Natural History

  • A voyage round the world performed by order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768 and 1769.

    # 29091

    BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine, Comte de (1729-1811)

    A voyage round the world performed by order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768 and 1769.

    / by Lewis de Bougainville, Colonel of Foot, and Commodore of the Expedition, in the Frigate La Boudeuse, and the Store-dhip L’Etoile. Translated from the French by John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. London : Printed for J. Nourse, Bookseller to His Majesty, in the Strand; and T. Davies, Bookseller to the Royal Academy, in Russel-Street, Covent-garden, …

    $6,000.00 AUD Read more
  • The voyager's companion, or shell collector's pilot;

    # 28427

    MAWE, John (1764-1829)

    The voyager’s companion, or shell collector’s pilot;

    with instructions and directions where to find the finest shells; also for preserving the skins of animals; and the best methods of catching and preserving insects &c. &c. &c. London : printed for and sold by the author, and by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. Fourth edition. Duodecimo, full polished calf (corners …

    USD $2,750 Read more
  • The Universe : or, the infinitely great and the infinitely little. (Presentation binding of Auckland College, New Zealand).

    # 33869

    POUCHET, F. A. (1800-1872)

    The Universe : or, the infinitely great and the infinitely little. (Presentation binding of Auckland College, New Zealand).

    Illustrated by 343 engravings on wood and four coloured plates. From drawings by A. Faguet, Mesnel, Emile Bayard, and J. Stewart. London : Blackie & Son, 1875. New edition, embodying the author’s latest improvements. Thick octavo, presentation binding from Auckland College & Grammar School, New Zealand, gilt stamp on upper board, full polished calf, ruled …

    $500.00 AUD Read more
  • [TASMANIA] Native plant, photographed in situ.

    # 34787

    Photographer unknown.

    [TASMANIA] Native plant, photographed in situ.

    Circa 1870. Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image 72 x 67 mm (irregular), mount 82 x 180 mm, numbered 72 in the negative at lower left of left-hand image; no photographer’s imprint; some light foxing to both prints; the mount fine. This stereoview was sourced with a large group of 1860s Tasmanian stereoviews, some of …

    $40.00 AUD Read more
  • John Gould. The mammals of Australia 1845 - 63

    # 35084

    KISSAJUKIAN, Louis P.

    John Gould. The mammals of Australia 1845 – 63

    Sydney : Antique Print Room, 2006. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers (with the image of the thylacine on upper wrapper), pp. 72, illustrated

    $25.00 AUD Read more
  • A broadside tribute to Charles Darwin's dog

    # 22606

    SPRING, Jessica

    A broadside tribute to Charles Darwin’s dog

    Tacoma [WA] : Springtide Press, 2009. Screenprinted broadside with hand colouring, 145 x 215 mm (image); 355 x 460 mm (sheet), with the printed quote from CHarles Darwin’s On the Origin if Species (1859) ‘I feel most deeply that this whole question of Creation is too profound for human intellect. A dog might as well speculate on …

    $330.00 AUD Read more
  • Lady Amherst's pheasant

    # 34579

    SLATER, Edwin W.

    Lady Amherst’s pheasant

    Watercolour and gouache on artist’s paper, 200 x 330 mm (sheet), artist’s monogram in the image at lower centre, date ‘1961’ lower right; verso inscribed by the artist ‘Lady Amherst Pheasant’ [sic], with the date ’26.VIII.’61’; a few marks at corners and top edge, not affecting image; unmounted and unframed. Edwin W. Slater was born …

    $50.00 AUD Read more
  • Crowned crane

    # 34578

    SLATER, Edwin W.

    Crowned crane

    Pencil on card, 150 x 120 mm (image), 255 x 160 mm (sheet); artist’s monogram in the image lower right, and date ‘Melb. Jan. ’39’ lower left, with caption beneath; verso inscribed by the artist ‘A more finished pencil drawing, from the original sketch [made] in Melbourne Zoo’, and below it the artist’s name and address: …

    $40.00 AUD Read more
  • Eagle

    # 34577

    SLATER, Edwin W.

    Eagle

    Pencil on card, 210 x 120 mm (image), 270 x 175 mm (sheet); artist’s monogram and caption in the image lower right, and date ‘Melb. Jan. ’39’ lower left; verso inscribed by the artist ‘A more finished pencil drawing, taken from the original sketch [made] in Melbourne Zoo’, and below it the artist’s name and address: …

    $40.00 AUD Read more
  • Caricatures of anthropomorphic apes.

    # 34576

    SLATER, Edwin W.

    Caricatures of anthropomorphic apes.

    Pen and ink on card, 320 x 250 mm (sheet); signed and dated by the artist lower right ‘E. W. Slater 1902’; verso with the artist’s wet stamp ‘E. W. Slater, Broad Street, Whittlesea’ (Cambridgeshire, U.K.); water staining along the left-hand edge; unmounted and unframed. Edwin W. Slater was born in England in 1875 and …

    $30.00 AUD Read more
  • Parakeet

    # 34574

    SLATER, Edwin W.

    Parakeet

    Pen and ink on card, 150 x 120 mm (image), 270 x 205 mm (sheet); artist’s monogram in the image lower right, captioned by the artist lower in the image ‘Parakeet’ [sic]; verso inscribed by the artist with the date: ‘11.1.41’; in fine condition, unmounted and unframed. Edwin W. Slater was born in England in …

    $70.00 AUD Read more
  • Days and nights of salmon fishing in the River Tweed

    # 34411

    SCROPE, William

    Days and nights of salmon fishing in the River Tweed

    Illustrated by Sir David Wilkie, Sir Edwin Landseer, Charles Landseer, William Simson and Edward Cooke. London : Hamilton, Adams & Co., and Glasgow : Thomas D. Morison, 1885. Octavo, gilt-lettered green cloth, edges rubbed, old sticker to head of spine, light stains to endpapers, bookplate from the Library of Parliament, Tasmania to front pastedown, lithographed …

    $450.00 AUD Read more
  • [NEW GUINEA] The 1951 eruption of Mount Lamington, Papua.

    # 33980

    TAYLOR, G. A.

    [NEW GUINEA] The 1951 eruption of Mount Lamington, Papua.

    Canberra : Government Printer, 1958. “Bulletin Number 38 of the Department of National Development, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics”. Quarto (250 x 180 mm), printed green wrappers (spine and edges sunned), pp [iv], 115, plus 157 illustrations and plates (including 9 folding data charts and maps), errata slip tipped-in on inside front wrapper; …

    $75.00 AUD Read more
  • Bulletin of the Territory of Papua. No. 4, 1918. Report on the geology of the Hohoro District, Papuan oilfield.

    # 34384

    LANGFORD, W. G. (Walter Gilbert)

    Bulletin of the Territory of Papua. No. 4, 1918. Report on the geology of the Hohoro District, Papuan oilfield.

    Melbourne : Dept. of Home and Territories, 1918. Quarto (275 x 220 mm), original printed grey wrappers (old collection stamp to front), pp 16, with a folding colour cross-sectional plan of the Vailala goldfields, and folding topographical and geological map of same, 2 leaves of photographic plates plus several photographic illustrations in the text; title page …

    $75.00 AUD Read more
  • [CHILDREN'S GAME] Histoire naturelle

    # 34046

    Maker unknown.

    [CHILDREN’S GAME] Histoire naturelle

    [France : s.n., circa 1900]. Wooden box with hinged lid, 400 x 350 x 60 mm, original decorative paper covering with chromolithographed onlay to lid, with the title ‘Histoire naturelle‘ lettered in gold on red; the box contains 72 wooden puzzle cubes with chromolithographed paper surfaces, from which the child can potentially create a total …

    $1,950.00 AUD Read more
  • A popular guide to the wild flowers of New South Wales

    # 32435

    SULMAN, Florence; MORT, Eirene

    A popular guide to the wild flowers of New South Wales

    With 51 full-page plates by Eirene Mort and Dorothy M. Watkins. London : Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1913 – 14. Two volumes, octavo, decorated cloth (a few small marks), pp. xxxii; 208; xxxii; 249; 32 (publisher’s catalogue), black and white plates predominately by Eirene Mort, folding maps, occasional light foxing, a very good set. An …

    $175.00 AUD Read more