Ornithology
130 items found
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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Zoological Society of London
Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. Volume XVI.
London, Longmans, Green, and Co., for the Society, [1901]-1903. Large 4to (31.7 x 25.0 cm). 427 pp.; 38 plates, of which several in fine chromolithography. Contemporary blue half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title.
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Willis, B. (ed.)
Research in China. In three volumes and atlas. 1(1). Descriptive topography and geology; 1(2). Petrography and zoology; 2. Systematic geology; 3. The Cambrian faunas of China. A report on Ordovician fossils collected in eastern Asia in 1903-04. A report on Upper Paleozoic fossils collected in China 1903-04; [4.] Geographical and geological maps. [Complete].
Washington, DC, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1907-1913. In five parts (four text and plate volumes, one atlas). 4to (29.8 x 24.0 cm). Text; 101 plates, including six chromolithographs of birds, and geological maps; folio atlas (52.7 x 45.0 cm) with 42 mostly coloured geological and topographical maps (some with explanatory text or figures). Original printed wrappers.
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Wait, W. E.
The distribution of birds in Ceylon and its relation to recent geological changes in the island. [AND] Notes on Ceylon rails, waders, gulls, and terns. [AND] Notes on Ceylon water birds part II. [AND] Rough draft of Ceylon pigeons and game birds.
Colombo, The Colombo Museum, [1914]-1920. Four papers in one. 8vo (23.3 x 14.8 cm). 207 [32; 82; 60; 33] pp.; 4 [0; 2; 1; 1] plates. Contemporary half calf over red cloth boards. Gilt title on the spine.
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Vosmaer, A.
Description de deux petits alcyons des Indes Orientales, très-beaux, a queuë courte, ayant deux doigts devant, & un derrière; admirable, n'ayant presque point de queuë, pourû de deux doigts de devant, & de deux derrière; lesquels se conservent dans le cabinet de son altesse sérénissime monseigneur le prince d'Orange et de Nassau, Stadhouder héréditaire, gouverneur, capitaine général et admiral des Provinces-Unies des Pais-Bas, &c. &c. &c.
Amsterdam, Pierre Meijer, 1768. 4to (27.1 x 21.0 cm). Title page, 7 pp.; text vignette, one finely engraved plate in contemporary hand-colouring. No wrappers issued.
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Verrier de la Conterie, J. Le
Venerie Normande, ou l'école de la chasse aux chiens courants, pour le lievre, le chevreuil, le cerf, le daim, le sanglier, le loup, le renard & la loutre; avec les tons de chasse, accompagnés de chacun une explication sur l'occasion & les circonstances où ils doivent être sonnés; et un traité des remedes, un traité sur le droit de suite, & un dictionnaire des termes de chasse, &c.
Rouen, Laurent Dumesnil, 1778. 8vo (20.3 x 12.5 cm). xvi, 526 pp.; 27 fine mostly folded wood-engraved plates on 19 leaves (seven printed on blue paper; 16 combined on recto and verso of eight leaves), mostly by Caron; 12 large text engravings of music scores being "Tons de Chasse et Fanfares". Early 19th century half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt ornaments and title. Marbled endpapers; speckled edges.
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various authors
[Alert voyage] Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the HMS Alert 1881-1882.
London, Taylor and Francis, 1884. Thick 8vo (22.4 x 14.1 cm). xxv, 684 pp.; 54 lithographed plates (some partially coloured). Original embossed and gilt-lettered cloth.
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Tepe, R.
A collection of original early nature photographs.
Amsterdam, The photographer, ca. 1900-1940. A collection of 29 silver print photographs (size between ca. 16.5 x 22.0 cm [nine photos] others 7.5 x 11.5 cm, or larger). Preserved in a modern, black cloth clamshell box (27.6 x 22.5 x 3.0 cm).
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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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Swagers, E.
Collection complète des oiseaux d'Europe, dessinés et coloriés d'après nature.
Amiens, [the author, 1833]. Folio (30.7 x 23.0 cm). 11 unnumbered printed text sheets; 87 (of 88) lithographed plates in fine, original hand-colouring. Original printed wrappers. Preserved in later brown cloth clambox (32.5 x 25.3 x 3.6 cm). "Spine" with red morocco label with gilt title.
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[Susemihl, J. C.] Borkhausen, M. B.
Teutsche Ornithologie oder Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Teutschlands in naturgetreuden Abbildungen und Beschreibungen.
Darmstadt, 1800-1817-1841. In two parts. Folio (46.3 x 31.3 cm). 132 [67; 65] colour-printed plates, in careful, original hand-colouring, with accompanying descriptive text leaves in German, and, often, also in French. Uniform polished half calf over floral-patterned, embossed boards.
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Sturm, J.
Kupfersammlung zu Schuberts und jeder andern Naturgeschichte brauchbar. In 12 Blättern, nach der Natur gezeichnet, gestochen und gemahlt.
Nürnberg, privately published, (n.d., but circa 1825). 8vo (20.1 x 12.0 cm). pp. v-viii; 12 hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary blind grey/black mottled paper covered boards. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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Sonnini C. S. (ed.) [Buffon]
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, par Leclerc de Buffon; augmentée de notes, d'additions considérables, et mise au courant des connoissances actuelles; avec les figures de tous les oiseaux connus, gravées d'après les dessins de Barraband. Ouvrage formant une ornithologie complette. Par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Tomes 1-28. [The complete ornithology].
Paris, F. Dufart, An IX-XIII (1801-1805). 28 parts in 28 [Complete]. 8vo (19.3 x 12.0 cm). Over 10,000 pp.; 257 finely engraved plates. Uniform contemporary polished tree-calf with empire style gilt borders and ornaments. Red and black morocco labels with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Edges yellow, speckled with red.
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Smith, A.
Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa". Published under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. Mammalia. Aves. Reptilia. Pisces. Invertebratae. [Complete].
London, Smith, Elder and Co., [1838]-1849. Five volumes in five. Large 4to (31.6 x 26.6 cm). Reptilia: (ii [index], 28 [appendix] pp., errata leaf; 78 plates (75 plates hand-coloured, plates 30, 42, and 48 plain as intended); Mammalia: vii pp. (including index); 52 plates (numbered I-XVII, XIX-XXXVI, XXXVIII-LIII, VIIIbis); 48 hand-coloured, four (8bis, 15, 21, 25, plain, as intended); plates 18 and 37 not published - see Mammalia index list); Pisces: [i] p. (index); 31 hand-coloured plates; Aves: [ii] pp.; 114 hand-coloured plates; Invertebratae: [ii], 75 pp.; four hand-coloured plates, making a total of 279 plates (272 hand-coloured) most by and after George H. Ford, and all with descriptive text on unnumbered leaves. Uniform publisher's green blind-stamped cloth with floral pattern on the boards and gilt title on the spines. Brown endpapers.
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Siebold, P. F., von et al.
Fauna Japonica. Aves.
Lugdunum Batavorum [Leiden], the editor, [(1833) [REPRINT: Tokyo, 1934]. Folio ( cm). Lithographed title (1833), dedication leaf, letterpress half-title to Aves; 141 pp.; On the birds in Siebold's Fauna Japonica by N. Kuroda (23 pp.); 120 chromolithographed plates I-LXXXIX, Suppl. Tab.A., Suppl. Tab.B., I.B, V.B, VI.B, VII.B, IX.B, XVII.B, XVII.C, XVII.D, XVII.E, XX.B, XX.C, XXI.B, XXI.C, XXI.D, XXXI.B, XXXI.C, XXXVIII.B, XXXIX.B, LIV.B, LVI.B, LIX.B, LX.B, LX.C, LX.D, LXXVIII.B, LXXXII.B, LXXXII.C, LXXXIII.B, LXXXIV.B. Purplish-brown polished half calf over original linen boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-rolled bands, and gilt title. Marbled endpapers, marbled edges.
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Sharpe, R. B. and W. R. Ogilvie-Grant
Catalogue of the birds in the collection of the British Museum. Volume XXVI [26]. Catalogue of the Plataleae, Herodiones, Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alcae and Impennes in the Collection of the British Museum. Plataleae (Ibises and spoonbills) and Herodiones (Herons and storks) by R. Bowlder Sharpe Steganopodes (Cormorants, gannets, frigate-birds, tropic-birds, and pelicans), Pygopodes (divers and grebes), Alcae (Auks), and Impennes (Penguins), by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant.
London, the Trustees of the British Museum, 1898. 8vo (22.1 x 14.4 cm). xvii, 688 20 pp.; 14 chromolithographed plates by Smit and Keulemans (numbered I, IA-IC, II, IIA, III-V, VA-VB, VI-VIII). Original blind stamped cloth with gilt title on the spine.
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Serres, M. de
Des causes des migrations des animaux et particulièrement des oiseaux et des poissons. [First Edition].
Haarlem, Hollandsche Maatschappij van Wetenschappen, 1842. 4to (29.5 x 23.3 cm). xviii, iv, 322, [i] pp. Original blue wrappers with printed title labels on the spine.
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Sclater, P. L.
A monograph of the jacamars and puff-birds, or families Galbulidae and Bucconidae.
London, the author, 1879-1882. Folio (32.3 x 25.5 cm). lii, [i], 171 pp.; 55 lithographed and finely hand-coloured plates, 13 groups of steel engravings in the text, showing taxonomically important parts, including heads, bills, etc. Contemporary red half morocco over gilt-bordered, red pebbled cloth. Spine with five raised, gilt-stippled bands. Compartments with gilt floral vignettes, title and date. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Original printed [and dated] wrappers, of all seven instalments, bound in rear.
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Sclater, P. L.
Catalogue of the birds in the collection of the British Museum. Volume XV [15]. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or perching birds, in the collection of the British Museum. Tracheophonae, or the families Dendrocolaptidae, Formicariidae, Conopophagidae, and Pteroptochidae.
London, The Trustees of the British Museum, 1890. 8vo (22.1 x 14.1 cm). xviii, 372, 8 pp., 20 fine, hand-coloured or chromolithographed plates. Original blind stamped cloth with gilt title on the spine.
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Schlegel, H. and G. F. Westerman (eds.)
Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. Uitgegeven door het Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra. Eerste Deel. [= Issues 1-6].
Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1848-1854. Large 4to/Folio mix (35.2 x 27.1 cm). Title page, 132 pp. [52, 80]; 39 lithographed plates, of which five double-sized, and 20 finely hand-coloured. Contemporary gilt-bordered half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five rectangular compartments with gilt and black embossed borders, and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt.
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Schinz, H. R.
Fauna Helvetica oder Verzeichniss aller bis jetzt in der Schweiz entdeckten Thiere. Erster Theil. Verzeichniss der in der Schweiz vorkommenden Wirbelthiere.
Neuchatel, Allgemeine Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 1837. 4to (24.6 x 20.4 cm). Title to the Verzeichniss, title to the Wirbelthiere; 168 pp.; one hand-coloured lithographed plate. Mid-20th-century blue cloth. Spine with silver title. Speckled edges.
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Salvin, F. H. and W. Brodrick
Falconry in the British Isles.
London, John van Voorst, 1855. 4to (27.5 x 18.0 cm). vii, 147 pp.; 24 chromolithographed plates (XI and XIII acting as frontispieces) with fine hand-colouring. Early 20th-century dark green half morocco over linen boards. Spine with five raised bands; compartments with gilt ornithological vignettes and title. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Original embossed limp cloth boards with large gilt vignette and gilt on the front board, bound in the rear.
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Sagra, R. de la
Album d'oiseaux de Cuba réunis pendant le voyage de M. Ramon De La Sagra. Dédié à S. M. la Reine Isabelle II. Album de Aves Cubanas, reunidas durante el viage de D. Ramon De La Sagra. Dedicado a S. M. Doña Isabel II.
Paris, Maulde et/y Renou, 1842-1843. Folio (38.8 x 26.6 cm). French half-title, title page (dated 1843) with engraved vignette, pp. 5-16; idem in Spanish (title dated 1842), pp. 5-15. 33 fine hand-coloured engraved plates (I-XXXII, XIXbis). Twentieth-century half calf over cloth boards, five raised bands, gilt ornaments and title on spine.
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Riesenthal, O. von
Die Raubvögel Deutschlands und des angrenzenden Mitteleuropas. Darstellung und Beschreibung der in Deutschland und den benachbarten Ländern von Mitteleuropa vorkommenden Raubvögel. 2. Auflage der Tafeln mit kurzem text [Atlas].
Cassel, Theodor Fischer, 1894. Folio (39.5 x 29.3 cm). Title page, [iii], 56 pp.; 60 chromolithographed plates. Contemporary quarter burgundy linen over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title.
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Riedel, G. F. and F. Kirschner
Tabulae regni animalis, omnes VI classes animalium comprehendentes. Tabula Regni animalis. Tabula V classis IV Amphibia Reptilia.
Augsburg, Kaiserlich Franzische Akademische Handlung [1786]. Oblong folio (38.5 x 55 cm). Eight, uncut, copper engravings. All finely, and accurately hand-coloured. Loose, as issued, housed in a modern portfolio for protection.
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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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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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[Prévost d'Exiles, A. F.]
Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection des toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusq'à présent dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations connus: ... Tome dix-septième. Histoire générale des voyages, depuis le commencement du XVme siècle, dix-septième partie. Livre septième. Vies des gouverneurs généraux, avec l'abregé de l'histoire des etablissemens Hollandois aux Indes Orientales [AND] Histoire naturelle des Indes Orientales.
La Haye [Den Haag, The Hague], Pierre de Hondt, 1763. 4to (25.1 x 20.4 cm). [ii], 266, 300, 48 pp.; 56 plates (of fish, etc.). Contemporary half calf over speckled boards. Spine with five raised bands. Gilt title.
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Parker, R. D.
Birds of Ireland.
Belfast, Blackstaff Press, 1984. Oblong folio (40.5 x 47.5 cm). 113 pp.; 40 coloured and mounted plates all beautifully reproduced. Original polished half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title. Matching original marbled slipcase (49.6 x 42.5 x 3.2 cm) with printed label.
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Pallas, P. S.
Dierkundig mengelwerk, in het welke de nieuwe of nog duistere zoorten van dieren door naauwkeurige afbeeldingen, beschryvingen en verhandelingen opgehelderd worden. In het Latyn beschreeven door den heer P. S. Pallas ... vertaald en met aanmerkingen voorzien door P. Boddaert M.D. VI. Stukken. Met plaaten.
Utrecht, Abraham van Paddenburg en J. Van Schoonhoven, 1767-1770. 4to (26.6 x 21.0 cm) [board size 27.5 x 22.0 cm]. General title in red and black, dated 1770; viii, 195, [ii] pp.; ten fine, contemporary hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary polished half calf over speckled boards. Spine with triple gilt lines and grained tan morocco label with gilt title.
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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 corner-pieces. Patterned endpapers. All edges gilt.
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