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[Photo album of dog breed champions]
Album preisgekrönter Hunde der ersten Internationalen Ausstellung des Vereins zur Veredelung der Hunderacen zu Hannover. [Extremely rare complete copy].
Frankfurt am Main, Heinrich Keller, 1879. Oblong folio (26.9 x 37.0 cm). 93 mounted collotypes (each oblong, ca. 8.5 x 12.5 cm) on larger, printed sheets. Original portfolio of quarter pebbled cloth over plain boards. Printed label mounted on front board.
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Sharpe, R. B. et al.
Catalogue of the birds in the collection of the British Museum. Volume I - XXVII. [Complete].
London, the Trustees of the British Museum, 1874-1898. In 27 volumes. 8vo (22.1 x 14.3 cm). Text and 387 lithographed or hand-coloured plates. Six volumes in contemporary half leather; spines with four raised, gilt-lined bands and gilt title; all others in original uniform blind-stamped cloth with gilt title on the spines.
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Costa, A.
Cimicum Regni Neapolitani Centuriae. Centuria [prima], Centuria secunda, Centuria tertia et quartae fragmentum. Cum tabulis I - VIII. [AND] Additamenta ad Centurias Cimicum Regni Neapolitani. [Complete].
Napoli, for the author, 1838-1860. Five parts in three, 4to (ca. 25 x 20 cm). [iv], 266 pp. [74, 41, 41, 71, 39]; eleven finely engraved plates of which six originally hand-coloured, and five in stipple-engraved colour printing. Bound in three, rather similar contemporary bindings, viz. pebbled half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Speckled edges; and uniform green quarter paper over marbled boards with script titles.
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Bennett, J. W.
A selection from the most remarkable and interesting of the fishes found on the coast of Ceylon. From drawings made in the southern part of that island from the living specimens.
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, [1828-] 1830. 4to (31.2 x 24.6 cm). With 30 splendidly hand-coloured engraved plates, all heightened with gum arabic, each with a descriptive leaf of text [AND] one extra original water-colour. Contemporary green ruled half calf over marbled boards; spine with gilt ornaments and title. Yellow endpapers. Top edge gilt. Preserved in a custom-made black cloth, luxurious, clamshell box with built-in cradle and black label with gilt title on the spine.
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Hanley, S. [C. T.]
Ipsa Linnaei conchylia. The shells of Linnaeus, determined from his manuscripts and collection. Also, an exact reprint of the Vermes Testacea of the 'Systema Naturae' and 'Mantissa'.
London, Williams and Norgate, 1855. 8vo (22.1 x 14.3 cm). Title page, [i], 556 pp.; five lithographed and finely hand-coloured plates, tissue-guarded. Original blind-stamped pebbled cloth. Spine with gilt title.
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Tryon, G. W.
A monograph of the terrestrial Mollusca inhabiting the United States.
Philadelphia, PA., [the author], 1866. 8vo (21.7 x 13.7 cm). 203 pp. [159, xliv]; 18 lithographed plates, each in careful original hand-colouring. Contemporary gilt-bordered black pebbled morocco over grey pebbled cloth. Spine with four raised, gilt-ornamented bands, gilt lines and title. Yellow endpapers. Speckled edges.
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Bleeker, P.
Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises. Publié sous les auspices du gouvernement colonial Néêrlandais. IV. Murènes, synbranches, leptocéphales.
Amsterdam, Fredrik Muller, 1862. Folio (45.9 x 33.2 cm). 132 pp.; 49 large, superbly chromo-lithographed plates. Contemporary half linen over grained boards with original printed front wrapper mounted on the front board.
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Cuvier, G. [L. C. F. D.]
Le Regne animal distribué d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Avec figures, dessinées d'après nature.
Paris, Deterville, 1817. Four volumes in four. 8vo (21.0 x 13.4 cm). 2072 pp. [I: xxxvii, 540; II: xviii, 532; III: xxix, 653; IV: viii, 255]; 15 engraved plates. Uniform contemporary full mottled calf. Spines rich gilt with floral vignettes and ornamental, straight and stippled bands; two red morocco labels with gilt title. Boards with elaborate gilt borders. Edges gilt-lined; gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Marbled edges.
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