Item 210324The Naturalist in La Plata.
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1892. First edition. Read More Item Details for The Naturalist in La Plata Add to Wish List
Item #210324
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1892. First edition. Read More Item Details for The Naturalist in La Plata Add to Wish List
Item #210324
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1892. First edition. Presentation Copy. Inscribed on the front flyleaf: "To Miss C.V. Hall/ with kindest regards/ from/ W.H. Hudson/ June 1894." A celebrated work on natural history and travels in the Argentine. Read More Item Details for The Naturalist in La Plata Add to Wish List
Item #322111
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Potsdam: nd. Humboldt writes to a colleague thanking them for a poem on the occasion of his "goldenen, geschlrchsloen Hochzeitfeyer" (translating literally as his 'Golden, non-sexual wedding feast'). He also refers to a lecture by Tieck, who sends his best wishes. Read More Item Details for Autograph Letter, signed (" A. Humboldt"). In German 10 lines Add to Wish List
Item #254453
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Jany 18, 1875. Huxley and Fayrer met in 1844 at the University of London. "Fayrer became a firm friend. The two often worked through the night..." (Desmond). Indeed, it was Fayrer, who suggested Huxley take to the sea and thus he joined the Rattlesnake under the command of Owen Stanley..... Read More Item Details for ALS. To Joseph Fayrer (1824-1907), refusing to sponsor his paper for Royal Society as Dr. (T.L.) Brunton is now among us Add to Wish List
Item #261826
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New York: Appleton, 1872. Read More Item Details for More Criticism on Darwin and Administrative Nihilism Add to Wish List
Item #267086
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London and New York: Macmillan and Co, 1893. First edition. Read More Item Details for The Romane Lecture, 1893, Evolution and Ethics Add to Wish List
Item #242859
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Nuremberg: Johann Joseph Fleischmann, 1746-61. First edition. First edition of the Insecten-Belustigung ("Insect Entertainment"), one of the outstanding entomological works of the eighteenth century. Having established himself as a talented engraver and miniature painter in Nuremberg, August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof (1705-1759) developed a reputation as a gifted naturalist as..... Read More Item Details for Der monatlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung Add to Wish List
Item #305865
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Washington [D.C.]: Government Printing Office, 1861. First edition. Inscribed to Benjamin Silliman. William Goetzmann calls Lieutenant Ives's complete report, "The best by far of these individual reports...It is a long, carefully written journal, consciously literary but with a maximum amount of attention to scientific observation. John Strong Newberry's geological report..... Read More Item Details for Report Upon the Colorado River of the West, Explored in 1857 and 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives, Corps of Topographical Engineers, Under the Direction of the Office of Explorations and Surveys, A.A. Humphreys, Captain Topographical Engineers, in Charge [Caption title] 36th Congress 1st Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. [Unnumbered] Add to Wish List
Item #230141
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London: Sold by B. White and Son, 1789. Third edition (first edition was 1756). Browne was an Irish physician who lived for several years in the West Indies and settled in Jamaica in 1746. This is his major work, particularly valuable for its contribution to botany. Read More Item Details for The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica. Containing 1. An accurate Description of that Island, its Situation, and Soil; with a brief Account of its former and present State, Government, Revenues, Produce, and Trade. 2. An History of the Natural Productions, including the various Sorts of Native Fossils; Perfect and Imperfect Vegetables; Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects; with their Properties and Uses in Mechanics, Diet, and Physic … There are now added Complete Linnaean Indices and a Large and Accurate Map of the Island Add to Wish List
Item #227355
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Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 3, St. James Sqaure, nd. ORNITHOLOGY ONLY. Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library is a monument to Victorian industry and zeal for natural history education. On account of the high-quality hand-colored illustrations, it is seldom found complete. The work is divided into four main sections: Ornithology, Mammalia, Entomology..... Read More Item Details for The Naturalist’s Library. Ornithology Add to Wish List
Item #267583
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Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars …, 1835. Jardine’s Cows, Goats, Deer, Antelopes, Camels, etc. Read More Item Details for The Naturalist’s Library: Mammalia. Vol. III & IV. Ruminantia. Parts I & II Add to Wish List
Item #250533
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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1927. First edition. Read More Item Details for Seashore Animals of the Pacific Coast Add to Wish List
Item #323761
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Cambridge: Macmillan & Co, 1855. First edition. Read More Item Details for Glaucus; or the Wonders of the Shore Add to Wish List
Item #352369
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Leipzig: Mainzer Presse, 1929-30. Kredel, Fritz. First trade edition. Koch and Kredel's Botanical Masterpiece. A superb collection of wildflower woodcuts by the noted artist and engraver Fritz Kredel, whose graver has caught perfectly the delicate beauty of Koch's original depictions. This is the first trade edition, preceded by a special..... Read More Item Details for Das Blumenbuch Add to Wish List
Item #214585
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Washington, DC: American Wildlife Institute, 1942. First edition, one of 1000 copies of the DeLuxe Edition, signed by author and artist. De Luxe Issue. A highly detailed and attractive book. Read More Item Details for The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America Add to Wish List
Item #345501
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London: Frederick Warne, 1912. First edition. A splendid assemblage of Kuhnert's superb paintings. The plates measure 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 in.; each is mounted on a recessed card mat, with tissue guard, and each is accompanied by a brief article on the species depicted. Subjects include both birds and animals, and..... Read More Item Details for Animal Portraiture. Being fifty studies by Wilhelm Kuhnert. Accompanied by a series of original articles by R. Lydekker, F.R.S Add to Wish List
Item #238885
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Paris: Chez Ladrange et Verdière, 1826-1833. Fish, Snakes and Whales -- in 187 Plates. Superb edition, handsomely presented, of the works of the great French naturalist and succesor to Buffon, collecting his massive HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES POISSONS; ... DES QUADRUPEDES OVIPARES; ... DES SERPENTS; and DES CÉTACÉES. In addition, the..... Read More Item Details for Œuvres ... Nouvelle Édition, dirigée par M.A.G. Desmarest Add to Wish List
Item #217270
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Downpatrick (County Down, Northern Ireland): c. 1800. Read More Item Details for Printed letter advertising Land-Surveying Business of a recent emigre from Scotland to Northern Ireland, unsigned Add to Wish List
Item #302174
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London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853. First edition. Read More Item Details for Engravings of Lions, Tigers, Panthers, Leopards, Dogs, &c. Chiefly after the designs of … by His Brother, Thomas Landseer Add to Wish List
Item #231427
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London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1718. First Edition. First Edition of an Early Work on Fruit Cultivation. John Laurence was the son of a country clergyman." His Kalender virtually replaced the parts of Evelyn's Kalendarium Hortense relating to fruit. " Raphael With instruction for each month's planting and propagation; includes..... Read More Item Details for The Fruit-Garden Kalendar: or, a Summary of the Art of Managing the Fruit-Garden…Containing several new and plain Directions, more particularly relating to the Vine Add to Wish List
Item #28851
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Québec: Atelier Typographique de J.T. Brousseau, 7, rue Buade (First Part); Imprimé par E.R. Fréchette 21, rue la Montagne (Second Part), 1861. Seconde Edition. "There are 2 practically identical editions of this early and important, systematic work on the birds of Canada. The first edition was published in April, 1860..... Read More Item Details for Ornithologie du Canada. D'après la Nomenclature de Baird Add to Wish List
Item #41477
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Halae Sailcae [Stockholm]: Apud Io. Gottl. Bierwirth, 1747. Edito Nova Multo Correctior. Linnaeus the Taxonomic Bibliographer. This first part of the Fundamenta Botanica is a critical bibliography of more than a thousand botanical works. Linnaeus has divided the authors taxonomically into two different branches, botanists and botanophiles, and these two..... Read More Item Details for Bibliotheca botanica recensens libros plus mille de plantis huc usque editos, secundum systema auctorum naturale in classes, ordines, genera et species dispositos, additis editionis loco, tempore, forma, lingua caet … Pars 1 Add to Wish List
Item #255822
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London: Frederick Warne, 1867. Second Edition. Scandinavian Wildfowling. An extensive survey of Scandinavian wildfowling, profusely and elegantly illustrated. Read More Item Details for The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Sweden and Norway; together with an account of the seal and salt-water fishes of those countries Add to Wish List
Item #56297
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London: William Smith, 1842. First edition. Read More Item Details for The Ladies' Magazine of Gardening Add to Wish List
Item #321065
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London: William Smith, 113, Fleet Street, 1840. First edition. Read More Item Details for The Ladies’ Flower Garden of Ornamental Annuals Add to Wish List
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