1986. Bloomington, Indiana: Echo Press/ the Private Press of Fredric Brewer, 1986. Large folio, 19 x 14 ins., with 12 plates mounted on sheets, accompanied by a facing leaf of text all enclosed in a natural linen clamshell box by James Canary, As new. § Presentation copy with an extra..... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2011. NY: Grolier Club, 2011. 4to, 100pp. illustrated throughout in b/w. Gray wrappers, new. § Excellent catalogue of 100 entries, well illustrated. 1000 copies printed. More