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Natural History & Science

Dive into the world of natural history and science with our rare book collection. Connect with Earth's past, bridge generations of knowledge, and elevate your understanding. Discover wonders that have shaped our understanding of the universe.

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  • 101278_02 101278_01

    Beytrag zur Naturgeschichte der Vogel.

    SPALOWSKY, Joachim Johann Nepomuk Anton.
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    Luxurious copy with original watercolours. Unique copy of one of the rarest works of zoological book illustration, from the library of the banker, ...

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  • Album of watercolours of flowers, fruit and silkworms.

    [CHINESE SCHOOL].
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    From the collection of the 5th Duke of Marlborough. A sumptuous collection of mounted watercolours depicting Chinese silkworm cultivation, birds (i...

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  • [L'aigle criard; L'aigle criard (jeune); L'élanoide blanc.

    BARRABAND, Jacques.
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    Original watercolours signed by Jacques Barraband for the Description de L'Egypte. Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) was the finest ornithological arti...

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  • A Monograph of the Ramphastidae; or Family of Toucans.

    GOULD, John.
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    Subscriber's copy of Gould's first monograph. The Ramphastidae (Family of Toucans) is without doubt the finest and most comprehensive work on this ...

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    Rosa parvi-flora.

    REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph.
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    On original watercolour - given by King Charles X to the Duchesse de Berry. a beautiful example of the work of 'the Raphael of flowers', the most c...

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    Iconographie du genre camellia

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

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  • 111174_2 111174

    The Birds of Australia, vol V, Parakeets, Cockatoos, Pigeons.

    GOULD, John.
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    The images of Australian parrots comprise some of John Gould's most iconic work. Here beautifully presented in fine condition.Folio, 92 fine hand-...

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  • 111476_2 111476

    [Original Artwork].

    KNIGHT, Frank (illustrator).
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    A fine set of 37 original watercolours by Frank Knight for Joseph Forshaw's 2011 work, Vanished and Vanishing Parrots. The plates depict: Carolina...

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  • Plantae Selectae

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

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    Zoologia Britannica

    PENNANT, Thomas.
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    The first coloured illustrations of birds in a book which attempted to list and portray all of the British species, many of them life-size. The bi...

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  • 108232_2 108232

    The Universal Conchologist,

    MARTYN, Thomas.
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    An exceptionally fine copy. The 'South Seas' issue of Thomas Martyn's (d.1811) richly illustrated The Universal Conchologist, comprising 80 hand-co...

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  • 105283 105283_5

    Papillons Exotiques

    CRAMER, Pieter; STOLL, Caspar.
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    Important history of entomology. This important history of entomology, abundantly described and beautifully illustrated, is the first book on exoti...

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  • [Set of Nineteenth-Century Scientific and Mathematical Treatises]:

    AVOGADRO, Amadeo; BELLANI, Angelo [et al]; CAUCHY, Augustin-Louis; LEGENDRE, Adrien Marie; MONGE, Gaspard; PRONY, Gaspard de.
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    An attractive set of nineteenth-century scientific and mathematical treatises, bound to match.. I) First edition of Avogadro's magnum opus, contain...

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  • 98364_3.jpg 98364_2.jpg

    Group of Eight Amaryllis

    REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph.
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    The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments of botanical illustration ever to be publis...

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