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23 Chromolithographic Plates from "Florilegium Harlemense"
[London: 1908] ]. Read More about 23 Chromolithographic Plates from "Florilegium Harlemense"
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INSCRIBED, WITH ALS
Travels in a Tree-Top.
Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1894. First edition. INSCRIBED, WITH ALS. Ffep inscribed: “Edward J. Nolan / with the good wishes of his friend / the Author / Chas. C. Abbott / March 22, 1894.” There is a two-page ALS from the author to Nolan tipped-in at the title..... Read More about Travels in a Tree-Top
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Manuscript receipt for $250, initialled by Agassiz, "for the quarterly Salary of the Agent"
Cambridge, Mass: June, 1865. Alexander, 1835-1910, American naturalist and industrialist was the son of Louis Agassiz. Read More about Manuscript receipt for $250, initialled by Agassiz, "for the quarterly Salary of the Agent"
Price: $75
Louis Agassiz His Life and Correspondence.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co, 1885. First Edition. Read More about Louis Agassiz His Life and Correspondence
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Notice sur la Géographie des Animaux...Extrait de la Revue Suisse, Aout 1845.
Neuchatel: Imprimerie de Henri Wolfrath, 1845. First separate edition. Read More about Notice sur la Géographie des Animaux...Extrait de la Revue Suisse, Aout 1845
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As Secretary for Prince Albert
ALS to William Gourlie and Thomas Anderson.
Osborne: 11August 1855. As Secretary for Prince Albert. Phipps, as private secretary to Prince Albert, responds to the invitation of Gourlie and Anderson to attend the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science as the Prince and the Queen will have just “arrived in the Highlands for..... Read More about ALS to William Gourlie and Thomas Anderson
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A Natural History of English Insects Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven from the Life: And (for those...
London: William and John Innys, 1720-24. With preliminaries and titles of both first and second editions. Read More about A Natural History of English Insects Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven...
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The American Farm Book.
New York: Orange Judd, 41 Park Row, 1865. Nice copy of a standard American work, first issued under this title in 1849 and in print through the end of the nineteenth century. Read More about The American Farm Book
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Observations relative to Lymphatic Hearts (in reptiles).
Philadelphia: E. G. Dorsey, Printer, Library Street, 1838. Read More about Observations relative to Lymphatic Hearts (in reptiles
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Some Birds and Mammals of North America.
London: The Tryon Gallery, in association with George Rainbird, 1971. First Edition, No. 354 of 550 numbered copies. Axel Amuchastegui was born in Cordoba, Argentina in 1921. He was self-taught and developed his own technique using Chinese inks and brushes. His work appeared in a number of publications including Pajaros..... Read More about Some Birds and Mammals of North America
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A General History of Quadrupeds. The Figures engraved on wood chiefly copied from the original of T. Bewick, by A....
New York: Printed by G. & E. Waite, No. 64, Maiden-Lane, 1804. Anderson, Alexander. First American edition. The first American edition of a classic work, with the cuts re-engraved (usually in reverse) from the original Bewick edition. Dr. Alexander Anderson (1775-1870) was America’s first wood engraver. Pomeroy identifies the fourth..... Read More about A General History of Quadrupeds. The Figures engraved on wood chiefly copied from the original of...
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Natures Ways. How Nature takes care of its own.
New York: Crown Publishers, [1951]. Doahanos, Steven. First edition. Read More about Natures Ways. How Nature takes care of its own
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The American Home. Ellen D. Wangner, Editor.
Garden City, New York: Published by Doubleday, Doran & Compan, Inc, 1928-1950. Continuing the Garden & Home Builder. Read More about The American Home. Ellen D. Wangner, Editor
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Petri Artedi sueci Genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis...
Grypeswaldiae: Ant. Ferdin. Roese, 1792. Second edition (first ed., 1738). Peter Artedi or Petrus Arctaedius (February 22, 1705 - September 27, 1735) was a Swedish naturalist and is known as the "father of Ichthyology." Artedi was born in the province of Ångermanland. Intending to become a clergyman, he went, in..... Read More about Petri Artedi sueci Genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum...
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Fleuriste Artificiel contenant huit planches, dont une double.
[Paris: Diderot & D'alambert, nd. c. 1751-1780]. Read More about Fleuriste Artificiel contenant huit planches, dont une double
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Pygmies, Gulos, Vegetable Lambs, Centaurs, Lami, and More
Curious Creatures in Zoology.
New York: Cassell Publishing Company, [n.d., 1890]. Pygmies, Gulos, Vegetable Lambs, Centaurs, Lami, and More. Read More about Curious Creatures in Zoology
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Audubon the Naturalist. A History of His Life and Times.
New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1917. First edition. Read More about Audubon the Naturalist. A History of His Life and Times
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Recherches Zoologiques dans les Provinces Centrales de l'Inde et dans les regions occidentales de l'Himalaya.
Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie, [1922]. First Edition. Read More about Recherches Zoologiques dans les Provinces Centrales de l'Inde et dans les regions occidentales de...
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Birds of New Mexico. With contributions by the late Wells Woodbridge Cooke.
n.p: Published by the New Mexico Dept. of Game and Fish …, 1928. First trade edition. Read More about Birds of New Mexico. With contributions by the late Wells Woodbridge Cooke
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The Indian Ducks and Their Allies.
London: The Bombay Natural History Society, 1908. First Edition, one of 1200 copies. Read More about The Indian Ducks and Their Allies
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Indian Pigeons and Doves.
London: Witherby and Co, 1913. First Edition. Intended as a guide for the sportsman as well as the specialist, the volume forms a scarce companion to Baker’s Indian Ducks and Their Allies. Read More about Indian Pigeons and Doves
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Jungle Life in India; or the Journeys and Journals of an Indian Geologist.
London: Thos. de la Rue & Co., Bunhill Row, 1880. First edition. Irsish geologist, son of Robert Ball to whom this book is dedicated. He was part of the Geological Survey of India in 1864 -1881. Read More about Jungle Life in India; or the Journeys and Journals of an Indian Geologist
Price: $300