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The Birds of Asia [Volume III]
de GOULD, John (1804-1881) and Richard Bowdler SHARPE (1847-1909)
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- 1883
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London: Taylor and Francis, for the Author, 1883. Folio. (21 3/8 x 14 1/2 inches). Volume III only with all 78 plates. 20th-century half red morocco and cloth, all edges gilt
Provenance: The Avicultural Society, T.H. Newman Bequest (bookplate dated 1944)
Volume III of the most comprehensive work on Asiatic ornithology of its time
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A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals... [With:] Gleanings of Natural History Exhibiting Figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, &c..
de EDWARDS, George (1694-1773)
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- 1806
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- 7 volumes. 4to
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London: Vols. I-V: Printed for the Author, at the College of Physicians, in Warwick-Lane. Vols. VI-VII: Printed by George Sidney, Northumberland Street, Strand, 1806. 7 volumes. 4to. (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches). [Uncommon Birds:] 4 parts in 4 volumes. 211 etched plates by and after Edwards, 210 of which finely hand-colored, 1 of "Un Samojeed" uncolored, with dates… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Herbier colorié de l'Amerique, representant les Plantes les Plus Rares et les Plus Curieuses qui se trouvent dans cette Nouvelle Partie du Monde
de BUC'HOZ, Pierre Joseph (1731-1807)
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- 1783
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- 2 volumes, folio
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Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1783. 2 volumes, folio. (17 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches). 3 engraved titles, 2 pp. letterpress list of plates numbered 1-200. 206 hand-colored engraved plates, numbered in manuscript in the upper margin just within the platemark at a contemporary date. Contemporary full red morocco, covers bordered in gilt, spines with raised bands in seven compartments, lettered… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Buffle-Headed Duck
de [STONE, Sarah (1761-1844)]
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- 1790
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[London, 1790. Watercolour on laid paper. Unsigned, attributed to Sarah Stone. Annotated, "Lyn. 6 p.533...anas albeola, Lin." along the top edge. Sarah Stone was a prolific natural history painter who was active in London from 1777 to 1806, known for her exquisite brushwork, adept use of color, and mastery across a diverse array of subjects. Her primary patron was… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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King Duck
de [STONE, Sarah (1761-1844)]
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- 1790
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[London, 1790. Watercolour on laid paper. Unsigned, attributed to Sarah Stone. Annotated, "Lyn. 6 p.473/Male...anas spectabilis Lin" along the top edge. Sarah Stone was a prolific natural history painter who was active in London from 1777 to 1806, known for her exquisite brushwork, adept use of color, and mastery across a diverse array of subjects. Her primary patron was… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Buffle-Headed Duck from "Upland Game Birds and Water Fowl of the United States
de POPE, Alexander, Jr. (1849-1924)
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- 1877
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New York: Charles Scribner and Sons, 1877. Original watercolor on paper, signed "A. Pope Jr." in lower right corner, framed together with a chromolithograph of the same scene, in a gold-leaf wooden frame with a French washline mat. Image size: (13 x 19 inches). Framed size: (22 1/2 x 28 inches). A handsome watercolor of two buffle-headed ducks framed… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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A History of North American Birds ... Land Birds ... [With:] Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Vol. XII. The Water Birds of North America
de BAIRD, Spencer Fullerton (1823-1887); Thomas Mayo BREWER (1814-1880); and Robert RIDGWAY (1850-1929)
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- 1884
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- Two works in five volumes
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Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1884. Two works in five volumes. (10 3/4 x 8 inches). [Land Birds:] Vol. I - xxviii, 596, vi; Vol. II - vi, 590, vi; Vol. III - vi, 560, xxviii. 64 hand-finished, colour-printed lithographs and 593 woodcut illustrations. The Deluxe Edition with 36 added hand-coloured lithographic plates after Ridgway. [Water Birds:] Vol. I… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Platycercus Stanley II, [Stanley Parakeet]
de LEAR, Edward (1812-1888)
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- 1832
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[London: E. Lear, 1832. Hand-coloured lithograph, printed by Charles Hullmandel. Wove paper. A fine example of the work of "perhaps the greatest draughtsman of birds in European culture." (Philip Hofer) This image is from Lear's masterpiece: "Illustrations of the Family Psittacidae, or Parrots," a work that combines "the most exacting scientific naturalism with a masterly sense of design and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Palaeornis Rosaceus, [Roseate Parakeet]
de LEAR, Edward (1812-1888)
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- 1832
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[London: E. Lear, 1832. Hand-coloured lithograph, printed by Charles Hullmandel. Wove paper. A fine example of the work of "perhaps the greatest draughtsman of birds in European culture." (Philip Hofer) This image is from Lear's masterpiece: "Illustrations of the Family Psittacidae, or Parrots," a work that combines "the most exacting scientific naturalism with a masterly sense of design and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Trichoglossus Matoni, [Maton's Parakeet]
de LEAR, Edward (1812-1888)
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- 1832
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[London: E. Lear, 1832. Hand-coloured lithograph, printed by Charles Hullmandel. Wove paper. A fine example of the work of "perhaps the greatest draughtsman of birds in European culture." (Philip Hofer) This image is from Lear's masterpiece: "Illustrations of the Family Psittacidae, or Parrots," a work that combines "the most exacting scientific naturalism with a masterly sense of design and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Autograph letter signed "J. J. Audubon" to naturalist Richard Harlan, discussing Audubon's publication of "The Birds of America
de AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851)
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- 1832
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- Bi-folded folio. 4 pp
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St. Augustine, Florida: John James Audubon, 1832. Bi-folded folio. 4 pp. (9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches). Integral address panel with St. Augustine postal stamp. "Should I live long enough to deserve her applause I shall die happy." A remarkable signed manuscript letter from John James Audubon, which addresses in detail the publication of his landmark work "The Birds… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Histoire Naturelle des Orangers
de RISSO, Joseph Antoine (1777-1845) and Pierre Antoine POITEAU (1766-1854)
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- 1820
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- 4to
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Paris: Imprimerie de Mme. Hérrisant le Doux, 1820. 4to. (13 5/8 x 10 inches). Half-title, 2pp. dedication to the Duchesse de Berry, 109 fine stipple-engraved plates printed in colors and finished by hand after Poiteau by V. Bonnefoi, Chailly, Dien, Gabriel, Legrand, T. Susémihl and Texier. Period quarter calf, spine with gilt decoration, marbled paper boards
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The Birds of Great Britain, systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature; with descriptions including the natural history of each bird
de LEWIN, William (1747-1795)
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- 1812
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- 8 volumes in 4, quarto
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London: For J. Johnson, 1812. 8 volumes in 4, quarto. (11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches). Large paper issue of the second edition. Parallel text in English and French, 336 beautifully hand-coloured etched plates (of which 58 showed eggs) by and after Lewin and his sons, tissue guards. Contemporary half russia and marbled paper boards. Spine with raised bands… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Premiere [-Seconde] Centurie de Planches Enluminees et Non Enluminees Representant au Naturel, ce qui se trouve de plus Interessant et de plus Curieux parmi les Animaux, les Vegetaux et les Mineraux. Por servir d'intelligence a l'histoire Generale des trois Regnes de la Nature
de BUC'HOZ, Pierre Joseph (1731-1807)
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- 1781
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- 20 parts in 2 volumes, folio
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Paris: Lacombe [parts 1-4]; Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey [parts 5-16]; Paris: Chez l'Auteur [parts 17-20], 1781. 20 parts in 2 volumes, folio. (18 5/16 x 12 1/2 inches). Twenty engraved titles printed in red, yellow, blue or black, and twenty engraved lists of the plates. 200 plates (zoological [54], ornithological [26], botanical [60], and mineralogical [60]), each present in… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans
de GOULD, John (1804-1881)
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- 1854
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London: Taylor & Francis for the Author, 1854. Folio. (21 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches). 51 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Gould and Henry Constantine Richter, one uncolored lithographic plate by G. Scharf, all printed by Hullmandel & Walton. Publisher's full dark green morocco, covers elaborately tooled in blind and gilt.
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Journal of a Voyage to new South Wales with Sixty-five Plates of Non descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions
de WHITE, John (c.1756-1832), NODDER, Frederick (fl.1770-1801), STONE, Sarah (1761-1844)
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- 1790
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- 4to
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London: Printed for J. Debrett, Piccadilly, 1790. 4to. (11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches). First edition, deluxe issue. A2 a6 B-Pp4 Qq2 a-e4. 128 ff. [18] [1]-299 [39]. 356 pp. 65 finely hand-colored engraved plates. Engraved title-page vignette of the view in Port Jackson. Title, Dedication, Advertisement, List of Subscribers, List of Plates, White's Journal, Appendix, Diary of the… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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A Monograph of the Coraciidae, or the Family of the Rollers
de DRESSER, Henry Eeles (1838-1915)
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- 1893
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- Large quarto
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Farnborough, Kent, 1893. Large quarto. (14 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches). Title page with woodcut vignette (owl) and quote in Greek; xx, 111 pp. 27 hand-coloured lithographic plates. Contemporary half red morocco over red cloth. Gilt and blind rules on boards. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt and blind rules, gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt, other edges… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands
de LILFORD, Thomas Littleton Powys (1833-1896)
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- 1897
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- 8 volumes, large 8vo
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London: R.H. Porter, 1897. 8 volumes, large 8vo. (9 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches). Photogravure portrait, xxxix pp. with 421 hand-coloured lithographs and chromolithographs after Foster, Lodge, Keulemans and Thorburn, accompanied by text leaves describing each species. All plates and text-leaves mounted on linen stubs. Three-quarter brown morocco and cloth-covered boards, spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Birds of North America; the descriptions of species based chiefly on the collections in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution
de BAIRD, Spencer Fullerton (1823-1887), John CASSIN (1813-1869) and George Newbold LAWRENCE (1806-1895)
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- 1860
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- 1 volume, quarto
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1860. 1 volume, quarto. (11 1/2 x 9 inches). TEXT VOLUME ONLY. Publisher's purple cloth, covers decoratively stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt, some fading and wear
An important American work of ornithology by two of the foremost American ornithologists of the 19th century.
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Ornithological Biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America; accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled The Birds of America, and interspersed with delineations of American scenery and manners
de AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851)
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- 1835
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- Vols 1-3 (of 5), large 8vo
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Edinburgh & London: Printed by Neill & Co. (Edinburgh) for Adam & Charles Black (Edinburgh) and R. Havell Jun., and Longman, Rees, Brown and Green (London), and various others, 1835. Vols 1-3 (of 5), large 8vo. (9 3/4 x 6 inches). Half-titles. Numerous woodcut text illustrations. Prospectus for the Birds of America bound into rear of vol. 1. Bound… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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