Ungulates
13 items found
Bell, W.
Description of the two-horned rhinoceros of Sumatra. [Bound with] Description for a species of Chaetodon, called by the Malays Ecan bonna.
London, The Royal Society, 1793. 4to (27.2 x 20.2 cm). Seven pp. [3-6 and 7-9]; five foldout plates (three to the first and two to the second contribution), all mounted on linen. 20-century boards with printed label mounted on the front board.
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Gregorio, A. de
Mammiferi quaternari di Sicilia. Parte I-IV [AND] Mammiferi quaternari di Sicilia. Deposito ossifero di Castellana (Bellolampo) e della quarta grotta della Favorita. Deposito ossifero della vetta di Monte Pellegrina.
Palermo, [the author], 1924-1925. Five parts in five. Large 4to (35.2 x 25.2 cm). 73 pp. [13; 11; 17; 13; 19]; 91 plates [15; 26; 22; 18; 10] (several double-sized). Original uniform printed wrappers.
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Le Verrier de la Conterie, J.
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 woodengraved plates (some printed on blue paper and/or on recto and verso), mostly by Caron and including 12 large text engravings of music being "Tons de Chasse et Fanfares". Near contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt ornaments and title. Marbled endpapers; speckled edges.
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MacInnes, D.G.
A study of fossil Mammalia from East Africa [original manuscript].
Unpublished [n.d., but ca 1938.] 4to (26.0 x 20.4 cm). Original typed manuscript with 336 pp.; 143 original photographs in various sizes, and some original drawn maps. Full contemporary dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine.
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Monzen, K. and others
Saito Ho-On Kai. (The Saito Gratitude Foundation) Monographs 1 - 5. [AND] Reprints.
Sendai, The General Department of Scientific research Saito Ho-On Kai, 1927-1931. Two volumes in two. 4to (25.3 x 18.5 cm). Numerous pages and illustrations. Uniform blue grained half linen over marbled boards. Spines with gilt titles.
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Oberman, A.
Twenty etchings of cattle.
[Amsterdam, the artist], 1809-1811. Oblong folio (17.1 x 25.6 cm) [17.7 x 26.0 cm]. Mounted. Printed surface ca. 11.5 x 17.0 cm. 19th-century quarter morocco over pebbled boards. Spine with gilt floral ornaments. Marbled endpapers. Edges speckled red.
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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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Pilgrim, G. E.
The Fossil Bovidae of India.
Calcutta [Kolkata], The Geological Survey of India, 1939. Large 4to (36.1 x 27.0 cm). 356 pp.; seven plates, one folded diagram. Near contemporary half calf over linen boards. Front board with paper label; red endpapers, bluish blanks. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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Schröck, L.
Historia Moschi, ad normam Academiae Naturae Curiosorum.
Augsburg, Theophil Göbel, 1682. 4to (19.7 x 15.8 cm). Engraved allegorical title, letterpress title page, [x], 124, [v] pp.; three engraved plates (one folded), large wood-engraved vignette. Contemporary blue paper boards. Spine with small dark red morocco label with gilt border and title. Edges red.
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Spagnesi, M., S. Toso and A. M. de Marinis (eds.).
Italian mammals.
[Roma], Ministero dell'Ambiente, Servizio Conservazione della Natura, and Instituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica A. Ghigi, 2000. Two parts in two. Elephant folio (Atlas), 4to (text). 204 pp.; 83 fine coloured loose plates, all by Umberto Catalano. In original cloth portfolio with gilt title and vignette (49.2 x 34.6 x 5.1 cm).
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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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