Zoologia e fauna

The Aurelian; A Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies. Plate IX: The Black Veined White and Brindled Beauty

Harris, Moses · 1766 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London , . . . Hinged onto card window mount. Image 298x230mm, mount 455x355mm. A few inoffensive light pencil marks to plate, otherwise very good.. A delightful hand-coloured copper engraving from the rare first edition of <i>The Aurelian</i>, 1766. The plate depicts the Brin...

Manual of the Land and Fresh-Water Shells of the British Islands

Turton, W.; Gray, J.E. · 1857 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts London xvi, 336 + 22, 12 hand col plates, text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. blind-stamped cloth, neatly rebacked retaining orig. backstrip. Contemporary owner's name to to top of title page. Loosely inserted is a folded, single sheet (284...

Historia Insectorum ... opus posthumum ... cui subjungitur Appendix de Scarabaeis Britannicis, autore M. Lister ...

Ray, John · 1710 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.42 | $1,783.84 | ¥284,890)

A. & J. Churchill London xv, (1), 400, . . HB. Small-4to, rebound in later qtr calf, rubbed. As usual there is foxing/browning throughout, browning heavier at beginning and end. Marginal pencil annotations.. Rare. Published by the Royal Society five years after Ray's death, wi...

Farm Insects: Being the Natural History and Economy of the Insects Injurious to the Field Crops of Great Britain and Ireland, and also those which Infest Barns and Granaries. With Suggestions for their Destruction

Curtis, John · 1883 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Van Voorst London xiv, 15-528, 16 fine hand-col engraved plates, 69 wood engravings in text. . HB. Roy. 8vo, maroon, pebbled cloth, gilt rule to head and foot of spine, publisher's name to foot. This doesn't appear to be the standard publisher's binding, but possibly a later, ...

Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Gattung Tarsius

Burmeister, Hermann · 1846 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

Georg Reimer Berlin x, 140, 7 lithographic plates (1 hand col). . HB. Large-4to (310x245mm), orig. publisher's printed green boards, corners bumped and worn, spine chipped and worn/torn to foot. Some foxing. From the library of Prof. A.J.E. Cave (1900-2001), British anatomist,...

A History of British Butterflies

Morris, F.O. · 1870 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

George Bell & Sons London viii, 159, 24, 72 col + 2 plain plates. . HB. Roy. 8vo, cont. full red calf, rubbed/minor wear, raised bands to spine, gilt tooling to compartments, black leather title piece, marbled edges and endpapers, gt crest to boards. A few contemporary ink ann...

A Natural History of English Insects; Illustrated with A Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously engraven from Life, and exactly coloured by the Author...

Albin, Eleazar · 1749 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£3,950.00 (€4,735.39 | $5,219.38 | ¥833,567)

Printed for William Innys London [108], 100 hand-coloured engraved plates. . HB. 4to, cont. full polished calf, gt, rubbed and a little scuffed, top and fore edges of boards neatly restored, small nick to top of spine; marbled endpapers; one plate bound inverted; some offsetti...

A Manual of Land and Fresh-Water Shells of the British Islands

Turton, W.; Gray, J.E. · 1840 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Longman, Orme, Brown, Green London ix, [4], 324, 32 [publisher's catalogue], 12 hand-col plates. . HB. Sm. 8vo, orig. dec. cloth, rebacked retaining orig. backstrip. Owner's name to paste-down; occasional light foxing. Vg.. A new [second] edition, thoroughly revised and much e...

Illustrations of British Entomology. Mandibulata Vol. I-VII [and] Haustellata. Vol. I-IV [and] Supplement

Stephens, James Francis · 1828 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£1,650.00 (€1,978.07 | $2,180.25 | ¥348,199)

Baldwin and Craddock/Henry G. Bohn London , 95 hand-col engraved plates. . HB. 12 vols, roy. 8vo, cont. qtr leather, marbled boards, heavily scuffed, worn, spines fragile with some loss to head or foot; several joints partly split to top or bottom. Haustellata, Plate 5 (Albin'...

Historiae sive Synopsis Methodicae Conchyliorum et Tabularum Anatomicarum. Editio Altera

Lister, Martin · 1770 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£7,950.00 (€9,530.72 | $10,504.82 | ¥1,677,685)

E Typographeo Clarendoniano Oxonii iv, 7, [1], [4], 6, 12, 77, [1], 1084 engravings on 439 plates (9 folding). . HB. 2 parts in one, folio (376x240mm), sympathetically rebound in 20th century brown half morocco, raised bands to spine, gt title. Some offsetting, occasional spot...

Icones Insectorum Ratisbonensium Methodo Systematica Illustratae et Indice Systematico Auctae. Vol. I-III [and] Iconum Insectorum circa Ratisbonam Indigenorum Enumeratio Systematica Opera et Studio

Schaeffer, J.C.; Panzer, G.W.F. · 1804 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£7,500.00 (€8,991.24 | $9,910.21 | ¥1,582,722)

J.J. Palm Erlangen [54]; [53]; [50]; [6], xvi, 1-110, [2], 111-260, [2], 280 fine hand-col plates (on 140 leaves). . HB. 4 vols, 4to, 19th century half morocco, some rubbing to corners and joints, raised bands and dec. gilt rules to spines, teg, marbled endpapers; a few finger...

British Diving Ducks. Vol. I-II

Millais, John Guille · 1913 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£3,500.00 (€4,195.91 | $4,624.76 | ¥738,603)

Longmans, Green & Co London xv, 141; xii, 164, 74 plates (39 col). . HB. 2 vols, imp. 4to, bound in exceptionally fine, later twentieth-century full crushed morocco, for Asprey & Co., spines with gt title, raised bands with gilt beaded roll, single gilt rule to spine compartme...

Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Bd III-IV: Zoologie I-II

Schubotz, H. (Ed.) · 1912 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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

Klinkhardt & Bermann Leipzig xxiii, 560; 485, 6 col + 20 b/w plates, 1 folding col map. . HB. 2 vols, 8vo. Vol. I: half morocco, rubbed, minor wear to head of spine, marbled boards; Vol. II: recent half buckram, marbled boards, in matching style; both vols with raised bands + ...

La Premiere [Seconde] Partie de l'Histoire entiere des Poissons

Rondelet, Guillaume · 1558 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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

Mace Bonhome Lyon [12], 418, [14]; [4], 181, [11], . . HB. 2 title pages with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut portrait of the author at end of preliminaries of each part, c. 420 text engravings. Two parts bound in one volume, 4to, nineteenth-century calf, blind-stamped rules...

Farm Insects: Being the Natural History and Economy of the Insects Injurious to the Field Crops of Great Britain and Ireland, and also Those which Infest Barns and Granaries. With Suggestion for their Destruction

Curtis, John · 1860 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

Blackie & Son Glasgow xiv, 15-528, 16 hand-col engraved plates, 69 wood engravings in text. . HB. Roy. 8vo, orig. dec. cloth, rebacked preserving orig. backstrip, rubbed, some wear, new endpapers, minor wear. Some foxing to prelims, occasional spotting elsewhere.. 1st edition....

British Fresh-water Fishes

Houghton, W. · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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

William Mackenzie London xxvi, 204, 41 fine colour printed plates, 64 engravings, text figs. . HB. Roy. 4to, later half-morocco, raised bands and gilt tooling to spine, green cloth boards, marbled endpapers, teg. Minor scattered foxing. A very handsome copy.. First edition. Il...

Illustrated Index of British Shells. Containing Figures of All the Recent Species, with Names and other Information

Sowerby, George Brettingham (II) · 1887 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Sowerby and Simpkin, Marshall London xv, [48], 24 hand-col plates. . HB. 4to, orig. red, blind-stamped cloth, rebacked preserving original backstrip, gilt title to front board, aeg; a few old ink stains to covers. Some foxing/spotting. One plate starting to come loose and stan...

Comparative Osteology: being Morphological Studies to demonstrate the Archetype Skeleton of Vertebrated Animals

Maclise, Joseph · 1847 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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

Taylor and Walton London (2), iv, 15, (1), (156), 54 engraved plates. . HB. Folio, orig. cloth, blind-stamped design to both boards, with ruled borders, decorative motifs to corners and blind-stamped central, floral cartouche, containing gilt title to front board, rebacked wit...

L'Histoire Naturelle Éclaircie dans deux de ses Parties Principales, la Lithologie et la Conchyliologie dont l'une Traite des Pierres et l'autre des Coquillages

[Dezallier d'Argentville, Antoine-Joseph] · 1742 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£1,600.00 (€1,918.13 | $2,114.18 | ¥337,647)

De Bure Paris [8], [1-]230 [1 leaf numbered 203*], [2], 231-491, [1], engraved allegorical frontispiece after Boucher, 32 engraved plates. . HB. Title page printed in red and black, 4to, cont. mottled calf, expertly rebacked, raised bands, gilt titles, corners repaired, marble...

Farm Insects: Being the Natural History and Economy of the Insects Injurious to the Field Crops of Great Britain and Ireland, and also Those which Infest Barns and Granaries. With Suggestion for their Destruction

Curtis, John · 1860 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Blackie & Son Glasgow xiv, 15-528, 16 hand-col engraved plates, 69 wood engravings in text. . HB. Roy. 8vo, rebound in recent cloth, leather title piece to spine, original endpapers retained, aeg. Very occasional ink marks to text, otherwise clean.. 1st edition. The fine hand-...