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Venomous Snakes of Southern India
de Sargeaunt, Captain C. C.
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Madras: Central Survey Office, 1875. First edition.. Some light browning to the rear (blank) side of some plates, a few wrinkles of the tissue guards, a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (1, title page printed in silver and gilt), 12 hand-colored photo-lithographic plates, with captions naming the snakes in Latin, English, Tamil, Telugu, Hindustani,… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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North American Herpetology; or A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States, in five volumes (Second edition)
de Holbrook, John Edwards
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Philadelphia: J. Dobson, 1842. Second edition.. Some occasional foxing to the text and to the title page of volume 5, fraying to the outer edge of plate 1 in volume 2, the fine hand-colored plates are bright and clean, a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xv, 17-152; vi, 9-142; ii, 3-128; vi, 7-136; vi, 5-118, (1,… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Birds of the Island of Java, in 2 volumes
de Kuroda, Nagamichi
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- Usado - Light edge wear to outer cloth joints, shipping boxes show some wear and rubbing, a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.
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EUR 1,632.75
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Tokyo: Published by the Author, 1933. First edition. Light edge wear to outer cloth joints, shipping boxes show some wear and rubbing, a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xv, 1-370; vi, 371-794, (1); with 34 color plates by Shigekazu Kobayashi and Nagahisa Kuroda, 2 folding maps. Publishers original wine-red half-cloth over lighter… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Geological of New York, Part 1: Comprising the Geology of the First District with 32 hand-colored plates and maps (Natural History of New York series)
de Mather, William W.
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Albany: Carroll and Cook, 1843. First edition.. Some light edge wear to the cloth at the top and bottom of the spine, the first large folding map has some old folds near the area of attachment to the gutter of the volume, there is some occasional light foxing to the frontis matter of the volume as well as some… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Macrolepidoptera of the World (a complete, fully bound set: 16 volumes and 4 supplements bound in 30 total volumes
de Seitz, Adalbert
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EUR 9,283.35
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Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen Verlag, 1909-1954. First edition.. A bright and clean set that is in fine (new) condition.. Pp. complete text and 1,458 chromolithographed plates. Publishers original brown half-calf over green cloth boards, spines are lettered in gilt with numerous gilt panel lines and with a gilt lepidopterological vignette at the head of each spine, lg 4to… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an account of the zoological results of the two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875; and a monograph of the two cetacean genera, Platanista and Orcella, in two volumes (text + hand-colored plates)
de Anderson, John
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EUR 17,960.25
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London: Bernard Quaritch, 1878 (1879). First edition.. The last five pages of the index of volume 1 with faint corner wrinkle, the top outer corner of the first six pages of volume 2 with a faint crease and some soiling, the text block and hand-colored plates are bright and clean without any foxing or browning, a tight copy in… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Herrn de la Cepede's Naturgeschichte der Amphibien, oder der enerlegenden vierfussigen Thiere und der Schlangen: Eine Fortsetzung von Buffon's Naturgeschichte, in five volumes with hand-colored plates
de Bechstein, Johann Matthaus
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- Usado - Light scattered foxing to title pages with no affect to the plates; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.
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Weimar: Verlage des Industrie: Comptoir's, 1800-1802. First edition.. Light scattered foxing to title pages with no affect to the plates; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xxxii, 524; xx, 552; xxvi, 454; xx, 298; xii, 200; 168 mostly hand-colored lithographed plates. Light brown original boards, spine with red and black title/author labels and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Abbildung und Beschreibung blühender Cacteen. Figures des Cactées en fleur peintes et lithographiées d'après nature (two volumes complete bound in one volume)
de Pfeiffer, Louis and Otto, Fr.
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EUR 3,732.00
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Cassel: Theodor Fischer, 1843-1850. First edition.. There is some foxing and browning to some of the hand-colored plates in volume 1, this is due to the poor quality of the paper used; nearly all the plates in volume 2 are bright and clean, only a few shows light foxing. The fine morocco binding is very bright and clean,… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Asiatic Birds: Fifty-Four Specimens Selected from 'The Birds of Asia'
de Gould, John
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- Usado - Light foxing to the frontis matter only, all the fine hand-colored plates are bright and clean, a tight copy in near fine condit
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EUR 13,528.50
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London: Henry Sotheran and Company, 1890. First edition.. Light foxing to the frontis matter only, all the fine hand-colored plates are bright and clean, a tight copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (vi), 54 hand-colored lithographed plates by J. Gould and W. Hart, heightened with gum Arabic. Each plate is accompanied by a descriptive leaf of text… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds (Supplement)
de Gould, John and Sharpe, R. Bowdler
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- Usado - A fine copy with brilliant hand-colored plates in a fine Morocco leather binding.
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EUR 13,995.00
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London: Henry Sotheran and Company, 1887. First edition.. A fine copy with brilliant hand-colored plates in a fine Morocco leather binding.. Pp. (vii), (199); 58 hand-colored lithographs of hummingbirds by John Gould and/or W. Hart, each with a descriptive leaf of text. Full green Morocco leather, spine with five bands, lettered in gilt on two red Morocco… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 13,995.00
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Historia naturalis Ranarum nostratium / Die naturliche Historie der Froesche hiesigen Landes
de Roesel von Rosenhof, August Johann
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Nuremberg: Johann Joseph Fleischmann, 1758. First edition.. A very bright and clean copy with brilliant hand-colored plates, outer corners a little rubbed, in near fine condition in a new clamshell cloth-covered box.. Pp. (10), viii, 116, 48 engraved plates (24 are hand-colored each with a matching uncolored key plate), 1 hand-colored frontispiece, engraved title page, 8 engraved headpieces… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpens (atlas volume only)
de Schlegel, Hermann
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- Usado - Some faint browning to the endpapers, and to the front and rear boards, top and bottom outer corners of the front board rubbed,
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EUR 1,726.05
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La Haye, France: J. Kips, J. Hz. et W. P. Stockum, 1837. First edition.. Some faint browning to the endpapers, and to the front and rear boards, top and bottom outer corners of the front board rubbed, faint creases to rear side of the three double page maps, a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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De Natura Animalium libri XVII. Cum animadversionibus Conradi Gessneri, et Danielis Wilhelmi Trilleri: curante Abrahamo Gronovio, Qui et suas Adnotationes adjecit, 2 volumes complete in a clamshell box
de Aelianus, Claudius
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- Usado - Some edge-wear and rubbing to the head and foot of the spine, the text is very bright and clean in a recent clamshell box, a cle
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EUR 1,399.50
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London: G. Bowyer for Soc. for Encouragement of Learning, sold by J. Whiston, etc., 1744. First edition.. Some edge-wear and rubbing to the head and foot of the spine, the text is very bright and clean in a recent clamshell box, a clean very good copy.. Pp. xiv, xxvii, (36), 603, (1); (605)-1128, (86), with engraved title- and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Tentamen Methodi Ostracologicae sive Dispositio Naturalis Conchlidum et Concharum in suas Classes, Genera et Species
de Klein, Jacob Theodor
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- Usado - Page edges a bit darkened, some light foxing and browning to the text, a very good copy in an attractive binding.
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Leiden: George Jacob Wishoff, 1753. First edition.. Page edges a bit darkened, some light foxing and browning to the text, a very good copy in an attractive binding.. Pp. (10), 177, (35), 44, 16, (2); 12 full-page folding copper-plate engravings. Title page is lettered in red and black. Publishers original full brown two-color leather in panels, rebacked with… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature: Erpétologie + Ophiologie
de Bonnaterre, Pierre-Joseph
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- Usado - The page edges retain the original deckle edges that are aged-toned, there is light staining to the top outer corners of plates
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EUR 1,259.55
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Paris: Chez Panckoucke, 1789-1790. First edition.. The page edges retain the original deckle edges that are aged-toned, there is light staining to the top outer corners of plates 31 and 32 not affecting the images, some occasional marginal browning to text, overall a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. xxviii, 70, + 43 fine full-page… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Histoie abregee des Coquillages de Mer, de leurs Moeurs, et de leurs Amours
de Cubieres, Simon Louis Pierre, Marquis de
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Versailles: P. D. Pierres, An VIII [1799-1800]. First edition.. Occasional light foxing, a near fine copy.. Pp. [iv], viii, 202, engraved headpiece, 21 engraved plates printed in bistre, contemporary French marbled calf expertly rebacked, gilt title and panels on spine, marbled endpapers, 4to. This romantic conchology, specifically addressed to female readers as a subject worthy of their study.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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De reptilibus vere animantibus sacrae scripturae, Tomus primus
de Bustamente, Joannes
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EUR 4,198.50
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Alcala de Henares, Spain: ex officina Joannis Graciani, apud viduam, 1595. First edition.. A few pages with light marginal staining, some age spots to the vellum, some pages with light browning; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. [12] 375 [4] ff, 122 [24] ff, title page in red and black with woodcut gryphon device.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Obras Completas / Adolfo Ernst (compilacio?n por Blas Bruni Celli; coordinador de la edicio?n, Miguel Sua?rez), tomo I-X, complete
de Ernst, Adolfo
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Caracas, Venezuela: Edicions de la Presidencia de la Republica, 1986-1988. Limited edition.. A fine set in slightly edge-worn dust jackets.. This is a 10-volume compilation of all the writings by the Prussian-Venezuelan naturalist Adolf Ernst. These articles were published in German, English and Spanish in journals from around the world. This commemorative edition was limited… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Birds of North America, drawn and colored from nature
de Studer, J. H.
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EUR 839.70
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New York: National Science Association of America, 1897. Early edition.. Light edge to the outer morocco joints, a very bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (4), 16, 182 (10, index), 119 color plates (chromolithographs). One quarter dark wine-red morocco leather, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in three compartments over maroon-red cloth… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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De Ranis Observationes: accessit Caspari Bartholini th. f. de nervorum usu in motu musculorum epistola
de Jacobaeus, Oliger
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Parisiis: Apud Ludovicum Billaine, 1776. First edition.. Old repairs to the outer margins of the half-title and title pages with no effect to the text, some text-browning and spotting to the last few pages, a few old pencil marks in the margins of the text; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xiv (half-title, title, dedication, preface,… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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