Lot 37
Schomburgk, Robert
The History of Barbados
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848. First edition, 8vo, modern tan half calf, 7 tinted lithographic plates including frontispiece and additional vignette title-page, 2 engraved plates printed in green, folding table [Abbey Travel 694];
Delacour, Jean, and Pierre Jabouille. Les Oiseaux de l'Indochine Française. Paris: Exposition Coloniale Internationale, 1931. 4 volumes, 4to, contemporary tan half morocco, 67 chromolithographic plates after Henrik Grønvold, edges untrimmed [Nissen IVB 228];
[Board of Agriculture]. General View of the Agriculture, State of Property, and Improvements, in the County of Dumfries. Edinburgh: for John Ballantyne and Co., 1812. First edition, 8vo, half-title, engraved folding map frontispiece, 5 engraved plates, 4 aquatint plates of bull specimens;
Parnell, Richard. The Natural and Economical History of the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1839. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, 27 engraved plates numbered 18-44 (several folding);
and 4 others