Danzig, Gedani, Gedani: Rhetius Typis, sumptibus & in aedibus Autoris, 1678. Engraving on 17th Century laid paper. 35.5 x 22.5cm. Stains. Annotated in the lower margin in elegant 18th Century scholarly penmanship.... Jacobi Breynii Gedanensis Exoticarum aliarumque Minus Cognitarum Plantarum Centuria Prima : cum Figuris Aeneis Summo studio elaboratis. Gedani..... More
Paris: Circa 1940s. Gouache and ink on paper. 3 studies. Tears in the margins. 50 x 64cm.. ... Partie d'atelier de Pierre Charbonnier (1897-1978) Dessins et tableaux..Expertise by Frédérick Chanoit & Pauline Chanoit, Paris.... . Pierre Charbonnier was a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyons in 1915 and..... More
Paris: Circa 1940s. A collection of pencil and ink drawings of animals, together with a maquette of the book, a manuscript title page and a manuscript table of contents. ... Partie d'atelier de Pierre Charbonnier (1897-1978) Dessins et tableaux..Expertise by Frédérick Chanoit & Pauline Chanoit, Paris.... François Dodat fut un..... More
Paris: 1826 or Bruxelles: 1846. Black and white lithographs. 44 x 30 cm. Most with marginal tears. Nissen, Die Botanische Buchillustration, no. 537 or 538. These are the only 2 works by Deshayes in Nissen. Damanne is indicated as the lithographer on the plates. More
London: sumptibus auctoris, 1732. Engravings on 18th Century laid paper. 39.5 x 23.5cm. Some trimmed, Most plates annotated in the lower margin in elegant 18th Century scholarly penmanship........The most important 18th-century work on plants in a private garden to be published in England. 'James Sherard (1666-1738), botanist and apothecary, had..... More
Albany, NY: Carroll & Cook Printers for the Assembly, 1843. 38 unbound color lithographs. With 2 title pages. 11.5 x 9 inches. Full title: "A flora of the State of New-York, comprising full descriptions of all the indigenous and naturalized plants hitherto discovered in the state; with remarks on their..... More
![Item #51-5133 Etchings of Asses and Mules [with] Etchings of Horses. First editions. Robert Hills](https://art-books.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51-5133.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1665600354)
London: Robert Hills, 1798-1810. Folio. 35 x 50 cm.; a few smaller leaves. Modern 2 color red cloth binding with paper labels. The asses and mule section contains 79 etchings on 43 leaves. The horses section (dated 1801 and 1805) consists of 19 etchings on 12 leaves. Plates signed and..... More
Paris: Chez Dennė le jeune, 1806. Hand-colored color stipple engraving by Pérée, from François Le Vaillant, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de Paradis des Rolliers, suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus, Paris, 1801-1806, Sheet 23 x 15.5 inches; 59 x 40 cm. Printed by Rousset. Slightly time stained.12 cm..... More
Paris: Chez Dennė le jeune, 1806. Hand-colored color stipple engraving by Pérée, from François Le Vaillant, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de Paradis des Rolliers, suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus, Paris, 1801-1806, Sheet 23 x 15.5 inches; 59 x 40 cm. Printed by Rousset. Slightly time stained. Provenance..... More
New York: William C. Harris, 1895. Chromolithograph. 308 x 484mm. 2 marginal tears From William C. Harris' "The Fishes of North America that are captured on Hook and Line. With eighty colored plates made from oil portraits of living fishes before their color tints had faded." Bennett p.51; Bruns H80;..... More
New York: William C. Harris, 1897. Chromolithograph. 308 x 484mm. Small loss in lower margin. From William C. Harris' "The Fishes of North America that are captured on Hook and Line. With eighty colored plates made from oil portraits of living fishes before their color tints had faded." Bennett p.51;..... More
New York: William C. Harris, 1898. Chromolithograph. 308 x 484mm. Small loss in lower margin and more in the right margin From William C. Harris' "The Fishes of North America that are captured on Hook and Line. With eighty colored plates made from oil portraits of living fishes before their..... More
Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, M.DC.CXIII [1693]. Engravings on 17th Century laid paper. 42 x 25cm. Each plate annotated in the lower margin in elegant 18th Century scholarly penmanship........ Petite déchirure avec manque en marge haute d'une planche......Alden & Landis 693/137; Hunt 389; Nissen, BBI 1544; Sabin 63455; Stafleu-Cowan 8066...... Expertise..... More
Parisiis: ex typographia Philippi-Dionysii Pierres, MDCCLXXXIV-[MDCCLXXXV] [1784-1785. Engravings on 18th Century laid paper. 42 x 25cm, and smaller. Belder 215. Hunt 673. Johnston 555. Nissen (BBI) 1190. Pritzel 5268. Stafleu/Cowan 4484. Cf. Buchheim, "A bibliographical account of L'Héritier's 'Stirpes novae'", in: Huntia, vol. 2, (1965), pp. 29-58. Charles-Louis, . Expertise..... More
Amsterdam: apud Meinardum Uytwerf- Johannes Burman, circa 1750. Engravings on 18th Century laid paper. 41 x 25.5cm. Each plate annotated in the lower margin in elegant 18th Century scholarly penmanship..... Suite of 58 engraved plates from the Herbarium Amboinense of Rumph published by Joannes Burmann.... The complete work is illustrated..... More
Leyden and Amsterdam: E.J. Brill & G.L. Funke, 1863-1866, 48 (of 50) handcolored lithographic plates of kingfishers (16), pittas (6), and falconidae (28), loosely inserted in a folio sized album inserted in clear sleeves ..Sheets measure 32.2 x 24cm...... Also included are manuscript descriptions of all the plates. ... ........ More
London: Henry Bohn, 1842. 53.2 x 66.4 x cm. Ca. 21 x 26 inches. Handcoloured engraving on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1842. Unevenly trimmed in upper margin. From "Illustrations of British Ornithology," the first attempt to produce a set of life-sized illustrations of British birds. Issued in parts over a...... More
London: Henry Bohn, 1842. 53.2 x 66.4 x cm. Ca. 21 x 26 inches. Handcoloured engraving on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1842. 3.5 inch tear in upper margin. From "Illustrations of British Ornithology," the first attempt to produce a set of life-sized illustrations of British birds. Issued in parts over..... More
London: Henry Bohn, 1841. 53.2 x 66.4 x cm. Ca. 21 x 26 inches. Handcoloured engraving on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1826. From "Illustrations of British Ornithology," the first attempt to produce a set of life-sized illustrations of British birds. Issued in parts over a number of years beginning in..... More
London: Henry Bohn, 1841. 66.4 x 53.2 cm. Ca. 26 x 21 inches. Handcoloured engraving on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1828. From "Illustrations of British Ornithology," the first attempt to produce a set of life-sized illustrations of British birds. Issued in parts over a number of years beginning in 1819..... More
London: Henry Bohn, 1842. 66.4 x 53.2 cm. Ca. 26 x 21 inches. Handcoloured engraving on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1842. From "Illustrations of British Ornithology," the first attempt to produce a set of life-sized illustrations of British birds. Issued in parts over a number of years beginning in 1819..... More
London: Henry Bohn, 1842. [20th century impression). 52 x 42 cm. plate on 66 x 51.5cm. Handcolored engraving. A 20th Century restrike in fine condition. From "Illustrations of British Ornithology," the first attempt to produce a set of life-sized illustrations of British birds. Issued in parts over a number of..... More
London: Henry Bohn, 1842. [20th century impression). 40 x 55 cm. plate on 48 x 66 cm. sheet. Handcolored engraving. A 20th Century restrike in fine condition. From "Illustrations of British Ornithology," the first attempt to produce a set of life-sized illustrations of British birds. Issued in parts over a...... More
London: Henry Bohn, 1842. [20th century impression). 48 x 57cm. plate on 62 x 73.5cm. Handcolored engraving. A 20th Century restrike in fine condition. From "Illustrations of British Ornithology," the first attempt to produce a set of life-sized illustrations of British birds. Issued in parts over a number of years..... More
London: Henry Bohn, 1841. 66.4 x 53.2 cm. Ca. 26 x 21 inches. Handcoloured engraving on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1830 From "Illustrations of British Ornithology," the first attempt to produce a set of life-sized illustrations of British birds. Issued in parts over a number of years beginning in 1819..... More