1856. Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen, n.d. [circa 1856-71). Stone color lithograph 5 x 7 1/2”, with printed title information, mounted; very good. § Original lithograph from a later printing of the octavo edition of The Birds of North America , this is No. 29 Pl. 141. The background is..... More
1856. Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen, n.d. [circa 1856-71). Stone color lithograph 5 x 7 1/2”, with printed title information, mounted; very good. § Original lithograph from a later printing of the octavo edition of The Birds of North America , this is No. 13 Pl. 61. The background is..... More
1867. New York: Charles Scribner & Company, 1867. Folio, (17 x 12 7/8 inches). Hand-colored lithographed frontispiece and 15 hand-colored lithographed plates, all colored by Badger. Publisher's full black morocco, upper cover with broad floral gilt borders and gilt lettered title, rear cover with floral border in blind, hinges carefully..... More
1833. Plattsburgh [NY]: F.P. Allen, 1833. 4to (218 x 135 mm), 280 pp., three wood-engraved figures in text. Original tan paper-covered boards, linen backstrip, printed paper label, quarter brown morocco slipcase, a very good copy of a fragile book. § First edition, first issue, of what has been termed..... More
1791. London: Johnson, 1791. 4to, single leaf (197 x 270 mm), margins foxed, a good strong impression with wide margins, matted. § Designed by Fuseli and engraved by Blake for Erasmus Darwin's poem The Botanic Garden. One of Blake’s best-known commercial engravings. The image is of the God Anubis with..... More
1877. [San Francisco: Edward Bosqui, 1877]. San Francisco: John Windle, 1980. Folio, [64] pp., 10 color plates with text. A fine copy in quarter wine red morocco and cloth boards lettered in gilt, in a slightly worn slipcase. Original prospectus laid in. § Limited to 25 copies for sale in..... More
1769. London: Newbery and Carnan, 1769. 2 vols., 16mo, xl, 264; 286, (2, ads)pp. Original quarter green vellum over black coated boards with paper label to spine. Slight wear and rubbing to extremities; else very good, clean copies. § Two from the seven volume series which was an early attempt..... More
1832. London : Charles Knight [etc.], 1832. Small 8vo, 209, (1, ad.) pp. With 3 plates. Original cloth, covers rehinged, a few leaves chipeda good copy. § First edition, published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and intended to educate the working class on matters of health..... More
1786. London: W. Curtis Botanic Garden. Lambeth Marsh, 1786; S. Curtis Walworth, April 2 1822 and March 1825. Three hand-colored copperplate engravings, 125 x 207mm, on separate sheets, well-mounted in matching mats, 285 x 380mm; very good. § Curtis's Botanical Magazine is the longest running illustrated botanical magazine, published..... More
1880. London: John Murray, 1880. 8vo, x, 592, 32 (ads dated May 1878) pp. Illustrated with 196 in-text woodcuts. Original green blind-stamped cloth, backstrip titled in gilt, brown coated endpapers, hinges cracked, a little wear to crown and foot of backstrip, text block edges (but not pages) stained, an unsophisticated..... More
1839. London: Henry Colburn, 1839. 3 vols. in 4 (vol. 2 having a separate appendix), 8vo, xxviii, [iv], [1]-559, 556-597 pp. with 17 engraved plates and 3 folding maps; xiv, [2] [1]-694, [2] pp. with 25 engraved plates and 2 folding maps; viii, 352 pp. with 6 engraved plates and..... More
1762. Paris (1762). Folio, 253 x 393 mm. 30 pages of descriptive text & 6 loose plates. Slight browning to margins, a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 7 plates and descriptive text for the entries regarding Hemp and Cotton volume I of plates. The plates come in three..... More
1763. Paris (1763). Folio, 253 x 393mm. 50 pages of descriptive text & 23 loose plates with their accompanying 2 text sheets. Slight browning to margins, a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 23 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Chymie from volume III of plates. Plates..... More
1771. Paris (1771). 62 pages of descriptive text & 105 loose plates with their accompanying 50 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins, a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 47 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Histoire Naturelle, Minéralogie and Métallurgiefrom volume VI of..... More
1768. Paris (1768). Folio, 253 x 393mm. 39 pages of descriptive text & 21 loose plates with their accompanying 6 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins, a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 21 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Histoire Naturelle..... More
1768. Paris (1768) and the Supplementary Plates Volume (1777). Folio, 253 x 393mm. 42 pages of descriptive text & 35 loose plates with their accompanying 7 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins, a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 29 plates and descriptive text..... More
1771. Paris: (1771). Folio, 253 x 393mm. 10 pages of descriptive text & 35 loose plates with their accompanying 5 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins, a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 35 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Pêches, Pêches..... More
1762. Paris (1762). Folio, 253 x 393 mm. 33 pages of descriptive text & 7 loose plates. Slight browning to margins, a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 7 plates and descriptive text for the entries of Oeconomie Rustique, Sucrerie and Affinerie des Sucres from volume I of plates..... More
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1809. [France?: c. 1809-1820]. 8vo, 36 leaves, printed rectos only, illustrated. Brown pebbled cloth, rebacked, leather backstrip with raised bands, gilt-stamped bees and the binder's title "Florilége" [sic] in the compartments, green coated endpapers. Cloth considerably stained, backstrip rubbed, pages lightly toned and foxed, but sound overall. § A curious..... More
1951. Princeton, May 5, 1951. 2 pages, 278 x 214 mm on his embossed Mercer Street stationery with the original transmittal envelope. Signed "A. Einstein" in black ink. In fine condition. [With] 12 pp. information pamphlet published by the Federation for the Repeal of the Levering Act in 1950, creased..... More
1786. London: Johnson, 1786. Frontispiece copperplate engraving, 150 x 85 mm on a sheet 250 x 120 mm. Cleaned, in very good condition. § Bonnycastle’s Introduction to Astronomy 1786 is a rare book; it was reprinted many times. This delightful plate designed by Fuseli was engraved by Sherwin. Weinglass 75A..... More
1875. Toulouse: L. Hebrail, Durand et Delpuech, 1875. Folio, 52 pp. and 17 plates, with 246 of 250 mounted botanical specimens. Publisher’s red pebbled cloth with blind-stamped borders and gilt titles. Cloth lightly soiled, hinges weak, endpapers toned, occasional foxing, a little inevitable wear to a few of the fragile..... More
1839. London: J.W. Parker, 1839. Slim 8vo, 18, (1)pp. With a plate at the front. In brown papers wrappers. Extracted from a volume of pamphlets at some time. § First edition of this scarce little paper on early mathematics by the infamous Halliwell-Phillipps, whose entire life was dogged by..... More
1846. Bath: Binns and Goodwin, 1846. Small folio, xx, 130, (2, ads) with 62 specimens of dried grasses mounted on separate plates each with printed title and border. Publisher’s red pebbled morocco, elaborately paneled in gilt and blind over beveled boards, backstrip gilt with title entwined by grasses of the..... More
1863. Cincinnati: Applegate & Co., 1863. Sm. 8vo, original embossed pebbled brown cloth, backstrip gilt-lettered. 212 pp. Amazing pictorial woodcut title-page, twelve woodcut plates and text cuts, one three-color diagram, and one large, folding lithographic plate. Lettering faded, backstrip tips chipped, but otherwise a very good copy. § First Edition..... More
