London: Swan Sonnenschien and Co., n.d., [after 1883]. Large 8vo, pp. xiii, [3], 256; 16 full-p. wood-engraved illustrations from photographs by F. North, R. N., and from sketches by the author, identified on the title as Staff Surgeon in the Royal Navy; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and..... More
Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1885. Edition limited to 300 copies for subscribers, 4to, 4 parts in one, pp. 198; 1 map and 22 hand-colored plates; slightly later 3/4 dark maroon morocco with gilt-lettered spine, all original wrappers bound in at the end, an ex-library copy with minor wear to extremities..... More
Paris: E. d'Ocagne, 1834-36. Fourth, best and most extensive edition, edited by his brother Friedrich Cuvier; 10 volumes text in octavo, 2 volumes in quarto; hand-colored folding map of the environs of Paris, hand-colored map of London, folding copper-engraved cross section of the terrain of Paris, 15 lithograph plates (2..... More
Salem, [MA]: Salem Press, December, 1877. 8vo, 56pp., orig. printed wrappers chipped at extremities, with a presentation from Dall to Alexander Winchell in top upper corner of the front wrap; some soiling, but a good copy or better, with pencil annotations by Winchell in the text. A discussion of the..... More
n.p., June 1: n.y. Allow me to introduce to you Professor Bache of the University of Pennsylvania who is travelling through Europe to make himself acquainted with our scientific institutions... 4to, integral leaf detached, traces of mounting, one or two words smudged. More
London: Blackie & Son, Paternoster Buildings, E.C., 1874. 8vo, pp. xii, 288, [4] charts, [4] ads; original blue cloth stamped in black and gilt; inner hinges starting; otherwise very good. 126 wood engravings depicting gem shapes, historical artifacts, equipment, and artistic renderings of gem mining. Sticker on front pastedown of..... More
Paris: Fain et Thunot, 1844. First edition, 8vo, pp. 127, [1]; green paper wrappers; spine partially perished, ink stain on lower edge of title page, not affecting text, textblock clean and sound. Inscribed on title page by Duméril to a fellow member of the Academy of Science, Mr. Francoeur. New..... More
Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1898. Reprint from The Religion of Science Library, Number 29, January, 1898; 8vo, pp. 56, [6]; black and white illustrations throughout; original printed wrappers (some soiling), loss to front upper right-hand corner not effecting text; interior fine. Publisher's advertisements at end. More
London: John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, 1867. Second edition, 8vo, pp. [2], xxii, 266, [32] ads; original blue cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt; bookbinding ticket of W. Bone & Son on rear endpaper; chromolithograph title, 7 lithograph plates, additional illustrations in the text throughout; near fine. Contains descriptions..... More
Rangoon: Supdt., Govt. Printing and Staty. 1961. Tall 8vo, pp. [8], iii, [3], 323, [1], x; 35 illustrations in the text, tables; very good in original black cloth-backed blue printed paper-covered boards. This is the third edition; the book was originally published in 1901, and 1910, both times with 16..... More
[Denver]: University of Denver Press, [1950]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 358; very good copy in a slightly worn jacket with a few small chips. Biographies of 9 leading naturalists of the region supplemented by a roster in dictionary form of natural history collectors, 1682-1932. More
London: Swarthmore Press, [1927]. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 326, [2] ads; frontispiece, 22 plates (many in color), plus a folding map; very good, sound copy in orig. blue cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. Plant-hunting in the French and Italian Alps. More
Chicago: A. W. Mumford, 1903. First edition, 4to, pp. xii, 229, [1]; original green cloth; gilt lettering on upper cover and spine; colored frontispiece depicting the 12 birth stones; 61 illustrations throughout, including half-tone photographs, chromolithographs, maps and tables; at the top corner of the front pastedown and early owner..... More
Paris: Paulin, 1841. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 287; bound with: Flourens, Examen de la phrénologie, Paris, Paulin, 1842, pp. [6], 10-115, [2]; contemporary quarter black morocco, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine; very good copy. More
Paris: Librairie médicale de Trinquart, Rue de L'École de Médecine, 9, 1836. First edition, 4to, pp. [4], 191, [1] errata; 10 lithograph plates at the back, 4 folding; 2 folding plates with short tears, another with a longer tear (but no loss in any instance); original printed gray paper-covered boards..... More
Paris: Paulin, 1845. 12mo, pp. [8], 324; contemporary green mortocco-backed green cloth, gilt-lettered direct on spine; light foxing; very good. First published in 1841. "Protégé of Cuvier, talented, unusually skillful" (DSB) Flourens founded, with Arago, the Comptes rendu, still one of the greatest of all scientific periodicals, and tusseled with..... More
Albany: printed and sold by D. & S. Whiting, 1803. 8vo, pp. xii, [13]-280; 13 engraved plates (11 folding); full contemporary mottled calf, gilt-paneled spine laid out in 6 compartments, black morocco label in 1; sprinkled edges; a bit of foxing but in all a very good, sound copy. This..... More
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1891. First edition, thick 8vo, 970pp., 48 color lithograph plates (several species per plate), 2 double-p. sepia plates; nice copy in orig. dec. green cloth gilt, neatly rebacked with old spine laid down. More
Chicago: American Library Association, 1973. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xxii, 501; color frontispiece, plates, numerous facsimile illustrations, decorated endpapers, inscribed by the author on title page; dark green cloth over decorated cloth boards; spine bubbled and cracked, one plate has notations in ink, overall a good copy. More
Cleveland: Tho. Brown, Publisher, Ohio Farmer Office, 1857. First edition, thin 8vo, pp. 142 plus [2]-page publisher's ad; 4 plates and illustrations in text throughout; original brown cloth blindstamped with ornamental rules and a fish on each cover and lettered on gilt on spine; the spine faded with top end..... More
Cambridge, Mass. Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1891. 8vo bifolium; cover title, 2 pages of text, the final page blank; a couple of short tears in the gutter margin; very good. Nothing to do with lobster as a food, but rather reproductive and anatomical questions. 2 copies in OCLC, both at..... More
London: from the press of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, W. Savage, printer. Published for the benefit of the author's children by his executors... 1804. First edition, 4to, pp. [9], vi-xxii, 321, [1]; uncut and partially unopened; engraved portrait of Garnett; later blue paper wrappers; small loss to the..... More
Stockholm, Wisconsin: Midnight Paper Sales, 2005. First trade edition limited to 1000 copies printed on Monadnock Dulcet paper, in the summer of 2006; there was also an edition limited to 400 copies (and also 50 copies of the deluxe issue in 2 volumes which sold out in the year of..... More
Paris: Maison Émile Deyrolle, les fils d'Émile Deyrolle, n.d., [ca. 1900]. 12mo, pp. [4], iv, 261, [5]; vignette title page, 18 color plates at the back, 119 figures in the text; contemporary black calf-backed marbled boards; rear hinge cracked causing some plates to be loose, but all are present; text..... More
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Paris: Anthus Bertrand, [1841-42]. Folio, 120 engraved botanical plates with later coloring, a number of them composite. Includes plate nos. 1-100, and 131-150. The entire work, published over a 26-year span, ran to some 26 text volumes and 3 atlases containing 357 plates. "These engravings "are noteworthy for the abundance..... More
