Search Results: Ornithology (Bibliographies) from Wykeham Books

Wheldon & Wesley Ltd, Codicote, 1986 reprint of 1917 first edition. Cloth, 8vo,. xx, 691 pp. Approximately 5,000 entries. This superb bibliography is the definitive reference for pre-20th century books on British birds, and their authors. It contains fascinating brief biographies of all significant authors who have written on British ornithology, with careful bibliographic descriptions of their works. No less an authority than John Todd Zimmer commented in his catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library that Mullens & Swann's work was "An exceedingly useful and important work containing an enormous amount of information". Fine.

Wheldon & Wesley Ltd, Codicote, 1986 reprint of 1917 first edition. Cloth, 8vo,. xx, 691 pp. Approximately 5,000 entries. This superb bibliography is the definitive reference for pre-20th century books on British birds, and their authors. It contains fascinating brief biographies of all significant authors who have written on British ornithology, with careful bibliographic descriptions of their works. No less an authority than John Todd Zimmer commented in his catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library that Mullens & Swann's work was "An exceedingly useful and important work containing an enormous amount of information". Covers slightly fingersoile, otherwise Very Good.

Wheldon & Wesley Ltd, Codicote, 1986 reprint of 1917 first edition. Cloth, 8vo,. xx, 691 pp. Approximately 5,000 entries. This superb bibliography is the definitive reference for pre-20th century books on British birds, and their authors. It contains fascinating brief biographies of all significant authors who have written on British ornithology, with careful bibliographic descriptions of their works. No less an authority than John Todd Zimmer commented in his catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library that Mullens & Swann's work was "An exceedingly useful and important work containing an enormous amount of information". Near Fine.

Sotheby's, Monaco, auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th June 1988. Cloth, 4to,. 205 pp, numerous colour plates. 392 lots. In French. The first part of the sale, in 1987, had been devoted to works on hunting; this second part was entirely devoted to ornithology and included works by Audebert. Audubon. Baer. Beebe. Bettoni. Boitard. Bonaparte. Bouchard. Bouteille. Buc'Hoz. Brown. Brisson. Buffon. Catesby. Collaert and many more. From an advertisement for the sale: "The sale is dominated by large groups of watercolours of outstanding quality by three French artists. Nicolas Robert (1614-1685) was certainly the finest Natural History artist of the 17th Century and his work, usually watercolour on vellum, is extremely rare; this is by far the largest group of watercolours by him left in private hands. Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) is best known for his illustrations to Le Vaillant's ornithological books, examples of which are included in the sale. Some 120 of Barraband's large… Read More

Sotheby's, Monaco, auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th June 1988. Cloth, 4to,. 205 pp, numerous colour plates. 392 lots. In French. The first part of the sale, in 1987, had been devoted to works on hunting; this second part was entirely devoted to ornithology and included works by Audebert. Audubon. Baer. Beebe. Bettoni. Boitard. Bonaparte. Bouchard. Bouteille. Buc'Hoz. Brown. Brisson. Buffon. Catesby. Collaert and many more. From an advertisement for the sale: "The sale is dominated by large groups of watercolours of outstanding quality by three French artists. Nicolas Robert (1614-1685) was certainly the finest Natural History artist of the 17th Century and his work, usually watercolour on vellum, is extremely rare; this is by far the largest group of watercolours by him left in private hands. Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) is best known for his illustrations to Le Vaillant's ornithological books, examples of which are included in the sale. Some 120 of Barraband's large… Read More

Sotheby's, Monaco, auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th June 1988. Cloth, 4to,. 205 pp, numerous colour plates. 392 lots. In French. The first part of the sale, in 1987, had been devoted to works on hunting; this second part was entirely devoted to ornithology and included works by Audebert. Audubon. Baer. Beebe. Bettoni. Boitard. Bonaparte. Bouchard. Bouteille. Buc'Hoz. Brown. Brisson. Buffon. Catesby. Collaert and many more. From an advertisement for the sale: "The sale is dominated by large groups of watercolours of outstanding quality by three French artists. Nicolas Robert (1614-1685) was certainly the finest Natural History artist of the 17th Century and his work, usually watercolour on vellum, is extremely rare; this is by far the largest group of watercolours by him left in private hands. Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) is best known for his illustrations to Le Vaillant's ornithological books, examples of which are included in the sale. Some 120 of Barraband's large… Read More

Sotheby's, Monaco, auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th June 1988. Cloth, 4to,. 205 pp, numerous colour plates. 392 lots. In French. The first part of the sale, in 1987, had been devoted to works on hunting; this second part was entirely devoted to ornithology and included works by Audebert. Audubon. Baer. Beebe. Bettoni. Boitard. Bonaparte. Bouchard. Bouteille. Buc'Hoz. Brown. Brisson. Buffon. Catesby. Collaert and many more. From an advertisement for the sale: "The sale is dominated by large groups of watercolours of outstanding quality by three French artists. Nicolas Robert (1614-1685) was certainly the finest Natural History artist of the 17th Century and his work, usually watercolour on vellum, is extremely rare; this is by far the largest group of watercolours by him left in private hands. Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) is best known for his illustrations to Le Vaillant's ornithological books, examples of which are included in the sale. Some 120 of Barraband's large… Read More

Sotheby's, Monaco, auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th June 1988. Cloth, 4to,. 205 pp, numerous colour plates. 392 lots. In French. The first part of the sale, in 1987, had been devoted to works on hunting; this second part was entirely devoted to ornithology and included works by Audebert. Audubon. Baer. Beebe. Bettoni. Boitard. Bonaparte. Bouchard. Bouteille. Buc'Hoz. Brown. Brisson. Buffon. Catesby. Collaert and many more. From an advertisement for the sale: "The sale is dominated by large groups of watercolours of outstanding quality by three French artists. Nicolas Robert (1614-1685) was certainly the finest Natural History artist of the 17th Century and his work, usually watercolour on vellum, is extremely rare; this is by far the largest group of watercolours by him left in private hands. Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) is best known for his illustrations to Le Vaillant's ornithological books, examples of which are included in the sale. Some 120 of Barraband's large… Read More

Sotheby's, Monaco, auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th June 1988. Cloth, 4to,. 205 pp, numerous colour plates. 392 lots. In French. The first part of the sale, in 1987, had been devoted to works on hunting; this second part was entirely devoted to ornithology and included works by Audebert. Audubon. Baer. Beebe. Bettoni. Boitard. Bonaparte. Bouchard. Bouteille. Buc'Hoz. Brown. Brisson. Buffon. Catesby. Collaert and many more. From an advertisement for the sale: "The sale is dominated by large groups of watercolours of outstanding quality by three French artists. Nicolas Robert (1614-1685) was certainly the finest Natural History artist of the 17th Century and his work, usually watercolour on vellum, is extremely rare; this is by far the largest group of watercolours by him left in private hands. Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) is best known for his illustrations to Le Vaillant's ornithological books, examples of which are included in the sale. Some 120 of Barraband's large… Read More

Arno Press, New York, 1974 reprint of 1938 first edition. Cloth, gilt cover-title, 8vo,. xiii, 251, [4] pp, 12 black-and-white plates. 918 entries. A handsome reprint in red cloth with gilt spine-titles. Part I (pp 1-88) outlines the history of descriptive ornithology and bird illustration in seven chapters: 1 Pictures and records of birds up to the invention of printing and the development of the woodcut. 2 The art of printing. Woodcuts and engravings. Belon and the encyclopedists. 3 The progress of engraving. The first works containing ornithological plates. Information about fauna given in descriptions of countries and in travel hooks up to the last quarter of the 17th century 4..Willughby and John Ray. The first works in which plates are prominent. Works on fauna and journeys up to the last third of the 18th century. 5 Progress in descriptive ornithology, systematics and nomenclature. Linnaeus. Brisson 6 Buffon and the 'Planches enluminees'. The ornithological literature in the last third… Read More

University of Kansas, Lawrnece, first editions, 1972-83. 2 vols, printed wrappers, 8vo, 26 cm,. xxiv, 259 + [2], 176 pp. 454 + 455-735 entries. Very Good set.

Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, first edition, 1926. 2 vols, printed wrappers, 8vo,. x, 364 + 365-706 pp colour frontispiece. Approximately 2,000 entries. Superb catalogue of one of the finest ornithological libraries in the world. The collection is particularly full with regard to books containing bird illustrations. Each book is completely described and many a description is accompanied by a critical note discussing many technical details and referring to reviews in scientific periodicals. Wrappers chipped and torn at head of spine of Volume 2, edges of textblocks duststained, otherwise Good.

H. F. & G. Witherby, London, first edition, 1979. Cloth, 8vo,. 256 pp, many ills. A very readable survey and discussion of important bird books published in Britain from 1875. In Part One Tate devotes chapters to books on British Birds, books on foreign birds, county and regional studies, monographs, travel and biography, aspects of behaviour, birds and birdwatching, and fieldguides. Part Two is a listing for each chapter of relevant books arranged by author and covering nearly 2000 titles (the brief details given being: author, title, publisher and year). Very Good in a dustwrapper which is worn with minor loss at extremities.

H. F. & G. Witherby, London, first edition, 1979. Cloth, 8vo,. 256 pp, many ills. A very readable survey and discussion of important bird books published in Britain from 1875. In Part One Tate devotes chapters to books on British Birds, books on foreign birds, county and regional studies, monographs, travel and biography, aspects of behaviour, birds and birdwatching, and fieldguides. Part Two is a listing for each chapter of relevant books arranged by author and covering nearly 2000 titles (the brief details given being: author, title, publisher and year). Elegant bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with a sunned spine-panel.

H. F. & G. Witherby, London, first edition, 1979. Cloth, 8vo,. 256 pp, many ills. A very readable survey and discussion of important bird books published in Britain from 1875. In Part One Tate devotes chapters to books on British Birds, books on foreign birds, county and regional studies, monographs, travel and biography, aspects of behaviour, birds and birdwatching, and fieldguides. Part Two is a listing for each chapter of relevant books arranged by author and covering nearly 2000 titles (the brief details given being: author, title, publisher and year). Very Good in slightly soiled dustwrapper.

H. F. & G. Witherby, London, first edition thus, 1990. Cloth, 4to, 31 cm,. xi, 180 pp, 52 colour plates. A reduced-size reprint of Sitwell's famous volume. From the blurb: "This lavishly illustrated, impeccably researched volume is a tribute to the world's greatest natural history monographs. ..Here are the works of John James Audubon, John Gould, and Edward Lear. Also represented and distinguished for the superb craftsmanship and refinement of their print-making are works by the German master Joseph Wolf; French artists Jacques Barraband, Edouard Traviès, and Jean Audebert; and the great Dutch ornithologist Coenraad Temminck. No less impressive are the works of Mark Catesby, Alexander Wilson, and Daniel Elliot, Americans who have been overshadowed by Audubon. Many of the prints are reproduced here for the first time since they were originally published. Across the pages of this book eagles and falcons soar, parrots and toucans strut, hummingbirds hover, and all manner of… Read More

Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, 1974 reprint of 1931 first edition. Cloth, gilt cover-title, 8vo,. xix, 643 pp. A key bibliography for ornithology, and more generally vertebrate zoology, here in a good large-format reprint which greatly enhances the ease of reading the mass of detail provided in the notes. Arranged in three principal sections. There is a 146 page introduction, consisting of 19 chapters which furnishes a good account of the literature of Vertebrate Zoology from the writings of ancient and medieval zoologists, Aristotle, Pliny the Second, Dioscorides, Averroës, et al, to the more important treatises and monographs on ornithology, mammalogy, ichthyology, herpetology, and amphibiology of the early twentieth century. Included are general treatises and numerous periodicals and serials, monographs on vertebrate palaeontology, zoogeography, ecology, psychology, bionomics, experimental zoology, &c, likely to interest the advanced student and the librarian. Brief descriptions are also… Read More

Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, 1974 reprint of 1931 first edition. Cloth, gilt cover-title, 8vo,. xix, 643 pp. A key bibliography for ornithology, and more generally vertebrate zoology, here in a good large-format reprint which greatly enhances the ease of reading the mass of detail provided in the notes. Arranged in three principal sections. There is a 146 page introduction, consisting of 19 chapters which furnishes a good account of the literature of Vertebrate Zoology from the writings of ancient and medieval zoologists, Aristotle, Pliny the Second, Dioscorides, Averroës, et al, to the more important treatises and monographs on ornithology, mammalogy, ichthyology, herpetology, and amphibiology of the early twentieth century. Included are general treatises and numerous periodicals and serials, monographs on vertebrate palaeontology, zoogeography, ecology, psychology, bionomics, experimental zoology, &c, likely to interest the advanced student and the librarian. Brief descriptions are also… Read More

Maurizio Martino Publisher, Cambridge, n.d. [c 1992] reprint of the 1931 first edition. Limited edition reprint of 250 copies. Cloth, 8vo, 278 x 210 mm,. xix, 643 pp. Approximately 15,000 entries. A key bibliography for ornithology, here in a good large-format reprint which greatly enhances the ease of reading the mass of detail provided in the notes. There is a 146 page introduction, consisting of 19 chapters with very good guides and references to the 19th century and earlier literature. This is followed by a classified index which gives the most important title by any one author, the rest being discovered by referring to the entries under the author in the main catalogue (pp 175-643). Many of the catalogue entries are well-annotated. Half-title a little marked, otherwise Near Fine.

Sotheby's, New York, auction catalogue for the sale held on June 6, 1989. Cloth, 4to, colour illustration pasted on front board as issued,. Unpaginated, approximately 50 pp, numerous full page plates, some in colour. 38 lots. Auction sale catalogue of a superb collection. Near Fine, top foreedge corners a trifle bumped. Printed estimates and photocopy of prices realized loosely inserted.