Scienza e natura

A FASCICULUS OF THE BIRDS OF CHINA

GRAY George Robert · 1871 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, 1871 1st edn. Folio (13½ x 9¾ ins). Rebound in recent gilt lettered quarter morocco on pink paper-laid boards with new endpapers (Fine). Pp. 8, thereafter unpaginated, illus with 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates by or after William Swainson (no inscriptions).

BRITISH BIRDS With a Chapter on Structure and Classification

HUDSON W.H., BEDDARD Frank E. · 1895 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

Longmans Green & Co., 1895 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated green cloth, top edge gilt (rubbed at head of spine and lightly scuffed at edges of spine - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. xxii + 363, illus with 8 coloured plates with tissue-guards by Archibald Thorburn...

BRITISH BIRDS In Four Volumes

THORBURN Archibald · 1925 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Longmans Green & Co., 1925-1926 New edn. 4 vols. 8vo (9 x 6 ins). Original blind-ruled gilt lettered red cloth (spines faded and light spotting on page edges - otherwise a VG set), no dustwrappers. Pp. xii + 176 [&] ix + 129 [&] x + 167 [&] x + 154, illus with 192 coloured pla...

A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS Eighth Edition

BEWICK Thomas · 1824 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

Newcastle: Printed for Edward Walker T. Bewick Longman and Co., 1824 8th edn. 8vo (8¾ x 5½ ins). Contemporary full black diced calf recently re-backed in gilt ruled raised-ribbed matching black calf with new marbled endpapers and prelims (light wear at edges of boards - otherw...

A NATURAL HISTORY OF ENGLISH SONG-BIRDS And such of the Foreign as are Usually Brought over and Esteemed for Their Singing to which are Added Figures of the Cock Hen and Egg of each Species exactly copied from Nature

ALBIN Eleazar · 1737 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£1,500.00 (€1,797.96 | $1,981.59 | ¥316,435)

Printed and sold by A. Bettesworth C. Hitch & S. Birt, 1737 1st edn. 8vo (7½ x 4¾ ins). Rebound in recent half calf, raised-ribbed spine with contrasting gilt lettered label, on earlier marbled paper-laid boards (boards lightly scratched - otherwise Fine). Pp. [iv] + 97 + [3] ...

BIRDS OF THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS Volume One Birds of the Canary Islands and of the Salvages [&] Volume II History of the Birds of Madeira the Desertas and the Porto Santo Islands

BANNERMAN David A., BANNERMAN W. Mary · 1963 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Oliver & Boyd, 1963 [&] 1965 1st edn. 2 vols. Tall 8vo (10 x 7¾ ins). Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective covers, not price clipped). Pp. xxxi + 358 [&] xlviii + 207, illus with coloured plates and b&w drawings by D.H. Reid-Henry (lig...

EGYPTIAN BIRDS For the Most Part Seen in the Nile Valley

WHYMPER Charles · 1909 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Adam and Charles Black, 1909 1st edn. Tall 8vo (9 x 6½ ins). Original gilt lettered, decorative light green cloth, top edge gilt (a little bumped at head and tail of spine - otherwise bright VG in protective cover). Pp. x + 221 + publisher's catalogue at rear, illus with 51 co...

BIRD HUNTING THROUGH WILD EUROPE

LODGE R.B. · 1908 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Robert Culley, 1908 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue pictorial cloth (faint wear at corners of boards - otherwise bright VG). Pp. 333, illus with b&w plates (endpapers lightly toned; previous owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper).

KNOWING NATURE Art and Science in Philadelphia 1740-1840

MEYERS Amy R.W. · 2011 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Yale University Press, 2011 1st edn 1st printing. 4to. Original black lettered light grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine). Pp. xiv + 417, illus with pictorial endpapers, coloured frontispiece and with coloured plates and photos (no inscriptions).

THE TRILOBITE BOOK A Visual Journey

LEVI-SETTI Riccardo · 2014 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

University of Chicago Press, 2014. 9780226124414 1st edn 1st printing. 4to. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. x + 273, illus throughout with coloured plates (no inscriptions).

FLOATING GOLD A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris

KEMP Christopher · 2012 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

University of Chicago Press, 2012. 9780226430362 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. xiii + 186, illus with coloured plates and b&w photos in text (no inscriptions).

THE FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE Volume I [&] Volume II

WRIGHT John, WRIGHT Horace J. · 1924 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Virtue & Co., 1924 New and revised edn. 2 vols. 4to (11 x 7¼ ins). Original gilt decorated blind-stamped green cloth (lightly bumped at head and tails of spine and small tear at tail of spine of vol II - otherwise a bright VG set). Pp. xvi + 336 [&] 338-682, illus with coloure...

OUR NATIVE FERNS Or the History of the British Species and Their Varieties Volume I [&] Volume II

LOWE E.J. · 1867 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Groombridge and Sons, 1867 2 vols. Tall 8vo (10 x 6¼ ins). Contemporary half crushed morocco binding (Andrew Grieve of Edinburgh) on marbled paper-laid sides, top edges gilt, matching marbled endpapers gilt tooled blind-stamped calf (rubbed at edges of spines and corners of bo...

BRITISH AND EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS (Macrolepidoptera)

KAPPEL A.W., KIRBY W. Egmont, DEUCHERT H., SLOCOMBE S. [Illustrators] · 1985 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.32 | ¥63,287)

Ernest Nister [&] E.P. Dutton, c. 1985 1st edition. 4to (11¼ x 8¼ ins). Rebound by Bayntun-Riviere in gilt lettered half calf on matching red cloth sides, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers (near Fine). Pp. xvi + 269, illus with 30 coloured plates (previous owner's neat 1918 gif...

THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND THEIR EGGS Series I-III Wayland and Woodland Series

COWARD T.A. · 1929 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

Frederick Warne, 1929-1930 3rd, 4th and 2nd editions. 3 vols boxed set. 12mo (7 x 5 ins). Original gilt decorated brown cloth with red sprinkled edges (near Fine), no dustwrappers, slipcase (rather worn and marked). Pp. various, illus with coloured & b&w plates (previous owner...

NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES Volume I [&] Volume II

FROHAWK F.W. · 1914 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.21 | ¥42,191)

Hutchinson & Co., 1914 1st edn. 2 vols. Folio (15 x 10 ins). Original gilt lettered blue cloth (worn at head and tail of spines, rubbed at corners of boards and boards lightly marked). Pp. xiii + 207 [&] 205, illus with 60 coloured and 4 b&w plates (inner hinges loosend; no in...

SEEING FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM Between Science Politics and Art

HAGNER Michael, SAVAGE Robert [Translator] · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

New York: Zone Books, 2025. 9781945861062 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 320, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

THE POWERFUL PRIMATE How Homo Sapiens Came to Dominate the Planet

ENNOS Roland · 2026 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.49 | ¥2,953)

Oneworld, 2026. 9781836431305 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xvii + 285, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

THE CASE FOR NATURE Pioneering Solutions for the Other Planetary Crisis

SHRIKANTH Siddarth · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Duckworth, 2023. 9780715654729 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered white cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. vii + 293, illus with b&w images throughout (no inscriptions).

INTOXICATED WAYS OF KNOWING The Untold Story of Intoxicants and the Biological Subject in Nineteenth-Century Germany

PERKINS-McVEY Matthew · 2026 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.49 | ¥2,953)

University of Chicago Press, 2026. 9780226846132 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 308 (no inscriptions).