Important Books, Manuscripts & Works on Paper

Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and... ( Commodore Matthew Calbraith) Narrative of the Expedition of an Amer...

Davis (William M.) - Sir Richard F. Burton,original bronze bust by William (Bill) M. Davis 1949-2010, c.404mm tall, USA , 1990. A native of Califo...

Shaw (Thomas) - Travels, or Observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant,first edition, half-title, title in red and black wit...

Turner (William) - Journal of a Tour in the Levant, 3 vol., 21 aquatint or etched plates including 6 hand-coloured and 2 folding, folding facsimil...

Mexico.- Cockburn (John) - A Journey over Land, from thr Honduras to the Great South-Sea,first edition, 1 folding engraved map, engraved initials ...

New Zealand.- Brees (S.C.) - Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand,67 hand-coloured engraved views on 22 plates including additional pictorial ti...

Cherry-Garrard (Apsley) - The Worst Journey in the World , Antarctic 1910-1913, 2 vol., first edition ,plates and maps, some folding, occasional l...

Lashly (William) - The Diary of W. Lashly,A record of the return journey of the last supporting party with Capt. Scott to the South Pole, number 3...

Scott (Robert F.) - The Voyage of the `Discovery,` first edition , author`s presentation inscription to half title of vol. 1, "To Mrs . Schuster w...

Shackleton (E.H.) - The Heart of The Antarctic, 2 vol., first edition, signed and inscribed by the author, with signed portrait photograveure of t...

Between Cape Town and Simon`s Town , watercolour on paper, 105 x 185mm ( Dr . Edward Adrian,Antarctic explorer and naturalist , 1872-1912) Between...

Sketches of the Country, Character, and Costume, in Portugal and Spain ( Rev. William) Sketches of the Country, Character, and Costume, in Portuga...

An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet ( Captain Samuel) An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama, in ...

An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries…, second edition ( Sir John) An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries ,second edition...

Inflatable Globe.- Cella (Phillipp) - Privilegirter pneumatisch portativer Erdglobus,large lithographed paper globe with original outline hand-col...

[Osborne (Thomas)] - A Collection of Voyages and Travel, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece, 37 maps, 10 folding, 16plates, 3 folding, map of the Amazo...

Bowen (Emanuel) and Thomas Kitchin. - The Royal English Atlas: Being a New and Accurate Set of Maps of all The Counties of South Britain,letterpre...

Cambridgeshire.- Ackermann (Rudolph) - A History of the University of Cambridge, 2 vol., first edition , half-titles, list of subscribers, uncolou...

Fielding (Theodore Henry) and J.Walton - A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes...,first edition , 48 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates and a ha...

London.- Westall (W.) and S.Owen - Picturesque Tour of the River Thames,first edition , hand-coloured aquatint title-vignette and vignette tail-pi...

Staffordshire.- Plot (Robert) - The Natural History of Stafford-shire, by Robert Plot, LLD., Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and Professor of Chymi...

Yorkshire.- [Walker (George)] - The Costume of Yorkshire...,first edition, titles and text in English and French, hand-coloured aquatint frontispi...

Albin (Eleazar) - A Natural History of English Insects,first edition ,100 engraved plates coloured by hand, some very slightly offset, title-page ...

Barrett (Charles G.) - The Lepidoptera of the British Islands, 11 vol.,504 plates lithographed in colour, some text and plates spotted, original c...

[Bazin (Giles Augustin)] - The Natural History of Bees, translated from the French,first edition in English ,12 folding engraved plates, slightly ...

Curtis (John) - British Entomology, being illustrations and descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, 16 vol.,770 ...

Drury (Dru) - Illustrations of Natural History wherein are exhibited…figures of Exotic Insects according to their different genera, 3 vol.,text in...

Harris (Moses) - An Exposition of English Insects, with curious observations and remarks,first edition ,second issue, text in English and French, ...

Humphreys (Henry Noel) - The Genera and Species of British Butterflies,lithographed pictorial title-page and 32 plates, the first bound as frontis...

Kirby (W.F.) - European Butterflies and Moths,62 lithographed plates, all but the key plate coloured by hand, plate bound as frontispiece, contemp...

Lewin (W.) - The Insects of Great Britain, with the natural history of each species, vol.1 only (all published),first issue ,text in English and F...

Lewin (W.) - The Birds of Great Britain, vol. 7 and 8 bound in one,text in English and French, 84 engraved plates coloured by hand, contemporary h...

Natural History of Insects (The), compiled from Swammerdam, Brookes, Goldsmith,,first edition ,second issue, 20 engraved plates by J. Fraser, cont...

Night Flyers (The), a Series of Moth Pictures,lithographed pictorial title-page, presentation page, 10 full-page illustrations, and four pictorial...

Samouelle (George) - The Entomologist`s Useful Compendium, or an introduction to the knowledge of British Insects,first edition ,12 engraved plate...

Seitz (Adalbert) - The Macrolepidoptera of the World, vol.I-IV in 5: The Palearctic Region,comprising The Palearctic Butterflies, 2 vol.,89 colour...

Seitz (Adalbert) - The Macrolepidoptera of the World, vol. 9 and 10 in 4: The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera,177 plates , 1927; The Indo-Australian B...

Sowerby (James) - English Botany, or coloured figures of British Plants, vol. 1-3 only,216 engraved plates coloured by hand, title-page of vol.1 a...

Westwood (John Obadiah) - British Moths and their Transformations, 2 vol.,first edition ,124 lithographed plates by Henry Noel Humphries, coloured...

Westwood (John Obadiah) - British Moths and their Transformations, 2 vol.,124 lithographed plates by Henry Noel Humphries, coloured by hand, a few...

Westwood (John Obadiah) - British Butterflies and their Transformations,lithographed pictorial title-page and 42 plates ; British Moths and their ...

Birds Drawn from Nature, 2 parts in 1, additional hand-coloured... ( Mrs. Hugh) Birds Drawn from Nature , 2 parts in 1 , additional hand-coloured ...

A History of the Birds of New Zealand, 2 vol ( Sir Walter Lawry) A History of the Birds of New Zealand, 2 vol., second edition, 48 fine chromolith...

Flore Médicale , 7 vol. in 8 , first edition, half-titles (François Pierre) Flore Médicale , 7 vol. in 8 (including Partie Elementaire by J.L.M. P...

Curtis (William) - The Botanical Magazine, vol.1-8 and 11-14 only in 6, 432 hand-coloured engraved plates, some marginal water-staining, occasiona...

Donovan (Edward) - The Natural History of British Insects, vol.1-10 only (of 16), 360 engraved plates, most hand-coloured, tissue guards (browned,...

Edwards (John) - The British Herbal, Containing One Hundred Plates of the Most Beautiful and Scarce Flowers and Useful Medicinal Plants which Blow...

Jaume Saint-Hilaire (Jean Henri) - Plantes de la France..., 4 vol., first edition, first issue,400 stipple-engraved plates after the author printe...

Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 vol (Thomas Littleton Powys,4th Baron ) Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islan...

McDonald (Alexander) - A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening, 2 vol., 61 hand-coloured engraved plates and 13 uncoloured engraved plates by...

Munting (Abraham) - Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Aardgewassen, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition , title in red and black with engraved vignette, e...

Original artwork for four plates of John Gould Original artwork for four plates of John Gould`s A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Touc...

Sowerby (James) and James Edward Smith. - English Botany, 36 vol. plus Index in vol.36 , 2,588 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 3,592, lacki...

English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants ( Sir James Edward) English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, classes 1-24 bo...

Weinmann (Johann Wilhelm) - Phytanthoza-iconographia, sive Conspectus aliquot millium, tam indigenarum quam exoticarum, ex quatuor mundi partibus,...

Walton (Izaak) & Charles Cotton. - The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man`s Recreation, 2 vol. in 10, mixed edition (?including the second M...

Porta (Giovanni Battista della) - Natural Magick...,first edition in English , title in red and black, several woodcut illustrations of equipment ...

Roberti (Gaudenzio) - Miscellanea Italica Physico-Mathematica,first edition ,title with engraved vignette, woodcut diagrams, 13 engraved plates, a...