Naumann (Johann Andreas) Naturgeschichte der Vogel Mitteleuropas, 12 vol., 439 chromolithograph plates, 10 plain plates, some spotting and foxing to margins, contemporary cloth, lightly scuffed, [Anker 356; Nissen IVB 667], folio Gera-Untermhaus, Fr. Eugen Kohler, 1905⁂ The revised and enlarged edition of Naumann's classic work (first published 1795-1817). A collaboration of some forty contributors, the bright and profuse plates all having been re-drawn to show the birds in their natural surroundings.
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Jardine (Sir William) Contributions to Ornithology 1848-52, 2 vol., 81 hand-coloured lithograph plates, 14 plain plates (of which, two folding but defective), illustrations in text with hand-colouring, 1 loose at rear, gutter cracked in several places, contemporary green calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, plate vol. covers detached and back-strip peeling away, scuffed, [Nissen IVB 469], Samuel Highley, [1860]; Illustrations of Ornithology, also by Prideux John Selby, 1 vol. only (of 3), containing a selection of 32 hand-coloured lithograph plates, portion of original wrapper mounted to front endpaper as title, modern half morocco, [c.f. Nissen IVB 472], Edinburgh, [1826], 8vo and small folio (3)
Buller (Sir Walter Lawry) A History of the Birds of New Zealand, 2 vol., second edition, 48 chromolithograph plates after J.G. Keulemans, 2 lithograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, list of subscribers, together with Supplement, 2 vol., portrait photogravure frontispiece of the author, 12 chromolithograph plates, of which 1 loose, 1905, together 4 vol., bound in uniform modern green half morocco with red spine labels, [Anker 85; Nissen, IVB 163], Published (for the Subscribers), folio (4)
NO RESERVE Parrots.- Lear (Edward) Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidæ or Parrots, limited edition numbered 459 of 530, colour plates, list of subscribers, An Essay ... by Brian Reade loosely inserted, original half morocco, corners and spine ends very lightly rubbed, t.e.g., folio, 1978.
NO RESERVE Descourtilz (Jean Theodore) Pageantry of Tropical Birds [Oiseaux Brillans et Remarquables du Bresil], 2 vol., plate vol. with 60 full-page plates, most in colour, initial text ff. and several plates loose, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine head chipped, slightly rubbed, glassine covering peeling, text vol. in French, printed wrappers, [c.f. Nissen IVB 235], folio, 1960.
Folio Society, John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and Alastair Fowler's 'Paradise Lost - A commentary, boxed set of 2 volumes (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).
Folio Society, Edward Gibbon 'The history of the decline and fall of The Roman Empire' Vols I-VIII, two boxed sets (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).
Folio Society classic literature including Robert Louis Stevenson 'Treasure Island' and 'Travels with a donkey', Michael Morpurgo 'War horse', Rosemary Sutcliff 'The mark of the horse lord', Mark Renault 'The King must die'; also Robert Burton 'The Anatomy of Melancholy' three volume boxed set, and Victoria Finlay 'Colour' (9 Vols) (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).
Folio Society, Livy's 'The war with Hannibal'; also 'The travels of Ibn Battutah' edited by Tim Mackintosh-Smith; 'The Bhagavad Gita'; Suetonius 'Twelve Caesars'; Royall Tyler 'Japanese Tales' (5 Vols) (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).
Folio Society, Robert John Thornton 'The temple of Flora, picturesque botanical plates illustrative of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus', originally published 1799, complete with commentary by Stephen Harris, 2008, boxed (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).
Folio Society 'The Kelmscott Chaucer' facsimile of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer; also Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales', the new Ellesmere Chaucer Monochromatic Facsimile of the Huntington Library, published by The Huntington Library, San Marino, California, and Yushodo Co. Ltd, Tokyo, 1997 (2 Vols) (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).
Folio Society limited edition facsimile 'Music for King Henry' in association with The British Library, numbered 319/500, bound in buckram and vegetable parchment by Smith Settle, boxed (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).
First Folio of Shakespeare, Norton Facsimile, 2nd Ed., published by Norton, 1996; also Folio Society Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night', published 2016 (2 Vols) (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).
Max Cramer and Carlo de Fornaro, Millionaires of America, New York, Medusa, 1902, small folio, cloth portfolio, original pictoral boards, woodblock caricatures of the wealthy, including J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Russell Sage, Alfred Gwynne Vandervilt, W.C. Whitney, James J. Hill, George J. Gould, John Jacob Astor, O.H.P Belmont, Charles H. Schwab, Tom L. Johnson, Senator William Andrew Clark, with ribbon ties, very rare
WEISSENBORN - (HELLMUTH) Bestiary. A Collection of Animals Cut in Lino During the Summer of 1972, NUMBER 8 OF 30 COPIES, title-page, 30 woodcut prints on various coloured papers, each signed and numbered by the artist in the lower margin, loose as issued in publisher's cloth portfolio, printed label on upper cover, ties, oblong folio (42cm x 52.5cm.).
A number of books on the subject of India including; Indian Architecture - E.B. Havell, Tropical Architecture in the Humid Zone, Illustrations of the Rock-Cut Temples of India (text to accompany to folio volume of plates) - James Fergusson, Delhi - Henry Sharp, The Royal Tour in India 1905-6 etc.
Three folio size book on Architecture including; Monumental Classic Architecture in Great Britain and Ireland During the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries, by A. E. Richardson, circa 1929, numerous monochrome illustrations, 25 Great Houses of France and Works in Architecture by Robert and James Adam contains vol. I & II
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