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ref. 32306NEWCASTLE CHARLES EMPSON 1831. FIRST EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES. NO DATE BUT 1831-38 WITH THE SECOND VOLUME BEING PUBLISHED BY CURRIE AND BOWMAN OF NEWCASTLE. A.E.G. HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS GILT PAGE EDGES. WITH 155 HAND-COLOURED PLATES OF EGGS BY HEWITSON. ANTIQUARIAN BOOKPLATE TO EACH VOLUME. SOME FOXING TO THE ENDPAPERS OF BOTH VOLUMES THEREAFTER VERY CLEAN WITH ONLY SPORADIC FOXING TO VOLUME 2. ALMOST ALL PLATES VERY CLEAN. FIRMLY BOUND. SLIGHT SCUFFING TO THE LEATHER BUT A VERY GOOD SET. VERY SCARCE INDEED. NEWCASTLE, CHARLES EMPSON, 1831 hardcover
1772ref. (LCPCSCI-0005)(Une jolie édition de Buffon du XVIII siècle, en reliure homogène et avec 257 planches gravées sur cuivre) BUFFON Georges-Louis Leclerc (C.te DE). "HISTOIRE NATURELLE, GENERALE ET PARTICULIERE PAR M. DE BUFFON, INTENDANT DU JARDIN DU ROI, DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCOISE, & DE CELLE DES SCIENCES... NOUVELLE EDITION". 1772, Paris, De Thou. 5 volumes fort in-8° (210x135 mm) (dimensions pages 203x124 mm) I : (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre), 640 pp., (1) f. (table), 2 cartes dépliantes et 9 planches sur cuivre h.t. ; II : (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre), 576 pp., (1) f. (table), 42 planches h.t. dont 1 tableau dépliant ; III : (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre), 558 pp., (1) f. (table), 81 planches h.t. ; IV : (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre), 468 pp. (y compris la table), (2) ff. (table et privilège), 76 planches h.t. ; V : (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre), XX pp. (plan de l'ouvrage), 641, (1) pp., 49 planches h.t. Soit un total de 257 planches sur cuivre h.t. et 2 cartes dépliantes. (I : (2) ff., A-Z8, Aa-Rr8, (1) f. (cahier G8 en double) ; II : (2) ff., A-F8, G-L4, M-Z8, Aa-Pp8, Qq4, (1) f. ; III : (2) ff., A-Z8, Aa-Mm8, (E8 après G1, H1 avant G2, V4-V5 avant T5) ; IV : (2) ff., A-Z8, Aa-Dd8, Ee-Ii4 (un carton après L8) ; V : (2) ff., a8, b2, A-Z8, Aa-Rr8, Ss2) Reliure de l'époque en basane brune marbrée. Dos avec petites décorations dorées et pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin vert. Tranches pointillées de rouge. Gardes de papier blanc. Rare édition, complète des 4 premiers volumes et avec le cinquième volume, premier des oiseaux. Petit manque de cuir à la coiffe supérieure du t. I, deux petits trous de ver en queue du t. II et quelques infimes éraflures sur les plats. Petite déchirure marginale, sans atteinte et sans perte au f. B2 du t. II. Petit manque marginale de papier au f. de la table du t. I, avec perte de quelques numéros. Quelques mouillures marginales dans le t. IV, mais très bel exemplaire en reliure homogène. (LCPCSCI-0005) (1.200,00 €)
ref. 108439A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1770 à 1785, 18 volumes in-12 de 170x100 mm environ, Tome I : 1f.blanc, 4ff.-xxxvj-352 pages, 1f.blanc, avec 14 planches, - Tome II : 1f.blanc, 4ff.-351 pages, 1f.blanc, avec 15 planches, - Tome III : 1f.blanc, 4ff.-417 pages, 1f.blanc, avec 9 planches, (p. 289 est collée à la planche dans la marge, avec texte légèrement masqué mais compréhensible), - Tome IV : 1f.blanc, 4ff.-405 pages, 1f.blanc, avec 18 planches, - Tome V : 1f.blanc, xxij-456 pages, 1f.blanc, avec 19 planches, - Tome VI : 1f.blanc, xij-246-clxxij pages, 1f.blanc, avec 12 planches, Tome VII : 1f.blanc, xij-430 pages, 1f.blanc, avec 13 planches, - Tome VIII : 1f.blanc, 418-xlvj pages, 1f.blanc, - avec 14 planches, - Tome IX : 1f.blanc, xij-472 pages, 1f.blanc, avec 15 planches, - Tome X : 1f.blanc, xiij-316-lxvij pages, 1f.blanc, avec 7 planches, - Tome XI : 1f.blanc, xx-495 pages, 1f.blanc, avec 15 planches, - Tome XII : 1f.blanc, xii-482 pages, 1f.(errata), 1f.blanc, avec 10 planches, - Tome XIII : 1f.blanc, xix-446 pages, 1f.blanc, avec 14 planches, - Tome XIV : 1f.blanc, xij-360-lxxij pages, 1f.blanc, avec 17 planches, - Tome XV : 1f.blanc, xvj-439, 1f.blanc, avec 24 planches, une mouillure sur les derniers feuillets (p.430), - Tome XVI : 1f.blanc, viij-326-clij pages, 1f.blanc, avec 15 planches, - Tome XVII : viij-484 pages, 1f.blanc, avec 23 planches, - Tome XVIII : 1f.blanc, iv-134-xlvj-486 pages, 1f.blanc, avec 8 planches, , plein veau marbré fauve, dos à nerfs portant titres et tomaisons dorés, ornés de caissons à fleurons dorés, coupes dorées, gardes marbrées, tranches jaspées. Frottements, petites épidermures, quelques trous de ver, et auréoles sur le cuir, rousseurs et pages brunies par endroits, rares petits défauts de marges. Contient un total de 262 planches numérotées, non comprises dans la pagination.
1886ref. 34839Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son Printers 1886. First Edition with the original advertising leaf for the work tipped into the inner cover of the holding box and one of a small number of copies uncut untrimmed and unbound. Illustrated with 25 Full Sized Lithographic plates depicting 323 eggs of the birds coloured true to nature generally with 15 eggs per folio plate sometimes with less when depicting the eggs of the largest birds. Folio 37.5 x 26.5 cm an original unbound set of the folio leaves all laid into a holding box of black cloth the spine lettered in gilt. 116 textual plates and 25 lithographic plates on toned paper. A fine copy of this rare work. FIRST EDITION AND ONE OF A VERY FEW COPIES ISSUED UNBOUND UNCUT AND UNTRIMMED. The author's chief aim has been to render this work as useful and true to nature as possible.endeavored to confine myself strictly to the eggs nests and breeding habits." A superb work on the eggs and breeding habits of the birds of New England the text and illustrations augmenting one another. Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers hardcover
1857ref. 032907London: Willis and Sotheran 1857 A good set in contemporary rebacked cloth bindings with 322 colour plates of birds 102 colour plates of eggs and 8 black and white plates. The original cloth was probably a shade of green but it has sunned. It has been rebacked in a dark green relaying the original gilt-decorated spines which are mostly complete. The bindings are therefore sound and tight but there is a lot of wear to corners with varying degrees of bumping corner turning fraying and loss of cloth. Newer marbled endpapers have been added and each volume has an armorial bookplate of K I Beynon to the front pastedown with the motto 'Gwell Dysg Na Golud' the original motto of Llandovery College. Internally the volumes are complete and the plates are well-coloured. All the title pages have a small ink signature of Spencer Nicholl to the top. There is sporadic light marking which is mostly to margins particularly the side margin and occasional foxing to text. The top margin has dark toning at the top edge. Vol I: title; contents; preface; text pp 3-320 with 45 bird and 14 egg plates in colour and 6 black and white plates. There is a small top edge tear to plate 22; small loss from the side edge of p 119; and the text pp vary from white to toned with some spotting. Vol II: title; contents; text 233pp with 46 bird and 12 egg colour plates. Plate at p 45 lacks guard; plate at 86 has a creased guard; plate at 107 has a loose guard and there is a small paint run to plate at p214. Vol III: title; contents; text 240pp with 45 bird and 13 egg colour plates. Some spotty text and odd marks to guards or verso of plates. Vol IV: title; contents; text 215pp with 45 bird and 15 egg colour plates. Some marking to plate 160. Vol V: title; contents; text 192pp with 45 bird and 15 egg colour plates. Small repaired paper hole at p49. Vol VI: title; contents; text 185pp with 44 bird and 15 egg colour plates and 1 black and white plate. Light foxing. Vol VII: title; contents; text 198pp with 52 bird and 18 egg colour plates and 1 black and white plate; index pp 199-206. Paper repair to top edge p 49; offsetting to guards. Willis and Sotheran hardcover
1991ref. 4410DBLuzern, Faksimile-Verlag, 1991. Kl.-8°. Faksimile-Band: 219 Seiten, (2) Blatt, Mit 70 Miniaturen und über 300 verzierte Seiten; Kommentarband: 431 Seiten, 1 Blatt, 45 Tafeln. Rote Samtbände mit 2 Metall-Schliessen sowie mit dreiseitigem Goldschnitt. Acryl-Schuber. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, A|B 2 Bände in Acry-Kassette und Verkaufsdokumentations-Mappe.
1817ref. e3278Havniae Copenhagen: J H Schubothium. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed. Some foxing. Inner hinges weak. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library. 1817. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 120mm 8" x 5". vi 318pp xiv 277pp. 12 hand coloured plates 2 folding. Text in Latin. . J H Schubothium hardcover
1902Roy. 4to., First Edition, LARGE PAPER, with coloured frontispiece (original tisue guard present), illustrated and printed titles, printed title in red and black, 41 fine coloured plates (8 by Thorburn, 33 by Millais; all original tissue guards present), 6 fine plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present), and 25 plates in monochrome; original two-tone green cloth, boards in olive, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, darker green back framed and lettered in gilt, gil top, uncut, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 600 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 423). Anker 340; Mullens & Swann, p.406; Wood, p.464.
1830ref. r7198cParis: Arthus Bertrand. G: in good condition. Cover marked and slightly faded with heavy rubbing to outer hinges and spine ends. Sporadic foxing throughout; sometimes heavy and impinging on content. Previous owner inscription to fep 'Douglas & Clydesdale'. Occasional inner hinge cracking. Aeg. 1830. First Edition. Green hardback tooled leather cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". x 196pp plates. 66 hand coloured tissue guarded engraved plates. . Arthus Bertrand hardcover
ref. 49725Charles de Sercy.1688.Gd.in-4 en veau raciné. 414 p.+12 p. pour le Traité.50 planches de chasse, 16 de pèche,dont certaines dépliantes.Dos orné avec pièce de titre.Coin émoussé.2 traces de vers au dos, et coiffe supérieure avec petit manque de cuir.Intérieur très lisible avec rousseurs.
ref. 5102Paris, Maisonneuve & Cie, 1877-1911, brochés. Tome I : 17,5x25 cm, les 12 autres tomes : 14x22,5 cm. Tome I : LES MAMMIFERES SAUVAGES, 1877, 179 pages. Tome II : LES OISEAUX SAUVAGES, 1879, 421 pages. Tome III : LES REPTILES, LES POISSONS, LES MOLLUSQUES, LES CRUSTACES ET LES INSECTES, 1881, 365 pages. Tome IV : LES MAMMIFERES DOMESTIQUES (première partie), 1881, 275 pages. Tome V : LES MAMMIFERES DOMESTIQUES (deuxième partie), 1882, 264 pages. Tome VI : LES OISEAUX DOMESTIQUES & LA FAUCONNERIE, 1883, 243 pages. Tome VII : LES MAMMIFERES SAUVAGES, COMPLEMENT, 1906, 267 pages. Tomes VIII : LES MAMMIFERES SAUVAGES (suite & fin), LE LOUP, LE RENARD ET LES CETACES. 1908, 175 pages. Tome IX : OISEAUX SAUVAGES (première partie), 1911, 250 pages, volume tiré à 200 exemplaires. Tome X : OISEAUX SAUVAGES (seconde partie), 1915, 245 pages, volume tiré à 200 exemplaires. Tome XI : REPTILES ET POISSONS (première partie), 1910, 251 pages, volume tiré à 200 exemplaires. Tome XII : LES MOLLUSQUE, LES CRUSTACES, LES ARACHNIDES ET LES ANNELIDES, 250 pages. Tome XIII : LES INSECTES (première partie), 1911, 217 pages, volume tiré à 250 pages. Edition originale comlète en XIII volumes, RARE.
1886Paris Rothschild, Editeur 1886 - 1887. 5 vol. In/4, reliure en demi-chagrin vert à coins, dos à nerfs, tête dorée (Reliure de l'époque). 200, 176, 200, 315, 214 pages. Edition originale ornée de 345 planches en couleurs montrant l'oiseau le plus souvent avec ses oeufs. Tome I : Les Oiseaux d'eau ou nageurs - Tome II : Les Oiseaux de rivage et de terre et des coureurs -Tome III 1ér et 2ém partie : Les Oiseaux des champs et des bois - Tome IV : Les Oiseaux de proie. Bel exemplaire. Nissen
ref. Z1-J-004-02196RSPB. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. RSPB unknown
1842ref. g9566London: G W Nickisson; George Willis; Willis & Sotheran. G: in good condition. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Ownership label on paste-downs. Plates VG. 1842. First Edition. Green hardback half-leather cover. 230mm x 140mm 9" x 6". 1501pp plates. 432 of 435 plates ciomprising 321 hand-coloured plates of birds 8 plain plates and 103 hand coloured plates of eggs. Volume I published by G W Nickisson in 1842; Volumes II III IV and V published by George Willis and Volumes VI and VII by Willis and Sotheran between 1853 and 1857. Heavy set - extra shipping needed for overseas. . G W Nickisson; George Willis; Willis & Sotheran hardcover
1951Small folio in full red leather, with ornamental stamping & tooling in gilt; 347 pages plates (some color), marbled enepapers; maps 29 cm; bibliographical references (pages 335-339) One of the most handsome bindings we have seen, with exquisite tooling & gilt work. Rare thus. Please refer to photos. Bookseller slip Asprey & Garrard of London laid in. // Birds. Hunting. Pheasants. Faisans. Pheasants. Aves (Sistematica) Phasianidae. Custom leather bindings. Fine bindings. **A large, heavy book; weighs just over 4 lbs; does not fin in a priroity flat rate envelope. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**
1843ref. 20995Grenoble, Hippolyte Bouteille (imprimerie Allier), 1843; 2 tomes in-4°, (255 mm), demi veau glacé bleu-marine, dos lisse, titre entre deux compositions de rinceaux et rocaille dorés (reliure de l’époque) ; 416 ; 358 pp., 72 belles planches lithographiées par Pegeron et un grand tableau synoptique dépliant en fin d’ouvrage.
1770ref. VV080851770-1783 9 vols (complete). 262 engraved plates (by De Seve), 4to, much later rose-red hcalf with black labels and marbled edges and endpapers. Upper ends of spines rubbed, three joints weak. Some occasional slight foxing, but the great majority clean. Faint traces of removal of small circular stamps on title-pages.The complete ornithological section of the scarce first edition (4to edition!) of Buffon's classic Histoire Naturelle. A good sound set.
1781In-8°, XXXII, 176pp, 24 tavole, legatura in pelle piena, con nervi e titolo al dorso in oro, buone condizioni. Si tratta del primo volume e l’unico pubblicato. Sacerdote, studiò nel Collegio dei Gesuiti; naturalista e botanico ma anche astronomo e metereologo, raccolse un ricco museo di Storia naturale in cui confluì anche quello di P. Tommaso Maria Gabrini; direttore della Specola Vaticana dal 1800 fino alla morte, anni durante i quali fece osservazioni metereologiche due volte al giorno, seguì anche i lavori per il rifacimento della torre Gregoriana e si occupò di proteggere con un sistema di parafulmini la Basilica Vaticana. Insieme a G. Xuarez creò l'Orto Botanico Vaticano-Indico, pubblicando le Osservazioni Fitologiche (1789-92) che gli meritarono la stima dei botanici H.Ruiz e J.Pavon i quali diedero ad un genere della Famiglia delle Polemoniacee, piante tipiche degli habitat desertici dell'America, il suo nome (cfr. Descripciones y láminas de los nuevos géneros de plantas de la flora del Perú y Chile por Don Hipólito Ruiz y Don Joseph Pavon,.... Madrid 1794, Gilia p.25). Fu socio di diverse accademie: gli Apatisti di Firenze, i Georgofili di Treja, Corneto e Foligno, i Volsci di Velletri, i Soci agrarii di Torino, gli Accademici Italiani, Arcadi, Aborigeni, i Lincei di Roma; lasciò diversi manoscritti che si conservano in Vaticana, fra i quali un' opera sui parafulmini e una vita di Nicola Zabaglia, mastro pontiere alla Fabbrica di S.Pietro. Nella cappella del S.Crocifisso all'Aracoeli dove riposa, lo ricorda un'epigrafe dettata dall'amico Abate Francesco Cancellieri: cfr. Efemeridi Letterarie di Roma vol.4, 1821 p. 281; F.Cancellieri, Gilii Filippo Luigi in E. de Tipaldo, Biografia degli Italiani illustri nelle scienze, lettere ed arti ..., Venezia 1838, Vol.6, pp.362-4; G.Lais, Memorie e scritti di Mons. Filippo Luigi Gilii in Memorie della Pont. Acc. dei Nuovi Lincei 6, 1890, pp.49-62 In-8 °, XXXII, 176pp, 24 plates, full leather binding, with bands and golden title at the spine, good condition. This is the first and only published volume. Priest, he studied in the Jesuit College; naturalist and botanist but also astronomer and meteorologist, he collected a rich museum of natural history which also brought together that of P. Tommaso Maria Gabrini; director of the Vatican Observatory from 1800 until his death, years during which he made weather observations twice a day, he also followed the works for the reconstruction of the Gregorian tower and took care of protecting the Vatican Basilica with a system of lightning rods. Together with G. Xuarez he created the Vatican-Indico Botanical Garden, publishing the Phytological Observations (1789-92) which earned him the esteem of the botanists H. Ruiz and J. Pavon who gave a genus of the Polemoniacee family, typical plants of America's desert habitats, its name (see Descripciones y láminas de los nuevos géneros de plantas de la flora del Perú y Chile por Don Hipólito Ruiz y Don Joseph Pavon, .... Madrid 1794, Gilia p.25) . He was a member of several academies: the Apatisti of Florence, the Georgofili of Treja, Corneto and Foligno, the Volsci of Velletri, the Agricultural Partners of Turin, the Italian Academics, Arcadi, Aborigeni, the Lincei of Rome; he left several manuscripts that are in the Vatican, including a work on lightning rods and a life by Nicola Zabaglia, master bridge master at the Fabbrica di S. Pietro. In the chapel of the S.Crocifisso all'Aracoeli where he rests, an epigraph dictated by his friend Abate Francesco Cancellieri reminds him: cf. Literary Ephemerides of Rome vol. 4, 1821 p. 281; F.Cancellieri, Gilii Filippo Luigi in E. de Tipaldo, Biography of illustrious Italians in the sciences, letters and arts ..., Venice 1838, Vol. 6, pp. 362-4; G.Lais, Memoirs and writings of Mons. Filippo Luigi Gilii in Memoirs of the Pont. Acc. Dei Nuovi Lincei 6, 1890, pp. 49-62
1792In -4°, 3 voll. , pp. (14), CCCXXXIV, (8), 2 grandi mappe ripiegate, 7 tavv. di cui una ripiegata pp. (4), 376, 8 tavv.; (2), 418, (14), 11 tavv. Legatura in pelle verde con nervi e titolo in oro al dorso. Seconda edizione di uno dei più antichi lavori di zoologia sistematica mai pubblicato in Inghilterra, il lavoro di Pennant si basava sull’osservazione di corrispondenti scientifici europei e americani, e sui suoi studi condotti su collezioni private e musei. Le numerose tavole illustrate includono, in particolare nel secondo volume, diversi animali estinti. L’opera era originariamente concepita come una ricognizione della zoologia del Nord America, ma fu poi ampliata con le descrizioni di fauna europea e asiatica al di sopra dei 60° di latitudine Nord. "The content of the volumes, one of the earliest works of systematic zoology published in Britain, is based on the writings of earlier zoologists, information obtained by Pennant from his scientific correspondents all over Europe and America, and his studies in private museums and collections. It is embellished with engravings of animals, birds, landscapes and artefacts. Volume 2 deals with land and water birds, including some, such as the passenger pigeon, which are now extinct." (Cambridge University Press, 2014) “The work, which must be regarded as the most prominent of Pennant’s works, was originally planned as a sketch of the zoology of North America, but was later enlarged with the addition of descriptions of the quadrupeds and birds of the parts of Europe and Asia lying north of latitude 60 degrees N” (Anker 397)
19132 vols., folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispieces (original tisue guards present), titles in red and black, 37 fine coloured plates (all original tissue guards present) and 35 fine plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present); original burgundy buckram, upper boards and backstrips lettered in gilt, gilt tops, uncut, upper boards faintly faded at extreme upper edge else a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 450 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 118). A splendid copy of this magnificent example of Millais's bird artistry. SETS IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BUCKRAM IN THIS CONDITION ARE RARE. Anker, 342; Mullens & Swann, p.406; Tate, p.235.
1909Folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original tisue guard present), title in red and black, 17 fine coloured plates (all original tissue guards present), 17 fine plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present) and 2 illustrations in the text; original burgundy cloth, upper board ruled and lettered in gilt, red buckram back lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 550 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 494). A splendid copy of this magnificent example of Millais's bird artistry. SETS IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BINDING IN THIS CONDITION ARE RARE. Mullens & Swann, p.406; Tate, p.235.
1835ref. AMO-3285avec les suppléments, augmentés de la classification de G. Cuvier, et accompagnés de 700 vignettes gravées sur acier, représentant au moins 900 animaux. Paris, P. Duménil, 1835-1836 [Typographie de Firmin Didot frères, Paris] 9 volumes in-8 (21,5 x 13,5 cm) de 400 à 500 pages chaque environ (collationné complet), avec 148 planches pour les Quadrupèdes, 188 planches pour les Oiseaux et quelques autres planches dans les premiers volumes, soit plus de 336 planches en noir hors-texte avec le plus souvent deux animaux par planche. Collationné complet de toutes les planches requises. Reliure demi-veau rouge strictement de l'époque. Dos lisses orné doré "romantique", plats de papier marbré, petits coins de parchemin. Très belle série homogène. Rousseurs habituelles pour cette publication, plus ou moins importantes selon les feuillets, la majorité des feuillets sans rousseurs néanmoins, les planches sont bien fraîches avec peu de rousseurs pour la plupart. Quelques piqûres de vers sans gravité.Texte sur deux colonnes en petits caractères. Cet ensemble complet en 9 volumes comprend 4 volumes de Matières générales, 2 volumes pour les Quadrupèdes et 3 volumes pour les oiseaux. Buffon (1707-1788) est surtout notoire pour son Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roy, rédigée sur près de 50 ans, à Montbard d'abord dans son cabinet et à la Tour Saint-Louis, puis en sa bibliothèque du Petit Fontenet en 36 volumes parus de 1749 à 1789, plus huit autres après sa mort, grâce à Lacépède. Il y a inclus tout le savoir de l’époque dans le domaine des « sciences naturelles », appellation large regroupant aussi des disciplines qui ressortent aujourd'hui de la science des matériaux, de la physique, de la chimie ou de la technologie. C’est dans cet ouvrage qu’il relève les ressemblances morphologiques entre l’homme et le singe, quoi qu'il pense ceux-ci dénués de pensée, ce qui les diffère profondément de l'Homme. L'édition Duménil que nous proposons ne contient pas les poissons et autres suppléments de Lacépède etc. Très bel exemplaire dans une très jolie reliure romantique décorative et solide de l'époque.
Second enlarged edition, folio (395 x 240 mm), iv, 110pp., printed in double-column, engraved portrait and 24 engraved plates on 13 sheets, recent quarter red morocco, new marbled endpapers, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt, lettered direct in gilt in second and third compartments, a fine copy with some minor browning and offsetting from the plates. Richard Pulteney (1730-1801) was principally known as a botanist, but started out life apprenticed for seven years to an apothecary in his local town of Loughborough, Leicestershire. After which he practised as a surgeon and apothecary at Leicester; but he met with little success owing to his nonconformist convictions. He eventually secured a practice as physician at Blanford, Dorset, and occupied his leisure time with the study of botany, conchology, etc. He became a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1790 and bequeathed to them his museum and herbarium. First published in 1799 in a limited number, many of which were destroyed by a fire at Nichols' warehouse in 1808. This second enlarged edition, edited with additions by Reckett, was the first to be illustrated. A republication of Da Costa's Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniae 1778 plates, with six additional ones, omitting some of Da Costa's figures, and inserting others, corresponding with the locality of the subject. The plates contain about 230 figures of British shells, and the letter-press gives a brief description of them. Nissen ZBI, 3250.
1876ref. 9129Paris, J. Rothschild, editeur, 1876 petit in-folio demi-chagrin marron, dos à nerfs orné, tête et tranches dorées. 140 pages. 45 planches en couleurs hors-texte avec serpente
1979ref. af75Le jardin de Flore Coups de coeur d'Alexandra, Sélection Abraxas-libris Planches sous chemise 1979 "In-plano (58 x 77,5 cm.), 14 planches couleurs sous chemise cartonnée en toile bleue-grise, accompagnées de cahiers de description sous emboîtage cartonné noir in-4 (22,5 x 33,5 cm.) / de la page 256 à la page 318, ""cet ouvrage est le 17e publié par Le Jardin de Flore (une tentative ambitieuse pour repenser et renouveler l'édition de livres rares et précieux). Consacré aux oiseaux du Nil et de la Syrie, ce recueil de gravures faisait partie de la monumentale ""Description de l'Égypte"" née de l'expédition napoléonienne dans ce pays. C'est Daniel Jacomet, imprimeur d'art à Montrouge qui a reproduit les 14 planches de cette suite et procédé, entièrement à la main, à la mise en couleurs des oiseaux. Ceux-ci au nombre de 44, sont représentés grandeur nature. L'ensemble à été tiré à 250 exemplaires numérotés sur un papier Chiffon du Moulin du Gué. Le texte a été tiré par Francis Mérat, imprimeur à Paris"" (exemplaire n°91), mise en couleurs avec l'aide de Jean-Marie Le Danois ; cahiers de description en très bon état / menus incidents à la chemise, chemise et planches: coiffes et coins frottés, quelques traces aux plats un peu piqués, quelques rousseurs au 1er contreplat, planches en excellent état, superbes couleurs, très bel état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande."