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1983rif. 0050421983. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: Academic Press Inc. 1983 Good HB ISBN: 0-12-710780-0 hardcover
2008rif. 045292Rizzoli 2008. Book. Illus. by Martinet Francois-Nicolas. Fine. Hardcover. Both book and slipcase are in fine condition. Extremely heavy to ship. Rizzoli Hardcover
rif. 007910Painting. Illus. by Barbara Everard. Fine. Unframed. This is the original plate No. 117 from "Wild Flowers of the World" - a fine water-colour painting by the renowned botanical artist Barbara Everard b. 1910 died . It is a highly decorative work in very good condition with vibrant but accurate colours being much finer than the rather poor reproduction in "Wild Flowers of the World" suggests. And far larger too measuing 47 x 37cm. It has hand-written pencil notes to the reverse presumably in the hand of Everard regarding the species depicted and various printing notes. there are a few inconspicuous corrections/revisions to the painting Barbara Everard worked at Kew and is one of only nineteen "contemporary" botanical artists whose work features in William T. Stearn's "Flower Artists of Kew" 1990 plates 9 10 & 11 also published in America under the title "Botanical Masters: Plant Portraits by Contemporary Artists. New York: Prentice Hall 1990". Everard began drawing and painting flowers in 1947 when in the Far East. She has provided illustrations for many works among them O. Pulin and A. Huxley Flowers of the Mediterranean 1965 but her major work was the superb and highly successful 'Wild Flowers of the World' 1970 with text by Brian D. Morley. This monumental work whilst neither rare nor expensive has become a classic of the botanical literature in large part due to the 192 plates by Everard featuing over 1000 of the world's exotic and colourful plants - and this is a rare opportunity to acquire one of these original plates. Everard was a keen and accomplished gardener with a fine collection of orchids. She set up the "The Barbara Everard Trust for Orchid Conservation" recognising the need to conserve private collections of orchids as they often contained plants no longer growing in their native habitat. The Trust is administered by the Orchid Society of Great Britain as a separate charity. As much of her time was spent illustrating books she rarely sold her paintings privately and on her death left her orchids and the majority of her paintings and studies to the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Consequently her original paintings are rare but given their quality should be in every serious collection. We have a few other orginal plates from "Wild Flowers of the World" and would be pleased to offer discounts on multiple orders. For further details or images please do not hesitate to contact us. Please note: this painting supplied with mount and backing but not framed. 0. unknown
1917Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Secret Death - A weird story from Georgia in Russia, a wild land where might is right and feuds never end; Capturing Wild Animals Alive - how John Alfred Jordan captured a collection of African animals to be shipped to Zoos in Europe; A Tragedy in the Clouds - Frenchmen Sergeant Legendre and Adjutant Casale of the French Aviation Service bring down their eighth German plane piloted by a German named Haspel; Six Weeks Among the Buddhas - Part I - Juliet Bredon and her husband toured temples in China; The Man Who Found Himself - munitions worker William Francis claims to have entirely lost his memory for two years after an injury; Across Germany to Freedom - Part I - French soldiers Georges Prieur and Tristan du Tartre escape from Hammelburg camp in Bavaria; When the Dam Burst - a 'Santa Rosa' (South American monsoon) causes a night of terror at the harbour works of the 'Obras del Nuevo Puerto de la Capital' in Argentina; Almost a Tragedy - forgetful nearly results in multiple deaths; Between the Devil and the Deep - a French fishing-smack sinks a German submarine - article with photos; When the Fuses Spluttered - Roy Norton, F.R.G.S. escapes death in a mine by seconds; Buried Alive - injury while filming 'The Jarvis Case'; A Fight With An Ostrich - the awful plight of engineer Geo. Daws who tried to cross an ostrich 'camp' during their breeding season; Historic Crimes and Mysteries - The Sign at the Gallows, The Law & The Lackey; The Pirates of the 'Flowery Land' - mutiny and murder on the high seas between London and Singapore; The Hidden City - Tulum is located in the thick jungle of the Yucatan; Bethlehem's Distressing Christmas Scenes - festive occasion marred by petty quarrels of rival sects;The Last of the Bandits - The Poe-Hart Gang terrorizes Oklahoma by robbing banks and fighting sheriff's posses; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 92-176, 9-24 [ads]. Covers partially loose. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
1929Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Guardians of the "Last Frontier" - Excellent photo-illustrated article on the three-hundred men who patrol America's 2,000-mile Mexican border; Brown's Tiger - A decidedly unusual hunt in India in which a herd of buffaloes played an important part; "Blood Will Tell" - What happened after James Vance Marshall saved the life of a young South American; Photo of Buddhist "Rice Boat" in Ceylon; Hunting Sea-Lions - Tony Rosato hunts these creatures near California's Coronado Islands - interesting photo-illustrated article; Law and Order in East Africa - Amusing stories about police work among whites and natives; The Lost Mine - A. Hyatt Verrill was in Panama to study the wild Indians but everyone assume he came in search of Tisingal, the mythical lost Spanish gold mine - with photos; The Interlopers - A cattle drover's story of a strange adventure in Australia's little-known interior; My Monkey - A lonely rubber planter buys a monkey as a pet; The Bear Lake Affair - How two RCMP officers dealt with 150 wild Indians near Fort St. James, British Columbia; More About Africa's "Mystery Beasts" - Patrick Bowen believes hitherto unknown animals and reptiles do actually exist; At Grips With the Desert - Part II of Donald R.G. Cameron's account of a trip across the Sahara in which his party became lost for ten days - with photos; "When No Man Pursueth" - The tragic story of what happened to a 14-year-old boy on his first trip away from home; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so front cover loose but present and back cover barely holding. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
192480 pages. Features: Cover illustration of cherubic little girl holding basket of flowers; Nice colour ad for Dominion Linoleum Rugs inside front cover; Full-page ad for the new 1924 High Speed Blue Chimney New Perfection oil stove; Nice illustrated full-page ad for Pratt & Lambert Varnish Products; *MAGNIFICENT* full-page colour ad for Ford Closed Cars, featuring woman driving a black model with two children, sailboat in hand, disembarking in a lovely park; Business Article - "Consideration of Canada's Immigration is Arousing Business Men's Attention", by J. Herbert Hodgins; Small ad for the "Oshawa" medal clad garage manufactured by The Pedlar People of Oshawa; Full-page colour ad for Congoleum Gold Seal Art-Rugs; Half-page ad for Weed brand auto bumpers and tire chains; International Harvester Motor Truck Ad; Artistic full-page ad for Oneida Community Plate silverware; The Rich Cinderella - story by Arthur Stringer; The Hired Man - story by Lawrence Perry; Mr. T.A. Low - Business Man in Politics - Canada's Minister of Trade and Commerce; A Friend of the Family - story by Rudyard Kipling; Animals I Remember, by W.A. Fraser; The Ardent Bigamist, by Somerset Maugham; Session Meanders to its Close - J.K. Munro on Canadian Parliamentary happenings; The Road Runner - story by Ben Ames Williams; Full-page ad for Palmolive Shaving Cream; Winston Churchill headed "Straight for the Dust-bin" of Politics - so says George Bernard Shaw; Drinking is a national disability in Great Britain; Full page ad for Swift's Premium Cooked Ham; Taxation is Shifting - Lord Weir claims English professions are underpaid; Full-page ad for Firestone "Gum-Dipped Balloons" (low-pressure tires); S.S. Chester on why "Baccarat is a French Menace"; Lovely colour photo ad for Royal Yeast Cakes; Fantastic colour full-page ad for Harvey Hosiery, made by Hosiers Limited of Woodstock, Ontario; Wonderful full-page colour ad for Harvey Tailored Underwear, made by Harvey Knitting Co. of Woodstock, Ontario; Lovely full-page colour ad by the H.J. Heinz Company illustrates the Heinz Pier at Atlantic City; Aeroplanes Can't Be Omnipotent - Archibald Hurd argues that Capital Ships must be maintained to bring food, at least; J.A. Stevenson writes about hope for U.S. Political Upeaval; Puritanism is Termed a Blight - article by Harvey O'Higgins and Dr. E.H. Reede; Full-page ad for Post Toasties "Double Thick" Corn Flakes; There is no Saturation Point - Henry Ford discusses the development of products to meet consumer demand; Radio may cease to be free - article from the Independent; Westinghouse Electric Range ad; Ileana Sets Her Cap for Wales - Godmother of the Balkans would make daughter co-ruler of the British Empire; Salvation in Empire Trade? - how can free trade Britain prosper when her Dominions are largely protectionist?; Three-quarter page ad promotes Vancouver, British Columbia to tourists and businessmen; Will World Commit Hari-Kari? - Sir Oliver Lodge considers our scientific ability to build weapons of destruction, and our lack of morals to handle them; Lovely full-page ad for Canadian Pacific Steamship and its Great Lakes services; Nice half-page ad for The New Hupmobile; Nice half-page Coca-Cola ad; Half-page ad for Nash cars; Nostalgic half-page ad for Coleman camp stoves; Elegant ad for Luxite Hosiery; Bride Club Problem II - "By 'Tax' Sadie Solves Problems of Forgetfulness and Untidiness"; *Beautiful* full-page ad by W. Clark Limited (maker of canned foods) features young boy carrying a basket of cans of Clark's various offerings; Lovely full-page colour ad for Simmons beds, mattresses adn springs; Art and Decoration for Town and Country Homes - Porch for Charm and Comfort, by Katherine M Caldwell; Nice colour ad for Quaker Puffed Wheat inside back cover features illustration of boy by Norman Rockwell; Nice colour ad on back cover for Fuller Brush Company. Covers not quite free from staples. Average wear and soiling. Small faint ink stamp atop front cov Book
192634 pages. Features: Briefly Told - fascinating news bits inside front cover; William Jennings Bryan - The Great Commoner - article with photos; Who is the Governor of Texas? - Miriam A. Ferguson - photo-illustrated article; Home Crafts for Idle Hands; A Jewish Rabbi in Jerusalem (Joseph Klausner) Writes "Jesus of Nazareth" and refutes Jewish traditions - a review of this much discussed book; How the Coolidge Cabinet Funcations; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - The Qualities of Practicability in Ideas; Editorial - What is the Neglected Truth?; The Couzens Investigation; Chats with Office Callers - Who Owns the Movie Industry? - A Man From Poland Describes Conditions in his Country where 'business is entirely out of the hands of the Poles', General Coxey of "Coxey's Army; Sapiro Officials Run a Sideline - second article on the plight of Sapiro's tobacco co-operatives, "all members of Sapiro associations should read these articles"; Famous Conductor Sir Henry Wood, of Queen's Hall Orchestra in London; Hynes E. Terry Guides People Through the Capitol; Bell Collection at the Glenwood Mission Inn, California; Interesting news items from across the nation; Aviation from the Navy's Viewpoint - conclusion of a photo-illustrated article by Captain W.S. Pye, U.S.N.; An Icelandic Tale; Are the Movies Cruel to Animals?; Some further instruction on the Correct Movements in a Plain Quadrille Dance - with illustrations; Aerial photo of cloud-shrouded Mount of the Holy Cross in Eagle County, Colorado. Some pages free from staples but present. Average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1928Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Policing the Great White North - A photo-illustrated account of the manifold perils and hardships that are the daily portion of the gallant handful of men who represent law and order in the Vast Canadian Arctic; Pathetic fate of two missing WWI Sheffield soldiers revealed - William Thompson and George Walter Howard; Bill's Bear-Cub - An American trapper adopts a bear cub and his partner foretells disaster; Three Months on an Island Inferno - J.K. Wilson explains his 'holiday' on White Island, near Tauranga, New Zealand - with photos; Further Adventures of a Tenderfoot in Canada - Part I - What happened after H.P. Musson, a transplanted London paper-pusher, lost his job as a hired hand in Western Canada and began looking for his own homestead; Trapping Wild Animals in Northern Siam - The ingenious methods by which the jungle folk trap fierce whild beasts, with great photos; Cycling Round the World - Part III of III of Kai Thorenfeldt's amazing 20,000 mile journey which took over two years - with map and nice photos; Forgotten Fortunes - Frances Dickie describes the remarkable circumstances in which two of the most amazing 'finds' in the history of European art have lately come to light in France - with photo of Mrs. M.L. Westmoreland, who discovered a valuable Goya in a Paris second-hand shop; In Quest of the Dragon Lizards - Part II - Seeking the prehistoric Komodo dragon on a remote Dutch East Indies (Indonesian) island; A Terrible Journey - Joseph Metcalf fell into an underground conduit conveying water from a dam to Port Elizabeth - forty-five miles away!; The Greatest of All Thrills - A wonderfully photo-illustrated article on the new sport of parachuting from aircraft; "Heir Number Six" - A Winnipeg real estate agent goes to the North-West territory in search of an obscure half-breed regarding a dispute over land ownership. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
rif. 6409, Bruxelles, Adolphe Deros & Co., 1855., Nouveau relie, demi-veau vert, plats marbre, dos orne de fil dore et de piece de titre dore, 18x27cm, 574pp + 654pp, avec 28 plates illustre en colorie a la main.
1855Nouveau relie, demi-veau vert, plats marbre, dos orne de fil dore et de piece de titre dore, 18x27cm, 574pp + 654pp, avec 28 plates illustre en colorie a la main. Nouvelle edition precedee de l' eloge de Lacepede par Cuvier. Avec des notes et la nouvelle classification de A.-G. Desmarest. 28 (scenes animees) lithographiees avec rehauts d' eau gommee, en bon etat, une et parfois deux scenes animalieres par gravure.
1957rif. 7241957 Paris, Fasquelle, 1957. Coll. "Libelles". 18 x 11,5 cm, petit in-8, 93 pp., broché.
1842rif. 184Paris, Hetzel et Paulin, éditeurs, 1842. 2 volumes in-4 (reliure 277 x 190 mm, papier 268 x 180 mm) en reliure du temps demi-maroquin noir à grains ronds, dos à quatre nerfs surlignés d'un filet doré, compartiments décorés d'un encadrement doré stylisé. Titré et tomé. 2 FRONTISPICES ET 199 GRAVURES SUR BOIS D'APRÈS J.J. GRANVILLE, en hors-texte. Vignettes in-texte. Premier tirage et édition originale de la prose. Tome 1 : fnch. + 386 pp + tables et 96 planches non paginées. Tome 2 : fnch. + 390 pages + tables et 105 planches non paginées.
1935rif. 205391935 Gouache, (1935), 17 x 12 cm.
rif. 10118Lyon, Bouvet, 1951, 1 en cahiers sous coffret en pleine percaline, titre en lettres dorées, charnière du couvercle fendue. in-4 oblong, f.t., frontispice (photo contrecollée), justification du tirage, titre, 4 feuillets de préface et note de l'éditeur, 26 cahiers (120 pages), soit 1 cahier descriptif par cheval (titre, photo contrecollée et 2 à 4 pages de texte descriptif ), au total 26 photos contrecollées, exemplaire numéroté, un des 950 sur pur fil des papeteries Johannot, légères rousseurs sur quelques feuillets ;
1900rif. 29770ABReutlingen, Entzlin & Laiblin, (1900). 902, VIII, IV, III S. Mit 16 farb. Tafeln und 4 dreifache farb. Falttafeln. Orig.-Leinenband. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden + Sechste Auflage
1664rif. PHO-1635Paris, Claude Barbin, 1664. In-4, relié plein veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs orné avec titre, une coiffe manque et accroc à la coiffe en pied, le frontispice manque, réparation au dernier caisson, tache d’encre pages 86-91, quelques feuillets brunis.
1909rif. 0006911Brooklyn NY: Charles Meeker Kozlay` 1909. First Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 16mo 53 pages t.e.g. partially unopened deckle-edged the fragile binding recently rebound in new brown cloth with the original leather label on the top cover. Copy no. 83 of only 100 of the limited edition. Includes the first book appearance of Mark Twain's "Letter to John Camden Hotten" pp. 48-51 in which Clemens complains that adding injury to insult Hotten not only pirated some of Twain's work but added his own chapters to Twain's writings. Hotten also pirated Bret Harte. Harte's editor Kozlay has collected Harte's lectures on "The Argonauts of '498" and "American Humor" his "Reply to 'Toast to Literature'" three Fables followed by Kozlay's essay on their piracy. Three of the 7 illustrations here were done by Merle Johnson artist and Twain's bibliographer. BAL 3510 7407. Eight plates inserted. Charles Meeker Kozlay` hardcover
rif. 007903Painting. Illus. by Barbara Everard. Fine. Unframed. This is the original plate No. 122 from "Wild Flowers of the World" - a fine water-colour painting by the renowned botanical artist Barbara Everard b. 1910 died . It is a highly decorative work in very good condition with vibrant but accurate colours being much finer than the rather poor reproduction in "Wild Flowers of the World" suggests. And far larger too measuing 46 x 37cm. It has hand-written pencil notes to the reverse presumably in the hand of Everard regarding the species depicted and various printing notes. there are a couple of inconspicuous corrections/revisions to the painting Barbara Everard worked at Kew and is one of only nineteen "contemporary" botanical artists whose work features in William T. Stearn's "Flower Artists of Kew" 1990 plates 9 10 & 11 also published in America under the title "Botanical Masters: Plant Portraits by Contemporary Artists. New York: Prentice Hall 1990". Everard began drawing and painting flowers in 1947 when in the Far East. She has provided illustrations for many works among them O. Pulin and A. Huxley Flowers of the Mediterranean 1965 but her major work was the superb and highly successful 'Wild Flowers of the World' 1970 with text by Brian D. Morley. This monumental work whilst neither rare nor expensive has become a classic of the botanical literature in large part due to the 192 plates by Everard featuing over 1000 of the world's exotic and colourful plants - and this is a rare opportunity to acquire one of these original plates. Everard was a keen and accomplished gardener with a fine collection of orchids. She set up the "The Barbara Everard Trust for Orchid Conservation" recognising the need to conserve private collections of orchids as they often contained plants no longer growing in their native habitat. The Trust is administered by the Orchid Society of Great Britain as a separate charity. As much of her time was spent illustrating books she rarely sold her paintings privately and on her death left her orchids and the majority of her paintings and studies to the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Consequently her original paintings are rare but given their quality should be in every serious collection. We have a few other orginal plates from "Wild Flowers of the World" and would be pleased to offer discounts on multiple orders. For further details or images please do not hesitate to contact us. Please note: this painting supplied with mount and backing but not framed. 0. unknown
1856rif. 035042London: Simpkin and Marshall 1856. Book. Illus. by C.W. Harrison. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo 13 X 21cm. Two volumes handsomely bound by Sotheran Sackville Street London years 1855 and 1856. pp332 Volume 1855 with 12 highly attractive hand-coloured plates all with tissue guards very clean slight toning to just a few pages no inscriptions or annotation. pp 372 and bound to the back the pp33 Gardener's and Naturalist's Almanack 1856. Half leather bindings by Sotheran gilt decoration and lettering to spine title label to each volume some loss of colour to the spines but with lustre and strong no cracking. A very good pair with fine bright plates and some in text diagrams. Simpkin and Marshall Hardcover
1969Book is in excellent condition in heavy weave tan HB covers, gilt over red at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners with a very light bump to lower front, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears, price clipped, now wrapped in clear protective cover. 322 pages on high quality heavy white paper, reprinted form 1903. Rare by this publisher. Full page Author illustration opposite title page, Illustrated by one hundred and forty engravings, in which are represented most of the popular diversions; selected from ancient paintings. "This book is a key source for information on leisure time activities in 'Olde England,' including sports, hunting, games, dancing, gymnastics, music, festivals including Christmas and May Day and customs such as Mumming, The Boy Bishop, and The Lord of Misrule, Horse Racing, Slinging of Stones, Hand Ball, Archery, Dancing, Tumbling, Balancing, Jugglers, Juggling, Bowling, Tennis, Bat and ball, Jousts, Tricks Taught to Horeses, Animals Imitated, Quintain, Tilting, Kayles, Cards, Chess,. It answers questions such as "How do you score a joust?," "When did feral wolves become extinct in Britain?," and "How much do you pay the piper?" And what is Shakespeare talking about when he mentions Shove-Groat or Nine Men's Morris? (The modern equivalents are shuffleboard and tic-tac-toe). Included are numerous quotes from original documents and dozens of plates based on period illustrations. Strutt also documents the constant conflict between popular culture and the religious and secular powers."
1970Slight waviness to cloth on exterior of spine, sharp corners, two impacts to front cover. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, appears new in every respect. Dust jacket has lots of edge and corner wear, small tears, is price clipped. Very large, encyclopedic reference, 771 pages plus 36 full page, full color plates, some photos, lots of b&w drawings, many figures depicting specific features of fish, lots of keys to specific genera or species of families with drawings. Each fish is I.D.'d with Distinctions, Coloration, Remarks, and Distribution. Contents include Introduction: a brief history of the study of Bahaman fishes, Scope of the book, How to use the book, The names of fishes, Measureing and counting a fish. Then Outline drawings of representative examples of the families of Bahaman fishes, followed by pp. 1 -- 731 Fishes of the Bahamas. Glossary, references, & Index at back.
1962rif. 1242801962 Editions d'Art Les Heures Claires, Paris - 1962/1966 ( Quarante quatre mois de travail ont été nécessaires à la réalisation de cet oiuvrage)) - 3 volumes in-8 en feuillets sous chemise et étui cartonné illustrés de l'éditeur. 194 + 165 + 209 pages - Illustrations en couleur dans le texte gravées par Jean Tarico (travail ayant requis deux mille deux cents bois nécessaires à la reproduction des aquarelles)- Exemplaire bien complet du fac-similé de la lettre d'Henri Lemarié
1894rif. 15607London & NY: Macmillan 1894 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The two books protected in a fine gray slipcase. Blue cloth gold stamped decorations of elephants on first book and cobra on second. All edges gilt. The Jungle Book is a 2nd or 3rd printing in that first year 1894 and has white endpapers apparently replacing original slate/green paper. The Second Jungle book has the slate/green endpapers with foxing on verso; rear endpaper neatly repaired in the gutter and partly separated in the front gutter. Spine and board edges slightly rubbed and wear at the corners of both books. Bookplate on first book endpaper. Not available for international shipping. Macmillan hardcover
1809rif. 4805London:: George Shaw and E. Nodder 1809. First edition. Fine condition with original bright hand-coloring. . A Fine and rare original hand-colored copperplate engraving by Frederick Polydore Nodder and/or his son Richard Polydore Nodder from The Naturalist's Miscellany. Octavo 6 x 9.5 inches 15.24 x 24.13 cm. Includes the original text in both English and Latin by George Shaw MD FRS. The Naturalist's Miscellany distinguished by the refined hand-colored copperplate engravings and astute naturalists' observations was aptly named as a diverse naturalists' compendium of the birds mammals reptiles insects fish and crustacean identified by seventeenth and eighteenth century naturalists spanning the globe particularly around the South Seas. Many of nature's most fascinating and unusual creatures were discovered during this period several of which were introduced through The Naturalist's Miscellany. Doctor George Shaw 1751-1813 Fellow of the Royal Society cofounder of the Linnaean Society as well as Zoologist of the British Museum contributed the text. Publication of the Naturalist's Miscellany ceased with his death in 1813. Upon the death of the artist FP Nodder 1770-1800 his wife Elizabeth and their son Richard Polydore Nodder 1793-1820 contributed artistically and editorially to the publication. Indeed a family affair both Frederick Polydore Nodder and his son Richard produced every one of the plates. A gifted and distinguished naturalist Frederick P. Nodder was the preferred Botanical Painter to Her Majesty Queen Charlotte. His early skills as botanical and animal draughtsman and engraver were honed from his association with Sir Joseph Banks who employed Nodder to complete and engrave the drawings from the sketchbooks of the late Sydney Parkinson. Parkinson accompanied Banks as botanical draughtsman aboard Captain James Cook's The Endeavor in 1771. Parkinson died on the return of this South Seas Voyage. These engravings along with the natural history collections of the British Museum were the basis for the mastery of the Naturalist's Miscellany. Frederick's son Richard P. Nodder a gifted animal painter in his own right was distinguished as botanic painter to King George III. At the time of its creation The Naturalist's Miscellany was highly coveted as a definitive natural history offering and as was the custom the work was issued in installments between 1790 and 1813. Each volume was dedicated by permission and dutifully inscribed to the most devoted patrons and contributors of the natural historical pursuits of eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain: Queen Charlotte Sir Joseph Banks Thomas Pennant Esq. The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge The Trustees of the British Museum to name a few. Andrews1986 Blunt 151Coats 25 Sitwell FBB 142 Wood 482. Copyright: Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books 1/09. Archivally matted in jasmine green rag mat sized to 12 x 16 inches. George Shaw and E. Nodder, unknown
1809rif. 4457London:: George Shaw and E. Nodder 1809. First edition. Fine condition with original bright hand-coloring. . A Fine and rare original hand-colored copperplate engraving by Frederick Polydore Nodder and/or his son Richard Polydore Nodder from The Naturalist's Miscellany. Octavo 6 x 9.5 inches 15.24 x 24.13 cm. Includes the original text in both English and Latin by George Shaw MD FRS. The Naturalist's Miscellany distinguished by the refined hand-colored copperplate engravings and astute naturalists' observations was aptly named as a diverse naturalists' compendium of the birds mammals reptiles insects fish and crustacean identified by seventeenth and eighteenth century naturalists spanning the globe particularly around the South Seas. Many of nature's most fascinating and unusual creatures were discovered during this period several of which were introduced through The Naturalist's Miscellany. Doctor George Shaw 1751-1813 Fellow of the Royal Society cofounder of the Linnaean Society as well as Zoologist of the British Museum contributed the text. Publication of the Naturalist's Miscellany ceased with his death in 1813. Upon the death of the artist FP Nodder 1770-1800 his wife Elizabeth and their son Richard Polydore Nodder 1793-1820 contributed artistically and editorially to the publication. Indeed a family affair both Frederick Polydore Nodder and his son Richard produced every one of the plates. A gifted and distinguished naturalist Frederick P. Nodder was the preferred Botanical Painter to Her Majesty Queen Charlotte. His early skills as botanical and animal draughtsman and engraver were honed from his association with Sir Joseph Banks who employed Nodder to complete and engrave the drawings from the sketchbooks of the late Sydney Parkinson. Parkinson accompanied Banks as botanical draughtsman aboard Captain James Cook's The Endeavor in 1771. Parkinson died on the return of this South Seas Voyage. These engravings along with the natural history collections of the British Museum were the basis for the mastery of the Naturalist's Miscellany. Frederick's son Richard P. Nodder a gifted animal painter in his own right was distinguished as botanic painter to King George III. At the time of its creation The Naturalist's Miscellany was highly coveted as a definitive natural history offering and as was the custom the work was issued in installments between 1790 and 1813. Each volume was dedicated by permission and dutifully inscribed to the most devoted patrons and contributors of the natural historical pursuits of eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain: Queen Charlotte Sir Joseph Banks Thomas Pennant Esq. The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge The Trustees of the British Museum to name a few. Andrews1986 Blunt 151Coats 25 Sitwell FBB 142 Wood 482. Copyright: Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books 1/09. Archivally framed in green mat w/ silver neoclassical frame conservation glass sized to 13 x 17 inches. George Shaw and E. Nodder, unknown
