Natural History
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A monograph of the pittidae, or, family of ant thrushes.
ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud.Original price $25,562.00 - Original price $25,562.00Original price $0.00$25,562.00$25,562.00 - $25,562.00Current price $25,562.00| /Beautiful plates of exotic ornithology. The preferred second edition of Elliot's work on the pittidae, with new text and twenty plates by Hart not ...
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[A Group of Twelve Mezzotints of Aloes in decorative pots].
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm.Original price $25,562.00 - Original price $25,562.00Original price $0.00$25,562.00$25,562.00 - $25,562.00Current price $25,562.00| /An attractive collection of fine botanical mezzotints by Weinmann, one of the earliest examples of colour printing.Weinmann (1683-1741) was a Rege...
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White rose with other flowers. Floral watercolour on vellum.
REDOUTE, P[ierre] J[oseph].Original price $25,562.00 - Original price $25,562.00Original price $25,562.00$25,562.00$25,562.00 - $25,562.00Current price $25,562.00| /A beautiful watercolour on vellum by the greatest flower painter of all time.Belgian born Redouté (1759-1840) achieved success as a painter workin...
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A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America.
GOULD, John.Original price $24,923.00 - Original price $24,923.00Original price $0.00$24,923.00$24,923.00 - $24,923.00Current price $24,923.00| /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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[A Group of Three Watercolours of Hyacinths].
LOO, Pieter van.Original price $23,645.00 - Original price $23,645.00Original price $0.00$23,645.00$23,645.00 - $23,645.00Current price $23,645.00| /Pieter Van Loo (or Loon), Haarlem 1731-1784, was a noted flower painter who spent the whole of his life in Haarlem. His paintings are sought after...
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Monandrian Plants of the order Scitamineae,
ROSCOE, William.Original price $22,367.00 - Original price $22,367.00Original price $0.00$22,367.00$22,367.00 - $22,367.00Current price $22,367.00| /Luxury lithography from Liverpool - one of 150 copies. One of the most impressive lithographed botanical books, containing numerous exotic species ...
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A history of the birds of Europe.
DRESSER, Henry Eeles.Original price $22,367.00 - Original price $22,367.00Original price $22,367.00$22,367.00$22,367.00 - $22,367.00Current price $22,367.00| /The first complete work on the avifauna of Europe since Gould. Dresser's Birds of Europe is the first complete work on the avifauna of Europe since...
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Illustrations and descriptions of the plants which compose the natural order camellieae,
CHANDLER, Alfred; BOOTH, William Beattie.Original price $22,367.00 - Original price $22,367.00Original price $0.00$22,367.00$22,367.00 - $22,367.00Current price $22,367.00| /Important work on the Camellia Japonica. One of finest works on camellias, here in its most desirable state.Described by Wilfred Blunt as 'handsome...
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Birds.
HAYES, William.Original price $21,088.00 - Original price $21,088.00Original price $0.00$21,088.00$21,088.00 - $21,088.00Current price $21,088.00| /This work contains 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself. His Natural history of British birds ([1770-]1775) contained 40...
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[A Group of Four Parrots].
GOULD, John.Original price $19,171.00 - Original price $19,171.00Original price $0.00$19,171.00$19,171.00 - $19,171.00Current price $19,171.00| /John Gould is widely considered as the greatest and most ambitious od all Victorian ornithologists, combining both artistic skill, beauty and anat...
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[A Group of Four Parrots].
[ornithology] GOULD, John.Original price $19,171.00 - Original price $19,171.00Original price $0.00$19,171.00$19,171.00 - $19,171.00Current price $19,171.00| /John Gould is widely considered as the greatest and most ambitious of all Victorian ornithologists, combining both artistic skill, beauty and anat...
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Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis.
AUDEBERT, Jean Baptiste.Original price $19,171.00 - Original price $19,171.00Original price $0.00$19,171.00$19,171.00 - $19,171.00Current price $19,171.00| /With monkey tools by Bozerian. A fine fresh large paper copy in a handsome contemporary binding by Bozerian, of the earliest illustrated monograph ...
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A Monograph of the Lories,
MIVART, St. George Jackson.Original price $17,893.00 - Original price $17,893.00Original price $0.00$17,893.00$17,893.00 - $17,893.00Current price $17,893.00| /Parrots by Keulemans. Mivart's Lories is perhaps the greatest and most desirable monograph on the nectar feeding parrots ever published. Mivart (18...
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The Tulips.
THORNTON, Robert John (publisher).Original price $17,254.00 - Original price $17,254.00Original price $17,254.00$17,254.00$17,254.00 - $17,254.00Current price $17,254.00| /Second state.Robert John Thornton (?1786-1837) was a prolific medical author and became a Doctor of Medicine at St Andrews University and licentia...
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Nederlandsch Bloemwerk.
[TULIPS].Original price $15,976.00 - Original price $15,976.00Original price $0.00$15,976.00$15,976.00 - $15,976.00Current price $15,976.00| /The ascendancy of the dutch nurseryman. First edition of this striking, hand-coloured Dutch botanical work, in beautiful contemporary calf.'Nederla...
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Iconographie des Perroquets
SOUANCÉ, Charles de.Original price $15,976.00 - Original price $15,976.00Original price $0.00$15,976.00$15,976.00 - $15,976.00Current price $15,976.00| /Souancé's Perroquets is a fine sequel to the works of Levaillant and Bourjot Saint-Hilaire. Together these three works constitute the definitive s...
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[A Group of 10 Watercolours of Flowers & Butterflies.
[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].Original price $15,976.00 - Original price $15,976.00Original price $0.00$15,976.00$15,976.00 - $15,976.00Current price $15,976.00| /A fine group of Chinese export watercolours showing flowers and butterflies.Pith came into use for painting to satisfy the increasing demand for s...
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Flore des Quatre Saisons.
ROBIN, Armand.Original price $15,976.00 - Original price $15,976.00Original price $15,976.00$15,976.00$15,976.00 - $15,976.00Current price $15,976.00| /Rare floral bouquets. Very scarce artistic botanical work showing highly finished decorative bouquets of flowers for the twelve months of the year....
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[A Group of Four Peonies].
[BOTANY]. BESLER, Basilius.Original price $15,337.00 - Original price $15,337.00Original price $0.00$15,337.00$15,337.00 - $15,337.00Current price $15,337.00| /Magnificent plates from Hortus Eystettensis, one of the earliest and most famous works in the field, which provides a pictorial record of the flow...
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A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sunbirds.
SHELLEY, George Ernest.Original price $14,698.00 - Original price $14,698.00Original price $0.00$14,698.00$14,698.00 - $14,698.00Current price $14,698.00| /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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