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Very good copy of Sowerby's answer to George Shaw's The Naturalist's Miscellany Complete with all 76 plates (two folding) finely handcoloured engravings by this prolific artist Includes "new, rare, or little known animal subjects many not before ascertained to be inhabitants of the British Isles and chiefly in the possession of the author." There are strange parasites that prey on sand bees… Read more about this item

Very good complete set of both volumes (all published) of this rare zoological masterpiece Two volumes (bound in one) of the continuation of the 24-volume Naturalist's Miscellany by George Shaw With all 120 engraved plates in superb hand-colour Subjects include the critically endangered American burying beetle or giant carrion beetle, Nicrophorus americanus, and the black abalone, Haliotis cracherodii, as well as many birds,… Read more about this item

Very good copy of the volume on Marsupials from Sir William Jardine's ambitious Victorian series The Naturalist's Library With all 37 steel engravings (35 hand-coloured plates, handcoloured frontis, and engraved portrait of Scottish surgeon and anatomist John Barclay) engraved by Scottish engraver William Lizars after illustrations by George Robert Waterhouse. Includes the extinct Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus, along with koala, kangaroo, wallaby,… Read more about this item

Very good copy of one of two volumes on West African ornithology from Sir William Jardine's ambitious Victorian series The Naturalist's Library Birds of Western Africa, William Swainson, Vol. II, 34 steel plates by William Lizars after illustrations by William Swainson, 32 hand-coloured, plus hand-coloured frontis and engraved portrait of French explorer Francois Levaillant With list of volumes (up to Vol. XIX),… Read more about this item

Complete set of the two Hummingbirds volumes from Sir William Jardine's ambitious Victorian series The Naturalist's Library With all 68 steel engravings engraved by Scottish engraver William Lizars after illustrations by Jean-Gabriel Pretre In the description to the very first plate, Jardine writes "This fine specimen has been figured in the beautiful work of Mr. Lesson, from which we have borrowed so… Read more about this item

Very good copy of the Sunbirds volume from Sir William Jardine's ambitious Victorian series The Naturalist's Library in a handsome Root and Son binding Sun Birds, written by Sir William Jardine with 32 steel plates by William Lizars after illustrations by James Stewart including a portrait of ornithologist Francis Willughby 30 finely handcoloured plates bound at rear, frontispiece vignette of two "little… Read more about this item

Very good copy of one of four volumes on British ornithology from Sir William Jardine's ambitious Victorian series The Naturalist's Library Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2, Incessores, written by Sir William Jardine, 33 (of 32) steel plates by James Stewart including portrait of Scottish obstetrician William Smellie engraved by William Lizars 32 finely handcoloured plates bound at rear, including… Read more about this item

Complete set of all two volumes on British Fish from Sir William Jardine's ambitious Victorian series The Naturalist's Library With all 72 steel engravings (68 handcoloured plates, 2 b/w title vignettes and 2 b/w portraits) engraved by Scottish engraver William Lizars after illustrations by James Stewart Most fish are depicted lying on the seashore having been caught by fishermen, and include many… Read more about this item

Complete set of all two volumes on Canines from Sir William Jardine's ambitious Victorian series The Naturalist's Library With all 71 steel engravings (62 handcoloured plates, 5 b/w plates, 2 b/w title vignettes and 2 b/w portraits) engraved by Scottish engraver William Lizars after illustrations by Lt.-Col. Charles Hamilton Smith and James Stewart Includes the Falkland Island aguara-dog, Dusicyon australis, that was… Read more about this item

Complete set of all the 15 ornithology volumes from Sir William Jardine's ambitious Victorian series The Naturalist's Library With all 478 steel engravings (463 handcoloured plates including title vignettes, one uncoloured title vignette, 14 uncoloured portraits) engraved by Scottish engraver William Lizars after illustrations by famous nonsense-verse poet and caricaturist Edward Lear, Rene-Primavere Lesson's illustrator Jean-Gabriel Pretre, ornithologists William Swainson and… Read more about this item

Very good copy of Lesson's seminal work on hummingbirds Complete with all 66 handcoloured stipple engraved plates based on the drawings of Jean-Gabriel Prêtre and Louis Bévalet, printed in color, and finely hand-finished by Rémond (Ronsil: Bibliographie Ornithologique Française) X (dedication to Cuvier), 196 pages of explanatory text, 66 plates bound at rear on hinges: (Colibris: 1-25 with 2 bis plates; Supplement… Read more about this item

Very good copy of the Shells volume from Cuvier's huge Dictionary of Natural Sciences Complete with all 114 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates of cephalopods and molluscs, including octopus, squid, shellfish, mussels, cones, cowries, volutes, sea snails, ammonites, nautilus, etc. All the illustrations by Jean-Gabriel Prêtre, under the direction of Pierre Jean François Turpin, and engraved by Louis Massard, Madame Rebel, Guyard, Bourey,… Read more about this item

Very good copy of the Worms and Zoophytes part from Cuvier's huge Dictionary of Natural Sciences Complete with all 116 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates of Vermes and Cnidaria All the illustrations by Jean-Gabriel Prêtre, under the direction of Pierre Jean François Turpin, and engraved by Louis Massard, Plée, Joyeau and Madame Joyeau, Victor, Coignet and Mlle. Coignet, Louvier and Madame Louvier, Torquati,… Read more about this item

Very good copy of the Botany Acotyledons volume from Cuvier's huge Dictionary of Natural Sciences Complete with all 103 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates of seedless plants such as ferns and mosses (previously referred to as acotyledons) Includes many species of ferns, moss, lichen, mushroom, truffle, seaweed, algae, etc. All the illustrations drawn and directed by Pierre Jean François Turpin, engraved by Louis Massard,… Read more about this item

Very good copy of the Botany Monocots volume from Cuvier's huge Dictionary of Natural Sciences Complete with all 82 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates of monocotyledon plants Includes palm tree, date, banana, tulip, iris, amaryllis, daffodil, agave, fritillary, maize, ginger, strelitzia, vanilla, cypripedium and epidendrium orchids, etc. With the heartbreaking caption to the amaryllis plate: Turpin fils pinxt. Mort le 21 Aout 1821, age… Read more about this item

Very good copy of the Insects and Crustaceans part from Cuvier's huge Dictionary of Natural Sciences Complete with all 118 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates of entomology and carcinology All the illustrations by Jean-Gabriel Prêtre, under the direction of Pierre Jean François Turpin, and engraved by Louis Massard, Victor, Prudhon, Madame Guyot, Forestier, Joyeau, etc. Insectes et Crustacés: Title page, 16pp (tables of plates,… Read more about this item

Very good copy of the Fish and Reptiles part from Cuvier's huge Dictionary of Natural Sciences Complete with all 125 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates of fish and reptiles Includes critically endangered species such as the sawfish or carpenter shark, Ganges crocodile or gharial, great crested newt, Mexican axolotl, Martinique lancehead and European eel. Also includes the endangered geometric tortoise and green sea… Read more about this item

Very good copy of the Birds volume from Cuvier's huge Dictionary of Natural Sciences Complete with all 119 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates of birds Birds include the extinct orange-wattled kokako, Alagoas curassow and Cuban red macaw. All the illustrations by Jean-Gabriel Prêtre, under the direction of Pierre Jean François Turpin, and engraved by Louis Massard, Madame Rebel, Guyard, Bourey, Giraud, Coutant, etc. Ornithologie: Title… Read more about this item

Very good set of the Mammals and Birds volumes from Cuvier's huge Dictionary of Natural Sciences bound in one Complete with all 100 engraved plates of mammals and 119 engraved plates of birds Animals include the extinct quagga and white-fronted icterus. Birds include the extinct orange-wattled kokako, Alagoas curassow and Cuban red macaw. All the illustrations by Jean-Gabriel Prêtre, under the direction of… Read more about this item

Scarce four-volume set of the plate volumes to Felix-Edouard Guérin-Méneville's Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, (Iconography of the Animal Kingdom by G. Cuvier). Lacking the text volume as often. Total of 440 (of 448) handcoloured copperplate engravings and two engraved portraits of Cuvier and Latreille (lacking the portrait of Guerin) The plates were printed and hand-coloured by Remond, engraved by… Read more about this item