Zoologia e fauna

Song Birds and How to Keep Them

Maling, E.A. · 1862 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Smith, Elder and Co. London xii, 159, [1], hand-col, lithographic frontis. . HB. Small 8vo (199x107mm), orig. plum cloth, gilt birdcage vignette with title to front board, gilt title to spine. Occasional light marinal soiling. Rear endpaper removed. Gift inscription to origina...

Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. I-IV

Jardine, William · 1876 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

W.H. Allen and Co. London [8], 17-315; [6], 17-409; [8], 17-349; [6], 17-313, 3 portrait frontispieces (of 4), 4 engraved titles (2 hand-col), 129 hand-col plates, text engravings. . HB. 4 vols, small 8vo, orig. green cloth, black and gilt stamped dec to front boards, gilt tit...

The Birds of North Cachar

Baker, E.C.S. · 1900 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Bombay Natural History Society 50, 24, 4, 35, 11, 8, 32, 28, 12, 16, 25, 7, 8, 10 col plates. . HB. 8vo, cont. half leather, marbled boards and endpapers; spine rubbed/scuffed with some wear to head/foot. Tissue guards foxed (plates clean); occasional spotting to text. A few m...

The Natural History of Birds, compiled from the best of authorities, and illustrated by a great variety of copper plates, comprising near one hundred figures

[Jones, Stephen] (Ed.) · 1793 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Printed for E. Newbery London xii, 204, 38 engraved plates. . HB. 12mo in 6s (141x90mm), cont. full vellum. Early inscriptions to endpaper and blank recto of frontispiece, dated 1790 ('Wm Prideaux to C. Prideaux') and 1850 ('Anne Prideaux to Wm Francis Prideaux') respectively....

Birds of the Sea Shore Illustrated

1856 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge London title page + 12 leaves, 12 chromolithographic plates. . HB. 12mo (135x100mm), orig. blue cloth, blind-stamped border with decorative corners to both boards, gilt vignette and title to front board, all edges gilt. Gutta percha ha...

Illustrations of British Hawk Moths and their Larvae (Including the Sesidae)

Johnson, Theophilus · 18741876 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£4,500.00 (€5,394.75 | $5,946.13 | ¥949,633)

Privately published [London] [2], 46, 36 original watercolour plates. . HB. 4to, cont. half straight-grained morocco, gilt, top edge gilt, rubbed with minor wear to extremities. Bears the small stamp, <i>Bound by Mudie</i>, with a winged horse device, probably connected to Cha...

Fauna Orcadensis: or, the Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes of Orkney and Shetland

Low, George · 1813 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and Company, and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, - and White, Cochrane, and Co. Edinburgh/London xx, 230, . . HB. 4to, later panelled calf, raised bands to spine, gilt rules and motifs to compartments, leathe...

A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the Species inhabiting the Western Palaearctic Region. Vol. I-IX [with] Eggs of the Birds of Europe, including all the Species inhabiting the Western Palaearctic Area. Vol. I-II

Dresser, H.E. · Pemberley Natural History Books

£17,500.00 (€20,979.57 | $23,123.82 | ¥3,693,017)

Published by the author London , 721 hand-col lithographic plates, 2 uncoloured plates; 106 colour-printed plates from photographs. . HB. 11 vols, large 4to (324x250mm): <i>Birds</i>, 9 vols, cont. red half morocco, raised bands to spines, gilt and black rules between compartm...

Ornithological Synonyms ... Edited by Mrs. Hugh E. Strickland and Sir W. Jardine ... Vol. I. Accipitres

Strickland, Hugh Edwin · 1855 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

John van Voorst London xlvi, 222, . . HB. 8vo, orig. brown cloth, blind-stamped border with decorative corners, some minor wear to head and foot of spine; short tear to top of rear joint/spine, neatly refixed. Some gatherings unopened. Good, clean copy.. Vol. I (all published)...

Catalogue of British Birds in the Collection of the British Museum

Gray, George Robert · 1863 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

British Museum London xii, 247, [1], 8 (publisher's catalogue), . . HB. 8vo, orig. brown cloth, light stain to lower edge of front board and front endpapers. Vg.. The Preface states 'The object of the present Catalogue is to give a complete list of the species of birds recorde...

British Mammals. Vol. I-II [Large Paper Edition]

Thorburn, Archibald · 1920 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

Longmans, Green and Co. London vi, 84; vi, 108, 50 mounted colour plates, pen and ink sketches to text. . HB. 2 vols, large 4to (410x330mm), orig. cloth, gilt, top edges gilt; several corners lightly bumped; cloth a little faded, some patchy fading to rear board of Vol. I. Lig...

Les Papillons: leur histoire, la manière de leur faire la chasse et de les conserver; Ouvrage amusant et instructif, Orné de Figures représentant un choix des plus beaux Papillons d'Europe. Dédiée à la Jeunesse

[Balland, Eugène Amédée] · 1823 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Blanchard et Lecerf Paris [4], ii, 74, [2], hand-col engraved frontis, 6 hand-col engraved plates. . HB. Oblong small quarto (194x252mm), recent green half calf, gt, marbled boards, original printed pink paper wrappers retained.. A rare and charming work by the Parisian bookse...

European Butterflies and Moths

Kirby, W.F. · 1898 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Cassell London xvi, lvi, 427, 1 plain + 61 fine hand-col plates. . HB. 4to, cont. blue cloth with embossed snakeskin pattern, spine faded, with some wear. Withdrawn from a reference library with bookplate to both endpapers, ink stamp to blank verso of plates. The fine hand-col...

The Butterflies of Europe described and figured: Rhopalocera Europae descripta et delineata. Vol. I (Text) - II (Plates)

Lang, H.C. · 1884 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

L. Reeve London viii, 396; xii, 82 colour plates. . HB. 2 vols (Text + Plates), large 8vo, cont. brown half morocco, raised bands to spine, gt titles and tooling to compartments, cloth boards, top edge gilt. Some foxing to text volume, heavier to prelims; plates largely clean,...

Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands. Vol. I-VII

Lilford, Lord · 1885189798 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

R.H. Porter London , photogravure photo frontis, 421 col plates. . HB. 7 vols, roy. 8vo, finely bound in cont. half morocco, raised bands and gilt titles to spines, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. Original printed part wrappers bound in at rear. Edges lightly foxe...

A History of British Birds. Vol. I-VI [with] A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds. Vol. I-III

Morris, F.O. · 1857 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£3,000.00 (€3,596.50 | $3,964.08 | ¥633,089)

Groombridge and Sons London , 358 + 225 col plates. . HB. 9 vols, roy. 8vo, uniformally and finely bound in cont. full calf by J.O. Sandford, Shrewsbury, double-ruled gilt borders, spine with raised bands, gilt tooling to compartments and leather title pieces, marbled endpaper...

Synopsis of British Birds [Vol. I-II]

Walcott, John · 1789 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£3,600.00 (€4,315.80 | $4,756.90 | ¥759,706)

Printed by W. Justins, for the author London , 255 copper engravings. . HB. Small 4to (216x180mm), finely bound in cont., full morocco, double-ruled gilt border to boards, floral motifs to corners, spine with raised bands, rich gilt tooling to spine compartments, leather title...

De Anatomia Sphingidarum: Dissertatio Zoologica (Dissert. Resp. G. Fuelles, J. Berendes, H. Finzelberg)

Baltzer, R.A. · 1864 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Formis Charthausianis Bonn [8], 36, [2], 1 lithographic plate (30 figs). . Unbound. 8vo, excised from a bound volume, stitching broken, text separated into two parts. Some foxing/spotting to title and prelims. Ink stamp to titlepage. Good.. Thesis, Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm Un...

A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles. Part I-II

Gosse, Philip Henry · 1855 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

John van Voorst London xi, 203, [5], 16-publisher's catalogue; iv, 239, [5], 335 + 339 woodcuts. . HB. 2 vols, sm. 8vo, orig. cloth, rubbed, minor wear with small chips to spine ends. Vg. Armorial bookplate of Nigel Ronald (sic virescit virtus) to both volumes.. 'The first att...

Natural History. Birds

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

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge London viii, 327, [1], 78 text woodcuts. . HB. Sm. 8vo (170x100mm), orig. blue cloth, vertical rib, blind ornamental frame within ruled border to both boards; spine with four double and one single blind bands; spine title gilt GOSSE'S/...