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The Natural History Of Humming-birds
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The Natural History Of Humming-birds
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The Natural History Of Gallinaceous Birds V1 (1834)
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The Natural History Of Humming-birds
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The Natural History Of The Nectariniadae, Or Sun-birds
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The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland.
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The natural history of the birds of western Africa / by William Swainson ; the memoir by Andrew Crichton, Esq: vol. I
by Swainson, William (1789-1855). Crichton, Andrew (1790-1855). Lizars, William Home (1788-1859) [engraver]. Jardine, William Sir (1800-1874)
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Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars, 3 St. James' Square; S. Highley, 32 Fleet Street, London; and W. Curry, Jun. and Co. Dublin, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy bound in the cloth boards. Some plates missing. Wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Includes previous owner's inscription. Series; The naturalist's library. . Ornithology ; 7. Physical description; vol. I (only): 286 pages : ill., (chiefly col.), ports. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Bruce, James (1730-1794). Le Vaillant, François (1753-1824). Bruce, James. Birds Africa, West. Genre; Illustrated.
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American Ornithology; or the Natural History of The Birds of the United States. Four Volumes. Ed Jameson
by Wilson, Alexander; Charles Lucian Bonaparte and Sir William Jardine
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Edinburgh Constable, 1831-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1836 Four volumes1-4 in acceptable condition from constable pocket editions on dark green cloth - vol I has splits down side spine seams & Vol II is missing part of spine cover whilst vol III & IV are intact but all slightly loose bindings
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The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Part I. Birds of Prey
by Sir William Jardine, Bart.
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Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 1 only of 4. 17cm. In Green cloth over one quarter white leather, gilt titles, yellow endpapers, marker ribbon. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book. A part of the Naturalist's Library. Vol. 1 of the 4 volume Birds of G.B. and Ireland and vol. 9 of the Ornithology section of the Naturalist's Library. With a frontispiece portrait of Sibbald; black and white engraved half title page of gentleman and lady hunting with hawk on horseback; plain title page, 315pp; 34 hand coloured plates of the birds and their eggs, all present and correct. Many wood cuts of parts of the brids, beaks, plumage, feet, etc. "Sir William Jardine made natural history available to all levels of Victorian society by editing the hugely popular forty volumes of The Naturalist's Library (1833–1843) issued and published by his brother in law, the Edinburgh printer and engraver, William Home Lizars. The series was divided into four main…
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The Natural History of Humming Birds Illustrated by Thirty One Plates Coloured with Portrait and Memoir of Pennant, Naturalist's Library Volume II
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Lizars, 1833. Hardcover. Acceptable. Lacks dustwrapper, boards are somewhat marked and rubbed to edges, especially top and bottom and front edge of spine which is showing signs of splitting. No marks or inscriptions noted, illustrated, there are 30 colour plates to text plus a colour illustration to title page and a frontespiece engraving of Pennant. Bright and clean internally with little wear, just some scattered spotting. Happy to send photos on request. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.
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The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland Part One. Birds of Prey
by Sir William Jardine
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Edinburgh : W. H. Lizars, 1838. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". Mr Stewart . The first edition of this illustrated ornithological work on birds of prey by Sir William Jardine, bound in decorative cloth. The first edition. Part of the 'Naturalist's Library' series edited by Sir William Jardine. Bound in decorative cloth, with gilt fore edges. Illustrated by a frontispiece portrait of Sir Robert Sibbald, an engraved title page and 34 engraved, hand coloured plates by Stewart. Collated complete. This work was written by Sir William Jardine and provides an ornithological study of birds of prey and a memoir of Sir Robert Sibbald, a writer of historical works who is known for his study of wales. Jardine was a Scottish naturalist and is best known for this series of natural history books. This volume focuses on birds of prey including Falcons and Eagles. Bound in full cloth. Engraved title page and blanks retained. Externally very smart with slight marks to the boards, fading to the…
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The Natural History of Game Birds. The Naturalist's Library. Ornithology. Vol IV. Gallinaceous Birds, Part II.
by Sir William Jardine
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Edinburgh: W H Lizars, 1834 A very good copy of the 1st edition in the original publisher's cloth binding with 30 hand coloured plates. Contents with: black and white frontispiece portrait of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles; hand coloured vignette title page with red grouse; 2 further title pages; advert; contents listing; Memoir of Raffles; text with 30 hand coloured plates; and publisher's catalogues bound at the rear. The binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine, and is sound and tight. The spine and the board edges are slightly sunned. The bottom corners of both boards have small bumps; top corners lightly turned. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair at the joints. The text is largely unopened and the text paper is toned towards the margins. The plates are very well coloured and have some toning to top page edges. The tissue guards to plates 6 and 26 are present but detached. Plate 17 has very toned paper particularly at the edges and there is professional…
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The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Part II. Incessores. The Naturalist's Library, Ornithology Vol.X
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EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1839 A very good copy of the 1st edition of Part II of Birds of Great Britain and Ireland in the original publisher's cloth binding. This volume covers a range of familiar birds from bullfinches to wrens. Contents: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of William Smellie with tissue guard; hand coloured vignette title page showing a robin; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of William Smellie; text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The original binding has been rebacked, relaying the original spine, and is sound and tight. There is slight scuffing to the boards, which have light wear to corners and edges. There is fading to the spine and to the board edges. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair at the inner joints. Text and plate pages have light toning at the margins. The plates are clean and well coloured. The paint has splashed however in a…
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The Natural History of Gallinaceous Birds. The Naturalist's Library. Ornithology. Vol.III
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EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1834 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition of Volume I of Gallinaceous Birds (covering varieties of domestic and wild fowl eg turkeys, pheasants), in the publisher's brown cloth binding. Copy previously in the ownership of Francis Hemming, the entomologist, and with his book plate at the front pastedown. Contents with half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Aristotle; hand coloured vignette title page with a picture of a cockerel; 2 further title pages; contents listing; Memoir of Aristotle; and text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates (29 plates are listed in the contents index but there are 2 versions of plate 18). 32pp of advertisements and a 4 page yellow geographical works advert at the rear. The cloth binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine, and is sound and tight. There is some slightly paler marking to the boards and the corners have light wear. The original green endpapers are present - the free endpaper is…
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The Natural History of Humming-Birds. In Two Volumes Bound in One.
by Sir William Jardine
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Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; Stirling, 1833. Hardcover. Good. . 159 +166pp. 2-volumes bound in one. Bound in full leather with decoration in black and gilt, cover shows minor wear, rubbing, tanning, and slight loss at the spine ends. All edges gilt, pages are tanned with minor scattered foxing. Includes all 64 hand-colored plates with tissue guards in fine condition.
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THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. ORNITHOLOGY. Vol. III. Gallinaceous Birds. The Natural History of Gallinaceous Birds. Illustrated by Thirty-two Plates, Coloured. With Memoir of Aristotle by Andrew Crichton
by Jardine, Sir William (1800-1874)
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Edinburgh, Scotland: W. H. Lizars, and Stirling and Kenny, 1834. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 232 pages of text, followed by 32 + 4 pages of publisher's advertisement. Hardcover cloth binding is heavily worn, with the spine crudely taped, but remaining intact and functional and protective of the contents. Illustrated with a black & white engraving of Aristotle as the frontisportrait, a hand-colored half-title page, and thirty beautiful hand-colored plates. Complete with all plates and tipped-in errata slip tipped in. Ornithology, Birds, Ocellated Turkey; Pavo; Japanese Peacock; Polyplectron; Argus, Crested, Thibetian, Long-tailed Polyplectron, Argus Pheasant or Gigantic Argus; Gallus; Gigantic, Bankiva, Bronzed, Fork-Tailed, Sonnerat's Wild Cock; Phasianus; Ring-Necked, Diard's, Barred-Tailed, Soemmering's, Silver, Golden, Lady Amherst's; Euplocomus; Macartney Cock, Pucras Pheasant; Lophophorus;…
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The Natural History of Humming Birds - Volumes I and II - The Naturalist's Library
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1833. First Edition. Hard Cover. (Edinburgh: W H Lizars 1833). First UK Edition, First Issue (with the "Notice of the Naturalist's Library" by Professor Rennie from the Field Naturalist's Magazine London, March 1833". Rebound in the 20th Century in green buckram with gilt lettering to the spine with pale yellow end-papers. Contents: half-title page; notice of the Naturalist's Library by Professor Rennie; adverts for North American Ornithology (pages 1 through 6); frontispiece black and white portrait of Linnaeus; hand coloured vignette title page; one further title page; contents listing (pages i through iii); advertisement ; Memoir of Linnaeus; and text with black and white illustrations and 34 hand coloured plates - 147 pages in all. Vol. II: half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Pennant; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages (one for insertion into Vol I); contents listing; advertisement; Memoir of Pennant (damage to page 36-37…
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The Natural History of Humming Birds. Volumes I & II. The Naturalist's Library. Ornithology.
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EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1834 1st edition, second printing, of humming birds in the original publisher's cloth bindings, with 64 hand coloured plates. The bindings are sound and clean. Both have been rebacked preserving the original spine. Vol I has slight bubbling to the cloth; a bump to the rear bottom corner; a small lighter spot on the front board and fading to edges and spine. Vol II has some wear and bumping to corners; the front board has mottling and some fading to edges. The original green endpapers are present in both volumes with repair. Vol I: frontispiece black and white portrait of 'Linnaeus in his Lapland Dress'; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages dated 1834 (a year after the first printing); publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of Linnaeus; and text with black and white illustrations and 34 hand coloured plates bound at the rear; 23pp publisher's catalogue. Vol.II: half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Pennant; hand…
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The Natural History of Humming Birds. Volumes I & II. The Naturalist's Library. Ornithology. Volumes I & II
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EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1833 A very good copy of the 1st edition, 1st issue of humming birds in contemporary full calf, with 64 hand coloured plates. Humming Birds was the first title issued in the Naturalist's Library and Vol I has a lengthy advertisement setting out the rationale for the new venture and plans for future volumes. The bindings are in dark blue calf with 4 broad gilt-decorated bands, and title and author/volume labels and gilt decoration to the compartments. The boards have gilt lines to borders and delicate gilt decoration to the edges. Page edges are marbled with matching marbling on the endpapers. Contents: Vol I: 2 initial blanks; half title; frontispiece black and white portrait of Linnaeus; hand coloured vignette title page; two further title pages dated 1833; contents listing; advert; Memoir of Linnaeus; and text 147pp with black and white illustrations and 34 hand coloured plates. Vol.II: 2 initial blanks; black and white frontispiece portrait of Pennant; hand coloured…
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The Natural History of Humming-birds. The Naturalist’s Library.
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Lizars, Edinburgh. (), 1834. Two volumes bound in one; pp.[8], [i]-iii, 147, [8], [i]-iv, 166 plus 6-pages of publisher’s adverts. With 64 hand-coloured plates, 2 hand-coloured title-pages and 2 portrait frontis. Small 8vo. Hardback. Minor off-setting and spotting, o/w. contents fine. More recent half-calf binding with period style paper label, all in nr. fine condition. The first portrait frontispiece depicts Carl Linnaeus, with the second being an image of Thomas Pennant.
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