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A "Rarissima Aves" among bird magazines
Rare and important, nicely illustrated flora of North America with some unusual hand-colouring
Gray, A. and I. Sprague
Genera florae Americae Boreali-Orientalis illustrata. The genera of the plants of the United States, illustrated by figures and analyses from nature, by Isaac Sprague. Superintended, and with descriptions, &c. by Asa Gray. Vol. I. Plates 1-100, Vol. II. Plates 101-186. (Complete).
Boston, MA, James Munroe, New York, NY, George P. Putnam, 1848-1849. Two volumes in two. 8vo (23.5 x 15.1 cm). 460 (230; 230) pp.; 186 (100; 86) engraved plates. Original uniform black blind-stamped cloth. Gilt title on the spines. Yellow endpapers.
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€850.00
A very rare and important work - presented by Archibald Geikie to Edinburgh University
Gregorio, A., De
Monographie de la faune Éocénique de l'Alabama et surtout de celle de Claiborne de l'étage Parisien (horizon à Venericardia planicosta Lamk.). Avec 46 pl. (contenant 1480 figures de 751 espèces et mutations).
Palermo, Librairie International L. Pedone Lauriel (Charles Clausen), 1890. Folio (33.2 x 24.0 cm). 316 pp.; 46 fine lithographed plates. Original printed boards.
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€800.00
A superbly preserved piece of Americana
Harris, W. H.
Louisiana products, resources and attractions, with a sketch of the parishes. A hand book of reliable information concerning the State.
New Orleans, LA, W. M. Harris [for the State], 1881. 8vo (23.4 x 14.9 cm). 248 pp., one large, folded coloured map, one lithographed frontispiece portrait. Original pictorial wrappers. In protective transparent cover.
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€400.00
Privately published, and rare - especially with all the wrappers
A copy with with delicately coloured plates
A genuine 17th-century view of Niagara Falls
An awesome early view of Niagara Falls and Table Rock
A seldom-seen botanical work, with a new species, by Linnaeus
A seldom-seen botanical work, with a new species, by Linnaeus
A seldom-seen botanical work by Linnaeus
America versus Europe: the battle of the oysters