Ornithology from Donald Heald Rare Books

London: Vols. I-V: Printed for the Author, at the College of Physicians, in Warwick-Lane. Vols. VI-VII: Printed by George Sidney, Northumberland Street, Strand, 1806. 7 volumes. 4to. (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches). [Uncommon Birds:] 4 parts in 4 volumes. 211 etched plates by and after Edwards, 210 of which finely hand-colored, 1 of "Un Samojeed" uncolored, with dates… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1783. 2 volumes, folio. (17 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches). 3 engraved titles, 2 pp. letterpress list of plates numbered 1-200. 206 hand-colored engraved plates, numbered in manuscript in the upper margin just within the platemark at a contemporary date. Contemporary full red morocco, covers bordered in gilt, spines with raised bands in seven compartments, lettered… Read more about this item

[London, 1790. Watercolour on laid paper. Unsigned, attributed to Sarah Stone. Annotated, "Lyn. 6 p.533...anas albeola, Lin." along the top edge. Sarah Stone was a prolific natural history painter who was active in London from 1777 to 1806, known for her exquisite brushwork, adept use of color, and mastery across a diverse array of subjects. Her primary patron was… Read more about this item

[London, 1790. Watercolour on laid paper. Unsigned, attributed to Sarah Stone. Annotated, "Lyn. 6 p.473/Male...anas spectabilis Lin" along the top edge. Sarah Stone was a prolific natural history painter who was active in London from 1777 to 1806, known for her exquisite brushwork, adept use of color, and mastery across a diverse array of subjects. Her primary patron was… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner and Sons, 1877. Original watercolor on paper, signed "A. Pope Jr." in lower right corner, framed together with a chromolithograph of the same scene, in a gold-leaf wooden frame with a French washline mat. Image size: (13 x 19 inches). Framed size: (22 1/2 x 28 inches). A handsome watercolor of two buffle-headed ducks framed… Read more about this item

[London: E. Lear, 1832. Hand-coloured lithograph, printed by Charles Hullmandel. Wove paper. A fine example of the work of "perhaps the greatest draughtsman of birds in European culture." (Philip Hofer) This image is from Lear's masterpiece: "Illustrations of the Family Psittacidae, or Parrots," a work that combines "the most exacting scientific naturalism with a masterly sense of design and… Read more about this item

[London: E. Lear, 1832. Hand-coloured lithograph, printed by Charles Hullmandel. Wove paper. A fine example of the work of "perhaps the greatest draughtsman of birds in European culture." (Philip Hofer) This image is from Lear's masterpiece: "Illustrations of the Family Psittacidae, or Parrots," a work that combines "the most exacting scientific naturalism with a masterly sense of design and… Read more about this item

[London: E. Lear, 1832. Hand-coloured lithograph, printed by Charles Hullmandel. Wove paper. A fine example of the work of "perhaps the greatest draughtsman of birds in European culture." (Philip Hofer) This image is from Lear's masterpiece: "Illustrations of the Family Psittacidae, or Parrots," a work that combines "the most exacting scientific naturalism with a masterly sense of design and… Read more about this item

Paris: Lacombe [parts 1-4]; Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey [parts 5-16]; Paris: Chez l'Auteur [parts 17-20], 1781. 20 parts in 2 volumes, folio. (18 5/16 x 12 1/2 inches). Twenty engraved titles printed in red, yellow, blue or black, and twenty engraved lists of the plates. 200 plates (zoological [54], ornithological [26], botanical [60], and mineralogical [60]), each present in… Read more about this item

London: Taylor & Francis for the Author, 1854. Folio. (21 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches). 51 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Gould and Henry Constantine Richter, one uncolored lithographic plate by G. Scharf, all printed by Hullmandel & Walton. Publisher's full dark green morocco, covers elaborately tooled in blind and gilt. A very fine copy of the second, revised… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. Debrett, Piccadilly, 1790. 4to. (11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches). First edition, deluxe issue. A2 a6 B-Pp4 Qq2 a-e4. 128 ff. [18] [1]-299 [39]. 356 pp. 65 finely hand-colored engraved plates. Engraved title-page vignette of the view in Port Jackson. Title, Dedication, Advertisement, List of Subscribers, List of Plates, White's Journal, Appendix, Diary of the… Read more about this item

London: R.H. Porter, 1897. 8 volumes, large 8vo. (9 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches). Photogravure portrait, xxxix pp. with 421 hand-coloured lithographs and chromolithographs after Foster, Lodge, Keulemans and Thorburn, accompanied by text leaves describing each species. All plates and text-leaves mounted on linen stubs. Three-quarter brown morocco and cloth-covered boards, spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1860. 1 volume, quarto. (11 1/2 x 9 inches). TEXT VOLUME ONLY. Publisher's purple cloth, covers decoratively stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt, some fading and wear An important American work of ornithology by two of the foremost American ornithologists of the 19th century. The chief virtue of this spectacular contribution… Read more about this item

Edinburgh & London: Printed by Neill & Co. (Edinburgh) for Adam & Charles Black (Edinburgh) and R. Havell Jun., and Longman, Rees, Brown and Green (London), and various others, 1835. Vols 1-3 (of 5), large 8vo. (9 3/4 x 6 inches). Half-titles. Numerous woodcut text illustrations. Prospectus for the Birds of America bound into rear of vol. 1. Bound… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. Quarto. (11 1/2 x 9 inches). 337pp. 21 plates (including 9 black and white plates of fish and 12 chromolithographed ornithological plates after Ridgway). Original blindstamped cloth. With 12 chromolithographed plates of birds after Ridgway. Number 3 of the Arctic series of publications issued in connection with Signal Services, U.S. Army, this… Read more about this item

Jardine Hall, Lockerby, Dumfries: Privately printed at the Expense of the Author, 1839. Quarto. Title, plate list, nine hand colored engraved plates (three by Edward Lear, four by Selby, one by Jardine and one by James Stewart). Some staining to the title. Original green upper wrapper bound in the rear. Modern calf-backed marbled paper covered boards. Rare privately-printed… Read more about this item

London: R. Taylor, 1806. 12 parts in one vol. 8vo. vi, 138 pp. 76 hand-colored plates (two folding). Uncut. Original blue paper lettered parts wrappers bound in the rear. Modern half calf and marbled paper covered boards. With beautifully hand colored plates of unusual British birds, insects and animals. A rare work by Sowerby, illustrating and describing… Read more about this item

London: John Martyn, 1678. 3 parts in one volume. Folio. (14 x 8 3/4 inches). Title printed in red & black. 80 engraved plates (2 unnumbered, plus plates numbered 1-78), 2 letterpress tables. Eighteenth century russia, covers tooled in gilt, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled endpapers and edges. Provenance: Earls of Abingdon (armorial bookplate); unidentified armorial stamp… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Vols. I-VI by Bradford and Inskeep, printed by Robert and William Carr; Vols. VII-IX by Samuel F. Bradford, printed by Thomas H. Palmer, 1825. 9 Volumes. Folio. (13 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches). Vol. I: vi, 157 pp. Vol. II: xii, 167 pp. Vol. III: xvi, 120 pp. Vol. IV: xii, 100 pp. Vol. V: xx, 102 pp.… Read more about this item

London: Josephus Sympson, 1741. Large folio. (16 1/2 x 20 5/16 inches). Without text (as issued). 4 copper-engraved plates by Josephus Sympson after Marmaduke Cradock, window-mounted within a modern cloth box, leather lettering-piece. A fine lively series featuring at least 16 different species of birds. Cradock was born at Somerton, near Ilchester, in Somerset in about 1660. He… Read more about this item