Natural History from Donald Heald Rare Books

Augsburg: Heirs of Jeremias Wolff, 1740. Folio. (13 3/4 x 20 2/3 inches). First edition. 2 works bound in one volume. 11 engraved calligraphic title pages in French and German (10 in first work, one in second), text in French and German, one engraved dedication leaf at beginning of first work, 102 fine engraved plates after Kleiner, 90 in… Ler mais sobre este item

Frankfurt: A. Kempner [part 2, E. Kempner], 1612. 2 parts in one volume, folio. (14 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches). Engraved allegorical title, engraved portrait of the author, 110 contemporary hand-coloured engraved plates, title heightened in gold. Title mounted. Copper engravings, with expert modern hand-colouring. Contemporary red morocco, the covers panelled in gilt with foliate center- and corner-pieces, spine… Ler mais sobre este item

Strasbourg: [Josiam Rihel], 1560. Folio. (12 1/2 x 8 inches). a6 b5 c8 A-Zz6 Aaa5. 466 pp. Title, Armorial woodcut, Vorrede / Preface, Index, Register, Woodcut author portrait, Theils I-III, Register. Around 530 woodcuts in the text, several colored or partially colored. Two pages in older ink manuscript facsimile. Ink manuscript amendations to the index. Text in German; type… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Taylor and Francis, for the Author, 1883. Folio. (21 3/8 x 14 1/2 inches). Volume III only with all 78 plates. 20th-century half red morocco and cloth, all edges gilt Provenance: The Avicultural Society, T.H. Newman Bequest (bookplate dated 1944) Volume III of the most comprehensive work on Asiatic ornithology of its time The present… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Printed by Adam Islip for John Bill, 1616. Folio. (11 1/4 x 7 inches). First English edition. [x]4 A-Sss4. [18] 732 [18]. 768 pp. Title, The Contents, Dedication to Lord Robert, Dedication to Sir Peregrine Bartie, Surflet to the Courteous Reader, Seed Table, Books I-VII, Table of the Matters, Table of New Additions. Woodcut printer's ornaments, head and… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Printed for the Author by James Dixwell, in St. Martin's Lane. And sold by John Sewell, Bookseller in Cornhill; B. White and Son, Fleet Street; and P. Elmsley in the Strand, 1788. Two volumes in one. 4to. (10 1/2 x 8 inches). Part I: [6] [i]-xx [1]-101. Part II: [2] [i]-xxvii [1] [1]-76. 234 pp. Part I: Engraved… Ler mais sobre este item

Antwerp: Joseph Jacops, 1682. 4to. (7 3/4 x 6 inches). pp. (xl), 1-74, (2), 75-296, (26). Engraved frontsipiece and coat of arms after prefatory text. 14 additional engraved plates, most are folding. Contemporary calf with raised bands in six compartments, gilt tooling, gilt title on second compartment. First edition of Sterbeeck's fascinating botanical treatise on citrus fruit, includes… Ler mais sobre este item

Charleston: Printed and published by C. C. Sebring, No. 44 Queen-street, 1826. 8vo. (5 1/2 x 9 inches). First edition. Signed "1-17" in fours, "18" in two. [i]-vi [7]-140. 140 pp. Title, Deposit statement, Dedication to Samuel L. Mitchell, Preliminary Remarks, Elements of Philosophy I-XLV, Directions to the Binder, Index. One engraved plate with diagrams opposite p.18 titled "For… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: John James Audubon, 1848. Hand-colored lithograph by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia after a drawing from nature by Audubon. Sheet: (21 3/4 x 27 3/4 inches). Iconic image of a Hare-Indian Dog from the first edition of Audubon's Quadrupeds, the greatest 19th-century work of natural history illustration to be produced in America. "As long as our civilization… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: John James Audubon, 1847. Hand-colored lithograph by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia after Audubon. Sheet: (20 1/2 x 26 3/4 inches). "As long as our civilization lasts, America will be in debt to this genius." [Peterson] "This beautiful Deer is found variously dispersed over the western portions of the North American continent, where it was first… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: John James Audubon, 1845. Hand-colored lithograph by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia after Audubon. Sheet: (21 1/4 x 27 inches). The Black American Wolf from the first edition of Audubon's Quadrupeds, the greatest 19th-century illustrated natural history work to be produced in America: "As long as our civilization lasts, America will be in debt to this genius."… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Julius Bien. Printed by the New York Lithographing, Engraving, and Printing Company, 16 and 18 Park Place, 1870. 4to. (12 x 9 1/2 inches). Edition of 50. [i]-viii [1]-150. 158 pp. 30 numbered and card-mounted albumen silver photographic prints with printed titles. Half-title, Photo of Moore's Lake, Title printed red and black, List of Views, Table of… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Vols. I-V: Printed for the Author, at the College of Physicians, in Warwick-Lane. Vols. VI-VII: Printed by George Sidney, Northumberland Street, Strand, 1806. 7 volumes. 4to. (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches). [Uncommon Birds:] 4 parts in 4 volumes. 211 etched plates by and after Edwards, 210 of which finely hand-colored, 1 of "Un Samojeed" uncolored, with dates… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1783. 2 volumes, folio. (17 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches). 3 engraved titles, 2 pp. letterpress list of plates numbered 1-200. 206 hand-colored engraved plates, numbered in manuscript in the upper margin just within the platemark at a contemporary date. Contemporary full red morocco, covers bordered in gilt, spines with raised bands in seven compartments, lettered… Ler mais sobre este item

Augsburg: Heirs of Jeremias Wolff, 1740. Folio. (12 9/10 x 19 4/5 inches). First edition. 2 works bound in one volume. 11 engraved calligraphic title pages in French and German (10 in first work, one in second), text in French and German, one engraved dedication leaf at beginning of first work, 102 fine engraved plates after Kleiner, 90 in… Ler mais sobre este item

Augsburg, 1770. 4to. (10 1/4 x 8 inches). Hand-coloured engraved pictorial title, 39 pp. of drop-head title and text in German and French printed in double-column, with 50 finely hand-coloured engraved plates. Bound in contemporary half calf and speckled paper boards. Spine with raised bands in five compartments, tooled in gilt. Within dark blue full morocco box An… Ler mais sobre este item

London: J. Purser for the Author, 1766. Large oblong folio. (18 1/16 x 23 1/2 inches). On laid paper with text and plates mounted on guards throughout. 24 etched plates all by Stubbs. Expertly bound to style in 18th-century half Russia over 18th-century marbled paper-covered boards, spine gilt in seven compartments with raised bands, red Morocco lettering-piece in the… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1884. Two works in five volumes. (10 3/4 x 8 inches). [Land Birds:] Vol. I - xxviii, 596, vi; Vol. II - vi, 590, vi; Vol. III - vi, 560, xxviii. 64 hand-finished, colour-printed lithographs and 593 woodcut illustrations. The Deluxe Edition with 36 added hand-coloured lithographic plates after Ridgway. [Water Birds:] Vol. I… Ler mais sobre este item

St. Augustine, Florida: John James Audubon, 1832. Bi-folded folio. 4 pp. (9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches). Integral address panel with St. Augustine postal stamp. "Should I live long enough to deserve her applause I shall die happy." A remarkable signed manuscript letter from John James Audubon, which addresses in detail the publication of his landmark work "The Birds… Ler mais sobre este item

Nuremberg: auf kosten der Raspichen Buchhandlung, 1782. Folio. (15 1/2 x 9 7/16 inches). 64 pp. Engraved allegorical vignette on title, engraved portraits of Christoph and Johann Christoph Gottwald, 49 engraved plates of shells, starfish, and coral, engraved tailpiece. Contemporary German gray marbled boards, spine with gilt paper label and gilt in compartments, red edges. Provenance: Dr. J.… Ler mais sobre este item