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1812rif. 124457London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1812. Book. Fair. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Full-leather hardcover with gilt to spine; cross-hatching design stamped on boards; gilt frame on boards; 567 pages; b&w plates. Fair plus condition: head of spine and part of top back board chipped; top 1-1/2" of front exterior hinge is split; otherwise moderate wear and some soiling to binding; straight; inner hinges good; pages quite nice. T. Cadell and W. Davies Hardcover
1816rif. C217705London: Sherwood Neely and Jones 1816. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 5 only. Small octavo. vii 386 2pp. 6 plates. Contemporary half leather over cloth boards. Slight rubbing and wear to covers lacks backstrip otherwise very good with bright solid contents. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, hardcover
1832rif. C217952London: Joseph Smith 1832. Hardcover Hardcover. Good. Sixteenmo. 144; 144pp. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards with gilt spine titles. Some rubbing and wear to covers inner rear hinge starting some pages with pencil scribbles mainly at start and end otherwise a good copy. Joseph Smith, hardcover
1787rif. 19243CB1787. erste Auflage dieser Ausgabe Brünn gedruckt bei Joseph Georg Traßler und im Verlage der Kompagnie 1787 8° 324 und 7 S. Inhaltsverzeichnis mit 38 kolorierten Kupfern Einband der Zeit mit schwarzer Rückenbeschriftung auf rotem Grund Einbandkanten leicht beschabt Einband an den unteren Ecken ein wenig bestoßen Rückdeckel an unterer Ecke mit kleiner Fehlstelle exLibris auf Vorderdeckel-Innenseite Titelseite mit Längsknick sonst altersgemäß schönes sauberes und kollationiertes Exemplar. Alle Abbildungen sind vollständig vorhanden und wohlerhalten. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main Nordend ggü. Musterschule möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main Nordend close to Musterschule is possible. It saves the shipping costs. unknown
2007rif. 304240-MA12Paris : Éditio-Éditions Citadelles & Mazenod 2007. Hardcover. Good. Original cloth dust jacket richly illusrate din colour slipcase folio. Textes choisis et introduits par Stéphane Schmitt avec la collaboration de Cédric Crémiére. Illustrée par 1008 gravures de François-Nicolas Martinet. Paris : Éditio-Éditions Citadelles & Mazenod hardcover
1771rif. 1423Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1771. Ephemera no binding. Fine. Jacques DeSÈVE. EPHEMERA MATTED PRINT. Pierre Etienne MOITTE engraver. 4to plate size; hand-colored copper plate engraving; 7 5/8" x 5 7/8" within the print borders plate line visible; 14" x 11" custom acid-free archival backing and French matting with hand-applied gilt striping. Fine. From George-Louis LeClerc Comte de Buffon's Histoire naturelle générale et particulière 1749-1778 in 36 volumes a fine copper-plate engraving featuring a Pug dog tail unclipped and curled in a stately pose with a fountain and Roman ruins in the background. Imprimerie Royale unknown
1780rif. 6326Germany 1780; Circa 1780 copper engraving of the Pyrenean Desman Galemys pyrenaicus diminutive amphibious mammal related to the mole and shrew native to portions of Northern Spain and Portugal. Once widespread throughout Europe only two species of remain one in the Pyrenes as here and the other in remote regions of Russia. An original plate from an 18th c. German edition of Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle. Engraved by G.P. Trautner after the drawing by Jacques de Seve depicting the subject in its natural setting. Plate number at top II Tab. 9 Seite Sheet size 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" plate mark 6 1/4" x 8 1/4". Printed on laid paper. Hinged and matted entirely acid free with 100% rag museum board in 11" x 14" size ready for framing. Original state with no later attempts at colorization. Fine condition. An attractive print of an uncommon mammal. unknown
1780rif. 6327Germany 1780; Circa 1780 copper engraving after the drawing of Jacques de Seve of a Paca the large stub-tailed semi-aquatic mammal indigenous to tropical regions of South America once used as a food source in Brazil. The Paca is shown here in its natural setting alongside its offspring of which seldom more than one is produced at birth. An original plate from an 18th c. German edition of Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle. Plate and page numbers at top XVII Tab. 157 Seite. Sheet size 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" plate mark 6 1/4" x 8 1/4". Printed on laid paper. Hinge-mounted entirely acid free and matted with 100% rag museum board in 11" x 14" size ready for framing. Fine and handsome original condition with no later attempts at colorization. unknown
1780rif. 6328Germany 1780; Circa 1780 copper engraving after a Jacques de Seve drawing of the Civet Cat Viverra sp. from an 18th c. German edition of Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle. The Civet a skunk-like mammal indigenous to the South Asian and African tropics was at one time essential to the manufacture of perfumes for the musk oil extracted from its perineal gland. Plate and page numbers engraved at top Taf. XXXIV 181 Seite. Sheet size 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" plate mark 6 3/8" x 9". Printed on laid paper. Hinge-mounted entirely acid free and matted with 100% rag museum board in 11" x 14" size ready for framing. Original state with no later attempts at colorization. Fine and handsome. unknown
1770rif. 6314Imprimerie Royale Paris c. 1770; Original copper engraving after a drawing by Jacque de Seve depicting a sea lion in its natural environment a style De Seve is credited with having originated and a departure from the works of previous natural history artists who typically placed their subjects in an unpopulated void of blank space. Plate XLVIII from Volume VI of Buffon’s monumental Histoire Naturelle published in 36 volumes between the years 1749 and 1788. Engraved by Marie Rousselet Tardieu widow of eminent cartographer and engraver Pierre Francois Tardieu and one of only a few documented female engravers. Printed on laid paper. Fine original condition with no attempts at later colorization. Hinged and matted entirely acid free with 100% rag museum board ready for framing. Sheet size 7 3/4" x 10 3/8" plate mark 6 1/2" x 8 3/4" outside matte dimensions 11" x 14". An exceptional print. Imprimerie Royale unknown
1795rif. 64068Lausanne. 1795. Highly decorative engraving of the exotic bird by Buffon a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Le Comte de Buffon was struck by the diversity of life and was not content with existing explanations of the natural world. 100 years before Darwin Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle a 44 volume encyclopedia describing everything known about the natural world was considering common ancestry of man and apes. Histoire naturelle : générale et particulière Oiseaux. Copper engraving. Hand coloured. Mounted size: 380 x 320 mm Fine condition. unknown
1739rif. C93082Paris: L'acadmie Royale Des Sciences 1739. First Edition. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Imperial 8vo. pp 140-156 extract from Mmoires de l'Acadmie Royale des Sciences 17 pages complete as issued. In attractive probably 1930s binding by W. H. Smith & Son Ltd. green cloth front cover lettered in gilt; tailpiece. Inscribed ""1932"" on front pastedown. VG indeed. An important paper on forest conservation by the pioneering naturalist the Comte de Buffon 1707-88 who was also an encyclopediste cosmologist and mathematician. Very good indeed. L'acadmie Royale Des Sciences hardcover
1742rif. C93083Paris: L'acadmie Royale Des Sciences 1742. First Edition. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Imperial 8vo. pp 233-46 extract from Mmoires de l'Acadmie Royale des Sciences 14 pages complete as issued. In attractive 1930s binding by W. H. Smith & Son Ltd. green cloth front cover lettered in gilt; tailpiece. Inscribed ""1932"" on front pastedown. Browning to margins at top and bottom of pages in places. VG. An important paper on forest conservation by the pioneering naturalist the Comte de Buffon 1707-88 who was also an encyclopediste cosmologist and mathematician. Very good indeed. L'acadmie Royale Des Sciences hardcover
2010rif. DADAX1170381715Gale Ecco Print Editions 2010-05-30. Illustrated. paperback. New. 7.44x1.12x9.69. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Gale Ecco, Print Editions paperback
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1829rif. 42012Livorno: Tipogr. Vignozzi 1829. Tipogr. Vignozzi unknown
1854rif. 42013Napoli: Stab. Tipogr. Batelli 1854. Prima edizione napoletana corretta ed aumentata Stab. Tipogr. Batelli unknown
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1812rif. 308099London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1812. New edition. Hardcover. All 20 volumes Good in board. Light shelfwear and rubbing on spine of all 20 volumes. Light foxing throught text blocks of all 20 volumes. Small open tears on panel corners of all 20 volumes. Light edgewear on panel side edges of all 20 volumes. Light rubbing on front and rear panels of all 20 volumes. Front hinge starting on volume 2 4. Open tears on top and bottom front and rear gutters of volume 3 6 7 8 13 16 17 and 18. Small open tears on rear panel of volume 4. Chipping on spine crown of volumes 5 8 910 11 17 19 and 20. Rear hinge on volume 20 cracked. T. Cadell and W. Davies hardcover
