deterville hardcover
1850320541850. Paris Paulin 1844. Un vol. au format in-12 188 x 123 mm de 4 ff. n.fol. 367 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de demi-chagrin maroquinÂŽ ÂŽbÂne plats ornÂŽs d'un entrelacs en creux de larges fleurons dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de triples caissons d'encadrement gras et maigres dorÂŽs large roulette dorÂŽe sur les nerfs titre dorÂŽ tranches mouchetÂŽes. Edition originale. Exemplaire revÂtu d'une agrÂŽable reliure du temps. Table : IdÂŽes de Buffon sur la mÂŽthode - L'ÂŽconomie animale - SystÂme de Buffon sur la gÂŽnÂŽration - IdÂŽes sur le dÂŽgÂŽnÂŽration des animaux et la mutabilitÂŽ des espÂces - FixitÂŽ des espÂces - Lois de la fÂŽconditÂŽ - Intelligence de l'homme et mÂŽcanisme des bÂtes - VariÂŽtÂŽs de l'espÂce humaine - ThÂŽorie de la terre - SystÂme de Buffon sur la formation des planÂtes - Epoques de la nature - Du caractÂre propre de Buffon considÂŽrÂŽ comme historien de la terre - Philosophie gÂŽnÂŽrale de Buffon - Vie de Buffon - Lettres. Angles et coupes lÂŽgÂrement ÂŽlimÂŽs. Claires rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. Plissure angulaire affectant un feuillet. DiscrÂte cerne claire dans le corps d'ouvrage. Du reste bonne condition. b42961 unknown
187026281London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1870. Modernized from the Most Recent Authorities. No date listed. This is probably the 1870 edition according to WorldCat. Sixteen color plates. Bumped and worn corners. Chipped at bottom corners. Peeling along the front hinge. Frayed at the extremities. Wear along edges. Some scratching and rubbing on back cover. Paper separated above back hinge. Foxing throughout. The Shilling Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Frederick Warne and Co. Hardcover
