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1830140948461Paris: Arthus Bertrand 1830. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. xlvi 218 3 pp text in French. Laid paper text sheets and tissue guards heavy wove paper plate sheets. Complete with 86 handcolored copperplate engravings numbered 1 - 85 with Plate 48 in two parts of which 81 depict one or two birds and 5 depict nests or bones. Bound in half black morocco over moire paper-covered boards raised bands and gilt stamping to spine marbled endpapers. Very Good with moderate wear to covers overopened at several places hinges starting but holding well. Light toning and moderate to heavy foxing throughout. Anker 291 Zimmer p. 386.<br /> <br /> <p>The first book originally issued in 17 parts of Rene Primevere Lesson's three-volume series on hummingbirds. The book is dedicated to the young Princess Louise d'Artois whose mother Princess Marie-Caroline helped to finance the work. A considerable outlay would have been needed to commission the exquisite engravings based on illustrations by several artists including Jean-Gabriel Pretre and Louis Victor Bevalet. In his dedication Lesson refers to "the gifts of infinite magnificence" bestowed by the Creator upon hummingbirds and the illustrations bear him out. The Pacific coast favorite Anna's hummingbird Calypte anna makes an appearance in these pages and Lesson's description notes that it is "one of the prettiest species in the family."<br /> <br /> <p>Lesson served as a Navy surgeon during the Napoleonic Wars and later accompanied Louis-Isidore Duperrey on his three-year voyage around the world. In the French Navy the surgeon was usually the de facto naturalist on expeditions and Lesson embraced the assignment with enthusiasm. He was responsible for the zoology section of the official expedition account and also published several monographs on birds. Arthus Bertrand unknown
1833140948459Paris: Arthus Bertrand 1833. First Edition. Very Good. First edition originally issued in 14 parts. iv xliii 171 pp. text in French. Laid paper text sheets and tissue guards heavy wove paper plate sheets. Complete with 66 numbered handcolored copperplate engravings of which 63 depict a single bird and 3 depict a nest. Bound in half black morocco over moire paper-covered boards raised bands and gilt stamping to spine marbled endpapers.Very Good with moderate wear to covers overopened at several places hinges starting but holding well. Light toning and light to moderate foxing throughout affecting text sheets and tissue guards more than plates. Anker 294 Zimmer p. 388.<br /> <br /> <p>The conclusion of Rene Primevere Lesson's three-volume series on hummingbirds profusely illustrated with delicate and sensitive engravings after paintings by Jean-Gabriel Pretre and Louis Victor Bevalet. Lesson served as a Navy surgeon during the Napoleonic Wars and later accompanied Louis-Isidore Duperrey on his three-year voyage around the world. In the French Navy the surgeon was usually the de facto naturalist on expeditions and Lesson took to his work like a hummingbird to sugar water. He was responsible for the zoology section of the official expedition account and also published several monographs on birds. Arthus Bertrand unknown
1830Flo414<p>Very good copy of Lesson's seminal work on hummingbirds</p><p>Complete with all 66 handcoloured stipple engraved plates based on the drawings of Jean-Gabriel Prêtre and Louis Bévalet printed in color and finely hand-finished by Rémond Ronsil: <em>Bibliographie Ornithologique Française</em></p><p>X dedication to Cuvier 196 pages of explanatory text 66 plates bound at rear on hinges: Colibris: 1-25 with 2 bis plates; Supplement des Oiseaux-Mouches: 1-39</p><p>First edition of one part of René Primevère Lesson's study of exotic birds in their natural habitat made aboard the <em>Coquille </em>on its world voyage 1822-1825. As second surgeon on the scientific circumnavigation Lesson was responsible for the botanical and zoological goals of the expedition. His work on hummingbirds was authorative. He described over 100 species of hummingbirds out of the 330 known today and his illustrations were copied by Sir William Jardine in his <em>Naturalist's Library.</em></p><p>René Primevère Lesson 1794-1849 was a French surgeon naturalist ornithologist and director of the Rochefort zoological garden. A medical officer in the royal navy he was second surgeon aboard the <em>Coquille</em> on Duperrey's scientific expedition from 1822 to 1825.</p><p>Jean-Gabriel Prêtre 1768-1849 was a Swiss-French natural history painter who illustrated a large number of books for Cuvier Louis Pierre Vieillot René Primevère Lesson Comte de Lacépède Richard Achille and many other French zoologists.</p><p>Text in French.</p><p>Three-quarter red leather binding spine with raised bands and gilt title and decoration marble boards marble endpapers TEG binding very clean book block solid. Text pages with scattered foxing as usual but all plates bound at rear on hinges clean and free of spotting good impressions with delicate handcolour. Two plates Colibris Pl. 3 and Supplement Pl. 39 trimmed about 5mm on the right edge affecting the image.</p> Arthus Bertrand hardcover
199584664Michaelmas Books. New. 1995. Paperback. 0946426066 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 245 page; 146 illustrations; 4to. -- with a bonus offer-- . Michaelmas Books paperback
199584663Michaelmas Books. 1995. Hardcover. 0946426066 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- 180 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Michaelmas Books hardcover
72126P. Pourrat Frères Editeurs. Paris. 1838 & 1839. 1st edition. Volume 1 1838: IV 510 2 PP with vignette on title page plus 17 illustrated plates 1 folded and 4 in colour with tissue guard. Fp: Portrait of R. P. Lesson. Volume 2 1839: IV 547 2 errata 2 PP with vignette on title page plus 25 illustrated plates 1 folded and 15 in colour with tissue guard. Fp: Vue de la Colonnade Basaltique ou Pyha Vallée de Matavaï. Hard covers marbled paper over boards quarter calf gilt title on spine. Note on front endpaper of Volume 1 to previous owner signed by friends of l'Union Internationale pour la Protection de la Nature. Plate "Psitacule de Kuhl" without tissue guard loosely inserted. Slight ageing of paper occasional foxing. A nice copy of a scarce item. French text. 25.7 x 16.5. P. Pourrat Frères, Editeurs. Paris. 1838 & 1839. hardcover
1830r7198cParis: Arthus Bertrand. G: in good condition. Cover marked and slightly faded with heavy rubbing to outer hinges and spine ends. Sporadic foxing throughout; sometimes heavy and impinging on content. Previous owner inscription to fep 'Douglas & Clydesdale'. Occasional inner hinge cracking. Aeg. 1830. First Edition. Green hardback tooled leather cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". x 196pp plates. 66 hand coloured tissue guarded engraved plates. . Arthus Bertrand hardcover
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18393409317Brussels: N.-J. Gregoir V. Wouters et Cie 1839. Occasional foxing; joints repaired. Octavo four volumes bound in one each with separate title page and frontispiece; old ownership stamp on first title-page and a related gift inscription on endpaper; contemporary quarter black roan. <p><p>Uncommon account of the voyage of the Coquille the French scientific expedition under the command of Louis-Isidore Duperrey. This is the Brussels edition published in the same year as the Paris edition. A detailed and engaging narrative it was written by René Primevere Lesson surgeon and naturalist on the voyage and includes much detail lacking in Duperrey's own account. The expedition travelled extensively throughout the Pacific including Tahiti and the Solomons and stopped at Port Jackson before sailing to the Bay of Islands. Lesson was a careful and lively observer. He received little formal education and joined the navy as medical assistant; here his natural aptitude was recognised and formal training as a surgeon ensued. Lesson was fascinated by natural history from a young age and relished the many opportunities offered during the voyage of the Coquille.</p> <p>Lesson describes his personal interactions with native peoples throughout the Pacific including King Bungaree at Port Jackson who was tasked with waiting upon the French officers with his Aboriginal companions. By the early 1820s the Pacific was undergoing rapid social change and hopeful expectations often did not match the reality encountered. On anchoring in Tahiti the Frenchmen were disappointed 'finding to their astonishment that this renowned South Seas paradise was turning into a strict puritanical society ruled by fundamental English missionaries' Dunmore. Nonetheless Lesson's observations are of lasting value especially his vocabularies that include MÄori and Aboriginal dialects.</p> </p> . N.-J. Gregoir, V. Wouters et Cie unknown
1890167256Edinburgh: Privately printed for the Earl of Rosebery by T. and A. Constable the Queen's printers 1890. First edition privately printed for the author and inscribed by him on the limitation page to his library at Durdans House. Primrose who was prime minister from 1894 to 1895 idolized the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 as "the last burst of chivalry" p. xviii. His List is presented as a "bare official record" p. vii to the much-romanticized event. "Bonnie Prince Charlie" and his doomed Scottish rebellion became legendary almost immediately upon their defeat. The 1890s saw a surge in public interest spurred by the publication of the "Skye Boat Song" in 1888. The rebellion held personal interest for Primrose. As a Liberal Party politician he sympathized with the Jacobite desire for independence; as a keen sportsman he admired the reckless bravura of a small force that challenged a much larger foe. Further he was born in Scotland raised in the Scottish church and held lands in Scotland. He stopped short of endorsing the Jacobites as he fervently condemned their leader's Catholicism. Provenance: bookplate of Durdans House Library. Primrose was a keen and discerning collector. His library at Durdans featured highlights including a Shakespeare First Folio a manuscript of Jane Austen's Lady Susan and Napoleon's death mask. The collection was sold at auction in 1933. Quarto 257 x 176 mm. Original white quarter imitation vellum printed paper label to spine blue paper-covered boards edges untrimmed. Spine label toned ends bumped a few marks to boards endpapers a little offset a few small ink and pencil correction in the author's hand to the introduction some edges unopened: a very good copy. hardcover
20081-0786836822Hyperion 2008. Paperback. New. 128 pages. 7.50x5.25x0.50 inches. Hyperion paperback
1839Flo441<p>Very good copy of the plates volume only from Lesson's supplement to Buffon's massive Natural History</p><p>Complete with 118 fine handcoloured stipple-engraved plates 70 mammals and 48 birds</p><p>Many of the plates depict extinct or endangered species.</p><p>Includes the red panda or lesser panda Ailurus fulgens endangered on a plate with a hog badger Arctonyx collaris.</p><p>Includes three extinct species: Tasmanian tiger Thylacinus cynocephalus South Island kokako Callaeas cinereus and Delalande's coua Coua delalandei.</p><p>Nine critically endangered species: Spix's macaw Cyanopsitta spixii screwhorn antelope Addax nasomaculatus Indri or babakoto Indri indri red ruffed lemur Varecia rubra Talaud bear cuscus Ailurops melanotis Short-tailed chinchilla Chinchilla chinchilla Javan rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus midget buffalo Bubalus depressicornis and North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis.</p><p>11 endangered species: red panda or lesser panda Ailurus fulgens Western barred bandicoot Perameles bougainville Bornean orangutan Pongo pygmaeus purple-faced langur Trachypithecus vetulus wild dog or dhole Cuon alpinus banded hare-wallaby or munning Lagostrophus fasciatus Malayan tapir Tapirus indicus South Asian river dolphin Platanista gangetic Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis Micronesian scrubfowl Megapodius laperouse Kuhl's lorikeet Vini kuhlii and New Zealand kaka Nestor meridionalis.</p><p>René Primevère Lesson 1794-1849 was a French surgeon naturalist ornithologist and director of the Rochefort zoological garden. A medical officer in the royal navy he was second surgeon aboard the <em>Coquille</em> on Duperrey's scientific expedition from 1822 to 1825. He is most famous for his works on hummingbirds <em>Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches </em>and<em> Histoire Naturelle des Colibris</em> 1830-31.</p><p>Red morocco spine decorated in black and gilt blue marble boards leather rubbed and boards scuffed and worn at edges. Lacks title page complete with 118 fine engraved plates all with delicate handcolour. A few plates with faint spotting. No artist or engraver information on the plates but many Australian species some copied from Charles Alexandre Lesueur's illustrations to Peron and Freycinet's <em>Voyage of Discovery</em> 1807.</p> Pourrat Freres hardcover
183928746<p>Very Good. First edition. Paris: P. Pourrat Frères 1839. Two volumes octavo. Bound in matching 19th-century quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt-decorated spines. Secure binding internally clean aside from even age toning and mild foxing. A complete copy featuring 41 full-page engravings illustrating ethnographic scenes animals and botanical specimens encountered during the French scientific expedition of the La Coquille from 1822 to 1825. Authored by René Primevère Lesson ship's surgeon and naturalist this narrative is foundational in French maritime and scientific literature covering a route through South America Oceania and Southeast Asia. Includes observations on indigenous cultures and biodiversity including detailed coverage of Brazil Tahiti Port Jackson New Guinea and Mauritius. Plates are clean impressions on thick stock. A desirable and historically significant work from the early 19th-century era of scientific exploration. QUESTIONS AND PHOTO REQUESTS WELCOME.</p> P. Pourrat Frères hardcover
1950250221New York 1950. unbound. 1 page 6.75 x 5 inches New York City no date circa 1950. This extremely rare letter was written to William Vandenberg and mentions Victor Gottlieb in full: "The housekeeper did not understand when you are staying but fortunately found out from Victor Gottlieb. Will be at my number from mid-day until 3 pm. Please call me. Sincerely William Primrose." Most likely written in 1950 when all three icons appeared together as part of a concert at Carnegie Hall. Natural folds; traces of pencil notations in the top margin. Very good condition.<br/> <br/> One of the greatest violists best known for his tremendous technique and early association with Arturo Toscanini. He left the NBC Symphony Orchestra in 1941 for a commission with Bella Bartok who died before its completion. As one of the most sought after violists he insisted on collaborating with the likes of Micha Elman Jascha Heifetz and Fritz Kreisler etc.<br/> <br/> unknown
165827985<p><strong>1658 Medicine 1ed Primrose Errors v William Harvey Tobacco Napoleon III interest</strong></p><p>James Primrose was a 17th-century English physician who is best remembered for his opposition to William Harvey. One of Primrose's most important works was his '<em>Treatise on Errors in Medicine</em>' first published in 1638. In this work Primrose identifies many of what he considered to be inaccuracies in medicine. It contains descriptions on melancholy pregnancy and childbirth epilepsy with attention even given to the medical effects of tobacco!</p><p>Item number: #27985</p><p>Price: $599</p><p>PRIMROSE James</p><p><strong><em>Iacobi Primerosii doctoris medici. De Vulgi erroribus in medicina libri IV</em></strong></p><p>Roterodami: ex officina Arnoldi Leers 1658. First only Leers edition.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->20 561 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->P. 433-456 duplicated</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: Latin</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><strong>Armorial Bookplate – Victor de Laprade</strong></p><p><!--endif--><strong>Victor de Laprade 1812–1883 was a 19th-century French poet and literary critic. He served as a professor of French literature at Lyon until he was fired for publishing a satirical poem that was highly critical of Napoleon III and the Second Empire. Laprade's prose criticisms consist of classical and metaphysical studies as well as wide-ranging commentary on European literature. He disliked irony and skepticism which probably lead him to underrate 18th-century literature. He was also elected to the National Assembly as a conservative in 1871.</strong></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Handwritten – <em>Petrus De Laplasse</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~5.25in X 3in 13cm x 8cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p><u>Photos available upon request. </u></p> ex officina Arnoldi Leers hardcover
168920278<p><b>1689 1ed James Primrose Errors in Medicine Harvey Melancholy Tobacco Epilepsy</b></p><p>James Primrose was a 17th-century English physician who is best remembered for his opposition to William Harvey. One of Primrose's most important works was his '<i>Treatise on Errors in Medicine</i>'. In this work Primrose identifies many of what he considered to be inaccuracies in medicine. It contains descriptions on melancholy pregnancy and childbirth epilepsy with attention even given to the medical effects of tobacco! </p><p>Item number: #20278</p><p>Price: $599</p><p>PRIMROSE James</p><p><b><i>TraiteÌ de Primerose sur les erreurs vulgaires de la medecine</i></b></p><p>Lyon Jean Certe 1689. First edition.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o 24 860</p><p>· Language: French</p><p>· Binding: Leather; secure</p><p>· Size: ~7.25in X 4.75in 18.5cm x 12cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>20278</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Jean Certe hardcover
1886100335AB1886. London Given at the Foreign Office 1886. 27.7 cm x 38.2 cm. 1 sheet. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery. Fantastic and important document of british foreign office history. Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery 1st Earl of Midlothian KG KT PC FRS FBA 7 May 1847 21 May 1929 was a British Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. Between the death of his father in 1851 and the death of his grandfather the 4th Earl of Rosebery in 1868 he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny. Rosebery first came to national attention in 1879 by sponsoring the successful Midlothian campaign of William Ewart Gladstone. He briefly was in charge of Scottish affairs. His most successful performance in office came as chairman of the London County Council in 1889. He entered the cabinet in 1885 and served twice as foreign minister paying special attention to French and German affairs. He succeeded Gladstone as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party in 1894; the Liberals lost the 1895 election. He resigned the party leadership in 1896 and never again held political office. Rosebery was widely known as a brilliant orator an outstanding sportsman and marksman a writer and historian connoisseur and collector. All of these activities attracted him more than politics which grew boring and unattractive. Furthermore he drifted to the right of the Liberal party and became a bitter critic of its policies. Winston Churchill observing that he never adapted to democratic electoral competition quipped: "He would not stoop; he did not conquer." Rosebery was a Liberal Imperialist who favoured strong national defence and imperialism abroad and social reform at home while being solidly anti-socialist. Historians judge him a failure as foreign minister and as prime minister. At Eton Rosebery notably attacked Charles I of England for his despotism and went on to praise his Whig forebears his ancestor James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope was a minister to George I of Great Britain. Benjamin Disraeli often met with Rosebery in the 1870s to try to recruit him for his party but this proved futile. Disraeli's major rival William Ewart Gladstone also pursued Rosebery with considerable success. As part of the Liberal plan to get Gladstone to be MP for Midlothian Rosebery sponsored and largely ran the Midlothian Campaign of 1879. He based this on what he had observed in elections in the United States. Gladstone spoke from open-deck trains and gathered mass support. In 1880 he was duly elected Member for Midlothian and returned to the premiership. Rosebery served as Foreign Secretary in Gladstone's brief third ministry in 1886. He served as the first chairman of the London County Council set up by the Conservatives in 1889. Rosebery Avenue in Clerkenwell is named after him. He served as President of the first day of the 1890 Co-operative Congress. Rosebery's second period as Foreign Secretary 18921894 predominantly involved quarrels with France over Uganda. To quote his hero Napoleon Rosebery thought that "the Master of Egypt is the Master of India"; thus he pursued the policy of expansion in Africa. Rosebery helped Gladstone's Second Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords; nevertheless it was defeated overwhelmingly in the autumn of 1893. The first bill had been defeated in the House of Commons in 1886. Rosebery became a leader of the Liberal Imperialist faction of the Liberal Party and when Gladstone retired in 1894 Rosebery succeeded him as Prime Minister much to the disgust of Sir William Harcourt the Chancellor of the Exchequer and leader of the more left-wing Liberals. Rosebery's selection was largely because Queen Victoria disliked most of the other leading Liberals. Rosebery was in the Lords but Harcourt controlled the Commons where he often undercut the prime minister. Rosebery was the only one of the ten Prime Ministers to serve during Queen Victoria's reign who was born after her accession to the throne in 1837. Rosebery's government was largely unsuccessful as in the Armenian crisis of 1895-96. He spoke out for a strongly pro-Armenian and anti-Turkish policy. Gladstone a prime minister in retirement called on Britain to intervene alone. The added pressure weakened Rosebery. His designs in foreign policy such as expansion of the fleet were defeated by disagreements within the Liberal Party. He angered all the European powers. The Unionist-dominated House of Lords stopped the whole of the Liberals' domestic legislation. The strongest figure in the cabinet was Rosebery's rival Harcourt.citation needed He and his son Lewis were perennial critics of Rosebery's policies. There were two future prime ministers in the Cabinet Home Secretary H. H. Asquith and Secretary of State for War Henry Campbell-Bannerman. Rosebery rapidly lost interest in running the government. In the last year of his premiership he was increasingly haggard: he suffered insomnia due to the continual dissension in his Cabinet. On 21 June 1895 the government lost a vote in committee on army supply by just seven votes. While this might have been treated merely as a vote of no confidence in Secretary for War Campbell-Bannerman Rosebery chose to treat it as a vote of censure on his government. On 22 June he and his ministers tendered their resignations to the Queen who invited the Unionist leader Lord Salisbury to form a government. The following month the Unionists won a crushing victory in the 1895 general election and held power for ten years 18951905 under Salisbury and Arthur Balfour. Rosebery remained the Liberal leader for another year then permanently retired from politics. Wikipedia paperback
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