Wilkes (Benjamin) One Hundred and Twenty Copper-Plates of English Moths and Butterflies, second edition, list of subscribers,120 exquisite hand-coloured plates, plate IX misnumbered XI, occasional light offsetting, foxing to a handful of plates, a couple of small stains to p.61 of text, contemporary ink signature of Sarah Tyrconnel to head of title, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, 4to, [Hagen 289.2; Lisney 186; Nissen ZBI 4410a], for Benjamin White, 1773.⁂ Beautiful work depicting butterflies, moths and their larvae against extensive backgrounds of their plant food sources, these plants after drawings by Ehret and van Huysum. The short 2pp. list of subscribers includes Joseph Dandridge (who gave Wilkes open access to his private collection of entomological specimens), Dr Christopher Jacob Trew (who died 4 years before the book was published), and Sir Hans Sloane (who likewise had died some 20 years earlier). This would suggest that the list was perhaps gleaned from the original edition, which had appeared in 1747-49.Sarah Carpenter, née Hussey Delaval, Countess of Tyrconnel, (1763-1800), second wife of 5th Earl of Tyrconnel, and mistress of Frederick Duke of York. She later left her husband to live with the Earl of Strathmore but died of a cold aged 37, whereupon Strathmore embarked upon an affair with Sarah's nineteen year-old daughter.
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Wood (William) Illustrations of the Linnaean Genera of Insects, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, 86 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light foxing and offsetting to text but plates generally clean, engraved bookplate of William Owen Stanley, contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints split, labels slightly chipped, [Hagen 295.1; Nissen ZBI 4457], 12mo, 1821.
America.- Nehrling (Henry) Our Native Birds of Song and Beauty, 2 vol., numerous chromolithographed plates, occasional cracking at gutter with one plate loose, occasional light finger-soiling, very light toning to margins, original decorative calf, gilt, rubbed, spines slightly sunned, vol. 2 with small chip to spine head, vol. 1 lower joint split at foot with portion of backstrip come away from spine, g.e., [Zimmer 462], Milwaukee, 1893-96; and others on the birds of North America, v.s. (14)⁂ A popular account of North American birds, first issued in 13 parts in German between 1889 and 1891.
Brard (Cyprien Prosper) Histoire des Coquilles Terrestres et Fluviatiles qui vivent aux environs de Paris, half-title, errata leaf, 10 hand-coloured engraved plates, light foxing, A.S.Kennard's copy with his ink signature to front free endpaper, contemporary cloth-backed boards, Paris & Geneva, 1815 § Geoffroy (M.) Traité sommaire des Coquilles...aux environs de Paris, modern wrappers, uncut, Paris, Musier, 1767 § Poiret (J.L.M.) Coquilles...observées dans le Département de l'Aisne et aux environs de Paris, title water-stained, modern wrappers, uncut, Paris & Soissons, An IX [1801] § Millet (P.A.) Mollusques...de Maine et Loire, half-title, modern wrappers, uncut, Angers, 1813 § Mauduyt (L.) Tableau...des Mollusques...de la Vienne, half-title, 2 lithographed plates, errata leaf, original printed wrappers, uncut, spine faded, Poitiers, 1838 § Goupil (C.-J.) Histoire des Mollusques...de la Sarthe, half-title, 2 hand-coloured lithographed plates, contemporary marbled boards, Le Mans & Paris, 1835, some light foxing, a little rubbed, 8vo et infra (6)
NO RESERVE Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, second edition (eleventh thousand), revised and augmented, pencil inscription to half-title, occasional light foxing, original cloth, slight scratch to upper cover, [Freeman 945], 1875; The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, thirteenth thousand, original cloth, an excellent copy, 1897; and 17 others, natural history, some pamphlets, 8vo & 4to (19)
Dyson (David) The Land and Fresh Water Shells of the Districts around Manchester, A.S.Kennard's copy inscribed to him by J.Wilfrid Jackson on front free endpaper, with faded photographic portrait tipped in as frontispiece, lithographed plate, Manchester, 1850 § Macgillivray (William) A History of the Molluscous Animals of Scotland..., second edition, 1844 § Lowe (E.J.) The Conchology of Nottingham, presentation copy from the author to Dublin Natural History Society, 1853 § Forbes (Edward) Malacologia Monensis. A Catalogue of the Mollusca inhabiting the Isle of Man..., 3 lithographed plates, light foxing, Edinburgh, 1838 § Mansel-Pleydell (J.C.) The Mollusca of Dorsetshire, presentation copy from the author, folding map, Dorchester, 1898, some ilustrations, original cloth, some pictorial gilt, a little rubbed, the first four with faded spines; and 4 others, similar, v.s. (9)⁂ John Wilfrid Jackson (1880-1978), conchologist, archaeologist and geologist.
New York.- Fourth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York, numerous plates, of which several in colour, title coming loose, upper hinge broken at head, original pictorial cloth, a little toned and soiled, New York and Albany, Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford Co., 1899 § Eaton (Elon Howard) New York State Museum, Memoir 12: Birds of New York, 2 vol., first edition, numerous plates, both plain and in colour, many with captioned tissue guards, occasional light foxing, original cloth, worn at extremities, Albany, University of the State of New York, 1910-14; and 3 others relating to New York, including other "Reports" of the Commissions on Fish, Forests and Game (1902-3), 4to (6)
Miller (John Samuel) A Natural History of the Crinoidea, or Lily-shaped Animals; with Observations on the Genera, Asteria, Euryale, Comatula & Marsupites, first edition, list of subscribers, 50 hand-coloured lithographed plates by the author, without final advertisement leaf, light foxing to text but plates generally clean, a few lightly offset, pencil annotations to some plates and front free endpaper, contemporary half roan, rubbed, spine worn, corners bumped, [Nissen ZBI 2822], 4to, Bristol, for the author by C.Frost, 1821.⁂ Pioneering work by the first curator of the Bristol Institution. The subscribers include the geologists and palaeontologists William Buckland and William Conybeare.
Montagu (George) Testacea Britannica or Natural History of British Shells, Marine, Land, and Fresh-Water, 3 vol. including Supplement, first edition, engraved additional titles, vol.1 & 2 with hand-coloured vignette, 30 hand-coloured engraved plates by Elizabeth Dorville, some foxing, plates with light offsetting, one or two oxidized, contemporary half green calf, black roan labels, rubbed, spines a little faded, [Nissen ZBI 2875], 4to, vol.1 & 2 printed Romsey, J.S.Hollis, vol.3 Exeter, S.Woolmer, 1803-08.⁂ The first comprehensive monograph of the molluscs of the British Isles.
Müller (Otto Fridrich) Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium..., 3 vol. in 1, first edition, light spotting at beginning and end, engraved armorial bookplate of Geo.Aug.Thursby, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, Copenhagen & Leipzig, Heineck & Faber, 1773-74 § Clessin (Stefan) Deutsche Excursions-Mollusken-Fauna, second edition, 1884; Die Mollusken-Fauna Mitteleuropa's II: Die Molluskenfauan Oesterreich-Ungarns unde der Schweiz, 1887, together 2 vol., illustration, first volume with portrait, prospectus tipped-in and A.Pc.s. from the author mounted on verso of title, A.S.Kennard's copy with his notes to front free endpaper and pencil page references to first edition to text, contemporary half morocco, a little rubbed, Nuremberg § Klemm (Walter) Die Verbreitung der rezenten Land-Gehäuse-Schnecken in Österreich, signed and inscribed by the author to Michael Kerney, maps, original cloth, Vienna & New York, [1974]; and 13 others on molluscs, mostly German, 4to & 8vo (17)
Geology.- Englefield (Sir Henry Charles) A Description of the Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities, and Geological Phoenomena, of the Isle of Wight...with Additional Observations on the Strata of the Island...by Thomas Webster, first edition, large paper copy, half-title, engraved portrait, 3 folding engraved maps (one hand-coloured) and 47 engraved plates, 9 double-page including one hand-coloured aquatint of 3 views, light foxing to portrait and title otherwise text very clean, some foxing to plates, William Beckford's copy bound in contemporary half russia with his characteristic gilt-edged L-shaped corner-pieces, ?by Charles Lewis, t.e.g., others uncut, rebacked, a little worn, splits to joints, [Abbey Scenery 345], folio, 1816.⁂ A Charles Traylen catalogue slip mounted on front pastedown notes, "This is the copy from the Beckford sale, sold at Sotheby's June 30th, 1882, 11th day, Lot 2815. It does not contain any of Beckford's pencil notes". A loosely-inserted T.L.s. from Sotheby's to Michael Kerney dated 9th April 1958 quotes the original catalogue entry as containing "brilliant proofs" and being bound by Lewis.
America.- Oberholser (Harry C.) The Bird Life of Texas, 2 vol., colour plates after Louis Agassiz Fuertes, original cloth, very lightly rubbed, slipcase, a little rubbed and soiled, lower flap broken, Austin & London, 1974 § Roberts (Thomas S.) The Birds of Minnesota, 2 vol., first edition, colour plates, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, dated June 1937, additionally signed by the author on title, newspaper clippings pasted to front and rear endpapers, frontispieces lightly offset, some light foxing, mainly to plates, endpapers lightly browned and with scattered spotting, original cloth, lightly rubbed, Minneapolis, 1932 § Dawson (William Leon) The Birds of Washington, 2 vol.,"original edition", one of 350 numbered copies, colour plates, captioned tissue guards, occasional very light foxing, original green morocco, gilt, lightly rubbed, vol. 1 lower cover stained, spines faded, a couple small chips to spine ends, t.e.g.; and others on the birds of North America, v.s. (c.34)
Geology.- Smith (William) Geological Map of Berkshire. A New Map of Berkshire divided into Hundreds. Exhibiting its Roads, Rivers, Parks &c. by John Cary, folding hand-coloured engraved map identifying the various rock strata within the county with key tablets surrounding the map outline, c.520 x 600mm., dissected and mounted on linen, some very light offsetting or soiling, folding into original paste-paper board slip-case, printed yellow label to upper cover, a little rubbed, J.Cary, 1821; with an offprint on Smith's Geological Atlas by A.G.Davis of 1952, 8vo (2)⁂ William Smith, "the father of English Geology", produced the first geological map of Britain, published in 1815. This map originally appeared in Part 2 of Smith's Geological Survey Atlas of England and Wales of 1819-24, Part 2 being issued in 1819. Loosely inserted with the map is a T.L.s. to Michael Kerney from Joan M.Eyles dated May 24th 1969 concerning the map and comparing it to the copy in the Natural History Museum, namely whether tablet 6 is coloured or not (it is uncoloured in the present copy).
Geology.- Walker (J. & C.) and J.A.Knipe. A Geological Map of England & Wales, showing also the Inland Navigation by means of Rivers and Canals...together with the Rail Roads & Principal Roads, large hand-coloured engraved map with cross-section at foot, c.1280 x 1010mm., dissected and mounted on linen, one or two spots, light offsetting from title, folding into original green cloth slip-case with pull-off top, a little rubbed, large 8vo, 1835.
Geology & Palaeontology.- Buckland (Rev. William) Reliquiae Diluvianae; or, Observations on the Organic Remains contained in Caves, Fissures, and Diluvial Gravel..., second edition, folding letterpress table, 27 engraved or lithographed plates, maps and plans, 3 hand-coloured, one folding, light foxing to plates, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked preserving old paper label, 1824; Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology, 2 vol., Bridgewater Treatise No.VI, first edition, 87 engraved or lithographed plates including folding hand-coloured cross-section, 8 others double-page and/or folding, some foxing and water-staining to plates, modern buckram, advertisements bound in at beginning, 1836, 4to & 8vo (3)
Geology & Palaeontology.- Hawker (Rev. Peter) A Catalogue of Extraneous Fossils...Minerals, &c....at Woodchester Rectory, Glocestershire, only edition, half-title, errata slip, with tipped-in sheet from Gentleman's Magazine March 1806 containing report of a fossil skeleton "of an animal similar to a crocodile" found at Duddridge Glos., original wrappers, Stroud, F.Vigurs, 1817 § Scafe (John) King Coal's Levee, or Geological Etiquette...and the Council of Metals, second edition, light water-staining to inner margin of first few leaves, modern wrappers, uncut, 1819 § Smith (James) Researches in Newer Pliocene and Post-Tertiary Geology, first edition, 4 tinted lithographed plates, illustrations, 4pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting, original cloth, spine faded, lower joint split, Glasgow, 1862, a little rubbed; and 8 others on geology including Kerney's manuscript journal entitled "Record of Excursions and Fieldwork" of 1950-51, v.s. (11)⁂ The first is rare with Library Hub recording only 3 copies (BL, University of Cambridge, and Natural History Museum).
NO RESERVE America.- Warren (B. H.) Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania, first edition, 50 plates, all but the first in colour, occasional very light foxing or soiling, gutter cracked at points with a couple gatherings working loose, endpapers foxed, original cloth, lightly rubbed, some staining to lower cover, Harrisburg, 1888; and 2 others, including the augmented second edition of the same, signed by the author, 8vo & 4to (3)
NO RESERVE Birds.- Collection of bird plates using their respective feathers, 11 plates, hand-coloured background with birds made out of their respective feathers, occasional light spotting, bookplate, contemporary cloth-backed boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, [early twentieth century].
Lang (Henry C.) The Butterflies of Europe, 2 vol., plate volume, all in colour, some scattered light spotting, otherwise preliminaries to both vol. lightly foxed, original decorative cloth, joints and extremities a little rubbed, 1884 § Humphrey (H. Noel) The Butterfly Vivarium, half-title, 8 engraved plates with hand-colouring and heightened with gum arabic, occasional light finger soiling, later navy half morocco, g.e., 1858 § Westwood (J. O.) British Butterflies and Their Transformations, second edition, hand-coloured lithographic title-page, 21 lithographic plates, of which all but 2 hand-coloured, additional pictorial title, ?original decorative cloth, extremities a little bumped and scuffed, [1860]; and 3 others butterflies, v.s. (7)
Swainson (William) Zoological Illustrations, or Original Figures and Descriptions...Entomology, vol. 3 only (of 6), first series, 71 lithograph plates, of which 35 with bright hand-colouring, some light off-setting, contemporary olive half morocco, spine sunned, scuffed, [Nissen IVB 911], 8vo, 1820-21.⁂ Volume dedicated to Lepidoptera; one of the earliest natural history publications to feature hand-colored lithographic illustrations.
Curtis (John) British Entomology, vol.1 only in original 12 parts, 50 engraved plates, all but 5 (those in part 1) hand-coloured, some light offsetting, uncut in original printed wrappers, a few covers detached and some spines worn, but generally an excellent set, 8vo, Printed for the author, 1824.
Fuessly (Johann Caspar) Archiv Der Insectengeschichte, first edition, 43 plates only (of 51), engraved with fine hand-colouring, mounted on stubs, 3 printed modern ff. tipped in at title, bookplate, some light creasing to plates at inner margin and a few with soiling at top inner margin, a few text ff. browned, contemporary half calf, rebacked, original back-strip laid down, gilt with bees in sections, [Hagen I, 257; Nissen ZBI 1455], 4to, Zurich, 1781.
Loudon (John Claudius) The Magazine of Natural History, 9 vol., wood-engraved illustrations, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, vol. 1 tear at upper joint head, minor wear or repairs, 1829-39 § Hemming (Francis) Hübner A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works..., 2 vol., original cloth, spines sunned, The Royal Entomological Society of London, 1937; and 5 vol. from The Naturalist's Library, v.s. (16)
Wood (William) Index Entomologicus; or, A Complete Illustrated Catalogue... of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain, 54 engraved plates with fine hand-colouring and heightened with gum arabic, title and first plate with paper repairs at inner margin, spotting to title, some light offsetting and a a couple of plates with very light spots, twentieth century green half morocco, very faint sunning to spine, 8vo, [c.f. Hagen p.296], 1845.
Bannerman (David Armitage) The Birds of the British Isles, 12 vol., first edition, colour plates by George E. Lodge, captioned tissue-guards, vol. 1 with contemporary ink gift inscription to front endpaper, light browning to some endpapers, original cloth, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, dust-jackets, several price-clipped or with modern price-sticker to flap, some small chips and short tears to edges, repairs to verso, vol. 1 with a few small portions of loss and tear running into title to upper panel, some light soiling or minor staining, some spines sunned, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1953-63; and others by the same, including a 4 vol. set of The Birds of the Atlantic Islands (20)
Blaauw (Frans Ernst) A Monograph of the Cranes, first edition, one of 170 copies but this copy without limitation label to front pastedown, 22 tipped-in chromolithographed plates, the odd light mark or patch of finger-soiling, mostly marginal but affecting plate 11, original pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, wear to spine ends and corners, lightly rubbed, a little heavier to lower cover, [Fine Bird Books p.77; Nissen IVB 105; Wood p.242 "A fine systematic treatise, beautifully illustrated"], folio, Leiden & London, 1897.⁂ Fifteen of the plates are by Leutemann and the other 7 (of which 2 are of eggs) are by Keulemans.
Booth (Edward Thomas) Rough Notes on the Birds Observed during Twenty-five years' Shooting and Collecting in the British Islands, 3 vol., first edition, 114 hand-coloured lithographed plates after Edward Neale, 2 maps, bookplate of Henry Somerville Boynton, bookplate of Sir Giles Loder, Bart. to front endpapers, some plates with margins not quite extending to full size, some scattered spotting and light foxing, occasional light finger-soling, one plate in vol. 2 with light stain, contemporary green half morocco, spines richly gilt, light sunning to spines and portions of covers, rubbed with a few marks,[Anker 51; Fine Bird Books, p.61; Nissen IVB 121; Zimmer 79], folio, 1881-87.⁂ Edward Thomas Booth (1840-90), a wealthy ornithologist, collected and prepared his own specimens, taking great care to set them in their natural habitat. It was from these displays that Neale composed the plates included in this work, with a focus on specimens collected in Scotland and the Norfolk Broads.
Britain.- Donovan (Edward) The Natural History of British Birds, 5 vol. in 3, 124 engraved plates with fine hand-colouring, vol. 4-5 with half-titles, light spotting, mainly to text leaves, some off-setting, contemporary green morocco, spines sunned, [Nissen IVB 257], 8vo, for the author, and for F. & C. Rivington, 1794-99⁂ Donovan based much of his work on specimens from the London Museum and Institue of Natural History, which he founded in 1807. The first five volumes appeared in the 1790s, with a hiatus until 1809 when the sixth appeared spurred on by Donovan's acquisition of many new and rare species at the Lever Museum auction in the same year. The colouring of Donovan's plates has always been much admired.
Gould (John) The Birds of Great Britain, vol. 3 only (of 5), first edition, 76 hand-coloured lithograph plates, occasional light off-setting, some scattered spotting, occasionally affecting plates, endpapers foxed, repairs to hinges, contemporary red morocco, a little rubbed, [Fine Bird Books, p.78; Nissen IVB 372; Wood p.365; Zimmer p.261], folio, by the Author, 1873.⁂ Among the species represented in vol. 3 of this beautiful work are: woodpeckers, tits, finches, larks, buntings, the Corvidae family and many others.
Lilford (Lord) Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 vol., first edition, portrait photogravure frontispiece, vol. 1 list of subscribers, 421 chromolithograph plates, some light off-setting, contemporary green half morocco, vol. 1 & 7 rebacked preserving original backstrip, vol. 4 upper cover detached, vol. 2 nearly so, vol. 3 backstrip peeling away along upper joint, spines toned, extremities worn, [Nissen IVB 563; Wood p. 436], 8vo, R. H. Porter, 1885-97.
Africa.- Horsbrugh (Major Boyd) The Game-Birds & Water-Fowl of South Africa, first edition, numerous plates in colour, ink ownership inscription front endpaper, light foxing to text leaves, later calf-backed boards, extremities scuffed, 1912 § Shelley (G. E.) A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt, first edition, 13 hand-coloured lithograph plates only (of 14), ink library stamps to title, occasional finger soiling, upper hinge torn at foot, original red cloth, spine sunned, some soiling, upper joint torn at head, 1872 § Brown (Leslie) and Rena Fennessy, Birds of the African Bush, number 25 of 295 copies, whole page colour illustrations, other black and white illustrations, original pictorial goat, slipcase, 1975; and 16 others on the birds of Africa, v.s. (19)
Buffon (G.L.M.L., Comte de) Oeuvres Completes de Buffon, 13 vol., edited by M. Flourens, plate vol. with 163 hand-coloured lithograph plates (including frontispiece and maps), some foxing to text vol. but plates generally clean, some light off-setting, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, extremities rubbed, [Nissen ZBI 704], 8vo, Paris, 1853-55
Cage Birds.- Butler (Arthur G.) Foreign Finches in Captivity, second edition, 60 colour lithographed plates, tissue guards, bookplate of John Hopkinson Baker (loose with old glue marks to front pastedown), occasional cracking at gutter, endpapers browned, original cloth, wear to corners, elsewhere lightly rubbed, a few small chips to joints and spine ends, 1899 § Seth-Smith (David) Parrakeets. A Handbook to the Imported Species, revised edition, 20 colour plates, most hand-coloured lithographs after Goodchild, Grönvold and others, illustrations, light browning to first and last few gatherings, the odd light mark or stain but overall a clean copy, original cloth, corners and spine ends rubbed, a few light stains, [cf.Nissen 860], 1926, light toning to margins, spines a little sunned, t.e.g.; and others on cage birds and parrots, v.s. (13)
Cooper (William) and Joseph M. Forshaw. The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds, first American edition, colour plates, illustrations, original cloth, a couple minor marks, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, dust-jacket, light surface soiling, slight creasing to spine ends and corners, Boston, 1979; and others similar, v.s. (c.62)
Cooper (William) and Joseph M. Forshaw, Kingfishers and Related Birds, 6 vol., first edition, an edition limited to 1000 copies signed by Cooper and Forshaw, plates in colour after Cooper throughout, original half morocco, 6 vol. housed within 3 original presentation drop-back boxes, cloth with mounted morocco panels, a few light scratches, folio, Lansdowne Editions, [1983-84]
Dresser (Henry Eeles) Monograph of the Meropidae, or Family of Bee-eaters, first edition, 34 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.G. Keulemans, extra illustrated with two additional smaller hand-coloured lithographs at plate 13 and 26, light spotting to preliminaries, scattered thereafter, including to some plates, final few ff. with damp-stains at corners, [Fine Bird Books, p.72; Nissen IVB 269; Wood, p.324; Zimmer, p.178], modern red half morocco, minute scuffing to extremities, later 4to, by the Author, 1884-87⁂ Very fine hand colouring; as noted by Zimmer. Originally issued in 5 parts, it is thought that only 250 copies were printed.Provenance: The Lord Garioch 1913 [bookplate]; Walter John Francis Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar and 14th Earl of Kellie KT JP (1865 - 1955).
Dresser (Henry Eeles) A History of the Birds in Europe, including all the species inhabiting the Western Palaearctic Region, 9 vol. (including Supplement), first edition, additional lithograph titles, 720 hand-coloured lithograph plates by J.G. Keulemans, Joseph Wolf and Edward Neale, 2 uncoloured lithograph plates, extra illustrated with an additional hand-coloured plate to vol. 8, book label to vol. 1, vol. 9 with original printed blue wrappers (of parts) bound at end, contemporary green half morocco, spines sunned, some very light scuffing to corners, [Anker 120; Fine Bird Books, p. 72; Nissen IVB 267; Wood p. 324; Zimmer, pp. 177-178], 4to, by the author, 1871-96.⁂ A fine copy of this magnificent and monumental work. A total of 736 species are dealt with, with Dresser attempting to cover all identified species across Europe, the Azores, Canary Islands and Madeira, North Africa, the Urals, Caucasus, Turkey, Syria, part of Persia and across to the Red Sea.
Game Birds.- Pollard (Hugh B. C.) and Phyllis Barclay-Smith. British & American Game-Birds, one of 125 copies on hand-made paper and with an initialled pencil sketch by the artist, colour plates by Philip Rickman, captioned tissue guards, bookplate of Sidney K. Reeves, with his ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, faint spotting to front endpaper and half-title, hinges cracked but holding, original pigskin-backed cloth, portion of light sunning to upper cover, a couple subtle marks, corners rubbed, small tear to spine foot, t.e.g., others uncut, 1945 § Dixon (Charles) The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of The British Islands, second edition, colour plates, frontispiece lightly offset, some light spotting to peripheral ff. and fore-edge, original pictorial cloth, lightly rubbed and soiled, upper joint split at head, Sheffield, 1900, slight toning to margins; and others similar, v.s. (8)
Hummingbirds.- Martin (W. C. L.) A General History of Humming-birds, or the Trochildae, first edition, 16 hand-coloured engraved plates, bookplate, a few instances of light foxing (including to a couple of plates), half morocco, spine gilt, [Nissen IVB 595], H. G. Bohn, 1852 § Adams (H. G.) Humming Birds, Described and Illustrated, first edition, 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates, publisher's advertisements to rear, pp.11-60 (inc. plates) coming loose together, original pictorial cloth, spine ends and corners bumped, 1856; and another copy of each, 8vo (4)
India.- Baker (E.C. Stuart) Indian Pigeons and Doves, first edition, frontispiece and 26 colour plates after Grönvold and Lodge, title lightly browned and with portion of offsetting, some light foxing to text, the odd patch of light soiling, hinges tender but holding, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, small loss to spine head and foot, joints split with backstrip mostly loose, [Nissen IVB 66], 1913; The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma, 8 vol., second edition, plates, most colour, illustrations, folding map, some light spotting to fore-edge, original cloth, some spines sunned and to varying degrees (particularly to vol. 2), little rubbed, mainly to spine ends and corners, a couple tiny nicks to head of spines, mostly unopened, 1922-30, margins a little toned; and another by the same, large 8vo & 4to (10)
Murray (James A. H.) The Avifauna of British India and its Dependencies, 2 vol., first edition, numerous plates, both lithographed and wood-engraved, many with some hand-colouring, illustrations in text, errata slips, ink ownership inscriptions and bookplates, vol. 2 lacking leaf of table at rear (pp.39-40), also with final c.100ff. with minor damp-stainging to margins and gutter torn and stained at title, otherwise some light toning and occasional spotting across both vol., contemporary cloth, some staining and a few small tears, [Nissen IVB 662], London & Bombay, 1888-90 § Hume (Allan) and Charles Henry Tilson Marshall, The Game Birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon, 3 vol. (?mixed set), first edition, wood-engraved titles, with ink ownership inscriptions, numerous chromolithograph plates, several tipped-in slips, some light browning, a few instances of minor spotting or finger soiling, contemporary cloth, non-uniform, sunning, vol. 3 with large chip to spine foot, otherwise rubbed, [Nissen IVB 463], Calcutta, by A. O. Hume and C. H. T. Marshall, 1879-81; and 19 others on birds in India, including a defective first edition of Legge's 'Birds of Ceylon', 2 vol. only (of 3), v.s. (23)
NO RESERVE Alaska & Canada.- Turner (L.M.) Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska, No. II, 11 chromolithographed plates of birds after Robert Ridgway, 15 plates of fish, some tissue guards, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper dated 1900, title lightly soiled and browned, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 1886 § Nelson (Edward W.) Report upon the Natural History Collections made in Alaska between the years 1877 and 1881, No. III, 12 chromolithographed plates after R. & J.L. Ridgway, 9 plates of fish, some tissue guards (worn, one renewed), inkstamps to rear endpaper and pastedown, some marginal damp-staining to plates, occasional light spotting or soiling, heavier to endpapers, gutter split at points with contents a little shaken, original cloth, quite worn, light staining to covers, 1887, [Nissen ZBI 4184 & 2962], 4to, Washington, D.C.; and others on the birds of Alaska and Canada, v.s. (10)⁂ The two mentioned constituting Nos. II & III of the Arctic Series issued in connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army. Robert Ridgway was an ornithologist at the Smithsonian Institution who established a system of colour standards and nomenclature still used today.
Latham (John) A General Synopsis of Birds, 8 parts in 8 vol. (including Supplement), first edition, titles with engraved hand-coloured vignette, 142 engraved plates with fine hand-colouring, vol. 1 some browning and spotting, occasional thereafter, some light off-setting, contemporary calf with red and black morocco labels to spines, gilt, final vol. sympathetic early reback (retaining original backstrip, but upper spine label renewed), [Anker 277; Fine Bird Books, p. 114; Nissen IVB 532] 4to, for Benj. White [and Leigh & Sotheby], 1781-1801
Buller (Sir Walter Lawry) Manual of the Birds of New Zealand, first edition, lithographed frontispiece and 39 plates, 3pp. advertisements at end, light browning and spotting, repairs to hinges, original purple pictorial cloth, sunning to spine and top edge, a little rubbed, Wellington, 1882; and 5 others on the birds of New Zealand and Australia, v.s. (6)
Parrots.- Greene (W.T.) Parrots in Captivity, 3 vol., first edition, 81 wood-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand, tissue guards, bookplate of Robert Mackenzie Waggaman, some very light offsetting and marginal toning, plates in vol. 3 lightly browned, occasional light spotting to fore-edge, the odd patch of very light soiling, but overall a clean copy, some cracking at gutter with one gathering in vol. 1 loose, original blind-stamped cloth with gilt pictorial upper covers, corners lightly rubbed, vol. 3 with corners a little bumped, one or two small marks, overall a crisp set, [Nissen IVB 393; Zimmer 274; Wood 368], large 8vo, 1884-87.⁂ An account of the habits of 81 varieties of parrots, parakeets, lories, cockatoos &tc. The first two volumes were issued in 18 parts between 1883 and 1884, with the third volume appearing entire in 1887. "A fourth volume is said to have been begun in 1888, of which only two parts with nine coloured plates were issued" (Wood).
Pigeons.- Eaton (John Matthew) A Treatise on the Art of Breeding and Managing Tame, Domesticated, Foreign, and Fancy Pigeons, 18 lithograph plates with fine hand-colouring, some light browning and finger soiling, gutter cracking at title, contemporary morocco, spine head torn, extremities worn, g.e., [Nissen IVB 283], for the Author, 1858 § Fulton (Robert)The Illustrated Book of Pigeons with Standards for Judging, 50 chromolithographs, tissue-guards, illustrations, occasional faint off-setting, contemporary half morocco, worn, Cassell, [c.1880], 8vo & 4to (2)
Prévost (Florent) and C.L. Lemaire. Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Exotiques, ink gift inscription to front endpaper dated 1879, corners a little worn, [c.1875]; Histoire Naturelle d'Oiseaux d'Europe (Passereaux), duxième édition, 2 engraved plates of taxidermy tools (one double-page), front endpaper working loose, [c.1875], half-titles, each vol. with 80 fine hand-coloured engraved plates of birds, tissue guards, 32pp. publisher's catalogue bound at end, dated 1875, scattered foxing to text, plates with some light and mostly marginal soiling, but generally bright examples, endpapers browned, uniformly bound in contemporary red morocco-backed cloth, spines richly gilt, lightly rubbed, a few minor marks to covers, t.e.g., [Nissen IVB, 540 & 541], Paris, Savy, 8vo (2)⁂ The volume of exotic birds was first published in 1836, the birds of Europe the following year.
Sclater (P.L.) A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-Birds, or Families Galbulidae and Bucconidae, bound from the original 7 parts, first edition, list of subscribers, 55 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.G.Keulemans printed by Hanhart, some heightened with gum arabic, extra illustrated with an additional smaller hand-coloured lithograph at plate 23, wood-engraved title-vignette and illustrations, title with two small abrasions and laid down to sheet, the occasional scattered spot, contemporary maroon half morocco, light scuffing to extremities, [Anker 451; Fine Bird Books p.139; Nissen IVB 840], 4to, for the Author, by R. H. Porter, et al., [1879-82]⁂ Jacamars and Puff-birds are closely related insect-eating species native to the tropical areas of South and Central America. Altogether 62 forms of the two groups, 60 of which [this includes some plates with two birds] are figured on the beautiful plates, executed in hand-coloured lithography." (Anker). The list of subscribers includes notable ornithologists of the day including; Baird, Dresser, Lilford, Meyer, Seebohm and Shelley. Provenance: The Lord Garioch 1913 [bookplate]; Walter John Francis Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar and 14th Earl of Kellie KT JP (1865 - 1955).
Birds.- Seebohm (Henry) The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidæ, or the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes and their Allies., first edition, first issue with 'Slender-Billed Dotterel' as frontispiece, 21 hand-coloured lithographed plates after J.G.Keulemans, wood-engraved illustrations by J.G.Millais and others, some manuscript annotations in pencil, pages toned, some light spotting, hinges weak, edges toned and uncut, new endpapers, contemporary morocco, slightly bumped at extremities and rubbed on covers, rebacked, retaining original spine, [Anker 455; Fine Bird Books p.141; Nissen IVB 850], 4to, [1887-88].⁂ Containing 21 impressive, bright plates after John Gerrard Keulemans, "the major bird book illustrator for 30 years at the end of the 19th century" (Jackson, Dictionary of Bird Artists of the World), depicting birds from Africa, South America, New Zealand, and Madagascar.
America.- Cassin (John) Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America, first edition in book form, 50 hand-coloured lithographed plates by William E. Hitchcock, some after George G. White, tissue guards (a couple lacking), contemporary ink gift inscription to front endpaper, plate 5 with imprint trimmed, plate 7 loose and a little frayed at fore-edge, plate 13 working loose at head, scattered foxing to text, mainly at beginning and end, the odd spot or light mark to plates, some light browning and offsetting, hinges repaired with cloth, contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards, neatly rebacked, with original gilt spine with bird motif laid-down, some wear to corners, rubbed, [Nissen IVB 173; Zimmer 124], Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1856; and a 1991 edition of the same, 4to (2)⁂ A cornerstone of American ornithological literature, first issued in 10 parts between 1853 and 1855.
Sharpe (Richard Bowdler) A Monograph of the Alcedinidae: or, Family of Kingfishers, first edition, hand-coloured lithographed 'Map of the Family Alcedinidae', list of subscribers, uncoloured lithographed plate of characteristics and 120 hand-coloured lithographed plates after J.G.Keulemans printed and coloured by P.W.M.Trap, many heightened with gum arabic, bookplate, light finger-soiling to title, some light foxing, occasionally affecting plates, cracking to gutter (at pl.117 and index) but holding firm, repairs to hinges, contemporary navy morocco, ornately gilt, joints rubbed, [Anker 464; Fine Bird Books p.141; Nissen IVB 864; Wood p.564; Zimmer p.575], 4to, for the Author, 1868-71⁂ The author's first ornithological work; "A useful and beautifully illustrated treatise" (Wood). The list of subscribers includes most of the great ornithological authors of the time: H.E.Dresser, D.G.Elliott, John Gould, J.E.Harting, Sir William Jardine, Lord Lilford, G.F.L.Marshall, O.Salvin, P.L.Sclater, Capt. Shelley.
Sri Lanka.- Legge (Capt. W. Vincent) A History of the Birds of Ceylon, first edition, hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece (imprint slightly trimmed), 34 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates after J.G. Keulemans (1 of eggs), wood-engraved anatomical plate and illustrations, peripheral ff. with a few neatly repaired tears and some margins reinforced, affecting frontispiece and anatomical plate but without loss, two small repaired holes causing loss to some text up to p.120, affecting also a few plates but skilfully repaired, plate at p.680 with a few tiny puncture marks to fore-margin, plates with some light spotting and occasional foxing, but generally bright, some very light spotting to text, gutter cracked at a couple points but holding firm, handsomely bound in modern green morocco with old and richly gilt spine laid-down, covers very lightly rubbed, heavier rubbing to spine, g.e., [Anker 284; Fine Bird Books p.89; Nissen IVB 539; Wood p.430], 4to, Published by the Author, [1878-]1880.⁂ "A complete and important monograph of the 371 birds of Ceylon" (Wood). The work was originally issued in three parts between 1878 and 1880.
Bees.- Butler (Rev. Charles) The Feminine Monarchie: or the Historie of Bees, second edition, variant with 6 leaves and no blanks in signature A, lacking woodcut frontispiece (old photographic facsimile loosely inserted), with typographic ornaments, woodcut initials and illustrations, 4pp. with musical notation, lacking final blank, title with contemporary ink inscription at head and lightly soiled & stained (small repair to lower outer corner), marginal tear to A2 & C4, small paper flaw hole to O1 with loss of a couple of letters, a few rust spots, light water-staining to lower margin towards end, bookplate of William Fuller Maitland of Stansted Hall, uncut in old vellum-backed marbled boards, spine titled in manuscript, rubbed, small 4to, [British Bee Books 18; Hagen 110.1; STC 4193; Walker Catalogue p.11], by John Haviland for Roger Jackson, 1623.⁂ "This is the greatest early British bee book and contains the best account of skep beekeeping which is available today". (British Bee Books). It is the first edition to contain both the woodcut frontispiece (not present in this copy) and the 4-part madrigal which was an attempt to capture the piping of the queen at swarming time. The Walker catalogue calls it "the most readable Edn.".William Fuller Maitland (1844-1932), art collector, MP, and cricketer.
Bees.- Kirby (William) Monographia apum Angliae, 2 vol., first edition, 18 engraved plates, 4 hand-coloured, some manuscript annotations in ink & pencil to plate descriptions at end of vol.2, H.Malcolm Fraser's copy with his ink signature and acquisition note "bought of B.B.K.A. [British Beekeepers' Association] for 7/6 6th May 1938" to front free endpaper, plate 15 stained at inner edge affecting one figure of plate, some light offsetting, ex-Reading University library copy with withdrawal stamp to verso of title, contemporary diced calf, gilt, vol.1 with advertisement for the work printed on blue paper bound in, a little rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines and black morocco labels, corners repaired, [British Bee Books 165; Hagen 415.7; Nissen ZBI 2188], 8vo, Ipswich, for the author by J.Raw, 1802.⁂ Dr. H.Malcom Fraser (1874-1970), schoolmaster and beekeeper who formed an extensive library of books on bees, and gifted his collection of books and papers to the University of Reading.
Darwin (Charles) Insectivorous Plants, first edition, third thousand, half-title, errata slip, wood-engraved illustrations, light spotting at beginning and end, contemporary calf, gilt, prize binding, spine gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed,[Freeman 1217], 1875 § Belt (Thomas) The Naturalist in Nicaragua: a Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests..., first edition, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, folding map hand-coloured in outline, endpapers spotted, contemporary half calf, spine a little faded, 1874, 8vo (2)⁂ Darwin wrote about the second item, "it appears to be the best of all Natural History Journals which have ever been published".
Donovan (Edward) The Natural History of British Insects, 16 vol. in 8, vol.1 new edition, the rest first editions, 576 engraved plates, all but 8 finely hand-coloured, a few highlighted with gum arabic, no half-titles but with errata leaf at end of vol.1-3, plate 481 misbound upside down at end of vol.8, some light foxing or browning but mostly to text, plates generally clean and bright, modern bookplate of C.Robert Bignold, handsome later half russia, spines gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, [Hagen 177.1; Lisney 355 & 352; Nissen ZBI 1142], 8vo, for the author, 1813-1793-1813.⁂ Originally intended to appear in ten volumes only but, with the author's acquisition of many further specimens and two important complete cabinets of insects, it was decided to continue the series with a further six volumes in 1806.
Great Britain: Margate, Isle of Thanet Bank, 14 day light bill for £20, with punch hole cancellation, two signatories on the reverse, dated September 1799 (NB: Condition is NOT noted in catalogue descriptions. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
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