A Dictionary of Greek and Latin Combining Forms Used in Zoological Names by Jaeger, Edmund C - 1930

Germany, 1790; Original 18th century hand colored copper engraving of Ochotona, commonly known as a Pika or Whistling Hare, a diminutive member of the rabbit family looking much like a small mouse and native to the cold climates of Eastern Europe and parts of Asia. Identifying binomen engraved in the plate at bottom: "Der Wachtelhase, Lepus pusillus Gmelin. Lin." Circa 1790. Artist not identified. Plate number engraved at upper right (177). Very finely detailed and colored. Archivally hinged and matted with 100% rag museum board, paper size 4 3/4" x 7 3/4", matte window 4 1/4" x 5", outside matte dimensions 10 1/4" x 12". Ready for framing. Fine condition, no chips or tears, all coloring brilliant. A sparkling plate of a charming and reclusive little creature. Rare.

Maurizio Martino, Mansfield, CT, (1994); First Edition, Limited to 225 copies; Quarto, 11" x 8 3/4" (28.1 cm x 22.2 cm); red buckram; gold titles on a black field. Verbatim facsimile reprint of this scholarly work on botanical illustration first published at Stuttgart in 1951. Two volumes in one, 264 pages and 324 pages respectively, Volume I an exhaustive history of botanical book illustration, and Volume II a detailed bibliographical catalogue of 2,387 illustrated botanical works spanning more than four centuries, arranged in alphabetical order by author. Text in German. A unique and valuable reference. Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. 3/4 bound morocco with raised bands and gilt ornaments. Published Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982, reprinted with corrections, 1983. 8vo., xx+1260pp. Bound in 3/4 morocco with marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilting. Near fine. . Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

Albany: J. B. Lyon, 1917. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon, 1917, first printing. Large 4to. 9 3/4" x 12 1/4", b/w frontis+xiii+541pp., illustrated with 92 full page color plates, 1 map. A historical account of cultivated peaches, and extensive survey of varieties grown in New York. spotting to the cloth, binding bit shaken, gift inscription on flyleaf. Binding tight. Very good minus.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Wendell Endicott on the front flyleaf. An avid sportsman, Endicott (1880-1954) attended Harvard University (1899-1901) and served as a director of Sears, Roebuck and Company in Chicago during the 1920s and '30s. This book includes his reminiscences of battling the "Silver King" (Atlantic tarpon) and other game fish along the Florida Keys, as well as a selection of fishing facts and suggestions. Octavo: 273 p. with 80 illustrations from photographs by the author. Original dark green cloth-covered boards over a light green spine, with gilt stamping. Just a hint of foxing to the prefatory and concluding pages, with some faint evidence of moisture along the top edge of the last three dozen pages. Tiny period bookseller's label to the front flyleaf. The spine is a touch faded, with some rubbing to the corners and tips; else about very good.

Germany, 1790; Original 18th century hand colored copper engraving of Ochotona, commonly known as a Pika or Whistling Hare, a diminutive member of the rabbit family looking much like a small mouse and native to the cold climates of Eastern Europe and parts of Asia. Identifying binomen engraved in the plate at bottom: "Der Wachtelhase, Lepus pusillus Gmelin. Lin." Circa 1790. Artist not identified. Plate number engraved at upper right (177). Very finely detailed and colored. Archivally hinged and matted with 100% rag museum board, paper size 4 3/4" x 7 3/4", matte window 4 1/4" x 5", outside matte dimensions 10 1/4" x 12". Ready for framing. Fine condition, no chips or tears, all coloring brilliant. A sparkling plate of a charming and reclusive little creature. Rare.

Maurizio Martino, Mansfield, CT, (1994); First Edition, Limited to 225 copies; Quarto, 11" x 8 3/4" (28.1 cm x 22.2 cm); red buckram; gold titles on a black field. Verbatim facsimile reprint of this scholarly work on botanical illustration first published at Stuttgart in 1951. Two volumes in one, 264 pages and 324 pages respectively, Volume I an exhaustive history of botanical book illustration, and Volume II a detailed bibliographical catalogue of 2,387 illustrated botanical works spanning more than four centuries, arranged in alphabetical order by author. Text in German. A unique and valuable reference. Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. 3/4 bound morocco with raised bands and gilt ornaments. Published Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982, reprinted with corrections, 1983. 8vo., xx+1260pp. Bound in 3/4 morocco with marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilting. Near fine. . Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

Albany: J. B. Lyon, 1917. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon, 1917, first printing. Large 4to. 9 3/4" x 12 1/4", b/w frontis+xiii+541pp., illustrated with 92 full page color plates, 1 map. A historical account of cultivated peaches, and extensive survey of varieties grown in New York. spotting to the cloth, binding bit shaken, gift inscription on flyleaf. Binding tight. Very good minus.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Wendell Endicott on the front flyleaf. An avid sportsman, Endicott (1880-1954) attended Harvard University (1899-1901) and served as a director of Sears, Roebuck and Company in Chicago during the 1920s and '30s. This book includes his reminiscences of battling the "Silver King" (Atlantic tarpon) and other game fish along the Florida Keys, as well as a selection of fishing facts and suggestions. Octavo: 273 p. with 80 illustrations from photographs by the author. Original dark green cloth-covered boards over a light green spine, with gilt stamping. Just a hint of foxing to the prefatory and concluding pages, with some faint evidence of moisture along the top edge of the last three dozen pages. Tiny period bookseller's label to the front flyleaf. The spine is a touch faded, with some rubbing to the corners and tips; else about very good.