This work contains 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself. His Natural history of British birds ([1770-]1775) contained 40...

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

An important, early description of Mongolia; first edition. A lovely example of this rare book, with hand-coloured plates and interesting provenan...

One of the greatest 18th-century botanical books. One of the greatest eighteenth-century botanical books, with 100 fine hand-coloured plates after ...

This profusely illustrated catalogue with detailed collations and critical notes, offers a fascinating insight into the rich and diverse history o...

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

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

An exquisitely bound copy of Berlèse's monograph on the camellia with superb coloured engravings, from the celebrated Fairhaven Library.Abbé Loren...

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

'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...

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 ...

Plates heightened with gold and silver. Rowlandson's Loyal Volunteers reflects the rise in patriotism in the early nineteenth century which saw the...

First edition; 2 vols, 4to; 124 hand-coloured plates, occasional mild spotting otherwise very good; contemporary half green calf, maroon lettering...

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