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  • British Birds; A Naturalists Sketch Book; British Mammals; Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland,

    THORBURN, Archibald.
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    A Fine collection of limited edition titles by the acclaimed artist archibald Thorburn F.Z.S (1860 -1935), a Scottish artist renowned for his accu...

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  • [A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sun-Birds].

    [SHELLEY, George Ernest].
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    One of only 20 large paper copies. Extremely rare large paper copy of this 'excellent monograph of an interesting family of birds' (Zimmer).The sta...

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  • Description de l'Egypte.

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    Complete set with fine English provenance. First edition of one of the most ambitious scientific, historical, artistic and publishing projects - a ...

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  • A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sunbirds.

    SHELLEY, George Ernest.
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    Attractive Keulemans plates. first edition of this important monograph, one of 250 copies only. Amongst the most beautiful of bird monographs, the ...

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  • A Group of Four Toucans.

    BARRABAND, Jacques.
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    A fine set of these beautiful plates, from the first edition of the Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des...

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  • Lord’s entire new system of ornithology.

    LORD, Thomas.
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    An exceedingly scarce book. Of the few copies in existence only a handful are known with the full complement of 114 engravings. ESTC lists only BL,...

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  • Zoological Illustrations,

    SWAINSON, William.
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    First bird book with lithograph plates. A handsome set of Swainson, the first bird book and one of earliest natural history works to be illustrated...

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  • American Ornithology;

    WILSON, Alexander.
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    An attractive copy of Wilson's classic work on American Ornithology.3 vols, 8vo; engraved portrait frontispiece, 103 colour plates after the autho...

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  • A Monograph of the Coraciidae

    DRESSER, Henry Eeles.
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    [ornithology] one of 250 copies. A scarce monograph published in an edition of 250 copies only.Keulemans was the last of the great bird illustrator...

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  • Four Pheasants

    WOLF, Joseph (artist).
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    A group of four beautiful lithographs of pheasants taken from the Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants, by Daniel Giroud Elliot...

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  • Two Guinea Fowl

    WOLF, Joseph (artist).
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    Two beautiful lithographs of guinea fowl taken from the Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants, by Daniel Giroud Elliot. Elliot, ...

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  • Four Pheasants

    WOLF, Joseph (artist).
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    A group of four beautiful lithographs of pheasants taken from the Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants, by Daniel Giroud Elliot...

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  • A history of the rarer British birds [with] A catalogue of British birds.

    EYTON, T.C.
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    Eyton's Rarer British birds was intended as an addenda to Bewick's British Birds. The engravings are based on specimens in the author's collection...

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  • Birds of La Plata.

    HUDSON, W. H.
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    Hudson's text of Birds of La Plata first appeared in Argentine Ornithology, a scarce work which Hudson wrote in conjunction with Philip Sclater. T...

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  • A history of British birds [With] A history of British fishes.

    YARRELL, William.
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    Finely bound. A finely bound set of Yarrell's classic works on the birds and fish of Great Britain. Yarrell (1784 – 1856) was a noted English zoolo...

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  • Rufous Backed Egret.

    LEAR, Edward and John GOULD.
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    "The most remarkable bird drawings ever made". Edward Lear is one of the greatest ornithological artists of all time. His contributions to John Gou...

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  • Rough notes on the birds observed during twenty-five years' shooting and collecting in the British Islands.

    BOOTH, Edward Thomas.
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    Edward Booth was a wealthy bird-watcher and sportsman who stuffed his own specimens and mounted them in their natural surroundings in glass cases....

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  • The British Warblers.

    SWEET, Robert.
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    'Born at Cockington near Torquay, Devonshire, England in 1783, Sweet worked as a gardener from the age of sixteen, and became foreman or partner i...

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  • A late 19th/early 20th century glazed case containing a Common Kestrel

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    Presented in a glass case, overall size 535 x 550 x 320 mm.

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  • A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America.

    GOULD, John.
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    In original parts. Rare example in original parts of John Gould's Partridges of America.Gould was inspired to undertake this study by the sight of ...

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  • Narrative of a visit to Somaliland in 1897,

    LORT PHILLIPS, Ethelbert.
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    Ethelbert Edward Lort Phillips (1857-1944) led a botanical expedition from Berbera to the Golis mountains in Somaliland before returning to Somali...

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  • British Game Birds and Wildfowl.

    MORRIS, Beverley.
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    A finely bound copy of this beautifully illustrated work on British game birds. Beverley Morris was a younger brother of Francis Morris, the famou...

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  • The Ornithology of Francis Willughby

    Willughby, Francis; RAY, John (editor).
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    A fundamental work for systematic ornithology. The most celebrated early English ornithology. 'It is difficult to underestimate what enormous labou...

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