Zoologia e fauna

Natural History. Fishes.

Gosse, P.H. · 1851 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge London viii, 327, 81 text woodcuts. . HB. Sm. 8vo (164x106mm), cont. full prize calf, decorative blind ornamental border and gilt crest to centre of both boards, raised bands to spine, gilt-tooled decoration to bands, blind-stamped mot...

A General History of Quadrupeds [with] A History of British Birds. Vol. I-II

Bewick, Thomas · Pemberley Natural History Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick / Printed by Sol. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick Newcastle upon Tyne viii, 456; xxx, [2], 335, [1]; xx, 400, woodcuts to text. . HB. 3 vols, demy 8vo (213x138mm), uniform cont. mottled calf, gilt-ruled and blind-stamped decorative borders,...

A History of British Birds. Vol. I-IV

Yarrell, William; Newton, Alfred; Saunders, Howard · 1871 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

John van Voorst London xii, 646; vii, 494; xvi, 684; viii, 531, 564 wood engravings, vignettes. . HB. 4 vols, 8vo, orig. cloth, gt title to spines, minor rubbing to extremities, a few corners bumped; gatherings unpopened, endpapers browned. A very good set. Bookplate of Danish...

Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds

Montagu, George; Rennie, James · 1831 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

Hurst, Chance, and Co. London lx, [1], 592, text engravings. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, some wear, chipped to head/foot of spine, orig. printed paper title piece to spine, worn/scuffed, with some loss. Edges uncut. Good. Bookplate of wealthy American amateur ornithologist, John E...

A Hand-Book to the Game-Birds. Vol I-II (Allen's Natural History)

Ogilvie-Grant, W.R. · 1895 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

W.H. Allen & Co. London xiv, [2], 304; xiv, [2], 316, 39 col plates, line drawings. . HB. 2 vols, orig. qtr. cloth, marbled boards, gilt titles to spines. Minor wear to corners, small mark to front board of Vol. I. Some spotting/browning to tissue guards, plates clean; gatheri...

The Natural History of the Tineina. Vol. I-XIII

Stainton, H.T. · 1855 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£1,000.00 (€1,198.83 | $1,321.36 | ¥211,030)

John van Voorst London xv, 338, [4]-ads; ix, 318; ix, 270; ix, 292; ix, 228; ix, 284; ix, 252; ix, 315; vii, 276; ix, 304; xiii, 330; vii, 260; vii, 378, 104 hand-coloured plates. . HB. 13 vols, 8vo, orig. publisher's blue cloth (later binding variant), a little rubbed to extr...

The Coleoptera of the British Islands. Vol. 6 (Supplement)

Fowler, W.W.; Donisthorpe, H. · 1913 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Lovell Reeve London xiii, 351, 20 col plates, 3 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, minor wear to top of front joint. Light foxing to endpapers, ocasional spotting to text. Vg.. Scarce illustrated large paper edition..

Natural History of British Moths. Vol. I-IV

Morris, F.O. · 1872 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)

George Bell and Sons London xvi, 253 + 8; iv, 180 + 8; iv, 223 + 8; iv, 321 + 8, 132 hand-coloured plates. . HB. 4 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt. Very good set. Some foxing to frontispieces and title pages to each volume. Vol. IV with small area of wear to fore-edge of rear ...

Game Birds

Dewar, D. · 1928 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Chapman & Hall London x, 256, 19 plain plates, 4 b/w text illus. . HB. 4to (290 x 225mm), orig. qtr morrocco, spine slightly faded, teg, other edges uncut, some gatherings unopened, gilt title to spine. Very Good.. Wood engravings by E. Fitch Daglish. Limited edition of 50 num...

History of British Reptiles

Bell, Thomas · 1849 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

John van Voorst London xxiv, 159, [1], [1]-ads, wood engravings to text. . HB. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, spine faded, minor wear. Half-title and verso of final advertisement leaf browned. Vg.. Second edition.Freeman 268..

The Birds of Derbyshire

Whitlock, F.B. · 1893 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

Bemrose & Sons London vi, [1], 239, 5 photographic plates, text fig, folding map. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, slightly rubbed, gilt title to front board and spine, patterned endpapers. Foxing to plates, tissue guards and facing pages; short tear to folding map, neatly repaired. V...

A History of British Moths

Morris, F.O. · 1903 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

John C. Nimmo London xxxii, 253; 180; iv, 213; vi, 321, 132 hand-coloured plates. . HB. 4 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt; edges uncut, gatherings unopened in Vol. IV. Vg set.. 6th edition with introduction by W.E. Kirby..

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

Gosse, P.H. · 1853 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Reeve and Co. London viii, 320, 20 hand-col plates. . HB. Sm. 8vo, orig. green, blind-stamped cloth, gt dec. to spine and front board, some wear to head/foot of spine, split to top of rear joint; trace of old damp stain to rear board. Occasional spotting/foxing. Good.. Second ...

The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English Insects drawn from Nature: Les Genres des Insectes de Linne... [with] The Genera Vermium exemplified by various specimens of the Animals contained in the orders of the Intestina

Barbut, James · Pemberley Natural History Books

£2,950.00 (€3,536.56 | $3,898.02 | ¥622,537)

for the Author, by James Dixwell London [4], xvii, [3], 371, [20]; [4], xx, 101; xxvii, [1], 76, 3 additional engraved title pages (one hand-col), 22 (20 hand-col, 3 folding) + 25 (24 hand col) engraved plates. . HB. 3 parts, bound in two, 4to, uniform cont. half calf, recentl...

The Song Birds of Great Britain; containing delineations of thirty-three birds, of the natural size, (including the genus Sylvia of Latham,) coloured principally from living specimens

Cotton, John · 18351836 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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

Printed by Samuel Bentley [for the author] London [82]; [56], 33 hand-col engraved plates. . HB. 2 parts in 1 volume, roy. 8vo (265x165mm), finely bound in recent, full, panelled calf, raised bands to spine, blind tooling to compartments, leather title pieces, marbled endpaper...

Birds of Great Britain. Vol. I-V

Gould, John · 18621873 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£60,000.00 (€71,929.94 | $79,281.68 | ¥12,661,773)

Printed by Taylor and Francis. Published by the Author London [12], cxl, [2], [68]; [4], [152]; [4], [140]; [4], [170]; [4], [172], 367 hand-col plates. . HB. 5 vols, imp. folio (547x352mm), 19th-century. full green morocco, raised bands, richly gilt to compartments, broad dec...

History of British Birds. Vol. I: Land Birds [and] Vol. II: Water Birds

Bewick, Thomas · 1797 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£1,000.00 (€1,198.83 | $1,321.36 | ¥211,030)

Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick Newcastle xxx, [2], 335, [1]-ad; xx, 400, numerous wood engravings, vignettes, etc.. . HB. 2 vols, roy. 8vo (240x148mm), 19th-century full tan calf, boards framed by a neat outer gilt fillet, featuring an elegant inner panelled calf layo...

Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds

Seebohm, Henry; Sharpe, R. Bowdler · 1896 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Pawson & Brailsford Sheffield xxiv, 304, portrait frontis, 60 fine chromlithographed plates. . HB. Roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, lightly rubbed to extremities; some foxing to frontispiece, a few small spots to page edges and light foxing to margins of a few plates, but a much cleaner...

The Smaller British Birds with Descriptions of their Nests, Eggs, Habitats, Etc.

Adams, H.G.; Adams, H.B. · 1874 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

George Bell and Sons London iv, 252, 32 col plates. . HB. Roy. 8vo (250x180mm), cont. full prize calf, decorative gilt tooled border to both boards, raised bands to spine, gilt tooling to compartments, leather title-piece, marbled edges and endpapers. Some wear to extremities,...

Natural History of the Smaller British Birds, Intended for the Use of Ladies and Young Persons

Slaney, Robert A. · 1860 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, and J. Hatchard London viii, 168, engraved frontis, 13 text engravings. . HB. 8vo, orig. blind-stamped, plum cloth, gilt vignette to front board, gilt title to spine, aeg. Spine slightly faded. Prize bookplate to endpaper dated 186...