Natural History

  • The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex (1890)

    # 41945

    DARWIN, Charles (1809 - 1882)

    The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex (1890)

    London : John Murray, 1890. Second edition, revised and augmented. Twenty-seventh thousand. Octavo, gilt-lettered green cloth (very slightly marked), light foxing to patterned endpapers, pp. xvi; 693; blank, 78 text illustrations, a few leaves very slightly crumpled, a fine copy. The second edition, thirteenth issue, of Darwin’s important work on natural selection. As Freeman notes: …

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  • An exquisite eye : the Australian flora & fauna drawings 1801-1820 of Ferdinand Bauer

    # 50035

    WATTS, Peter et al.

    An exquisite eye : the Australian flora & fauna drawings 1801-1820 of Ferdinand Bauer

    Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 1997. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (lightly sunned to spine and upper wrapper), pp. 167, illustrated, previous owner’s name to half-title. A very good copy. “This publication coincides with an exhibition of the same title held at the Focus Gallery, Museum of Sydney on the site of first …

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  • Parrots in captivity

    # 49478

    GREENE, W. T.

    Parrots in captivity

    London : George Bell and Sons, 1884-87. Three volumes, octavo, gilt-illustrated green cloth (lightly marked and flecked, spines bruised at head and foot, upper hinge cracked to volume. III), pp. x; 144; xiv; 114; viii; 144, 81 wood-engraved plated printed in colour, a couple of spots of foxing to preliminaries, but a very good set, …

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  • John Gould : the bird man. A chronology and bibliography

    # 49543

    SAUER, Gordon C.

    John Gould : the bird man. A chronology and bibliography

    Melbourne : Lansdowne Editions, 1982. Octavo, buckram in dustjacket, pp. xxiv; 416, illustrated with colour plates.

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  • Early artists of Australia

    # 49532

    RIENITS, Rex and Thea

    Early artists of Australia

    Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1963. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket (light edge wear, silver fishing), patterned endpapers,, pp. x; 246, illustrated. A good copy. A valuable survey of the first European artworks of the Australian continent, including chapters on Cook’s artists, the First Fleet, Thomas Watling, William Westall, John William Lewin, George William Evans, …

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  • Ferdinand Bauer : the nature of discovery

    # 49510

    MABBERLEY, David

    Ferdinand Bauer : the nature of discovery

    London : Merrell Holberton and Natural History Museum, 1999. Quarto (295 x 240 mm), cloth in dust jacket (slightly sun-faded at spine), pp. 128, illustrated; an excellent copy of a beautiful publication, with stunning works by ‘the greatest of all botanical painters’.

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  • Mr J W Lewin : painter & naturalist

    # 49484

    NEVILLE, Richard

    Mr J W Lewin : painter & naturalist

    Sydney : NewSouth Publishing, 2012. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (light handling wear), 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 JW Lewin …

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  • [HEALESVILLE SANCTUARY] Two albums of original photographs of native animals, including "Splash" the platypus, plus local views and portraits, 1930s-40s.

    # 43726

    HODGES, Ralph Morwell (1896-1957)

    [HEALESVILLE SANCTUARY] Two albums of original photographs of native animals, including “Splash” the platypus, plus local views and portraits, 1930s-40s.

    Album 1. Oblong quarto (205 x 285 mm), embossed red leather over boards; front endpaper with ownership inscription of Morwell Hodges; approx. [50] mounted b/w gelatin silver print photographs, most 150 x 200 mm format, and several newspaper cuttings relating to the Healesville wildlife sanctuary and Coranderrk Aboriginal reserve; subjects include “Splash”, the famous Healesville …

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  • Illustrating the Antipodes. George French Angas in Australia and New Zealand 1844-1845

    # 49396

    JONES, Phillip

    Illustrating the Antipodes. George French Angas in Australia and New Zealand 1844-1845

    Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2021. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 380. illustrated. A very good copy. George French Angas (1822-1886) spent 18 months sketching and observing in Australia and New Zealand between 1844 and 1845. It was a period of decisive and irreversible cultural change. The young Angas excelled at capturing the minute …

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  • The business of nature. John Gould and Australia

    # 49294

    RUSSELL, Roslyn

    The business of nature. John Gould and Australia

    Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2011. Quarto, illustrated laminated boards, pp. vi; 224, illustrated, light foxing to top edge, else fine,

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  • A history of the birds of New Zealand (second edition)

    # 48847

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

    A history of the birds of New Zealand (second edition)

    The scarce large format second edition of an acclaimed ornithological work, illustrated by J.G. Keulemans. London : the author, 1888. Second edition. Thirteen parts, bound in two volumes, quarto, publisher’s gilt-illustrated green cloth, rebacked with new leather spines, lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, vol. I pp. lxxxiv; 250; [vi]; vol. II pp. xv; 359, …

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  • An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales :

    # 48348

    COLLINS, David (1756 - 1810)

    An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales :

    With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, &c. of the Native Inhabitants of that Country. [Together with] An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales from its first Settlement, in January 1788, to August 1801: with Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, &c. of the Native Inhabitants of that Country. To which are …

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  • A natural history of the birds of New South Wales, collected, engraved and faithfully painted after nature. (The Bradley Martin copy)

    # 45901

    LEWIN, John William (1770-1819)

    A natural history of the birds of New South Wales, collected, engraved and faithfully painted after nature. (The Bradley Martin copy)

    By John William Lewin, A.L.S., late of Paramatta, New South Wales. New and improved edition, to which is added a list of the synonymes of each species, incorporating the labours of T. Gould, Esq., N. A. Vigors, Esq., T. Horsfield, M.D., and W. Swainson, Esq. A fine example, in original condition, of one of the …

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  • The Zones of the Earth. Plate No. X. Productions of the Southern Temperate Zone.

    # 47283

    A. & S. JOSEPH, MYERS & CO. (publisher)

    The Zones of the Earth. Plate No. X. Productions of the Southern Temperate Zone.

    [Title from printed caption lower centre]. London : A. & S. Joseph, Myers & Co. 144 Leadenhall Street, [after 1842]. Chromolithograph, 253 x 378 mm, mounted on a fully contemporary backing sheet of marbled card, with an eyelet for hanging at top centre; some pale stains and light marks, mostly confined to the margins, otherwise …

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  • A monograph of the Hirundinidae or family of swallows.

    # 48658

    BOWDLER SHARPE, R. (Richard) (1847 - 1909); WYATT, Claude Willmott (1842 - 1900)

    A monograph of the Hirundinidae or family of swallows.

    London : Henry Sotheran, 1885-1894. Two volumes, quarto, contemporary half crushed morocco over pebbled cloth, spine in compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt (extremities rubbed); bookplate to front pastedowns of Frederick du Cane Godman; with 103 hand-coloured lithographic plates after Wyatt heightened in gum arabic, 26 hand-coloured maps, tables; various paginations; very good throughout. …

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  • The Royal Natural History

    # 46822

    LYDEKKER, Richard (1849 - 1915)

    The Royal Natural History

    London and New York : Frederick Warne & Co., 1893 – 96. Sic volumes, octavo, finely bound in uniform half crushed morocco over red buckram by Hatchards of Piccadilly, spines in compartments with raised bands, ruled, lettered and ornamented in gilt, top edges gilt, light fading at fore edges, marbled endpapers, ribbon markers, light foxing …

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