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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.

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars et al, 1837. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Sm 8vo, xvi + pp18-263 with portrait of François Levaillant and hand coloured title vignette complete with 32 hand coloured plates. Hardcover issued without DJ. Publishers binding of brown cloth with gilt titles to spine in good condition with some sunning to spine and marks to boards with a little shelf wear to top and tail of spine. Inside all pages, some of which remain uncut and plates in very good clean and bright condition. A nice copy.

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1837. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp.xvi , 263; engraved frontispiece plate of Le Vaillant; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 34 engraved plates of which 33 are hand-coloured with tissue guards; letterpress title and half-title pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, some fading, binding firm. Contents good, some loose gathers original green endpapers, bookplate of Robert Brodie, Aytoun of Inchdairnie, otherwise unmarked, plates with tissue guards present. A very good, very clean complete copy.

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1837. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp.xvi , 263; engraved frontispiece plate of Le Vaillant; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 34 engraved plates of which 33 are hand-coloured with tissue guards; letterpress title and half-title pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, some fading, repair to the top and bottom of the spine, binding firm. Contents good and tight, original green endpapers, name to the top of the front endpaper and to the top of the title page, plates with tissue guards present. A very good, clean complete copy.

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1838. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp.x , 256; engraved frontispiece plate of Haller; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 33 engraved plates of which 32 are hand-coloured with tissue guards; letterpress title and half-title pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, some fading, top and bottom of spine a little creased, binding firm. Contents good and tight, original green endpapers, bookplate belonging to John L Sinclair and further to Leonard Cowcill, the first few pages have some toning but the main body is clean, plates with tissue guards present , tissue guards have some offsetting. A very good complete copy.

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1839. Hardcover. Very Good. Near fine. 3 volume set. Bound in contemporary smooth calf, with black leather spine labels. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Profusely illustrated with 82 maps and 1800 engravings. Folding color map. Early signature of J.H. Owings, M.D. (19th cent. Montgomery County MD) and Edwin Winfield.

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1838 A very good copy of the 1st edition in the original publisher's cloth binding with 31 hand coloured plates and a hand coloured vignette title page. The binding has been rebacked, retaining the original spine, and is bright, clean and sound. The corners have light wear and turning, and there is some fading to edges as usual. The original green endpapers have been retained with repair. There is the decorative bookplate of Francis Hemming, the entomologist, and the signature of C Hemming to the front pastedown, and a pencil signature (not readable) to the fep. Contents: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Haller with tissue guard; hand coloured vignette title page with picture of Green Tody; 2 further title pages; advert; contents listing; Memoir of Baron Haller; text; and 31 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. There is some light spotting to initial leaves and the text paper is lightly toned. The tissue guards to the frontispiece and plate… Read More

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1837 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. An excellent first edition of this illustrated study of the birds of Western Africa, edited by Sir William Jardine as part of The Naturalist's Library. First edition, bound in half calf with marbled boards. Dated using Jisc from copies of the work held at The University of Liverpool libraries. Published as part of Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library, which covered a variety of topics relating to the natural world. Jardine was a Scottish naturalist, best known for this particular series. Edited by Jardine, although this volume was written by fellow ornithologist and entomologist, William John Swainson. This particular volume was on the subject of ornithology, more specifically relating to the natural history of the birds of Western Africa. Part II of II. With a memoir of French explorer, author and naturalist, Le Vaillant. Illustrated with thirty-two colour plates, a coloured illustrated title page, and… Read More

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1837 A very good copy of the 1st edition of The Birds of Western Africa, in 2 volumes in the original publisher's cloth binding with 64 hand coloured plates. The bindings have been rebacked, preserving the original spines and endpapers, and are clean, sound and tight. Vol I had lost the top section of the spine with some of the decorative title. It is only slightly sunned at the edge of the boards which have light wear as do the corners. The spine and board edges to Vol II are more sunned with wear to corners. Vol I: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Bruce; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages; advert; contents listing; Memoir of Bruce; text with black and white illustrations and 32 hand coloured plates; and a publisher's listing.286pp. Vol II: volume listing; half title; frontispiece portrait of Le Vaillant; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages; text with black and white illustrations and 32 hand… Read More

1840 BIRDS Ornithology Jardine Flycatchers Naturalist Library 33 Color Plates

A scarce printing of volume thirteen of "Ornithology" from Sir William Jardine's "Naturalist's Library" entitled, "Flycatchers." Within Jardine provides a fascinating early 19th-century survey on aerial wildlife. This scientific treatise provides 33 beautifully hand-colored engraved plates depicting various flycatcher species such as the Robin, Alethe, Shama, Niltava, Akalat, Shortwing, Redstart, and more!

Item number: #40953
Price: $499

JARDINE, Sir William (Editor); SWAINSON, W.

The Naturalist's Library. Vol. XIII. Ornithology. Flycatchers.

Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; London: S. Highley, T. Nelson; Dublin: W. Curry, Jun. and Co.; Manchester: J. Ainsworth, [ca.1840].

Details:
· Collation: Complete
o 256
o 33 hand-colored engraved plates, including frontispiece and vignette title page
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~ 6.5in X 4.25in (16.5cm x 11cm)

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1840 BIRDS Ornithology William Jardine Western Africa Naturalist Color Plates

A scarce printing of volume twelve of "Ornithology" from Sir William Jardine's "Naturalist's Library" entitled, "Birds of Western Africa. Part II." Within Jardine provides a fascinating early 19th-century survey on aerial wildlife. This scientific treatise provides 3r beautifully hand-colored engraved plates depicting various West African birds such as flycatchers, nightjars, bee-eaters, kinghunters, sunbirds, woodpeckers, cuckoos, terns, and more!

Item number: #40955
Price: $499

JARDINE, Sir William (Editor); SWAINSON, W.

The Naturalist's Library. Vol. XII. Ornithology. Birds of Western Africa. Part II.

Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; London: S. Highley, [ca.1840].

Details:
· Collation: Complete
o xvi, 17-263, [1]
o 34 hand-colored engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in (16.5cm x 11cm)

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London: John Murray. 1829. First edition. First edition. Inscribed by the author to John McDiarmid. 4to. Publisher's original grey paper-covered boards with printed paper title label to the spine. Page edges untrimmed. Illustrated with 28 black and white etched plates. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and tight with minor cracking to the head of the joints and a little wear to the extremities. The contents, with a previous owner's (early twentieth century) bookplate to the front pastedown, light offsetting from the plates to the facing text pages and faint spotting to the edges of the plates, are otherwise wonderfully clean and bright throughout. The plates themselves remain bold and fresh. A superb copy, entirely in its original state. Inscribed by John Richardson in black ink to the half title page "To John McDiarmid Esq. / from his friend The Author". The first part this monumental work on the natural history of the Arctic by Sir John Richardson (1787-1865), the… Read More

London: John Murray, Richard Bentley and Josiah Fisher, 1829- 1837, 4 vols, 4to, (275 x 200mm), Contemporary red half morocco gilt, with 110 engraved plates of which 72 are hand-coloured, a very nice large uncut copy.
Scarce Complete Copy of the First Edition of this Rare Work on the Natural History of the Arctic.
Sir John Richardson (1787–1865), surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer, went on Sir John Franklin's first two Arctic expeditions as ship's doctor and naturalist, and made observations and collected a large number of plant and animal specimens from the Canadian Arctic.
On his return to England after the second expedition he began to write this four-volume work of natural history, first published between 1829 and 1837. A volume is dedicated to each of the classes of mammal, bird, fish and insect, which are found in the Canadian Arctic. This work is an interesting example of pre-Darwinian natural history, full of detailed descriptions of the appearance, anatomy and behaviour of the… Read More