Antiquates Limited - Logo

Natural History

Date Added Author A-Z Author Z-A Title A-Z Title Z-A Price Low-High Price High-Low
Photo of "Report of the agricultural and ..."
[AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF INDIA]. Report of the agricultural and horticultural society of india, for the year 1841 [sic]. Calcutta. Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, 1841. First edition. 35pp, [1].

[Bound with:] [Drop-head title:] List of members of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India. January 1st 1841. [Calcutta]. [Bishop's College Press], [1841]. [2], 23pp, [1].

8vo. Modern brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Two early manuscript corrections to first
mentioned work (title and drop-head title). More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32634
Photo of "Synopsis of the natural history ..."
BERKENHOUT, John. Synopsis of the natural history of great-britain and ireland. Containing a systematic arrangement and concise description of all the animals, vegetables, and fossils, which have hitherto been discovered in these Kingdoms...Being a second edition of the Outlines, &c. Corrected and considerably enlarged... London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1789. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], xii, 13-19, [1], 334, [2]; [4], 380pp. Contemporary diced calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, 'Newall' lettered in gilt to foot of spines. Rubbed and sunned. Paper strips pasted to half-titles in order to obscure early ownership inscriptions, inked ownership inscription of Thos: Clifton to title page of Vol. II. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27397
Photo of "A supplement to the history ..."
BEWICK, Thomas. A supplement to the history of British birds. The figure engraved on wood by t. bewick . Newcastle. Printed by Edward Walker…for T. Bewick, 1821. First edition. 8vo. Two parts bound as one, as issued. 50, [2];49pp, [3]. With a final leaf of publisher’s advertisements. Uncut in contemporary gilt-tooled black half-roan, marbled boards. Rubbed and discoloured, lower joint starting, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of H. M. Clifford to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26175
Photo of "A Natural History: Containing Many ..."
BLOUNT, Sir Thomas Pope. A Natural History: Containing Many not Common Observations: Extracted out of the best Modern Writers. London. Printed for R. Bentley, 1693. First edition. 8vo. [16], 463pp, [3]. With three pages of terminal advertisements. Contemporary blind-ruled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. A crisp and unpretentious unpressed copy, with a little chipping at head and foot of spine, short crack to upper joint and neat diamond-shaped shelf-label at foot of spine. Occasional spotting/browning to text. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27402
Photo of "Universae naturae theatrum.."
BODIN, Jean. Universae naturae theatrum... Lugduni [i.e. Leiden]. Apud Jacobum Roussin, 1596. First edition, second issue. 8vo. [16], 633pp, [1]. Title in red and black. Woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, and several woodcut diagrams (chiefly astronomical). Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, later rebacked, partly preserving contemporary spine panel, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed. Decorated endpapers, bookplate with initials 'G. H.' to FEP, inked ownership inscription (with a Bible verse in Greek beneath) of Charles Hénault (1685-1770), conseiller au ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23029
Photo of "Corticis Peruviani vindiciæ dissertatio physico-practica ..."
COCCHI, Antonio Celestino. Corticis Peruviani vindiciæ dissertatio physico-practica antonii caelestini cocchii In Romano Archilyceo Medicinae Lectoris... Romae [i.e. Rome]. Ex Typographia Komarek in via Cursus, 1746. First edition. 8vo. [12], 83pp, [1]. Contemporary stiff buff wrappers. Early paper label with title in manuscript to spine, manuscript title to upper wrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked. Later ink-stamp to verso of title page, small wormtrack reducing to single wormhole from title to leaf B4, affecting text in places without loss of sense. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24389
Photo of "Constantini caesaris selectarum praeceptionum de ..."
CORNARIUS, Janus. Constantini caesaris selectarum praeceptionum de agricultura libri VI = ginti. Iano Cornario Medico interprete. Lugundi [i.e. Lyon]. Seb. Gryphium, 1541. 8vo. 150, 153-154, 151-349pp, [16]. Leaf K4 misbound. Later gilt-tooled diced russia, all edges red. Rubbed, joints starting, some scoring to boards; but an attractive copy. Endpapers browned, ink-stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Trust to FEP, contemporary ownership inscription to title page: 'Johannis Alardi x Armcoruf(?) / Gronopol. 1544. empts.' marginal worm- track throughout the majority of text-block, closed tear to lower corner of final leaf ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19652
Photo of "The life and letters of ..."
DARWIN, Francis. The life and letters of charles darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. London. John Murray, 1887. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. ix, [1], 395, [1]; [4], 393, [1]; iv, 418pp. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume. Original publisher's green cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt to spines. A trifle rubbed. Hinges exposed, armorial bookplates of Bernard Lord Coleridge to FFEPs, scattered spotting. With a [4]pp A.L.S. tipped-in to FFEP of Vol. II:

'Dear Mr. Rockstro, I have to thank you for two ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28006
Photo of "The book of baby birds"
New
DETMOLD, E. J. DUGDALE, Florence E. The book of baby birds. London. Henry Frowde. Hodder & Stoughton, [1912]. First edition. Quarto. 120pp. With 19 mounted colour plates by E. J. Detmold. Bound by the Ashley Bindery in 1970 (stamp-signed in blind 'A. B.' and dated on rear turn-in) in later blind-tooled dark green morocco, geometric red and orange morocco inlays arranged in circular pattern to centre of both boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G., stamp-signed in blind 'A. B.' and dated in blind 1970 on rear turn-in. ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33692
Photo of "The overloaded ark"
DURRELL, Gerald M.. The overloaded ark. London. Faber & Faber, [1953]. First edition. 8vo. 238pp. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in blue, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle cocked, slight surface loss to head of spine and lower board, dustwrapper rubbed, spine panel chipped and sunned. Endpapers lightly browned. Presentation copy, inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'With all best wishes / from / Gerald Durrell / 1953'. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 26089
Photo of "The lore of the honey-bee"
EDWARDES, Tickner. The lore of the honey-bee. London. Methuen, [1908]. Second edition. 8vo. xxiii, [1], 281pp, [1]. With 24 photographic plates. Finely bound by North in contemporary green crushed morocco, with repeated leaf and bee motifs to spine and boards, A.E.G., marbled endpaper, gilt dentelles. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine slightly dulled. Blind-stamp of Robeson of Fences Farm to FFEP. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27782
Photo of "[Three volumes of manuscript commonplace, ..."
[FORD, John Walker]. [Three volumes of manuscript commonplace, with extensive notes on horticulture and planting]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c.1905] 8vo. Manuscript on paper. Three volumes; two in contemporary gilt-ruled red morocco, marbled edges (predominantly filled, the second with numerous leaves excised); the third, black half-calf over marbled boards, marbled edges (with many leaves unused). Extremities a trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Bookplates of John Walker Ford to FEPs of both full-calf volumes. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 14484
Photo of "Flora Tonbrigensis; or, a catalogue ..."
FORSTER, T[homas] F[urly]. Flora Tonbrigensis; or, a catalogue of plants growing wild in the neighbourhood of Tonbridge Wells, arranged according to the Linnaean system... London. Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1816. Second edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 216pp. With three engraved, hand-coloured plates of plant specimens. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper boards, recently rebacked with tan paper, title in manuscript to spine and upper board. Lightly foxed, ink gift inscription to recto of FFEP 'John S. L. Gilmour / 28/9/30 / from Kingey(?)', alongside later ownership inscription 'A. J. Wilmott / 1944'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 12423
Photo of "A treatise on the culture ..."
FORSYTH, William. A treatise on the culture and management of fruit-trees; in which a new method of pruning and training is fully described. To which is added, a new and improved edition of "observations on the diseases, defects, and injuries, in all kinds of fruit and forest trees:" With an account of a particular method of cure, published by order of government. London. Printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803. Third Edition, with Additions. 8vo. xxx, 523pp, [1]. With thirteen engraved plates. Finely bound in contemporary marbled calf, gilt, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Very slightest of wear to extremities, else a fine copy. Partially erased ink inscription to FEP, neat tear to gutter margin of RFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 11173
Photo of "Remarks on forest scenery, and ..."
GILPIN, William. Remarks on forest scenery, and other woodland views. Edinburgh. Fraser & Co., 1834. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, 368; [2], 344pp. With a lithographed frontispiece to each volume, and a further 18 lithographed plates. Attractively bound in contemporary burgundy calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spines heavily sunned. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32383