Zoology

Berlin, (Berolini), Augusti Rücker, 1819; Vienna (Viennae), Antonii Strauss, 1824. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two volumes. I. Text: Crown octavo. Pp. x, 811. Plus 3 foldout engraved plates bound at end. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary and first binding of boards and paper-covered lettered spine; bit dusty, spine frayed, small contemporary signature to first blank, also to verso of one plate. In a very good condition, untrimmed copy, preserved entirely in the original state. [AND:] II. Atlas. Folio (420x290 mm). Pp. (ii), 12, plus 18 full-page plates printed in chiaroscuro lithograph, exquisitely hand-coloured by contemporary hand. Handsome bust portrait of Franciscus Redi engraved on title-page. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards, corners rubbed, backstrip replaced with archival cloth tape; small old signature to corner of first free endpaper. An ample margined copy, preserved entirely in the original state. In fine internal condition. Excellent plates in the… Read More

(New Delhi, India, 2008): For the Smithsonian Institution Libraries By Amerind Publishing. First Edition in English. Thick Octavo. A volume in the series Mammals of Russia and Adjacent Regions translated from Russian, with scientific editors Robert S. Hoffmann and Don E. Wislon, illustrated, bound in nice black leatherette, spine lettering gilt, in yellow pictorial dust jacket. Two corners very slightly bumped, two creases to front panel of jacket (production error) otherwise a very nice copy. This book is the continuation of serial publication Mlekopitayushchie Sovetskogo Soyuza[Mamals of the Soviet Union], the first four books under which were published during 1961-1076 under the editorship of V.G. Heptner and N.P. Naumov.

Regensburg: Johann Leopold Montag. Very Good. 1763. Second Edition. Hardcover. ; Clean contemporary brown marblred boards with chipped spine ends. Red speckled page edges. Illustrated with three engraved, hand colored plates by B. C. Fridrich. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. An important insect study based on the author's microscopic observation of the life cycle in water. Schäffer (1718-90) was an early entomologist who wrote numerous scientific treatises, especially on vertebrate zoology. Entomology, Insects; Hand Color Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 97 pages .

London: Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co., 1889. Second edition., 1889. Second British edition. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of Frank Oates. xlix, 433 pp. Illustrated throughout, many from drawings and water-color drawings by Frank Oates and William Oates. Included are 6 chromolithographs in the text and 14 hand-colored plates in the Appendix. There are four fold-out maps. Bound in the original pictorial green cloth on beveled boards, stamped in gilt and dark brown. The second edition was greatly expanded over the first edition of 1881, including now the stunningly beautiful 14 hand-colored prints. This book was the Oates family copy and has the bookplates of William Edward Oates (who accompanied Frank on the journey herein related) and Robert Washington Oates on the front pastedown and front free endpaper respectively, and, notably, the bookplate of the late Frank Oates (1840-1875) on the verso of the rear free endpaper. Beneath Robert Oates' bookplate is a small printed label which reads… Read More

1851 Mollusca Sea Shells Zoology Manual FOSSILS Marine Squid Mollusk Illustrated
Sam Woodward's "Manual of the Mollusca" is a rare, mid-19th-century treatise on fossils and the history of species of mollusks. Like many similar books of zoology, this book contains numerous full-page engravings of views of crustaceans and sea animals including squids and sea shells.
Item number: #16357
Price: $499
WOODWARD, Sam Peckworth

A manual of the mollusca, or A rudimentary treatise of recent and fossil shells
London : Weale, 1851.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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viii, 158, 12
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12 engravings by Waterhouse and Lowry
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Engraved frontispiece
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover
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Green cloth
· Size: ~7in X 4.25in (18cm x 11cm)
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Edicom, 1986. Hardcover. One of 3000 unnumbered copies of this limited edition. Used- Near Fine Condition. Dust Jacket - Very Good condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. Dust jacket shows more wear than book, with some blemishing and minor staining on the front and back covers, a few small tears at the top of the book around the spine. DJ is not price clipped. No highlighting or other markings on the inside of the book. Gorgeous black and white, as well as color, plates. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Monaco: Imprimerie de Monaco, 1900. First edition. LARGE FOLIO MONOGRAPH ON MARINE INVERTEBRATES COLLECTED IN 1886-1888, PRINTED BY ALBERT I, PRINCE OF MONACO, ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE LITHOGRAPHS, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Large folio, 11 x 14 inches tall printed transparent paper wraps over card covers which include the coat-of-arms of the Prince of Monaco. Gray tape binding, text printed on heavy rag paper, 55 pp, bibliographic index, 10 lithographed plates with tisue guards. Text in French. Cover edges with edge tears, light soiling, small institutional handstamp lower front cover, inscribed front free endpaper "a Monsieur Alphonse Picket/ Hommage respectueux/ M. Bedot"; text clean and unmarked, plates bright and clean with only scattered light marginal foxing, overall very good, in custom archival mylar cover. This monograph is a fine example of late 19th century marine biology, with detailed descriptions and magnificent lithographs. It forms part of a series of scientific reports on marine life collected… Read More

Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
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Biomonitoring is a vital and rapidly growing field. Freshwater Biomonitoring and Benthic Macroinvertebrates presents a state-of-the-art look at the use of benthic macroinvertebrates (aquatic insects, molluscs, crustaceans, and worms) in the biological assessment of water quality in lakes and streams. The use of these organisms has increased dramatically in the past two decades in both North America and Europe; no other comprehensive overview of the topic is available. This book contains contributions from nineteen experts from North America, Europe, and Australia. Some chapters contain updates and syntheses of new information on previously reviewed topics, while others present the first detailed coverage of a topic. The book includes much useful… Read More

London: Moon, Boys, and Graves, 1832. First edition.
1832 FOLIO WITH DRAMATIC ORIGINAL ETCHINGS OF ANIMALS FROM THE LONDON ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS BY EMINENT VICTORIAN ARTIST--COPY OF NOTED COLLECTOR.
26x37 cm folio recent 3/4 brown calf with marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt title black leather label, silk page marker, recent endpapers. Armorial bookplate of William Fuller Maitland of Stansted Hall to front paste-down, bookplate of Robert L Chevalier to front free endpaper. Unpaginated. 32 full-page engraved plates by Landseer interpersed with descriptive text by John Henry Barrow. Many of the text-pages have small engravings with imaginative scenes depicting interactions among species. Light foxing sparing most of the plates, very good minus.
THOMAS LANDSEER (1793–1880) was an artist best known for his engravings and etchings, particularly those of paintings by his youngest brother Edwin Landseer. Landseer was born in London, the eldest of the fourteen children of engraver John… Read More

Paris: G. Masson, 1895. First edition.
SCARCE EARLY MONOGRAPH ON ANATOMY OF THE ORANGUTAN WITH SUPERB LITHOGRAPHS OF BELOVED RESIDENTS OF PARIS ZOO.
24x32 cm folio hardcover, 3/4 leather binding, spine with gilt compartments and gilt title, marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, bookplate of academic physician to front paste-down, pp. 32-118, 5 full page lithographic plates, 2 are color portraits of two orangutans represented also in text-figures. Corners bumped, title page has abrasions from removal of inscriptions and 3x6 cm repaired area to right edge not affecting text, top 1-2 cn corner of 2 rear endpapers missing. Text and plates unmarked, very good in custom archival mylar cover. This important early monograph on the orangutan documents the internal and external anatomy of two primates from the zoological garden in the Bois de Boulogne. In addition to the fine lithographic plates, there are superb drawings in the text of Maurice and Max in life at the zoo, all by museum illustrator… Read More

New York, Bellevue Literary Press, 2018, trade paperback, 223 pp, second printing, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings in pictorial card covers, small chip to heel of spine, slight corner bumps, slight curl to front cover. The eminent geologist and educator, and two fellow geologists, travel to Greenland to collect samples and observe rock formations in regions barely ever explored by humans, encountering wondrous creatures and natural phenomena that provided them with unexpected insight into the origins of myth, the virtues and boundaries of science, and the importance of seeking the wilderness within. Illustrated with black &-white photographs, maps, drawn figures, and a timeline chart. Appended: Glossary, Acknowledgments, Quotation Source Notes. ISBN 9781942658344

Genova, Italy : Typography Of The Deaf-Mute Institute, 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. Name Inside Front Cover "Robin Leech". May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ From The Library Of Professor Robin Leech, Msc '65, Phd '71.~ Systematic Catalog Of Spiders Of The Ticino Canton (Binded 1972) Catalogo Sistematico Dei Ragni Del Cantone Ticino

Signed. First Edition. Near Fine / very good. Jane Goodall is an internationally known primatologist and anthropologist. Hugo Lawick was a famous wildlife photographer. She is known for studying chimpanzies. Here she does ground breaking research in wild canine carnivores of Africa. The book has only very slight bumping on the head and tail of the spine, otherwise mint. The dust jacket has edge and shelf wear including a half inch tear on the spine head. The book was signed at the Dallas Museum of Natural History on a book tour. Both authors have signed on the title page (no inscription).

Finely detailed naturalist lithographs collection. Vintage, complete set of six, in mint condition, hand-signed and numbered. "The Butterfly Series" by Carl Brenders (1973), The Exotic Group, Mill Pond Press, Florida (1993). Limited edition #42/290, with certificates of authenticity.
Internationally celebrated Belgian artist celebrates the diversity, beauty, wonder, and pollinating potential of Lepidoptera with his signature nature and wildlife realism. The works begin in pencil sketches and are developed via a mixed-media technique with watercolor and gouache.
The collection is printed on an offset lithographic press on museum-quality, acid-free, pH-neutral, coated paper, and the films were destroyed. Each is signed in-plate and hand-signed and numbered by the artist.
Paper size: 13-1/4" x 11"
Image size: 10" x 7-3/4"
The series is no longer available from the publisher, and these images do not exist in previous states or other editions.
The Exotic Group (1980) consists of:
-Kaiser-I-Hind Butterfly… Read More

This complete two volume set is the Sixth Edition, 33rd thousand. The volumes are bound in 3/4 leather (leather spines and corners) with marbled covers and endsheets, and gold lettering and decor on the spines. The tops of the page edges are gilded. There is the handwritten name and date (1890) and bookplate of a former owner inside. Both volumes are in Very Good Condition. This is a lovely edition and binding, and is a highly sought after early printing.