Paris: Robert Estienne, 1545. 16mo, 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (160 x 107 mm); pp. 141 + errata + [6], title with woodcut printer's device, errata to penultimate verso, text in Latin on hand-made laid paper, supple and clean, with very minor toning; ink doodles and previous owner name..... More
Cleveland: William Gwinn Mather, 1927. Liimited edition. 12mo., 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (190 x 115 mm); pp.vii + 64 + i. 1/4 binding in brown levant by Whitman Bennet, New York (ticket on inside back cover), marbled boards, gilt title on spine, t.e.g., back board detached, pages clean..... More
Berlin: Ben Joachim Pauli, 1783. Ludwig Schmidt and others. First Edition. Oblong 4to, 8 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (211 x 260 mm), 117 fine hand-colored engraved plates, printed on handmade laid paper. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper boards and a handwritten paper label on the spine, chipped; binding..... More
London: Published by the author, 1874. First Edition. Quarto, 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches (200 x 159 mm), pp. (2), 46, blank pages before and after illustrations, with 36 ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS; contemporary half morocco, three-quarter binding, decorative gilt on spine, 5 raised bands, marbled boards and end papers; slightly..... More
Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With..... More
Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With..... More
Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With..... More
Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With..... More
Amsterdam: JF Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling..... More
The Netherlands: 1705. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on watermarked Honig cream laid paper. 12 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (327 x 245 mm), sheet 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 354), full margins. Minor handling wear, and scattered light spots of minor discoloration throughout. Colors remain extremely vibrant..... More
The Netherlands: 1705. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid Honig paper with a large heraldic watermark with a Strasbourg Lily and the initials WR. 12 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (327 x 245 mm), sheet 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 354), full margins. 1/4 inch vertical..... More
The Netherlands: 1705. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid Honig paper with a large heraldic watermark with a Strasbourg Lily and the initials WR. 12 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (327 x 245 mm), sheet 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 354), full margins. Minor handling wear..... More
The Netherlands: 1705. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid Honig paper with a large heraldic watermark with a Strasbourg Lily and the initials WR. 12 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (327 x 245 mm), sheet 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 354), full margins. Minor handling wear..... More
Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With..... More
Paris: 1861. Etching on tissue-thin Japon paper, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (210 x 140 mm), full margin. Scattered light colored foxing throughout, handling creases, and a paper tape repair along the left sheet edge on the verso. There are also scattered modern inscriptions (accession numbers) in pencil on..... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826. William Clark. First Edition. 8vo, 9 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. (232 x 145mm). pp [122], 60 hand-colored plates, aquatints and lithographs, by William Clark, 1 double-page, tissue-guards, occasional spotting, especially on tissue guards, small tears at top of double-page plate not..... More
Rome: Andrea Fe, 1622. First Edition. Large Octavo, 9 3/16 x 6 7/8 inches (232 x 175 mm);pp. XI + 161 + [12], including 66 full-page engraving of which 43 represent individual birds and 23 illustrate the materials about trapping and caring for birds; woodcut initials & tail-pieces, light offsetting..... More
London: Thomas Collins, 1672. First Edition in English, First Issue. Small 8vo; 6 1/2 x 4 1/8 inches (165 x 104 mm); [40], 237 [1] pp., with the errata at the beginning of the table of contents, table misbound after dedication, C1 with tear to lower margin, not affecting text..... More
London: Carington Bowles, 1764. Second Edition. Folio, 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (394 x 300mm); Second edition, 1 title page and 12 plates engraved and hand-colored, trimmed to plate-mark at fore-edge, lightly browned, some spotting, later 3/4 red morocco with title and fillets in gilt, rubbed and a little..... More