New York: Printed by G. & E. Waite, No. 64, Maiden-Lane, 1804. Anderson, Alexander. First American edition. The... Read More about A General History of Quadrupeds. The Figures engraved on wood chiefly copied from the original of...
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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 about ALS. To Joseph Fayrer (1824-1907), refusing to sponsor his paper for Royal Society as Dr. (T.L.)...
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New York: Appleton, 1872. Read More about More Criticism on Darwin and Administrative Nihilism
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London and New York: Macmillan and Co, 1893. First edition. Read More about The Romane Lecture, 1893, Evolution and Ethics
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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 about Der monatlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung
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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 about Report Upon the Colorado River of the West, Explored in 1857 and 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph C....
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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 about The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica. Containing 1. An accurate Description of that Island,...
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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 about The Naturalist’s Library. Ornithology
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Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars …, 1835. Jardine’s Cows, Goats, Deer, Antelopes, Camels, etc. Read More about The Naturalist’s Library: Mammalia. Vol. III & IV. Ruminantia. Parts I & II
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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1927. First edition. Read More about Seashore Animals of the Pacific Coast
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London: Printed for Lackington, Allen & Co. [et. al.], 1824. A New Edition. Read More about A Treatise on the Breeding and Management of Bees
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Cambridge: Macmillan & Co, 1855. First edition. Read More about Glaucus; or the Wonders of the Shore
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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 about Das Blumenbuch
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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 about The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America
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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 about Animal Portraiture. Being fifty studies by Wilhelm Kuhnert. Accompanied by a series of original...
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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 about Œuvres ... Nouvelle Édition, dirigée par M.A.G. Desmarest
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Downpatrick (County Down, Northern Ireland): c. 1800. Read More about Printed letter advertising Land-Surveying Business of a recent emigre from Scotland to Northern...
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Shanghai: The "National Review" Office, 1911. First edition. "There are two interesting chapters on Chinese field sports, with sections on tiger, leopard and a few other species of big game. The appendix contains a discussion of Chinese big game by noted plant hunter Frank Kingdon Ward" (Czech). Read More about Wild Life in China or Chats on Chinese Birds and Beasts
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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 about The Fruit-Garden Kalendar: or, a Summary of the Art of Managing the Fruit-Garden…Containing...
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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 about Ornithologie du Canada. D'après la Nomenclature de Baird
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London: Frederick Warne, 1867. Second Edition. Scandinavian Wildfowling. An extensive survey of Scandinavian wildfowling, profusely and elegantly illustrated. Read More about The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Sweden and Norway
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London: William Smith, 1842. First edition. Read More about The Ladies' Magazine of Gardening
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c 1837. A superior ornithological album of well-finished watercolors and pencil drawings of British birds on a Linnean classification, by Arthur Swann Howard Lowe (1826-1888). Youngest son of Alfred J. Lowe of Highfield House, Nottinghamshire, Lowe joined the Nottinghamshire Militia and ultimately rose to the rank of colonel and commander..... Read More about British Birds. Drawn and Painted by A.S.H. Lowe [Manuscript title
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High Elms, Farnborough, Kent: 1 August, 1902. Banker, Politician, Scientist. Handsome autograph from Lubbock, arranging a lunch appointment. Lubbock the first president of the Institute of Bankers in 1879; president of the British Association in 1881, and from 1881 to 1886 president of the Linnean Society of London. In January..... Read More about Autograph Letter signed ("Avebury") to Mr. Ridering (?
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London: British Museum, 1914. First edition. Read More about Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. II. Artiodactyla,...
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