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BERRIDGE, W.S.
All About Birds.Illustrations From Photographs By The Author.
London.: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., [1934]..
8vo. pp. 281, [1]. frontis. & 110 illus. on numerous double-sided plates. index. cloth (front cover bit soiled, previous owner's signature). First Edition.
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BEWICK, Thomas [1753-1828].
A General History Of Quadrupeds. The Figures Engraved On Wood By.
Newcastle Upon Tyne: Printed By Edw. Walker, For T.Bewick; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, London; And Wilson And Son.
8vo. pp. x, 528. numerous wood engravings in the text, incl. title vignette. several gatherings foxed, otherwise a nice copy on thick paper, handsomely bound in full modern crushed morocco, gilt cover borders, spine gilt in compartments, gilt inside dentelles, all edges gilt. Seventh Edition. Hugo 51. Roscoe 7. cfRay, The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914, 49.
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BEWICK, Thomas [1753-1828].
A General History Of Quadrupeds. The Figures Engraved On Wood.
Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1811..
8vo. pp. x, 525, [1]. numerous wood engravings in the text, incl. title vignette. contemporary half calf, gilt back (well rubbed, spine label lacking, some light foxing). Sixth Edition. cfHugo 46-53. cfRay, The Illustrator and the Book in England From 1790 To 1914, 49
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BOLTON, James [d. 1799].
An History Of Fungusses, Growing About Halifax.
Halifax & Huddersfield: Printed For The Author. 1788-89.
3 Volumes. 4to. pp. xvi, 44, [2]index, [1 leaf]with errata slip mounted; 1 p.l., [ix]-xxv, [1]blank, [45]-73, [1]blank, [2], xxv-xxxii, [1], 74-92, [1]blank, [1 leaf]index & errata; 1 p.l., [xxvii]-xxxii, [93]-134, [2], [135]-138, [4]index. additional etched title in Vol. I & 1 etched headpiece. 138 etched plates, printed in sepia & coloured by hand. 19th century half morocco, t.e.g., rebacked with spines mounted, recornered (some offsetting & light to moderate foxing, becoming heavier in the text of Vol. III, scattered pencil notes). A wide-margined copy. First Edition of "the earliest British work devoted exclusively to fungi" (Henrey II p. 136). A supplementary volume, not present here, was published in 1791. "About 220 of 231 [species] are easily identified, and have been accepted and quoted under various names in their works by subsequent European authors, as Persoon, Fries, Rabhenhorst, and others on the Continent, and by Berkeley, Cooke, Stephenson, and Massee in [Britain]. Many were species new to science, and others previously undescribed in Britain.Bolton describes his specimens with great acuteness, in clear, concise terms, and this.when they were little understood.'. (Crossland) About the author very little is known except that he was a self-taught naturalist and skilful artist, who was a friend and correspondent of the eminent naturalists of the day, including Peter Collinson, William Hudson, and Philip Miller. All of the drawings and etchings for the work were executed by Bolton himself. The publication is dedicated to the Earl of Gainsborough, under whose patronage it was published. Nissen 195. Henrey III 465. Pritzel 962. Stafleu TL2 623.
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BOMPAS, George C.
Life Of Frank Buckland.New Edition.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1886..
8vo. pp. ix, 433. engraved frontis. portrait. contemporary half calf (joints & extremities worn). Second Edition (first: 1885).
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BONNER, James.
A New Plan For Speedily Increasing The Number Of Bee-Hives In Scotland; And Which May Be Extended, With Equal Success, To England, Ireland, America, Or To Any Part Of The World Capable Of Producing Flowers.
Edinburgh: Printed By J.Moir, Sold By W.Creech, Bell & Bradfute., 1795..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xx, 258, [2]ad & errata. contemporary calf, rebacked. Second Revised Edition (originally published as The Bee-Master's Companion and Assistant in 1789). British Bee Books 151. Fussell II p. 134.
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BRIDGEMAN, Thomas.
The Young Gardener's Assistant, In Three Parts Containing Catalogues Of Garden And Flower Seed With Practical Directions Under Each Head For The Cultivation Of Culinary Vegetables And Flowers: Also, Directions For Cultivating Fruit Trees, The Grape Vine, &c. To Which Is Added, A Calendar To Each Part...The Whole Adapted To The Climate Of The United States.
New York: For Sale By the Author..., [1847]..
8vo. pp. xii, [13]-164, [8], [13]-164, [8], [9]-189, [1]ads. engraved frontis. portrait. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (covers scuffed, extremities little frayed, institutional bookplate, 'discard' stamped on lower edge, some foxing, mainly to outer leaves). New Edition, With An Appendix...
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BROOK, Richard.
An Introduction To The Science Of Botany, According To The Arrangement Of Linnaeus, With A Defence of that Arrangement.
London: Published By The Author, [c1867]..
16mo. pp. 2 p.l., xxxvi. 2 plates showing the 24 classes of Linnaeus. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth. A reprint of the introductory preface to Brook's 'Family Herbal'.
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BROOK, Richard.
New Cyclopaedia Of Botany And Complete Book Of Herbs: Forming A History And Description Of All Plants, British Or Foreign Which Are Known To Be Useful To Man.
London: Published For The Author By Frederick Farrah, [c1860]..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 11 p.l., lix, 348; 1 p.l., 349-733, [1 leaf]. additional wood-engraved title with hand-coloured vignette & 100 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.). numerous text figures. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (scuffed, extremities bit frayed, hinges cracked, scattered foxing, a few mounted news clippings, on the whole a decent copy). cfFreeman 503.
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BROWN, Thomas.
The Taxidermist's Manual; Or The Art Of Collecting, Preparing, And Preserving Objects Of Natural History. Designed For The Use Of Travellers, Conservators Of Museums, And Private Collectors.
Glasgow: A.Fullarton & Co., 1841..
12mo. pp. xii, 150. with half-title. 6 lithographed plates. wood-engraved ornaments & text illus. original cloth (covers scuffed & little frayed, lacking rear free-endpaper, light foxing to plates). Sixth Edition. cfFreeman 529.
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BROWNE, D[aniel] J[ay] [fl. 1804-1861].
The Trees Of America; Native And Foreign.
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1846]..
8vo. pp. xii, 520. with half-title. numerous text illus. original cloth (extremities worn & chipped, scattered light foxing). An expanded version of Browne's Sylva Americana (1832). Sabin 8650. Raphael, Oak Spring Silva, 21n.
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BUFFON, [Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de] [1707-1788].
Buffon's Natural History. Containing A Theory Of The Earth, A General History Of Man, Of The Brute Creation, And Of Vegetables, Minerals, &c.&c.&c..[At Head of Title: Barr's Buffon].
London: Printed For The Proprietor, And Sold By H.D.Symonds, 1797..
10 Volumes. 12mo. 73 engraved plates containing 221 figures. there is no plate containing figures 60-61 but these are not referenced in the text & may have just been omitted in numbering. contemporary diced russia, gilt backs (joints cracked, 4 covers detached, some chipping to spines, corners worn, internally very good). cfFreeman 580 (3) (1792 Barr edition with 81 coloured plates).
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BURMEISTER, Dr. Hermann [1807-1892].
A Manual Of Entomology, Translated From The German.By W.E.Shuckard.
London: Edward Churton, 1836..
8vo. pp. xii, 654. complete with half-title. engraved frontis., delicately coloured by hand, & 32 engraved plates (several partly coloured). wood-engraved illus. on title. contemporary quarter green vellum (lacking front free-endpaper). First Edition of the Abridged English Translation of German naturalist Hermann Burmeister's Handbuch der Entomologie (five volumes, Berlin, 1832-55). The English edition incorporates a number of revisions made by the author himself, as well as original notes and thirty-three engraved plates supplied by the translator, British entomologist William Edward Shuckard [1802-1868]. Freeman 591.
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BURROUGHS, John [1837-1921].
Essays: Six Books of Nature, Animal Life, and Literature [Series Title].
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1896-1902..
16mo. Handsome school prize binding of gilt-stamped red calf, all edges gilt (St. Andrew's College, Toronto) (small nicks to 2 spine labels). Pocket Edition. Including 'Winter Sunshine', 'Locusts and Wild Honey', 'Birds and Poets', Prepacton', Wake-Robin', and 'Fresh Fields'.
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BURROW, E[dward] J[ohn] [1785-1861].
Elements Of Conchology, According To The Linnaean System.New Edition.
London: Printed for James Duncan, 1825..
8vo. pp. xix, 245, [2]ads. 28 engraved plates by C.Heath after drawings by Burrow. Uncut in original bds. (spine taped, institutional bookplate & pocket, rubberstamp on title, plates with light foxing & marginal dampstain to upper inner corner). cfFreeman 596.
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