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Humphreys, H. N.
Ocean and river gardens: a history of the marine and fresh-water aquaria, with the best methods for their establishment and preservation. With twenty coloured plates from life. Part I. Ocean gardens. Part II. River gardens. [Complete].
London, Sampson Low, Son, 1857. Two parts in one. Small 8vo (17.9 x 13.1 cm). Three title pages (general; and, with engraved vignette, to each part), 235 pp. [viii, 112; vii, 108, (iv)]; 20 hand-coloured engraved plates [12; 8]. Later gilt-bordered burgundy morocco over burgundy linen boards. Spine with five raised bands, gilt-lined borders and two black morocco labels with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.
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Esper, E. J. C.
Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. [AND] Fortzetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen.
Nürnberg, 1791-1806. In four volumes. 4to (text volumes 24.2 x 19.6 cm; atlases 26.4 x 20.2 cm). Title pages, 857 [of 905 in this section] pp. Erster Theil (1791) xii, 320 pp.; Zweiter Theil (1794) 303 pp.; Fortsetzungen. Erster Theil (1797) pp. 1-116; 149-230]; Zwyter Theil pp. 1-24. 395 [of 445] hand-coloured or tinted engraved plates. Near uniform half calf over marbled boards. Spines with gilt chains and black morocco labels with gilt titles. Edges mottled.
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Nikolski, A. M. [Nikolsky, Nikolskii]
Presmykaiushchisi i zemnovodnyia Kavkaza (Herpetologia caucasica).
Tiflis [Tbilisi], Tipografiia kantseliarii Namiestrika E.I.V. na Kavkazie, 1913. 8vo (23.1 x 16.0 cm). 272 pp.; four (groups of) text figures, three lithographed plates of which one in chromolithography. Near contemporary blind half cloth over marbled boards.
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Hoola van Nooten, B.
Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de la flore et de la pomone de l'ile de Java. peints d'après nature. Ouvrage dédié à s majesté la reine de Hollande.
Bruxelles, Émile Tarlier, 1863. Large folio (55.6 x 40.8 cm). Title page, [ii] pp. (preface), dedication leaf; 41 chromolithographed plates, some finished by hand, with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary half calf over over burgundy linen boards. Spine blind-tooled with four low, wide bands, and dark brown morocco label with gilt title. Light, greyish green endpapers.
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Gleichen Russworm, W. F. Von [Rußwurm, Rusworm]
Das Neueste aus dem Reiche der Pflanzen oder mikroskopische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen der geheimen Zeugungstheile der Pflanzen in ihren Blüten, und der in denselben befindlichen Insekten; nebst einigen Versuchen von dem Keim, und einem Anhang vermischter Beobachtungen, beschrieben, und mit Farben nach der Natur vorgestellet. Herausgegeben, verlegt und mit den nöhtigen in Kupfer gestochenen und illuminirten Abbildungen versehen von Johann Christoph Keller.
Nürnberg, Christian de Launoy seel[ig] Erben, [1763]-1764-[1766]. Folio (40.2 x 25.8 cm). Title page with motto on verso, half-title with motto on verso; 159 pp. [(iv), 8, (iv), 72, 40, (vi), 26]; 51 engraved plates [numbered I-V, IIb (all showing microscopes); I-IV, A-E, V-XXX (mainly showing flowers); 1-10 (mainly showing insects)], all in fine, original hand-colouring; and decorated with several large, finely engraved headpieces. Contemporary mottled calf. Spine with seven raised, gilt-lined bands; compartments rich gilt with floral vignettes and corner pieces; brown morocco label with gilt title. Board edges gilt-rolled. Marbled pastedowns. All edges red.
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Temminck, C. J.
Histoire naturelle générale des pigeons et des gallinacés; par C. J. Temminck, Chevalier de l'Ordre Impérial de la Réunion, Directeur de la Société des Sciences à Harlem, et membre de plusieurs Sociétés d'Histoire naturelle. Ouvrage en trois volumes. Accompagné de planches anatomiques. Tome premier - second - troisième. [Complete].
Amsterdam, J. C. Sepp & Fils, Paris, G. Dufour, 1813-1815. Three volumes in three. 8vo (22.5 x 13.5 cm). 1736 pp. [499, (i); 477, (i); 757, (i)], 12 engraved plates ([I]; I-III; IV-XI). Uniform 19th-century half calf over marbled boards. Spines with gilt-rolled, floral bands; tan morocco labels with gilt title, and red, gilt-bordered morocco label with gilt number.
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Forbes, F. B. and W. B. Hemsley
Enumeration of all the plants known from China proper, Formosa, Hainan, the Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the island of Hongkong, together with their distribution and synonymy.
London, The Linnean Society, Longmans, Green and Co., Williams and Norgate, 1886-1905. Twenty issues in 20, forming three parts. 8vo (22.2 x 14.4 cm). 1812 pp. ([ii], 521; 592; 686, xi); 24 lithographed plates [14; 10; 0], the first being a large, folded, duotone map. Original, uniform printed wrappers.
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Hoefnagel, G.
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii Iacobus F. genio duce ab ipso scalpta, omnibus philomusis amica D: ac perbenique communicat. I. Chr. Weigel excudit. Plate 3.1.
Frankfurt am Main, 1592. Small oblong folio (18.0 x 27.0 cm). Single plate, finely and beautifully hand-coloured.
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Millière, P.
Iconographie et description de chenilles et lépidoptères inédits. I - III. [Complete].
Lyon, F. Dumoulin (Vol. I, Parts 1-10), 1859-[1864]; Paris, F. Savy, 1864-1874 (Vol. II, Parts 11-22; Vol. III., Parts 23-35); Lyon H. Georg, (for the Société Linnéenne de Lyon), 1878. 36 parts in four. 4to (27.2 x 17.5 cm). 1430 pp. [424; 506; 488; 12]; 155 finely hand-coloured, lithographed and tissue-guarded plates [50; 50; 54; 1]. Three main volumes in uniform contemporary half morocco over double gilt-bordered marbled boards. Spines with five raised, gilt-stippled bands; compartments rich gilt with floral fields, gilt title and volume number. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Last part in original wrappers.
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[Darwin, Charles Robert]
Portrait of Darwin - Rare Russian carte de visite.
Saint Peterburg, Wesenberg [Down and London, Elliott & Fry], [1874]. Albumen print, mounted on cardboard with a red ink border (10.3 x 6.1 cm). With the printed name Darwin in Cyrillic and printed Cyrillic text on recto and verso. Name of Darwin stamped in cyrillic on verso. Preserved in transparent sleeve.
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Dorman, R. M.
The Origin of Primitive Superstitions. And their development into the worship of spirits and the doctrine of spiritual agency among the aborigines of America.
Philadelphia, PA, J. B. Lippincott, 1881. 8vo (23.0 x 15.1 cm). 398 pp.; 21 numbered text-engravings, five plates of which four originally hand-coloured, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece (= Plate I), Original dark brown buckram. Spine with red lines, gilt pictorial vignette and title; boards with red border; front board with pictorial gilt vignette. Dark green endpapers.
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Lacépède, [B. G. É.] De
Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares, serpents, poissons, et cétacées. Pour faire suite aux oeuvres de Buffon. Nouvelle édition, ornée de 115 planches et du portrait de l'auteur. Tome premier - cinqante. [Complete].
Paris, A. Eymery [AND Brussels, Avransart and Gust. Gastebois], 1825. Five volumes in five. 8vo (20.1 x 12.8 cm). Frontispiece portrait of Lacepède by Leroux after a drawing by Hersent; 2881 pp.; 115 finely engraved plates after Jean Gabriel Prêtre, in original hand-colouring, several augmented with silver. Uniform polished tree-calf. Spines rich gilt with geometrical patterns, and two red morocco labels with gilt title and volume number. Boards with gilt-ornamented borders; gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Edges speckled bluish green.
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Leonard, T.
Spotted Cat. [Original of a book front-cover illustration, signed by the artist].
Philadelphia, PA, The Artist, ca. 2005. A fine, original full-colour painting (16.5 x 20.3 cm, with a 3.8 cm white border). Acrylic on cardboard, by the American animal painter Tom Leonard.
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Ruysch, F.
Alle de ontleed- genees- en heelkundige werken van Fredrik Ruysch. In zijn ed. leven vermaard geneesheer en hoog-leeraar in d'ontleed- en kruydkunde tot Amsterdam; als mede lid der Keyserlyke, Londensche en Parysse genootschappen. Met veele koperen plaaten. Eerste - Tweede - Derde deel. [Complete].
Amsterdam, Janssoons van Waesberge, [1739]-1744. Three volumes in three. 4to (27.1 x 22.2 cm). Engraved allegorical "Wunderkammer" frontispiece and engraved portrait of Ruysch. Three half-titles, three titles in red and black, additional title in black; 1575 pp. (104; 483 [of which pp. 30-44 not numbered]; [484]-932, 546[bis]-552[bis]; [933]-1280, [clxxxiii]). 133 engraved, mostly folded plates (Neerd 8-72; 73-119, 93*; 120-139), of which several spectacularly large, and eight (groups of) numbered text illustrations, numbered I-IX, 3-4, but with III-V in one figure]. Contemporary uniform quarter calf over marbled boards. Spines with five raised bands; compartments with gilt floral borders and vignettes, and red and black morocco labels with gilt title.
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Wall, F.
Chart to tell whether an Indian snake is poisonous or harmless.
Bombay [Mumbai], The Bombay Natural History Society, [1917]. Leporello binding (17.6 x 10.6 cm) with text and nine illustrations (in red and black) on a five-folded (concertina) linen-backed paper leaf (16.5 x 49.1 cm). Brown linen boards with black title.
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Hoefnagel, G.
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii Iacobus F. genio duce ab ipso scalpta, omnibus philomusis amica D: ac perbenique communicat. I. Chr. Weigel excudit. Plate 1.8.
Frankfurt am Main, 1592. Small oblong folio (18.0 x 27.0 cm). Single plate, finely and beautifully hand-coloured.
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Hoefnagel, G.
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii Iacobus F. genio duce ab ipso scalpta, omnibus philomusis amica D: ac perbenique communicat. I. Chr. Weigel excudit. Plate 4.3.
Frankfurt am Main, 1592. Small oblong folio (18.0 x 27.0 cm). Single plate, finely and beautifully hand-coloured.
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Ohkubo, Y. ["Ichigaku"]
Ichigaku Shasei no Tori Dzufu [Album of drawings of all birds, drawn from nature by Ichigaku].
Tokyo, unpublished, 1889. 80 loose leaves. Folio (ca. 37.0 x 27.0 cm). On Japanese paper, (all but one) mounted on original, larger sheets of Japanese paper measuring ca. 44.0 x 32.5 cm, one is framed (53 x 41 x 3 cm) in a modern, oriental-style lacquered wooden frame with bevelled edges. Four leaves contain text only, 76 contain illustrations of complete birds (the vast majority), or parts (e.g., wings). A few have additional, smaller sheets with text attached.
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Hoefnagel, G.
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii Iacobus F. genio duce ab ipso scalpta, omnibus philomusis amica D: ac perbenique communicat. I. Chr. Weigel excudit. Plate 3.3.
Frankfurt am Main, 1592. Small oblong folio (18.0 x 27.0 cm). Single plate, finely and beautifully hand-coloured.
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Escher, M. C.
Vissen. [In: De Tekens van de Dierenriem - limited edition, with extra letter and invitations to exhibitions of the artwork].
Amsterdam, De Grafische, 1963. Square 4to (20.4 x 20.5 cm). Title page; 36 pp., all with blank versos. Original pictorial soft cover (Lumbeck binding). Printed invitations tipped in.
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Godart, J. B. and P. A. J. Duponchel
Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères ou papillons de France. [Volumes] I-XI (AND) suppléments. [Volumes] I-IV (AND) Iconographie des chenilles. [Volumes] I-II. [Complete].
Paris, Crevot et Mequignon-Marvis, 1821-1831. 17 volumes in 19. 8vo (20.3 x 12.5 cm). With 546 engraved plates, all but one nicely hand-coloured. Contemporary near uniform half calf over marbled boards. Spines with four raised bands, gilt linings (more elaborate at spine ends), black or brown morocco labels with gilt titles. Marbled flyleaves.
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Schlegel, H. and G. F. Westerman (eds.)
Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. Uitgegeven door het Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra. Eerste Deel. [= Issues 1-6].
Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1848-1854. Large 4to/Folio mix (35.2 x 27.1 cm). Title page, 132 pp. [52, 80]; 39 lithographed plates, of which five double-sized, and 20 finely hand-coloured. Contemporary gilt-bordered half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five rectangular compartments with gilt and black embossed borders, and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt.
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Siebold, P. F., von et al.
Fauna Japonica Reptilia. Réface suivie d'un aperçu historique et physique sur les reptiles du Japon. [BOUND WITH] Fauna Japonica. Coup-d'oeil sur la faune des iles de la sonde et de l'empire du Japon. Discours préliminaire destiné à servir d'introduction à la Faune du Japon. [AND] Aperçu général et spécifique sur les mammifères qui habitent le Japon et les iles qui en dépendent.
Lugdunum Batavorum [Leiden], the author, [(1833). REPRINT Tokyo, 1934]. xxx pp. [ Coup d'oeil]; (1842) 59, 28 pp.; 35 [30, 5] lithographed plates [ Mammifères]; (1838) xxi; 80; double-sized map of the world in black, red and blue; 9 b/w plates (turtles) [Roman numerals]; 81-96; 10 b/w plates snakes [Arabic numerals, except VII]; 97-144 saurii et batrachii, 8 b/w plates [Roman numerals], (two plates double-sized). On the Mammals in Siebold's Fauna Japonica (N. Kuroda, 12 pp.); The Fundamental Study of the Herpetology of Japan Described in Siebold's Fauna Japonica (Y. Okada, 8 pp.) Purplish-brown polished half calf over original linen boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-rolled bands, and gilt title. Marbled endpapers, marbled edges.
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Macleay, W. S. [Smith, A. (ed.)]
Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa; being a portion of the objects of natural history chiefly collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa".
London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1838. Folio (30.3 x 24.1 cm). Title (to the Invertebata part), title (to the work), [ii], 75 pp.; four finely lithographed and hand-coloured plates. Contemporary green, polished calf. Spine with five raised bands bordered by double gilt-lines; black morocco label with gilt title; boards with gilt borders, edges blind-tooled with oblique grooves. Marbled endpapers; marbled edges.
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Ward, C.
African Lepidoptera, being descriptions of new species. With illustrations. [All published, and printed but unpublished!].
London, Longmans, Green, and Co., [1873-1874]. Folio (29.7 x 22.3 cm). 16 pp.; 18 lithographed plates of which 12 in fine, original hand-colouring. Original uniform printed wrappers.
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Forster, J. R. [H. Lichtenstein (ed.)]
I. R. Forsteri. Descriptiones animalium quae in itinere ad Maris Australis terras per annos 1772 1773 1774 suscepto collegit observavit et delineavit Ioannes Reinoldus Forster regiae societatis scientiarum londinensis sodalis nunc demum editae auctoritate et impensis academiae litteratum regiae berolinae curante Henrico ichtenstein academiae socio. Edidit H. Lichtenstein. [Uncut, very wide-margined copy].
Berlin, Officina Academia, 1844. 8vo (23.2 x 14.6 cm). xv, 424 pp. 20th-century half linen over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and vignettes, and burgundy morocco label with gilt title. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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Wall, F.
A popular treatise on the common Indian snakes. [Complete in 29 parts].
Bombay, The Bombay Natural History Society, 1905-1919. 29 parts in one. 8vo (24.5 x 16.5 cm). 472 pp.; 28 chromolithographed plates; 27 engraved "diagrams" (i.e., engraved plates - some partially coloured), 19 distribution maps (of which 16 partly coloured). Later dark blue half calf over warm grey paper boards. Spine in five compartments, rich gilt with floral corner pieces, gilt vignettes and gilt title. Blue endpapers. First printed wrapper bound in.
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Brazil, V.
La Défense contre l'Ophidisme.
São Paulo, Poica-Weiss, 1914. Large 8vo (23.3 x 16.0 cm). Title in red and black, 319 pp.; two pages with text illustrations (mainly detailed snake heads); 28 plates of which 13 in full colour offset printing. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers.
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Burmeister, [K.] H. [K.]
Erläuterungen zur Fauna Brasiliens, enthalted Abbildungen und ausführliche Beschreibungen neur oder ungenügend bekannter Thier-Arten. Mit XXXII Tafeln.
Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1856. Folio (45.4 x 32.0 cm). Title page, viii (recte vi), 115 pp., 32 lithographed plates of which 22 - of living animals - finely hand-coloured, and ten - showing skulls - plain. Early 20th-century dark blue half morocco over blue marbled boards. Gilt title on the spine. Marbled endpapers.
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Calmette, [L. C.] A.
Venoms. Venomous animals and antivenomous serum-therapeutics. Translated by Ernest E. Austen, F.Z.S.
New York, NY, William Wood, 1908. Large 8vo (22.4 x 17.3 cm). Title page, xvi, 403 pp.; 125 fine text illustrations. Original burgundy buckram. Spine with gilt bands and title; front board with gilt title. Bevelled edges.
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Eremchenko, V. k. and N. N. Scherbak
Ablefaridnieh Yascheretsky Fauny SSSR I Sopredelnih Stran. [Ablepharine Lizards of the USSR and Adjacent Countries].
Fruze, Ilim, 1986. 8vo (21.5 x 14.5 cm). 171 pp.; 43 (groups of) text figures. Publisher's mustard cloth with brown title and gilt vignette on the front board. Light blue endpapers. Errata slip loosely inserted.
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Gaignepain, L. H.
Dissertation sur les effets du venin de la vipère; présentée et soutenue à l'Ecole de Médecine de Paris, le 12 fevrier 1807.
Paris, Didot Jeune, 1807. Large 4to (25.3 x 19.8 cm). 24 pp., including title page, numbered [i]-vi, 7-24. Later marbled boards. Spine with brown leather label with gilt title.
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Guichenot, A. [A. T.]
Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie, pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842 publiée par ordre du gouvernement et avec le concours d'une commission académique. Sciences physiques. Zoologie. V. Histoire naturelle des reptiles et des poissons.
Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1850. Folio (37.0 x 28.1 cm). Half-title, title page Sciences physiques Zoologie V, with engraved vignette, half-title (to the reptiles and fish); iv, 144, [iv] pp., half-title (to the atlas); 12 plates (four of reptiles and amphibians, eight of fish). The plates are colour-printed engravings à la poupée and then finished by hand. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges.
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Günther, A. [C. L. G.] [Gunther, Guenther]
Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the Collection of the British Museum.
London, The Trustees of the British Museum, 1858. Small 8vo (21.6 x 13.3 cm). xvi, 160, 8 pp.; 12 finely lithographed plates. 20th-century black buckram with silver title on the spine.
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Günther, A. [C. L. G.] [Gunther, Guenther]
Observations on some rare reptiles and a batrachian now or lately living in the Society's Menagerie.
London, The Zoological Society of London, 1883. Large 4to (32.1 x 25.4 cm). 8 pp. [numbered 215-222], and five plates (two in fine hand-colouring). Original printed front wrapper.
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Klauber, L. M.
A Key to the Rattlesnakes. with Summary of Characteristics.
San Diego, CA, The San Diego Society of Natural History, 1936. Large 8vo (25.7 x 17.0 cm). Title page, 91 pp.; 112 (groups of) illustrations, including many on photos of living animals on glossy paper. Mid-20th-century blue buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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Krefft, [J. L.] G.
Snakes of Australia. Illustrated and descriptive catalogue of all the known species.
Sydney, T. Richards, 1869. 4to (26.3 x 20.3 cm). xxv, 100 pp.; 12 originally hand-coloured lithographed plates, and several text illustrations. Early 20th century, beautiful, full brown morocco binding. Spine with five raised, gilded bands; compartments rich gilt with floral corner pieces and arabesque vignettes. Boards with gilt-lined panels, gilt-ornamented edges, and gilt-rolled floral inner dentelles. Marbled pastedowns.
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Lacepède, [B. G. É.]
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du cabinet du roi. Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpens. Tome premier - second. [Complete].
Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1788-1789. Two parts in two. 4to (25.3 x 19.3 cm). Title pages with allegorical engraved vignettes, numerous engraved head and tail pieces. 1216 pp. [5-18, 651; 5-8, 20 (including eulogy of Buffon), 527]; 63 engraved plates [41; 22] large, multi-folded table. Uniform contemporary full tree calf. Spines with five raised bands, rich gilt compartments with floral vignettes, two morocco labels with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Marbled edges.
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Muskhelishvili, T. [A.]
Atlas of Georgian Amphibians and Reptiles.
Tbilisi, "World Wide Fond for Nature" [World Wide Fund for Nature], 1994. Large 4to (30.0 x 21.5 cm). 48 pp.; 30 full colour plates. Publisher's green mock leather with gilt title on the front board. Patterned endpapers.
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Pavlovsky, E. N.
Papers on Experimental Zoology and Toxic Animals.
Moskva, Akademii NAUK SSSR, 1963. Large 8vo (26.0 x 17.1 cm). 208 pp.; numerous text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth. Front board blind-stamped, and with gilt title; spine with gilt title. Printed errata slip bound in.
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Peters, W. C. H.
Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842-1848 ausgeführt. Zoologie III. Amphibien. [Atlas with the highest number of coloured plates].
Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1882. Large 4to (34.0 x 25.0 cm). Title page, [v]-xv, 191 pp.; 33 lithographed plates [numbered I-XXVI, III.A, III.B, IV.A, IX.A, XIII.A, XIV.A, XIX.A] of which 28 originally hand-coloured. Contemporary quarter cloth over plain boards. original printed label on the spine.
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Pritchard P. C. H. and Trebbau P.
The Turtles of Venezuela. Color paintings by Giorgio Voltolina.
[Lawrence, KN], Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1984. Large 4to (27.3 x 21.0 cm). Two volumes (text, and plates). viii, 401 pp.; 47 full colour plates, 16 distribution maps. Uniform half calf over marbled boards. Spines with gilt bands and title. In original burgundy cloth slipcase (28.9 x 22.4 x 6.0 cm). Top edge of the text volume gilt.
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Riedel, G. F. and F. Kirschner
Tabulae regni animalis, omnes VI classes animalium comprehendentes. Tabula Regni animalis. Tabula V classis IV Amphibia Reptilia.
Augsburg, Kaiserlich Franzische Akademische Handlung [1786]. Oblong folio (38.5 x 55 cm). Eight, uncut, copper engravings. All finely, and accurately hand-coloured. Loose, as issued, housed in a modern portfolio for protection.
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Schinz, H. R.
Fauna Helvetica oder Verzeichniss aller bis jetzt in der Schweiz entdeckten Thiere. Erster Theil. Verzeichniss der in der Schweiz vorkommenden Wirbelthiere.
Neuchatel, Allgemeine Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 1837. 4to (24.6 x 20.4 cm). Title to the Verzeichniss, title to the Wirbelthiere; 168 pp.; one hand-coloured lithographed plate. Mid-20th-century blue cloth. Spine with silver title. Speckled edges.
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Siebold, [P.] F. Von and C. J. Temminck and H. Schlegel
Fauna Japonica sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1825 - 1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Conjunctis studiis C. J. Temminck et H. Schlegel pro vertebratis atque W. de Haan pro invertebratis elaborata. Reptilia.
Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden], J. G. La Lau, 1838. Folio (36.8 x 28.0 cm). Engraved title (to the Fauna Japonica), dedication leaf, letterpress title (to the Reptilia part). xxi, 144 pp.; one unnumbered engraved plate, 28 lithographed plates, of which two double-sized or larger [numbered chelonii I-IX, ophidii 1-6, VII, 8-10, saurii et batrachii I-VIII, and one unnumbered plate of a turtoise carrying a grotesque appendage on its shield], one double-sized, partly coloured map of the world. Contemporary polished half calf with blind-tooled floral edges over marbled boards. Spine with four raised bands, compartments with blind-tooled vignettes and three black morocco labels with gilt title, gilt vignette and gilt-rolled arabesques; greyish-blue endpapers; edges mottled brown.
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Sparrman, A.
Coluber ferruginosus: en aldeles ny Hugg-Orm, funnen i Södermanland och beskrifven. [AND] En grönflåckad Groda, funnen i Carlscrona och beskrifven.
Stockholm, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien, 1795. 8vo (21.0 x 13.5 cm). 7 pp. [numbered 180-186]; one large, folded plate showing a new snake and a toad. Marbled paper spine cover.
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Tidswell, F.
Researches on Australian Venoms. Snake-bite, snake-venom and antivenine. The poison of the platypus. The poison of the red-spotted spider.
Sydney, Department of Public Health, New South Wales, 1906. 8vo (21.1 x 13.8 cm). vii, 79 pp.; several tables. Later black, patterned tape over contemporary black, pebbled cloth.
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Vosmaer, G. C. J.
Natuurkundige Beschryving eener uitmuntende verzameling van zeldsaame gedierten, bestaande in Oost- en Westindische viervoetige dieren, vogelen en slangen, weleer leevend voorhanden geweest zijnde, buiten Den Haag op het Kleine Loo van Z. D. den Prins van Oranje-Nassau. Met naar 't leven getekende en gecouleurde afbeeldingen. [All herpetological plates].
Amsterdam, P. Meijer,1768-1774. Three engraved plates. 4to (25.5 x 21.3 cm). Each printed and additionally coloured in a contemporary hand.
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Westphal-Castelnau, A.
Catalogue de la collection de reptiles de feu M. Alexandre Westphal-Castelnau, membre de l'Académie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier, etc.
Montpellier, J. Martel Aîné, 1870. 8vo (24.8 x 16.3 cm). 58 pp. Original printed wrappers. Later paper spine cover.
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Wilhelm, G. T.
Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte. Amphibien. Neue Ausgabe.
Augsburg, J. A. Schloßer, 1834. Two parts in two. Small 8vo (16.5 x 10.5 cm). Title page, 168 pp.; 40 engraved and finely hand-coloured plates. Contemporary near uniform marbled paper boards. Spines with gilt lines and gilt title on leather label, black on text volume, blue on plate volume.
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Barraband, J. [in F. Levaillant]
The toco toucan ( Ramphastos toco). From: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus [Plate 2. Le Toco].
Paris, Denné le jeune, Perlet, [1801-] 1806. Single sheet. Very large folio (50.8 x 37.9 cm). Colour-printed by Langlois and Rousset, finished by hand.
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Barraband, J. [in F. Levaillant]
The white throated toucan ( Ramphastos tucanus). From: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus [Plate 4. Le Cocan à collier jaune].
Paris, Denné le jeune, Perlet, [1801-] 1806. Single sheet. Very large folio (50.8 x 37.9 cm). Colour-printed by Langlois and Rousset, finished by hand.
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Bernack, F.
34 Naturstudien u. Entwürfe für Zigarettenpakkungen, Geschäftsdrucksachen, Etiketts, Buchumschläge, Schmuck u.s.w.
Germany, Franz Bernack, ca. 1911. 15 sheets with original artwork, mounted. In folio-sized portfolio (45.2 x 35.1 cm) with calligraphed title mounted on front board.
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Ehrenberg, C. G.
Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur.
Leipzig, Leopold Voss, 1838. Two volumes in two. Folio (46.3 x 33.3 cm).Two title pages; , xviii, [iv], 548 pp; 64 engraved plates in fine, original hand-colouring. Uniform contemporary half morocco over pebbled boards. Spines with five raised bands; compartments with gilt floral vignettes, titles, and logos. Marbled endpapers.
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Engelbrecht, M.
An album of 14 folio-sized sheets ( a few are combinations of smaller, mounted sheets), designed and printed by Martin Engelbrecht.
[Augsburg, the artist and publisher, ca. 1740]. 4to (size ca. 40.0 x 25.0 cm). 16 printed and finely hand-coloured sheets. In modern, black map.
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Fans
[Collection of five paper fans].
Indonesia, U.S.A, and France, various manufacturers, ca. 1900-1950. All made of wood. 1. Indonesia, Soerabaya, Wassimal Brothers, Toko Bombay Moerah. Pasar Toendjoengan 36 (21.3 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm, 28 ribs), floral pattern on outer ribs back side; 2. Idem, however, with a 26 instead of 28 ribs, a metal shackle, and a different floral design. 3. Washington, DC, Hotel Powhatan (21.3 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm; 23 ribs); outer ribs silver-printed, translucent rice paper, with floral pattern, heightened with silver and gold. 4. Clermont-Ferrand, Taillerie de Royat, 35 Rue Neuve près la Place Jaude. (21.1 x 1.9 x 2.0 (widest); 16 ribs. With a photoprint titled Taille des agates, showing factory workers processing agate gemstones. 5. (28.8 x 2.0 x 3.9 [widest point] cm); ten ribs. Floral patters over a silver background. Pochoir on both sides. With calligraphed Chinese texts referring to tea.
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Haecker, [F. C.] V.
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. Vierzehnter Band. Tiefsee-Radiolarien.
Jena, Gustav Fisher, 1908. Four parts in four. Large 4to (34.3 x 25.5 cm). x, 706 pp. [x, 1-336, 337-706]; 87 mostly chromolithographed plates; two partly coloured maps; 225 text figures. Uniform original "Gustav Fischer orange" wrappers, or black quarter cloth over orange boards, as issued.
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[Kimono print designs] Shoun Ogawa
Pine Cloud Pattern. Furisode nobu.
Kyoto, Yamada Unsōdō, Meiji 34 [1901]. Folio leporello (27.0 x 36.7 cm). 24 pages, of which 20 with pochoir prints, several heightened with silver or gold, and four plain. Printed boards, illustrated with silver, flying cranes, and a large title label.
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[Maps] Polar region [AND] Africa
Dernières explorations en Asie et dans les régions polaires - 1880 [AND] Dernières explorations en Afrique 1880.
Paris, Ch. Delagrave, 1881. Two maps, printed in black, blue and red (25.7 x 25.6 cm; and 16.5 x 17.4 cm) on a single, folded sheet (46.7 x 30.3 cm). Original printed wrappers.
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[Paper]
Imitation. Papier à la cuve pour livres et impressions de luxe.
France, AC, ca. 1900. Oblong folio (20.2 x 30.0 cm), with pink cord. Title page, 14 different paper leaves, each with a small logo and number, and one large, folded leaf in rear pocket, with the printed text "Cet échantillon démontre le bord imit. à la cuve" and "Ces papiers sont livrés suivant demande avec ou sans bords imit. à la cuve". Original "artisan" paper wrappers, colour-printed in Art Nouveau style.
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[Printed Matter]
Toilet paper rolls.
The Netherlands and Belgium, various manufacturers, ca. 1930-1950. Five complete rolls in their original wrappers (height 10.5-12.0 cm, diameter 10.5-12.0 cm). Preserved in early 20th-century clamshell box, entirely covered with German and Austrian bank notes (31 x 23 x 21 cm).
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[Printed paper samples] Henry Lindenmeyr & Sons
Samples of specialities in cover papers.
Boston, MA, Griffith-Stillings Press [for Henry Lindenmeyr & Sons], ca. 1900. Oblong folio (17.0 x 25.5 cm). 38 paper samples, each named and illustrated with an appropriate vignette, of which several printed in two or more colours. Colour-printed soft cover, with large Art Nouveau vignette.
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[Scissor Art - Scherenschnitt] Gützlaff, L.
Rosethorn with her prince, Little Rosethorn gathering flowers, and Rosethorn at her spinning wheel. [after Lotte Gützlaff].
[Berlin], ca. 1920. Three fine, detailed, black paper cutouts, each mounted on a blank cardboard (each 28.6 x 21.0 cm).
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[Trade Catalogue - Aluminium foil]
Aluminium-Papiere. Glatt, beklebt und gepägt. [Aluminium papers. Smooth, laminated, and embossed].
Erkrath, Rheinische Buntpapier-Fabrik, 1936. One oblong folio catalogue (9.1 x 23.0 cm). Partly removable "title" page (i.e., price list and address; 41 aluminium foil leaves. Each 5 mm larger than the previous one, and backed with original blank paper, except the first 7, which the smallest size, and no backing; all either in silver, gold, or colour-printed, and either smooth or with a different embossing. Original red-printed, embossed wrappers.
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[Trade Catalogue - Paper] Sanderson, A. and Sons
Sanderson Fancy Papers. Range F. 1961-1963. British Made.
Perivale, Arthur Sanderson and Sons, 1961. Oblong folio (14.2 x 25.1 cm). The title leaf, three stiff cards with 35 mounted samples of flock papers (15, 8, and 12 samples respectively) and 271 full-page decorative paper samples, all with stock identity numbers printed on the verso. Publisher's black buckram Front board with gilt title and company logo.
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[Trade Catalogue] National Blank Book Co.
Catalog of Blank Books. Manufactured by National Blank Book Co. Holyoke, Mass.
New York, NY, National Blank Books, 1911. 8vo (23.5 x 14.8 cm).liv, 192 pp.; numerous full-colour illustrations. Publisher's full cloth. Spine with gilt title; front board with gilt and black printed panel, gilt armorial company's devise and gilt number (22); rear board with gilt armorial company's device. Printed endpaper; book block with rounded corners and marbled edges.
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[Wallpaper] C. Wilhelm Iven
Symphonie der Farben. Ein Vorlegewerk für Maler / Dekorateure und Kunsytgewerbler. [Symphony of Colours. A reference book for painters, decorators, and art professionals].
Altona, C. Wilhelm Iven, ca. 1930. Folio (28.5 x 23.0 cm). Title page in black and blue, [iv] pp.; Full colour leaves of wallpaper, often with separate, matching borders. Limp boards printed in pink and black.
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