Zoologia e fauna

Birds Ashore and Aforeshore

Chalmers, Patrick · 1935 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Collins London 180, 16 col plates, text illus. . HB. Large 4to (325x265mm), orig. half morocco, gilt, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Minor rubbing to extremities, but without the heavy rubbing often found to the leather spine of this edition. Vg.. Illustrated from watercolo...

The Butterfly Vivarium; or Insect Home: Being an account of a new method of observing the curious metamorphoses of some of the most beautiful of our native insects

Humphreys, H.N. · 1858 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

William Lay London xii, 288, [3]-Ads, 8 hand-coloured engraved plates. . HB. Crown 8vo (189x142mm), orig. cloth with elaborate gilt design to front board, all edges gilt; minor wear to head/foot of spine. Tissue guard to frontispiece and preliminaries lightly foxed, otherwise ...

Chromolithographic plate of butterflies from the Celebes

Frohawk, F.W. · 1892 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

, . . Unbound. 238x145mm. Fine.. One of the fine chromolithographic plate by Frohawk, printed by West, Newman, to illustrate a paper by Walter Rothschild (text not supplied), 'Notes on a Collection of Lepidoptera made by William Doherty in Southern Celebes during August and Se...

Chromolithographic plate of butterflies from the Celebes

Frohawk, F.W. · 1892 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

, . . Unbound. 238x145mm. Fine.. One of the fine chromolithographic plate by Frohawk, printed by West, Newman, to illustrate a paper by Walter Rothschild (text not supplied), 'Notes on a Collection of Lepidoptera made by William Doherty in Southern Celebes during August and Se...

Four chromlithographic plates of butterflies from the Celebes

Frohawk, F.W. · 1892 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

, . . Unbound. 238x145mm. Fine.. The four fine chromolithographic plates by Frohawk, printed by West, Newman, to illustrate a paper by Walter Rothschild (text not supplied), 'Notes on a collection of Lepidoptera made by William Doherty in Southern Celebes during August and Sep...

Set of ten finely hand-coloured butterfly prints, reproduced in Fiorella Falteri’s Stampe d’arte studio

Falteri, Fiorella · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Edizioni Fiorella Falteri , . . Framed Print. A set of ten prints, each presented in a contemporary wooden frame with subtle green detailing and acrylic glazing, mounted on a green card mount. The frames bear the label of <i>The Gentle Gallery</i>, Steyning, West Sussex, to th...

The Wildfowl Paintings of Henry Jones

Olney, P.J.S. · 1987 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Threshold / Harrap London 272, col frontis + 60 tipped in col plates. . HB. Oblong folio (340x435mm), orig. blue half morocco, blue cloth boards, raised bands to spine, gilt, in orig. blue solander box (minor wear to rear corner) with printed title label to front cover.. Forew...

The Swans [ONE OF 24 COPIES SIGNED AND BOUND BY BAYNTUN]

Scott, Peter; Wildfowl Trust · 1972 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.54 | $1,651.70 | ¥263,787)

Michael Joseph London x, 242, col frontis, 48 b/w photos. . HB. 4to, orig. blue full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, gilt-ruled border to both boards, raised bands to spine, gilt title and swan motifs to compartments, beaded gilt rule to edges of boards, broad turn-ins with ...

Archiv der Insectengeschichte

Fuessly, J.G. · 1781 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£3,750.00 (€4,495.62 | $4,955.11 | ¥791,361)

Bey dem Herausgeber und bey Heinrich Steiner und Comp. Zürich und Winterthur xii, 184, (2), 51 engraved plates (48 hand-col). 4to. HB. 4to (246x190mm), cont. full calf, rebacked, raised bands, with orig. slightly worn leather sections laid down to compartments, gilt-tooled mot...

The Entomological Magazine. Vol. I-V

[Newman, Edward (Ed.)] · Pemberley Natural History Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.54 | $1,651.70 | ¥263,787)

Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis London viii, 532, [6], [1]; viii, 545, [4], [1]; vi, [1], 519, [5]; viii, 496, [4]; xvi, 528, [4], 17 (of 18) engraved plates (4 col), 1 folding diagram, woodcuts to text [additional un-numbered plate bound in Vol. I]. . HB. 5 vols, 8vo, cont....

Tableau pour la détermination facile des Serpents du Maroc

Dollfus, R.P.; Beaurieux C. · 1928 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

L'Institut Scientifique Chérifien Rabat/Paris 29, [2], 2 large folding plates, 3 text figs. . PB. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers, short tear to rear wrapper, small ink stain to front wrapper. Light browning along the folds of the plates. Vg.. Avec un Appendice 'Traitement des mor...

A History of British Birds, with coloured Illustrations of their Eggs. Vol. I-III + Plates

Seebohm, Henry · 1883 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

R.H. Porter, for the author London xxiii, 614; xxxiii, 600; xxiv, 684; [ii], 18, 68 col plates, wood engravings to text. . HB. 4 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. brown half morocco by R.H. Porter, raised bands and gilt titles to spines, marbled boards, top edges gilt. Minor rubbing/scuff...

[Manuel Entomologique. Genera des Coleopteres d'Europe. Tome II] (Part)

[Jacquelin du Val, P.N.C.] · 18581859 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

A. Deyrolle Paris (189), [2], 39 hand-col plates. . HB. Roy. 8vo, recent cloth. Some light scattered foxing, occasional light marginal stain to plates. Good. Small ownership label of British Coleopterist Stanley Bowestead to endpaper.. Part of Vol. II only, comprising 25 famil...

Coleoptera Hesperidum, being an Enumeration of the Coleopterous Insects of the Cape Verde Archipelago

Wollaston, T. Vernon · 1867 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

John van Voorst London xxxix, [1]-blank, 285, [1]-blank, [2]-ads, 1 map. . HB. 8vo, sympathetically rebound in brown cloth, blind-stamped dec. border to boards, gilt rules and leather title piece to spine. Cancelled ink stamp of Linnean Society to verso of title page, otherwis...

Monographia Pselaphorum. Cum Tab. II. Aeneis XXIII specierum icones exhibentibus

Reichenbach, H.T.L. · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

Apud Leopold Voss Lipsiae 77, [2], 2 hand-col plates. . HB. 8vo, cont. full calf, gilt and blind ruled border to both boards, spine with raised bands and gilt tooling to compartments, leather title piece, gilt tooling to edges of boards and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers a...

Monographia Pselaphidarum et Scydmaenidarum Britanniae: An Essay on the British Species of the Genera Pselaphus, of Hebst, and Scydmaenus, of Latreille

Denny, Henry · 1825 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

S. Wilkin Norwich [2], vi, [2], 74, 14 hand-col plates. . HB. 8vo (216x135mm), rebound in recent brown cloth. A little light foxing to title page and last few plates. Name to endpaper. Vg.. First edition. Scarce. Engraved, hand-coloured plates by the author. With dedication pa...

Feathered Favourites: Twelve Coloured Pictures of British Birds

Wolf, Joseph · 1854 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£600.00 (€719.30 | $792.82 | ¥126,618)

Thomas Bosworth London [vi], 54, 12 col plates. . HB. Sm. 4to (250x183mm), cont. red full morocco, blind-stamped dec. frame to both boards, with gilt-ruled border and gilt motifs to corners; spine with raised bands, gilt tooling to compartments, edges of boards and inner dente...

A History of British Birds. Vol. I-III

Yarrell, William · 1856 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

John van Voorst London xxxv, 614, [4]-ads; 702; [ii], 679, hundreds of wood engravings, vignettes. . HB. 3 vols, 8vo, finely rebound in recent red qtr calf, leather title piece to spines, aeg. Fine.. Third edition, with many additions. Illustrated with finely detailed woodcuts...

A Selection of British Birds

Perrott, Charlotte Louisa Emily · 1979 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

The Publishing Partnership London [8], [11], 5 col plates. . HB. Elephant folio (505x350mm), half brown morocco, marbled boards, together with matching 10-page prospectus (355x240mm), both housed in orig. brown morocco-backed solander box. Fine - as new.. With a new Introducti...

Popular British Ornithology; containing a familiar and technical Description of the Birds of the British Isles

Gosse, P.H. · 1849 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Reeve, Benham, and Reeve London iv, 320, 8-ads, 20 hand-col plates (+ another set of 19 plain plates), 3 hand-col plates to adverts at rear. . HB. 8vo, cont. half leather, joints rubbed/scuffed, with front joint beginning to crack, but still firm, raised bands and gilt rules t...