Catalogue 91 - Ornithology
40 items found
Barruel, P. [L. E. A.]
Roitelet à triple bandeau, Regulus ignicapilla. [Original watercolour].
[Unpublished], [ca. 1970]. Single, oblong sheet (17.5 x 24.2 cm). Original watercolour drawing with pencilled caption, and ink signature. Mounted on a larger sheet of greyish-brown paper (25.0 x 32.5 cm).
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Barruel, P. [L. E. A.]
Verdin, Auriparus flaviceps. [Original watercolour].
Paris, Larousse, [ca. 1970, but published 2013]. Single sheet (24.4 x 17.5 cm). Original watercolour drawing with pencilled caption, and ink signature. Mounted on a larger sheet of grey paper (32.4 x 25.0 cm).
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Bond, J.
Birds of the West Indies. An account with full descriptions of all the birds known to occur or have occurred on the West Indian Islands. [The rare true first edition].
Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1936. 8vo (19.0 x 13.0 cm). xxv, 456 pp.; full colour frontispiece, numerous fine engravings. Original grey buckram with gilt title on the front board and spine. Map on front endpapers.
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Cotton, J.
The song birds of Great Britain; containing delineations of thirty-three birds, of the natural size, (incl. the genus Sylvia of Latham,) coloured principally from living specimens, with some account of their habits, and occasional direction for their treatment in confinement.
London, privately published, [1835-]1836. Title-page, [xi] pp. [prefaces]; 33 beautiful, originally hand-coloured engraved plates with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary dark green grained full morocco. Boards with double rich gilt borders with floral corner pieces; gilt lines on the edges, and inner gilt lines. Spine with ornamental gilt rectangles and title. All edges gilt.
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Donald, C. H.
The Raptores of the Punjab. [AND] The Birds of Prey of the Punjab I - VII. [AND] Falconry - The Catching of Hawks and Falcons. Being a Supplement to "The Birds of Prey of the Punjab". [COMPLETE].
Bombay [Mumbai], The Bombay Society of Natural History, 1917-1921. In eight parts. 8vo (22.7 x 15.9 cm). 145 pp.; seven plates. Disbound.
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Godman, F. D.
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Zoology, Botany, and Archaeology. Edited by Frederick DuCane Godman, D.C.L., F.R.S., and Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.R.S. Introductory Volume.
London, The author, 1915. Large 4to (30.4 x 25.2 cm). Title page, viii, 149 pp.; photogravure portrait of the author, and his printed signature; photogravure of Osbert Salvin, with his signature, printed; eight double-sized maps, of which seven printed in colour. Publisher's dark blue buckram with gilt title on the spine.
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Goss, N. S.
A Revised Catalogue of the Birds of Kansas. With descriptive notes of the nests and eggs of the birds known to breed in the State.
Topeka, KS, Kansas Publishing House: T. D. Thacher, 1886. 8vo (23.5 x 15.0 cm). v, 70 pp. Original brown cloth with gilt title on the front board.
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Gray, J. E.
Blackheaded pheasant. Male [From: Illustrations of Indian Zoology. Chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. F.R.S.].
London, Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, jun. and Richter, 1831-1832. Folio (46.5 x 33.4 cm). Fine lithographed plate with original hand-colouring.
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Hartlaub, G.
Die Vögel Madagascars und der benachbarten Inselgruppen. Ein Beitrag zur Zoologie der äthiopischen Region. Mit einer kürzlich entdeckten Original-Abbildung der Dronte von R. Savry.
Halle, H. W. Schmidt, 1877. 8vo (23.0 x 14.5 cm). Wood-engraved frontispiece (dodo); xlii, 425 pp. Original printed wrappers.
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Hemmingsen, A. M. [AND J. A. Guildal]
Observations on birds in North Eastern China, especially the migration at Pei-Tai-Ho Beach. I. General Part [AND] II. Special Part. [AND] Supplementary additions and corrections [AND] Foreword. [Complete].
Kobenhavn [Copenhagen], Hos E. Munksgaard, 1951-1968. Two parts in two. 8vo (27.9 x 17.6 and 25.0 x 17.0 cm). 553 pp. (227; 326); 57 (31; 26) (groups of) figures; one large, multi-folded table. Original printed wrappers.
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Hénon, [J. M.] and [M. J. P.] Mouton-Fontenille [de la Clotte]
l'Art d'empailler des oiseaux contenant des principes nouveaux et sûrs pour leur conserver leurs formes et leurs attitudes naturelles avec la méthode de les classer d'après le systême de Linné. Seconde édition, ornée de cinq planches en taille-douce.
Lyon, Bruyset Ainé, 1802. 8vo (18.9 x 12.3 cm). Half title, title, [iv], xvi, 283 pp.; five folded engraved plates. Old vellum with red and black markings (antiphon music notes and text).
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Kawanabe, D. [K.]
[Ehon Taka Kagami. An Illustrated Mirror of Falconry].
Tōkyō, Suharaya Sasuke, Kinkadō, [early-Meiji period, ca. 1863-1868]. Two parts in five. "8vo"-size (22.9 x 15.8 cm). Printed on double leaves, fukurotoji-style. 52 [10; 10; 12; 10; 10] leaves. Original limp boards, covered with yellow, flower-patterned paper, with original daisen title slips, mounted. In slipcase with two hand-coloured pictorial titles mounted (and the same, in plain state on blue paper, tipped in on two front board versos).
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Legge, W.
A History of the Birds of Ceylon.
London, the Author, [1878]-1880-[1881], 1892. In two volumes. Large 4to (30.5 x 24.2 cm). Title page; 1289 pp. [xlvi, 544; (545)-1237, 1225b-1226b, 4 (subscription list)]; one unnumbered engraved plate of the general external anatomy of birds, "outline of crow"; one colour-printed map of Ceylon (frontispiece), 34 [25; 9] chromolithographed plates, finished by hand; several steel-engravings in the text (one group occupying a whole page); printed erratum leaf, dated 1892, bound in (opposite p. xxviii); portrait of the author tipped in on first front pastedown. Uniform red half morocco over red linen boards. Spines with five raised, gilt-bordered bands and gilt title.
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Moltoni, E.
Gli uccelli dell'Africa Orientale Italiana. Volumes 1 and 2 [of 4].
Milano, 1940, 1942. Two volumes in two. 8vo (24.8 x 18.2 cm). 544 pp. [I: xiv, 261; II: [iv], 265]; 76 [I: 38; II: 38] full-colour plates after watercolours by G. Gallelli. Original, near uniform pictorial blue boards, with full-colour ornithological vignettes on the front boards.
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Nissen, C.
Bestiaries of Five Centuries. Description and Introduction by the late Claus Nissen. Edited and Revised by Sandra Raphael. With an Introductory by S. Peter Dance.
Amsterdam, Antiquariaat Junk B. V. and Antiquariaat Schierenberg, 2024. Folio (29.8 x 21.3 cm). With sixty original prints, many hand-coloured, from famous zoological books published between 1491 and 1878; each mounted [one double-sized, unnumbered; the others matted, and numbered 1-28, 29a, 29b [on one sheet], 30-60] in an original cloth dropbox (50.0 x 36.5 x 8.5 cm), together with an explanatory book (69 pp., printed softcover).
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Ogilvie-Grant, W. R.
Report on the birds collected by the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition and the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea.
London, The British Ornithologists' Union, 1915. 8vo (21.9 x 13.8 cm). xx, 336 pp.; two folded tinted maps, eight fine chromolithographed plates by H. Grönvold. Slightly later green cloth with red morocco label with gilt title. Speckled edges.
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Oort, E. D. van [and others]
Nova Guinea. Uitkomsten der Nederlandsche Nieuw-Guinea-Expeditie in 1903 onder leiding van Dr. Arthur Wichmann. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann chef de l'expédition. Vol. V. Zoologie. Livraison III. [AND] Uitkomsten der Nederlandsche Nieuw-Guinea-Expeditie in 1907 onder leiding van Mr. H. A. Lorentz. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1907 sous les auspices du Dr. H. A. Lorentz. Vol. IX Zoologie Livraison I.
Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1909. Two parts in one. Large 4to (30.0 x 24.5 cm). Four title pages (Dutch and French), 153 pp. (numbered 375-422, 1-107; three plates, of which one in chromolithography. Near contemporary blind pebbled half cloth over pebbled boards. Speckled edges.
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Orbigny, A. D. d'
Galerie ornithologique ou collection d'oiseaux d'Europe. Décrits par Alcide d'Orbigny, dessinés d'après nature par Thiolat & Delarue. [et E. Traviès].
Paris, Lamy, [1836-1839]. Oblong folio (22.4 x 31.4 cm). 92 [of 124] finely lithographed and hand-coloured plates. Contemporary full diced russia. Spine with gilt ornamental cartouche and title; boards with gilt borders and gilt floral cornerpieces. Patterned endpapers. All edges gilt.
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Rickman, P.
A selection of bird paintings and sketches.
[London], Curpotten for Fine Sporting Interests, 1979. Folio (40.6 x 30.5 cm). Title in black and red., [vi] pp.; portrait of Rickman; 31 full-colour plates, tipped in and each tissue-guarded and with an explanatory text leaf; two black-and-white plates (at the back), and 34 black-and-white pencil sketches on titles and text leaves, one tailpiece. Original gilt-lined green half morocco over green linen boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-stippled bands, gilt bird vignettes, and title; boards with larger gilt bird vignettes. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. In original green linen sleeve with Rickman's autograph in gilt on the front cover.
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Rickman, P.
A selection of bird paintings and sketches.
[London], Curpotten for Fine Sporting Interests, 1979. Folio (40.6 x 30.5 cm). Original watercolour by Rickman, mounted in passepartout, acting as frontispiece. Title in black and red, [vi] pp.; Portrait of Rickman; 31 full-colour plates, tipped in and each tissue-guarded and with an explanatory text leaf, two black-and-white plates (in the rear), and 34 black-and-white pencil sketches on titles and text leaves, one tailpiece. Original green full morocco. Spine with five raised, gilt-stippled bands; compartments with gilt borders, bird vignettes, and title; boards with gilt-rolled borders consisting of bird figures and floral elements and larger gilt bird vignettes. Iridescent green silk endpapers; pastedowns with gilt-rolled floral borders. All edges gilt. In original green half linen clamshell box with green morocco spine matching the book's spine, gilt ornithological vignette and inside covered with protective dark green felt panels.
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Salvin, O. and F. D. Godman
Biologia Centrali Americana. Aves.
London, [the authors], 1879-1904. In four volumes. Large 4to-folio mix (31.0 x 24.6 cm). 1673 pp. (I. Temporary title page (1879-1887), xliv, 512 pp.; II. Temporary title page (1888-1897) [ii], 598 pp.; III. Title page (1897-1904), [iii-iv], 510 pp; IV (atlas): title page to the atlas, [iii]-vii pp. [list of plates]); 84 lithographed plates, originally hand-coloured [numbered 1-79, 15a, 54a, 58a, 58b, 59a]. Uniform black, pebbled half morocco over green pebbled cloth. Spines with five raised bands, gilt title and number.
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Schlegel, H.
[Bird migration]. Over het trekken der vogels. Verhandeling ter beantwoording der vrage: Daar er nog veel duisterheid en verschil van gevoelens plaats heeft omtrent de gewesten, waarheen zich de bij ons bekend geworden trekvogels begeven, verlangt de Maatschappij bijeengebragt te zien, al hetgeen daaromtrent bij ondervinding of door verhalen van wel geloofwaardige schrijvers is bekend geworden.
Haarlem, Wed. A. Loosjes [for the Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen], 1828. 8vo (22.2 x 13.5 cm). Title page to the volume; title page to the paper, 162 pp. (numbered 131-292). Not bound, as issued.
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Taylor, H. R. (ed.)
The Nidiologist 2 - 4. [The Nidologist].
Alamed, CA, Henry Reed Taylor, 1894-1897. 8vo (24.8 x 17.0 cm). Two title pages and indexes. 436 pp. [II: 174; III: 150; IV: 112]. Numerous illustrations (mostly photographic). Uniform dark blue buckram; red leather label with gilt lines and title on the spines. Olive green endpapers. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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Temminck, C. J.
Histoire naturelle générale des pigeons et des gallinacés; par C. J. Temminck, Chevalier de l'Ordre Impérial de la Réunion, Directeur de la Société des Sciences à Harlem, et membre de plusieurs Sociétés d'Histoire naturelle. Ouvrage en trois volumes. Accompagné de planches anatomiques. Tome premier - second - troisième. [Complete].
Amsterdam, J. C. Sepp & Fils, Paris, G. Dufour, 1813-1815. Three volumes in three. 8vo (22.5 x 13.5 cm). 1736 pp. [499, (i); 477, (i); 757, (i)], 12 engraved plates ([I]; I-III; IV-XI). Uniform 19th-century half calf over marbled boards. Spines with gilt-rolled, floral bands; tan morocco labels with gilt title, and red, gilt-bordered morocco label with gilt number.
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Temminck, C. J. and [G. M. J.] Meiffren Laugier de Chartrouse
Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon, édition in-folio et in-4o de l'Imprimerie royale, 1770.
Paris, F. G. Levrault, [1820]-1838-[1839]. In seven volumes. Folio (38.0 x 28.5 mm). Vol. 1 (including text volumes I and II): two half-titles and titles, [ii] (dedication leaf), 11 (prospectus), [257] pp.; Vol. 2 (including text volumes III and IV): two half-titles and titles; [347] pp.; Vol. 3 (contains text volume V): half-title, title page, [184], 109 (table) pp.; Vol. 4: Plates 1-150; Vol. 5: Plates 151-300; Vol. 6: Plates 301-450; Vol. 7: Plates 451-600, for a total of 600 plates. Five plates (157, 372, 485-487) are much larger, folded. Near contemporary uniform green half-chagrin, over blue marbled boards. Spines with four raised, gilt-decorated bands; compartments with blind-tooled borders and gilt title; marbled endpapers.
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Tuke, A. J. S.
An Introduction to the Birds of Southern Spain and Gibraltar.
Gibraltar, The Gibraltar Chronicle, [1950-]1953. 8vo (22.7 x 14.3 cm). 100 pp.; 21 photographs and reproductions after watercolours, showing birds (20) and the author. Original printed wrappers with b/w print mounted.
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[Various authors]
The Ibis. A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. Jubilee Supplement. [Ninth Series, Volume II].
London, British Ornithologists' Union, 1909. 8vo (22.4 x 14.4 cm). iv, 226 pp.; 42 portraits, one plate with facsimile writings. Later red buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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Zordanija, R. G. [Žordania, Zhordaniya]
Ornitofauna Malogo Kavkaza (v granicach Gruzinskoj SSR) [Ornithofauna of the Malogo-Caucasus (and the bounderies of the Gruzinian SSR)].
Tiblisi, Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk Gruzinskoj SSR, 1962. 8vo (21.5 x 14.6 cm). 287 pp.; folded map. Publisher's quarter cloth over printed boards. Spine with title in black.
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