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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."
18861 vol. in-4 reliure de l'époque demi-chagrin rouge, dos à 5 nerfs, plat sup. de la couv. conservée, Imprimerie Nouvelle Typo-lithographique A. Bellier et Cie, Bordeaux, 1886, 120 pp. et 50 planches (chromolithographies) Ouvrage d'une extrême rareté, ce traité prévu à l'origine comme le premier d'une série de volume demeura le seul publié. Library of Bradley Martin, 1358 & 1359 : "First edition, Extremely Rare : not in Ayer/Zimmer, Copenhagen/Ankr, Ellis/Mengel, McGill/Wood, Trinity/Breit, or Yale/Ripley". Ronsil, L'Art Français, 85, qui critique la qualité des planches mais affirme que l'ouvrage "n'a d'autre intérêt que sa rareté". Etat très satisfaisant (accroc en coiffe sup., rel. lég. frottée, bon état par ailleurs). Français
ref. 75998Ensemble de 230 planches en noir, dont 2 sur double page, papier d'édition originale de 29 x 21 cm, signées en bas à droite "Benard Direxit" (ce qui signifie qu'elles ont été gravées dans son atelier par lui-même et d'autres graveurs de son atelier), l'ensemble des 230 gravures sont placées dans un cartonnage de l'époque (18e siècle) en mauvais état, Très bel ensemble de 230 gravures en noir d'oiseaux faisant partie de la célèbre encyclopédie de Diderot et d'Alembert parue dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle. Il pourrait s'agir de l'édition de Panckoucke faite à Paris entre 1751 et 1772 ! L'ensemble est "complet" des planches n° 1 à la planche 230, avec les deux planches qui sont sur deux pages., Je vends bien entendu l'ensembre de toutes les planches. TRES RARE Bon état des planches avec néanmoins certaines qui présentent quelques petites mouillures marginales et quelques petits manques en bordures (rare); la reliure n'est là que pour contenir ces planches !
1870ref. 004071Saint Petersburg: S. E. Cassino 1870. 2 volumes bound in 3/4 green leather marbled endpapers TEG raised bands gilt lettering. 100 hand-colored plates with tissue guards 1005pp. Small quarter-moon water stain on edge of preliminary pages in vol.1. Wear on the corners but not much on spine ends. No fraying. Evidence of sticker removal on spines but no ex-lib markings inside. Scan available on request. Three-Quarter Leather. 4to. S. E. Cassino Hardcover
1918ref. j4630aLondon: Witherby & Co under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society. G : in good condition. Covers rubbed with some marks. Eps marked. Stains to prelims and final pages of volume IV. Plates in VG condition. 1918. Limited Edition 48/600. Maroon hardback cloth covers. 420mm x 320mm 17" x 13". xx 198pp; xv 269pp; xvi 204pp; xv 242pp plates. Beautifully illustrated with 90 collotype and chromolithographic plates 88 photogravure plates all with captioned tissue-guards and 20 red and black printed distribution maps. Illustrators include A. Thorburn G.E.Lodge H.Grönvold and C R Knight; photogravures by William Beebe. Heraldic bookplate to volume I paste-down Sherbourne Library. The four volumes were published between 1918-1922 - publication of the the final three volumes temporarily suspended during period of the the Great War. Very heavy set significant extra shipping needed for overseas. . Witherby & Co under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society hardcover
1891ref. e3201aLondon: R H Porter. VG: in very good condition. Spines faded. Occasional slight foxing. 1891. Second Edition. Green hardback half-leather cover. 260mm x 170mm 10" x 7". xxxv 969pp. 421 chromolithographed colour plates mounted on linen guards. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn and J G Keulemans. Text and plates neatly paginated in pencil. Index in Volume VII. Note that the work was issued in two editions. The first commenced in October 1885 and the second in April 1891. Both editions ended simultaneously. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . R H Porter hardcover
1842ref. 21299Paris, J.J Dubochet, 1842 ; collection des 50 livraisons hebdomadaires reliée en un volume in-4° (275 x 190 mm) demi-maroquin à grain long à coins, dos à nerfs décorés et dorés, grandes compositions dorées aux plats et à froid de style romantique, titre et date dorés, filet doré sur les plats, tête dorée sur témoins, non rogné (Yseux, successeur de Thierry Simier) ; [4] fx titre et titre, LXVI, [2], 472 pp., 50 planches hors-texte gravées sur bois et tirées sur papier teinté, 4 planches H.T d’oiseaux dessinés par Edouard Traviès, gravées en taille douce, aquarellées et gommées, deux portraits en camaïeu par Karl Girardet, lithographiés par Andrew et Felior et 110 planches grands sujets gravés sur bois in-texte, grand plan dépliant du jardin des plantes par Paul Legrand relié ensuite, collection complète des 50 couvertures (en réalité 49, le dernier numéro étant 49-50) des livraisons parues depuis le 1er juin 1841 et dont le premier plat est illustré, à compter du n°12, de 6 bois gravées différents, répétés.
ref. 21293Paris, Baudoin, puis Crochard et Fantin (T2), an VIII [1799] - An XIV - 1805 ; 5 tomes in 8 veau raciné, dos lisse à décor de croisillons “à la grotesque” et palette dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison vertes, dentelle d’encadrement, tranches rouges (reliure de l’époque) : XXXI, 521, [1] pp. d’errata, [1] f. bl., 7 grands tableaux de Classification dépliants ; XVI, 697, [3] pp. ; XXVIII, 558, [2] pp. d’errata ; XII, 539, [3] pp. d’errata ; 368 pp., 52 pl.
1817ref. 21413Paris, Deterville (imprimerie de A. Belin), 1817 ; 4 tomes in-8, veau raciné, dos lisse, nerfs à quadruple filet doré, fleurons dorés, pièce de titre rouge et de tomaison vert empire, tranches marbrées (reliure de l’époque) ; XXXVII, [1 bl.], 540 ; XVIII, 532 ; XXIX, [1 bl.], 653 ; VIII, 255 pp., XV planches gravées hors-texte.
ref. 32313LONDON NICKISSON 1842-50. FIRST OCTAVO EDITION SEVEN VOLUMES COMPLETE VERY NICELY BOUND IN HALF GREEN LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS GILT TITLES. WITH 432 PLATES MOSTLY COLOURED 322 OF BIRDS AND 110 OF EGGS. VOLUME 1 HAS BEEN MORE RECENTLY REBOUND THAN THE OTHERS BY MALTBYS OF OXFORD BUT IN THE SAME STYLE. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF COSMO NEVILL. EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND TIDY. VERY SCARCE. LONDON, NICKISSON, 1842-50 hardcover
ref. 15989PESTH HARTLEBEN 1840. VERY SCARCE - ONLY 300 COPIES PRINTED. THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN HANDSOMELY REBOUND IN FULL BROWN LEATHER NEW END PAPERS ORIGINAL BLUE ENDPAPERS BOUND IN WITH LOSS. SOME FOXING THROUGHOUT AND BINDING VERY TIGHT. TURKISH AND GREEK TEXTS WITH THE GERMAN TRANSLATIONS. INTRODUCTION OF 4 PAGES FURTHER 32 PAGES WITH SOME ANNOTATIONS IN RED PENCIL WITH A SHORT LIST OF WORKS. 115 PAGES ON FALKNERKLEE THEN TEXT IN ARABIC AND GREEK. AN ATTRACTIVE AND UNUSUAL ITEM. PESTH, HARTLEBEN, 1840 hardcover
1860ref. 15529In-4 ; demi-basane ivoire, plats de papier vert-Empire simili-chagrin, "Louise" doré sur le premier plat ; 25 scènes de couples d'oiseaux, bouquets, sujets enrubannés et fleurs en format in-12, reliéesentre des feuilles de papier fin ; suivies de 28 fleurs, format in-4, finement aquarellées, certaines gommées, aux couleurs d'une grande fraicheur.
1905ref. 703978Gera-Untermhaus, Köhler. 1897-1905. Gr.-4°. 12 Bände mit 439 mehrfarbigen Chromolithographien und 10 Taf. Orig.-Halbleinenbände von sehr guter Gesamterhaltung.
1812ref. 032746London : T Cadell and W Davies; R C and J Rivington; et al 1812 A very good set of this 20 volume edition with black and white frontispiece 2 folding maps and 681 hand coloured plates. With an account of Buffon's life by William Wood. It is rare to find this set with hand colouring. In contemporary full speckled calf bindings that have been rebacked to provide new spines with gilt-lined raised bands and title and volume labels. The original boards have scuffing and pitting and there is light wear at edges and corners but the bindings are in very good clean condition. Endpapers are marbled and some of the front pastedowns have a scuffed area indicating the removal of bookplates. 2 of the volumes have the armorial bookplate of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel Bart who was Prime Minister 1834-5. and 1841-6 and is viewed as the founder of the modern British police force. The contents are in very good condition with occasional light spotting generally at the top margin and offsetting from the plates. The occasional plate and text page is toned. All the volumes have 2 initial and final blanks a half title and title contents listings and directions to the binder. All have the original page marker torn in one volume. In this set Vol VI has 2 plates numbered 152 and 2 numbered 158 with different animals; Vol VII lacks one plate 211 and Vol VIII lacks plate 252 but has 2 numbered 254 different animals. Detailed contents: Vol I: preface by translator and life of Buffon pp lv; text 496pp; 2 folding hand coloured maps. Vol II: text 592pp; 13 plates of which 6 are folding. There is a small hole in text p 443. Vol III: text 567 pp; 1 plate. Vol IV: text 419 pp including folding chart of dogs; 48 plates. Vol V: text 378 pp; 63 plates. Vol VI: text 439pp; 67 plates. Vol VII: 477 pp; 49 plates of which 2 are folding. Vol VIII: 400 pp; 49 plates. Vol IX: 406pp; 56 plates. Vol X: text 288 pp; appendix with half title to p396; index 44 pp; 69 plates. Vol XI: first volume of Birdspreface by translator pp xvi; text 435 pp; notes by translator to p 444; 29 plates 29 is misprinted 39 on directions to binder. Vol XII: text 518 pp; 27 plates - plate numbering not in sequence. p 305 has lost the bottom corner tip. Vol XIII: 496pp; 27 plates. Vol XIV: 464 pp; 22 plates. Vol XV: 468 pp; 22 plates. Vol XVI: 494 pp; 15 plates. Vol XVII: 574 pp; 19 plates. Vol VXIII: 567 pp; 31 plates. Vol XIX: 514 pp; 40 plates. Vol XX: text 1-390; appendix by translator to p 515; index 88 pp; 34 plates. T Cadell and W Davies; R C and J Rivington; et al hardcover
1785ref. 032107London : Harrison and Co 1785 A rare and beautiful introduction to natural history. In 2 folio volumes with 99 of 100 hand coloured plates by Moses Harris and others after his style. Martyn is a pseudonym for William Fordyce Mavor who authored a wide range of works. The books are set out alphabetically with the plates reflecting this classification so they can portray lizards and lynx side by side on the same plate. The pages are double column and unpaginated. The text for each animal is thoughtfully put together eg for the guinea pig 'The Guinea-Pig is a very cleanly creature and totally different from that that affords it a name.Guinea-Pigs repose on their bellies pretty much in their usual posture.'. The plates are nicely coloured and the ones by Moses Harris butterflies moths and shells are particularly well drawn. This copy is in a contemporary half leather binding with marbled boards. The half leather corners have been replaced with a paper cover. There is some wear to boards and corners but overall they are in good condition. The spines are leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. There are title and volume labels. There is some wear to joints particularly on Vol I where there is some cracking at the front hinge but the bindings are currently sound. Contents generally clean with occasional marking and some edge tearing. There are some pencil notes at the beginning of both volumes. The paper used in this work is particularly soft and prone to edge-tearing. Vol I: red and black title page; Preface; covers A-K; 55 plates; new rear endpaper. A couple of plates have margin/edge tears - Plate I has tear at the top margin with a small piece missing at the corner and a tear at the bottom margin again missing corners; Plate XLVII has a small piece missing from the bottom edge and a repair. The title page has a small hole and 2 repaired edge tears. Vol II: 44 of 45 plates; title page in red and black; text and plates L-Z; 2pp listing of plates; Finis. There is some offsetting from plates to text occasional browning to pages; and some edge-tearing. Please enquire if you would like more images to assess condition. Harrison and Co hardcover