Zoologia e fauna

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; iv, 180; iv, 223; iv, 321, 132 hand-coloured plates. . HB. 4 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt. Fine bright set. Armorial bookplate of Richard Robertson Lockett, of Enmore, Liverpool.. Complete in four volumes. An early re-issue (first publi...

Coleoptera Atlantidum, being an Enumeration of the Coleopterous Insects of the Madeiras, Salvages, and Canaries

Wollaston, T. Vernon · 1865 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

John van Voorst London xlvii, [1], 526, [2]-blank, 140, 1 map. . HB. 8vo, orig. blind-stamped, brown cloth, endpapers foxed, otherwise clean. Recent owner's small ex libris label to pastedown. Vg.. First edition. Rare. 'Considering that scarcely more than a year has elapsed si...

Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of the Canaries in the Collection of the British Museum

Wollaston, T. Vernon · 1864 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

British Museum London xiii, [1], 648 + 8 (Ads), . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Two leaves of index bound out of sequence. Recent owner's small ex libris label to pastedown. A well-preserved copy.. Scarce. Thomas Vernon Wollaston (1822-1878) was a conchologist and entomologist. Due ...

Macrolepidoptera of the World II-IV: The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Region [with] Supplement to Vol. III + IV (part)

Seitz, A. · 1912 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

Alfred Kernen Stuttgart [2], vii, 479, [1]; [4], iii, [5], 511, [1], iv; [3], v, 479, [2], iv; vi, 333, [2]; 248, 208 (of 235) fine chromolithographed plates. . HB. 5 vols, bound in 6, 4to, various bindings: Vol. II, cont. half morocco, teg, both boards detached, some wear to ...

The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated. Vol. I: Quadrupeds

[Bennett, E.T.] (Ed.) · 1831 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Charles Tilt London xii, 308, numerous woodcut illustrations. . HB. 8vo (230x150mm), orig. publisher's green morocco-backed, paper covered boards, gilt titling to spine, lighlty rubbed, teg. Very good.. Vol. I (of II), a second volume on Birds was also published, but is not p...

Pictures of Bird Life in Pen and Pencil

Watkins, Rev. M.G. · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co London 144, [4]-Publisher's catalogue, 14 full-page wood engravings, additional engraved title, head and tail pieces and other illustrations. . HB. Large 4to (388x300mm), orig. cloth, elaborately blocked in gilt and black to front board and spine, ...

Genera Insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata

Roemer, J.J. · 1789 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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

H. Steiner Vitoduri Helvetorum viii, 86, [iii], hand-coloured vignette to title-page, 36 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, 1 plain plate. . HB. 4to, cont. full calf, triple-ruled gilt border with blind-stamped egg and dart pattern within, scuffed to bottom edge of front boar...

A Monograph of the Turdidae. Or Family of Thrushes. Vol. I-II

Seebohm, Henry; Sharpe, R. Bowdler (Ed.) · 18981902 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£9,500.00 (€11,388.91 | $12,552.93 | ¥2,004,781)

Henry Sotheran & Co. London xi, [1], 336, [1]; ix, [1], 250, photogravure portrait frontis, 149 hand-col lithographic plates. . HB. 2 vols, large-4to (390x295mm), orig. half morocco, raised bands to spine, gilt tooling and titles to compartments, top edges gilt, others uncut. ...

The Fly-Fisher's Entomology

Ronalds, Alfred · 1877 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Longmans, Green, and Co. London xii, 132, 24 (Publisher's ads), hand-col frontis + 19 hand-col plates. . HB. 8vo, rebound in later half morocco, marbled boards, raised bands to spine, gilt titles, rules and angling motifs to compartments, aeg. Tissue guards uniformly browned a...

Love's Meinie. Lectures on Greek and English Birds. Vol. I

Ruskin, John · 1881 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

George Allen Orpington, Kent 41, [1]-blank; [ii], 43-83, [1]blank; [iv], 85-195, [1]-blank, (xi), [1]-blank, 14 text figs. . HB. 8vo, cont. half morocco by Bumpus, spine with raised bands, gilt tooling to compartments, leather title piece, marbled boards and endpapers, teg. A ...

Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs. Vol. I-VII

Meyer, H.L. · 1842 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£2,400.00 (€2,877.20 | $3,171.27 | ¥506,471)

G.W. Nickisson / Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. London iv, 230; iv, 233, [1]; iv, 240; iv, 215, [1]; iv, 192; iv, 185; viii, 206, 425 hand-col plates (322 birds, 103 eggs), 7 plain plates, title vignettes. . HB. 7 vols, 8vo, late 19 century, full polished calf, dec. gilt border to b...

Zoological Lectures, delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807. Vol. I-II

Shaw, George · 1809 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£800.00 (€959.07 | $1,057.09 | ¥168,824)

Printed for G. Kearsley London [xiv], 248; iv, 226, [7], 2 additional engraved titles, 167 engraved plates. . HB. 2 vols, 8vo, orig. full polished calf, gt inner dentelles, rebacked with new antique style spines, gt rules, leather title pieces; marbled endpapers. Occasional fo...

The Butterfly Album of Formosa

Su, Ming-Yi (Amateur Collector) · 1960 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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

Privately published Taiphi [Taipei] [4], 20 plates of 134 mounted specimens. . HB. Orig. velvet covered binder (270x245mm), gilt title to front board. A few specimens are slightly imperfect, but most are in very good condition.. An unusual commercially produced butterfly speci...

The Butterflies and Moths of Europe

Kirby, W.F. · 1907 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Cassell London lxxii, 432, 1 plain and 54 col plates, text figs. . HB. 4to, cont. half leather, lightly rubbed, raised bands, gt tooling to bands, leather title piece. Lacks caption leaf to one plate, and two further caption leaves have some surface damage due to adhesion (but...

The British Coleoptera Delineated

Shuckard, W.E.; Spry, W. · 1861 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Henry G. Bohn London viii, 83, 94 hand-col plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. red blind-stamped cloth, gilt to spine, rebacked preserving original backstrip; ink stain to spine and rear board. Some foxing, as usual with this work.. First edition. Rare with all plates hand-coloured..

A Popular History of Mammalia; comprising a familiar Account of their Classification and Habits

White, Adam · 1850 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

Reeve, Benham, and Reeve London viii, 346, [4], 14, 16 hand-coloured plates. . HB. small 8vo, cont. full green polished calf, gilt double-ruled border to both boards, gilt tooling to edges of boards; spine faded, raised bands and gilt tooling to compartments, leather title pie...

The Birds of Prey of the British Islands

Harrison, J.C.; Evans, David · 1980 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

Fine Bird Books Kingston Deverill [54], 20 tipped in colour plates, pencil sketches to text + endpapers. . HB. Large-folio (510x400mm), orig. half morocco, linen covered boards and matching slipcase (slight mark to rear of slipcase). Fine copy.. <b>Limited Edition of 275 signe...

A Selection of British Birds

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

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

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...

Australian Parrots

Forshaw, J.M.; Cooper, W.T. (Illus.) · 1980 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)

Lansdowne Editions Melbourne 150; [x], 151-379, full-page colour illustrations, distribution maps. . HB. 2 vols, folio (514x370mm), orig. green full morroco, decorative design of parrot blocked to each cover, raised bands and leather title pieces to spines, housed in cloth so...

Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Order Passeres. Vol. I-II

Butler, A.G. · 19071908 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

Brumby & Clarke Hull & London vi, 210; vi, 215, 115 col plates. . HB. 2 vols, roy. 4to, orig. qtr buckram, blue cloth boards, rubbed to extremities, a few small marks, teg. There is a small area of colour loss to the top corner of the egg plates (erasure of small ink stamp?), ...