Librairie J. B. Baillière et Fil, 1878-01-01. Hardcover. 1885 edition. Quarter leather cover in red with raised bands on the spine, black title label with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Cover shows minor wear and tear, chipping and soiling, cracked joints and rubbing. Marbled endpapers. Pages are tanned and mostly clean..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. Hardcover. Decorative green cloth cover shows minor wear, rubbing, and edgewear. Contemporary gift inscription on a blank prelim. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. 10 chromo-lithographs, 86 woodcust, 7 pages of advertisements at the rear. More
Neuchatel: Samuel Fauche, 1779. Hardcover. Volume 1 only (full set is 17 volumes). Bound in full speckled calf with gilt ruling, raised bands, gilt decoration in panels on the spine, cover shows minor wear and rubbing to the extremities, loose headband. Marbled edges. Pages are mostly clean... More
Cheloniidae Press, 1982-01-01. Hardcover. Deluxe Limited Edition. This being # 33 of only 50 copies. Colophon with entire alphabet calligraphed in red by Betsy Curtis and Signed/No. in pencil by Robinson. 2 Vols w/ clamshell box. Bound in ¼ Leather with tan cloth boards; gold lettering and black stamped sea..... More
Crochard, 1822-01-01. Reliure inconnue. Complete in 6 Volumes. Vols. 1 & 2 Printed 1822; Vols. 3 & 4 in 1823; V. 5. 1824 & V. 6. 1825. - Bound in matching dark green buckrum with gold lettering and rules to spines; Newer end papers are added; All page edges are..... More
John Murray, 1862-01-01. Hardcover. First edition, with the publisher's advertisments at the back of the book dated April, 1868. Ex-library copy with usual markings, in a library binding. Red buckram cover shows minor wear. Minor scattered foxing to pages. 12mo, with 1 folding plate and many text illustrations... More
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1856. Hardcover. 8-volume set, complete. First edition, volume 1 published in 1856, volume 8 in 1860. A set in near fine condition. Half-leather with 5 raised bands and gilt decoration on the spines, covers in green, with very minor rubbing to the edges, corners, and spine-ends..... More
Hall of the Academy of Natural S, 1916. Harcover. An Original Volume 42 with all 4 Issues for the year bound in 1/4 Leather with marbled boards. gold stamped lettering to spine. ii., ix.; 434pp. Original printed, illustrated covers are bound at rear. top page edges are gilted. backstrip isstarted..... More
Carlisle for Thomas and Andrews, 1803. Hardcover. Printed at Boston, by D. Carlisle, for Thomas and Andrews. 2-volume set, bound in full calf. Covers shows moderate wear and rubbing, erosion on the corners, cracked joints, the bottom board of volume 2 is detached. Contemporary signature of former owner on the..... More
Lyon: Jean-Marie Bruyset, 1772. Hardcover. 10 volume set, complete. Full leather covers, red title labels and black volume labels on the spines with gilt lettering and decoration, covers show minor wear and rubbing, edgewear and cracked joints. Marbled endpapers. Pages are mostly clean. More
London: George Kearsley, 1806. Hardcover. 2-volume set. Half-leather covers with marbled boards shows minor wear and rubbing, slight loss on the spine ends. Armorial bookplate of former owner on the front pastedowns. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed, textblocks are square, binding is sturdy. Profusely illustrated... More
Paris: Chez les Freres Guerin, 1747. Hardcover. Volume 1 only, bound in full speckled calf with raised bands on the spine, gilt decoration in compartements, title and volume labels, minor rubbing with cracked joints. Red tinted edges, swirl-marbled endpapers. Contemporary signature of former owner on the verso of the front..... More
London: T. J. Allman, ca. 1860. Hardcover. First edition. 4to, original pictorial giltstamped maroon cloth, a.e.g. Rebacked, with original spine laid down and new endpapers, front hinge starting, but a very firm, clean copy. 62 full-page, hand-colored lithographs. More
Braunschweig: Vieweg & Sohn, 1885. Hardcover. Cover shows minor wear and ter, edgewear and rubbing, tape on the spine. Color plates (plate 16 torn and cut on the edges). Pages are lightly tanned with minor scattered soiling. More
Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1833. Hardcover. Scarce. 8vo. Rebound in blue cloth, red morocco label with title in gilt, new endpapers. 73 half-page hand-colored plates. Very light scattered foxing throughout. A beautiful copy of an early American botanical book. More
London: John Churchill, 1834. Hardcover. 3-volume set. Extremely clean set with excellent hand-coloring, 186 colored plates (two plates numbered 75, plates 104 & 109 in volume 2 are folding pull-out plates). Uniformly bound in half-leather with raised bands, marbled boards, and gilt lettering. Covers show minor wear and rubbing to..... More
California Academy of Sciences, 1922-01-01. Hardcover. 2-volume set. Black cloth cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are clean. More
Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1795. Hardcover. 4-volume set, complete. 55 plates, 2 torn but included, with some offsetting. Torn page 437/438. Uniformly bound in full calf with gilt decoration and labels in red and green on the spines, covers show minor wear and rubbing, edgewear and bumped corners. Name label of..... More
London: Bensley for Longman, Hur, 1816. Hardcover. 250 finely colored plates. 3 volume set. Royal octavo, full contemporary maroon English straight-grained morocco, gold tooled, gilt edges. Minor rubbing to the extremities. Light scattered foxing, name of former owner in the prelims. A set in fine condition... More
London: William Iaggard, 1613 & 1619. Hardcover. 2-volumes, 1st editions. Subtitled: Containing the Learned Collections, Judicious Readings, and Memorable Observations: Not onely Divine, Morrall and Phylosophicall. But also Poeticall, Martiall, Politicall, Historicall, Astrologicall, &c. Translated out of that Worthy Spanish Gentleman, Pedro Mexia, And M. Francesco Sansovino, that Famous Italian..... More