Lot 315
Natural History
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Bates, Henry Walter The naturalist on the river Amazons. London: John Murray, 1863. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, engraved plates, blue half calf, gilt tooled spine, spines faded, slight rubbing; Westwood, J. O. The butterflies of Great Britain. London: Thomas Sanderson, 1857. 8vo, hand-coloured title and 19 hand-coloured plates, blue cloth gilt, binding rubbed and a little soiled, spine faded, a few pages loose; Vogt, Carl and Specht, Friedrich The natural history of animals. London: Blackie and Son, 1889. Folio, 2 volumes, engraved plates, original pictorial blue cloth gilt, a little foxing, slightly frayed; Goldsmith, Oliver A history of the earth and animated nature. London: Blackie & Son, 1852. 8vo, 2 volumes, engraved plates and titles, many hand-coloured, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, a little spotted; Morris, F.O. A history of British butterflies. London: George Bell, 1876. 8vo, hand-coloured plates, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, text block leaning; Darwin, Charles The formation of vegetable mould... London: John Murray, 1888. 8vo, original green cloth; Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt A plain and easy account of British fungi. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1871. 8vo, coloured plates, green cloth gilt; Tate, Ralph A plain and easy account of the land and fresh-water mollusks. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1866. 8vo, coloured plates, green cloth gilt; Elliott, Clarence Flowers of the field. London, 1907. 8vo, colour plates, green cloth gilt, hinges a little split; and a small quantity of others; sold not subject to return