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Insectorum sive minimorum Animalium Theatrum

by Moffet, Thomas [Mouffett, Moufet, Muffet]

Cat No. : 49642, Published : 1634, Illustrations : Over 500 woodcut illustrations in the text + 2 unnumbered leaves of illustrations at the end

Hardback £4,000.00

First Edition. Text Latin. This book is the first dealing entirely with entomology to be published in the British Isles. It originated with Conrad Gesner's manuscript material on insects, which (more)

Our Woodlands, Heaths, and Hedges. A Popular Description of Trees, Shrubs, Wild Fruitss, Etc. with Notices of their Insect Inhabitants

by Coleman, W.S.

Cat No. : 50562, Published : 1880s, Illustrations : 8 col plates, texts figs

Hardback £50.00

Undated reissue (first published 1859). Attractive chromolithgraphed plates of fruits, etc. of British trees and shrubs. (more)

Essays upon Natural History, and other miscellaneous Subjects, ... to which is added, a Catalogue in generical Order, of the Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Insects, Plants, &c. contained in Mr. Edwards' Natural History

by Edwards, George

Cat No. : 51468, Published : 1770, Illustrations : engraved portrait frontis

Hardback £350.00

First edition. Scarce. Portrait frontispiece of Edwards, engraved by J. Miller after Isaac Gosset. George Edwards (1694-1773) was an English naturalist and ornithologist, and his seven-volume work, (more)

Actinologia Britannica: A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals

by Gosse, Philip Henry

Cat No. : 50531, Published : 1860, Illustrations : 12 plates (11 colour printed)

Hardback £195.00

First edition. This study of the British sea-anemones and corals, which at the time was the first detailed investigation of the group, is one of Gosse's most important scientific works. Erratum slip (more)

The Ants

by Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E.O.

Cat No. : 50779, Published : 1990, Illustrations : 1000 figs, 24 in colour

Hardback £115.00

A comprehensive and classic work on ant biology by two leading world experts. (more)

Pselaphides recueillis par N. Leleup au Congo Belge I-XVIII [with], Les Pselaphides de Madagascar [and] Les Pselaphides de 'Afrique du Nord [and] Revision des Pselaphides de l'Afrique Intertropicale [and] The Humicolous Fauna of South Africa Pselaphidae a

by Jeannel, R.

Cat No. : 50437, Published : 1951-1964, Illustrations : text figs

Hardback £450.00

A collection of volumes on Pselaphidae of Africa: Congo Belge (Fasc. I, II, IV-XVIII, Annales du Musee du Congo Belge; Fasc. III, Revue francaise d'entomologie, 1951-1960); Madagascar (Memoires de (more)

Ornithological Rambles in Sussex; with a Systematic Catalogue of the Birds of that County, and Remarks on their Local Distribution.

by Knox, A.E.

Cat No. : 51023, Published : 1855, Illustrations : 4 tinted lithographic plates

Hardback £50.00

Third edition. The preface states that the lithographs 'having been fairly worn out' in the printing of the two previous editions, the plates in this edition 'are now superseded by four spirited and (more)

The Dragonflies of the British Isles (Wayside & Woodland)

by Longfield, C.

Cat No. : 50867, Published : 1937, Illustrations : col frontis, 38 b/w plates, text figs

Hardback £45.00

First edition. (more)

A Natural History of British Grasses

by Lowe, E.J.

Cat No. : 50782, Published : 1891, Illustrations : 74 col plates

Hardback £110.00

Third edition. Illustrated by A.F. Lydon, printed by B. Fawcett, Driffield.

McClean, 30; Freeman, 2327. (more)

Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. I-III

by Millais, J.G.

Cat No. : 51080, Published : 1904-1906, Illustrations : 62 photogravure plates, 62 col plates, 149 uncoloured plates

Hardback £750.00

First edition, limited to 1025 numbered copies, this set being number 781. Titles in red and black. Colour plates (some chromolithographs) and photogravures by J.G. Millais, H. Grönvold, Archibald (more)

On the Anatomy of Vertebrates. Vol. I-III

by Owen, Richard

Cat No. : 51452, Published : 1866-1868, Illustrations : 2 folding tables, numerous text figs

Hardback £900.00

Vol. I: Fishes and Reptiles (1866); Vol. II: Birds and Mammals (1866); Vol. III: Mammals (1868).

Scarce. 'The most important book on the subject since Cuvier. It is based entirely on personal (more)

Calendarium Botanicum, or a Botanical Calendar: Exhibiting, at one View, the Generic and Specific Name, the Class, Order, and Habitat of all the British Plants, from the Class Monandria Monogynia, to Polygamia Dioecia, inclusive. Arranged according to the

by Phelps, William

Cat No. : 48983, Published : 1810, Illustrations : 5 engraved plates

Hardback £200.00

First edition. Slip with printed list of Abbreviations tipped in at rear.

Freeman, 2984. (more)

Obituary Notice of Alfred Russel Wallace (with Portrait) 1823-1913

by [Poulton, E.B.]

Cat No. : 51078, Published : 1923, Illustrations : portrait frontispiece

Paperback £150.00

Offprint from Proceedings of he Royal Society, B. Vol. 95. (more)

The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges & Ferns of Great Britain. Vol. I-IV

by Pratt, A.; Step, E.

Cat No. : 50857, Published : 1899-1900, Illustrations : 4 plain + 319 col plates

Hardback £360.00

New Edition, revised by Edward Step. Attractive chromolithographic plates. Anne Pratt (1806-1893) was a botanical illustrator and author of a number of popular Victorian natural history books. This, (more)

Haunts of the Wild Flowers

by Pratt, Anne

Cat No. : 50675, Published : n.d. [1880s], Illustrations : 8 col plates

Hardback £55.00

Undated edtiion, ca 1883 (first published 1863). Attractive chromolithographic plates.

Freeman 3086. (more)

Historia Insectorum ... opus posthumum ... cui subjungitur Appendix de Scarabaeis Britannicis, autore M. Lister ...

by Ray, John

Cat No. : 49644, Published : 1710

Hardback £1,500.00

Rare. Published by the Royal Society five years after Ray's death, with an Appendix on British Beetles by Martin Lister (pp. 377-398). This book represents the first systematic attempt to list and (more)

The Social Wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae

by Richards, O.W.

Cat No. : 50591, Published : 1978, Illustrations : 4 col plates, 159 text figs

Hardback £75.00

Scarce. (more)

Genera Insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata

by Roemer, J.J.

Cat No. : 52184, Published : 1789, Illustrations : hand-coloured vignette to title-page, 36 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, 1 plain plate

Hardback £2,500.00

One of the most attractive Swiss entomological works with fine plates by J.R. Schellenberg illustrating species described by Linnaeus and Fabricius.

Horn-Schenkling, 18262; Nissen ZBI, 3462. (more)

Wild Chorus: A Book of Wildfowl

by Scott, Peter

Cat No. : 51263, Published : 1938, Illustrations : col frontis, 23 col + 64 b/w plates, line drawings

Hardback £385.00

First Edition. Written and illustrated by Peter Scott. Signed edition limited to 1200 numbered copies, each signed by the author. No 545/1200. (more)

The Life and Works of Thomas Bewick being an Account of his Career and Achievements in Art with a Notice of the Works of John Bewick

by Thomson, David Croal

Cat No. : 50547, Published : 1882, Illustrations : portrait frontis, 100 illus (including 4 plates)

Hardback £195.00

Limited edition of 75 copies. No. 49/75. Mounted, engraved, portrait frontispiece of Thomas Bewick by H.H. Meyer, after James Ramsay. (more)

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton

by [White, Gilbert]

Cat No. : 52249, Published : 1789, Illustrations : folding engraved frontis, 2 half-titles with engraved vignettes, 6 engraved plates (1 folding)

Hardback £2,000.00

First edition. Gilbert White (1720-1793) is widely regarded as the father of ecology and the forerunner of all modern natural historians. The present work is one of the most popular books in the (more)

The Natural History of Selborne; Observations on various Parts of Nature; and the Naturalist's Calendar

by White, Gilbert

Cat No. : 51497, Published : 1833, Illustrations : frontis, 18 engraved plates

Hardback £300.00

New edition, with additions, by Sir William Jardine. (more)

The Calendar of the Months; or, the Young Naturalist Abroad

by Wood, J.G.

Cat No. : 50680, Published : 1873, Illustrations : additional col title-page + col frontis, text figs

Hardback £45.00

First edition. Attractive additional chromolithographic title page (with title: 'The Calendar of the Year') and frontispiece, wood engravings to text. Pp. ix + x are reversed.

Freeman 4106. (more)

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