Natural History

  • Observaciones astronómicas, y phisicas hechas de orden de S. Mag. en los reynos del Perù

    # 46582

    Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre Giral, 1716-1795; Antonio de and Jorge Juan y Santacilla, 1713-1773

    Observaciones astronómicas, y phisicas hechas de orden de S. Mag. en los reynos del Perù

    Por D. Jorge Juan … y D. Antonio de Ulloa … de las quales se deduce la figura, y magnitud de la tierra, y se aplica a la navegacion. En Madrid : Impresso de orden del rey nuestro señor, por Juan de Zuñiga, Año M.D.CC.XL.VIII. [1748]. First edition. Folio, contemporary full speckled calf with ornamental …

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  • [BIOLOGICAL RACISM] Betrachtungen über die Fruchtbarkeit, oder Unfruchtbarkeit, über den vormahligen und gegenwärtigen Zustand der vornehmsten Länder in Asien,

    # 46347

    MEINERS, C. (Christoph) (1747-1810)

    [BIOLOGICAL RACISM] Betrachtungen über die Fruchtbarkeit, oder Unfruchtbarkeit, über den vormahligen und gegenwärtigen Zustand der vornehmsten Länder in Asien,

    von C. Meiners…. [=Observations on fertility and sterility in the ancient and present states of the main regions of Asia]. Lübeck und Leipzig : im Verlage bey Bohn und Compagnie, 1795-96. Two volumes, octavo (195 x 125 mm), matching contemporary bindings of marbled papered boards (lightly rubbed, first volume with small paper loss, otherwise very …

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  • [NATURAL HISTORY] Josef Wolf, animal painter : autograph letter signed, discussing the overpainting of an ornithological photograph. London, June 1870.

    # 41187

    WOLF, Josef (1820-1899)

    [NATURAL HISTORY] Josef Wolf, animal painter : autograph letter signed, discussing the overpainting of an ornithological photograph. London, June 1870.

    Manuscript in ink, 4 pp., octavo bifolium (175 x 110 mm); headed ’59 Berners Street, London, 17 June 1870′, and signed ‘J. Wolf’, the letter is addressed to an anonymous recipient (‘Dear Sir’), informing him that ‘The Photograph of the Great Bustard is in the hands of Mr. Smit’, and promising to let him know …

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  • The origin of species (1880)

    # 40452

    DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)

    The origin of species (1880)

    by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London : John Murray, 1880. Sixth edition, with additions and corrections to 1872 (twenty-second thousand). Octavo, original publisher’s gilt-lettered green cloth (corners a little rubbed, slightly bruised with short tear at head and foot of spine) original endpapers (lightly …

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  • On the origin of species (First 'Australian' edition)

    # 46469

    DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)

    On the origin of species (First ‘Australian’ edition)

    by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. With a new preface by Charles G. Darwin. Illustrated with wood engravings by Paul Landcare. [New York] : Limited Editions Club, 1963. Printed for The Limited Editions Club at The Griffin Press, Adelaide, South Australia. Quarto, quarter wallaby over …

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  • The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex (1885)

    # 41942

    DARWIN, Charles (1809 - 1882)

    The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex (1885)

    London : John Murray, 1885. Second edition, revised and augmented. Nineteenth thousand. Octavo, gilt-lettered green cloth (edges slightly rubbed), light foxing to endpapers, pp. xvi; 693; blank, 32 (advertisements, dated January, 1885), 78 text illustrations, a very good copy. The second edition, eighth issue, of Darwin’s important work on natural selection. As Freeman notes: the …

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  • Coral divers with their wealth, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

    # 46334

    B. W. KILBURN (publisher)

    Coral divers with their wealth, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

    [Title from printed caption on mount]. Littleton, New Hampshire : B. W. Kilburn, 1904. Stereoscopic silver gelatin print photograph, each individual image 77 x 77 mm, on pink board mount 88 x 179 mm, with the publisher’s serial number and caption ‘15945. Coral divers with their wealth, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia’, along with …

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  • On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (fourth edition)

    # 46544

    DARWIN, Charles

    On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (fourth edition)

    London : printed by W. Closes and Sons for John Murray, 1866. Fourth edition, second state (eighth thousand). Octavo, original green cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine gilt (light bumping to corners, very minor stains), green endpapers (previous owner’s name to front pastedown), pp. xxi; [blank], 593; [blank], folding lithographic plate by William West after …

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  • The art of the First Fleet

    # 46417

    DI TOMMASO, Lisa

    The art of the First Fleet

    Melbourne : Hardie Grant Books, 2012. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, light handling wear, pp. 112, extensively illustrated. Ethnographical and topographical art, zoology and botanical painting from the Natural History Museum, London.

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  • The ferns of southern India. Being descriptions and plates of the ferns of the Madras Presidency

    # 46001

    BEDDOME, Captain R. H. (1830 - 1911)

    The ferns of southern India. Being descriptions and plates of the ferns of the Madras Presidency

    Madras : printed by Gantz Brothers, 1863. First edition. Quarto, half crushed morocco over cloth, edges scuffed, spine in compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt, rebacked, marbled endpapers, title page, notice to subscribers, pp. [I – creased]; xv; [blank]; 88; vii (index), extensively illustrated with 271 lithographed line illustrations of ferns, a few contemporary …

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  • The art of the First Fleet & other early Australian drawings

    # 46350

    SMITH, Bernard and WHEELER, Alwyne (eds.)

    The art of the First Fleet & other early Australian drawings

    Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1988. Folio, cloth in dustjacket, pp. 256, illustrated. A significant survey of Australia’s earliest colonial art, including ethnographical studies, natural history drawings, early views of Sydney and New South Wales as well as early maps.  

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  • Mr J W Lewin : painter & naturalist

    # 46295

    NEVILLE, Richard

    Mr J W Lewin : painter & naturalist

    Sydney : NewSouth Publishing, 2012. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (light handling wear, spine sunned), pp. 272, illustrated; internally very clean, a good copy. Author, illustrator, printmaker and natural historian, John William Lewin created the first illustrated book ever published in Australia – Birds of New South Wales, in 1813. Featuring more than 150 exquisite artworks, Mr …

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  • Manual of the birds of New Zealand

    # 45981

    BULLER, Walter Lawry, 1838-1906; KEULEMANS, John Gerrard, 1842-1912

    Manual of the birds of New Zealand

    Wellington : George Didsbury, Government Printer, 1882. Octavo, gilt-lettered binder’s cloth (corners bumped, wear to head and foot of spine), pp. xii; 107; [blank]; iii (list of publications); [blank], illustrated with 39 black and white lithographs on tinted blocks, previous owner’s name to endpaper, a couple of occasional spots of foxing, internally clean. Sir Walter …

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  • Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. 'Beagle' under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.

    # 44309

    DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)

    Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.

    London : John Murray; 1889. Octavo, gilt-decorated green cloth (canted, edges rubbed), with 3/6 on spine, patterned endpapers, engraved portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, pp. x; 520 (last blank), 4 (advertisements), text vignettes, internally clean, a very good copy. Freeman 49, but he makes no mention of the portrait (new to this edition?).

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  • Birds' nesting in India. A calendar of the breeding seasons, and a popular guide to the habits and haunts of birds.

    # 46000

    MARSHALL, Captain G. F. L.

    Birds’ nesting in India. A calendar of the breeding seasons, and a popular guide to the habits and haunts of birds.

    Illustrated. By Captain G. F. L. Marshall, R.E., F.Z.S., and member of the British & Indian Ornithological Unions. Calcutta : Calcutta Central Press Co., 1877. Octavo, cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine (rubbed at head and foot), corners bumped, pp. [vi]; ii; 184; thirteen finely lithographed plates by Marshall (some with a marginal water …

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  • Inaugural address, delivered to the Bendigo School of Mines Science Society, June 20, 1881.

    # 46273

    MACGILLIVRAY, P.H.

    Inaugural address, delivered to the Bendigo School of Mines Science Society, June 20, 1881.

    Sandhurst, [Vic.] : G. Young, [1881]. Octavo (210 mm), original printed green wrappers, stitched, 8 pp; includes rules and list of office bearers of the Bendigo School of Mines Science Society for 1881/​82; a very good copy. Copies are recorded in six Australian collections (NLA; SLNSW; SLV; SLSA; Monash University Library; Royal Australasian College of …

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