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A DISCOURSE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF BEASTS, wherein all that hath been said for, and against their ratiocination, is examined. By Monsieur de la Chambre, counsellor to the King of France in his counsels, and his physitian in ordinary. by LA CHAMBRE, Marin Cureau de, 1594-1669.: - 1657

by LA CHAMBRE, Marin Cureau de, 1594-1669.:

A DISCOURSE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF BEASTS, wherein all that hath been said for, and against their ratiocination, is examined. By Monsieur de la Chambre, counsellor to the King of France in his counsels, and his physitian in ordinary. by LA CHAMBRE, Marin Cureau de, 1594-1669.: - 1657

A DISCOURSE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF BEASTS, wherein all that hath been said for, and against their ratiocination, is examined. By Monsieur de la Chambre, counsellor to the King of France in his counsels, and his physitian in ordinary.

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London, printed by Tho. Newcomb for Humphrey Moseley at the Princes Arms in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1657.. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION 1657, "Traité de la connoissance des animaux" translated by a Person of Quality (Pierre Chanet). Small 8vo, approximately 160 x 100 mm, 6¼ x 3¾ inches, pages: [8], 1-304, bound in full contemporary panelled speckled calf, with head of spine in red with same decoration to match label, gilt lettered label to spine, gilt decoration to spine, marbled endpapers, edges red. Binding slightly rubbed, head of lower hinge repaired with matching gilt decoration, some cracking to head and tail of upper hinge, covers still firmly attached, pale staining in places, tiny rust hole in 1 lower margin, not affecting text, several misnumberings but all catchwords and signatures correct, trimmed at top margin, with some loss to several running titles, not affecting main text, large old ink presentation inscription on front endpaper, large engraved armorial bookplate on blank side of first marbled endpaper (James William Sleigh Godding). Otherwise a very good copy. The book is about animals, whether they have reason, intelligence and are able to comunicate etc,. See: George Thomason, Catalogue of the Pamphlets, Books, Relating to the Civil War and Restoration, Volume 2, page 196, E. 1829. (1.); ESTC R202706. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

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London, printed by John Dawson, and are to be sold by Lawrence Blaiklock at the signe of the sugar-loafe within Temple Barre, 1643.. TITLE CONTINUED: Containing most necessary and curious rules for the exact mustering both of horse-troopes, and foot-bands, with several formes of battailes described in figures. A work fit to be studied and meete for the knowledge of Captaines, Muster-Masters and all young souldiers and generous spirits that love Honourable Practise of Armes. Combines three books: The SOULDIERS ACCIDENCE and The SOULDIERS GRAMMAR Parts 1 & 2. A collected edition each having a separate title page but continuous pagination. THIRD EDITION, corrected and amended, 1643. INTERESTING PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SEE BELOW. LACKS 2 FOLDING PLATES. Small 4to, approximately 195 x 150 mm, 7¾ x 5¾ inches, general title page within woodcut border, folding leaf with woodcut illustrations, 2 full page woodcut illustrations, many troop formations in the text, some full page, some illustrated initials,… Read More
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London, John Murray, 1892.. Sixth edition 1892 with additions and corrections (forty-third thousand) and an added Glossary by W. S. Dallas at rear. 8vo, 195 x 125 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, folding chart, pages: xxi, 1-432 including index, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind-stamped decorative borders to covers, original patterned endpapers, edges untrimmed as issued, no inscriptions. Binding slightly rubbed with a few tiny white marks, inner paper hinge partially cracked, pale browning to endpapers, minor fox spots to folding plate, slight shelf wear to lower edges, otherwise contents clean and bright, binding tight and firm. A very good copy. See R. B. Freeman, The Works of Charles Darwin, page 79-81 and page 86 No. 439. This is a reprint of the edition of 1876 which contained the final text as Darwin left it which contained small differences in text from the edition of 1872. The word 'evolution' was used for the first time in the 6th edition of 1872. Darwin… Read More
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A TREATISE OF FRUIT TREES, shewing the manner of planting, grafting, pruning, and ordering of them in all respects, according to rules of experience. Gathered in the space of thirty seven years.

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Oxford, printed by William Hall, for Amos Curteyne, 1665.. TITLE CONTINUED: Whereunto is annexed, observations upon SIR. FRANCIS BACONS NATURAL HISTORY as it concerns fruit-trees, fruits, and flowers. Also, directions for planting of wood for building, fuel, and other uses; whereby the value of lands may be much improved in a short time, with small cost and little labour. The third impression, revised, with additions, by Ra. Austen, practiser in the art of planting, 1665. 2 works bound together each with its own title page and pagination, as often found, dedicated to Robert Boyle. Small 8vo approximately 145 x 95 mm, 5¾ x 3¾ inches, a few woodcut headpieces and initials, pages: [48], 1-260, [10], 1-82, the vertically printed half title present, bound in full early calf, 2 gilt lettered labels and gilt decoration to spine, double gilt rules and blind decoration to edges of covers, marbled edges. Spine rubbed, hinges beginning to crack, covers still firmly attached, labels slighty… Read More
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London, Printed by Robert Young, His Majesties Printer for Scotland, Anno Dom. M.DC.XXXIX. [1639].. TITLE CONTINUED: TOGETHER WITH A PARTICULAR DEDUCTION Of the Seditious Practices of the prime Leaders of the Covenanters: COLLECTED OUT OF THEIR OWNE foule Acts and Writings: By which it doth plainly appeare, that Religion was onely pretended by those Leaders, but nothing lesse intended by them. By the King, FIRST EDITION 1639. 4to, approximately 275 x 170 mm, 11 x 7 inches, frontispiece engraved portrait of the King, several decorated initials, pages: portrait, [2], 1-430, [2] - colophon, printed marginal note on outer margin of page 41, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt lettered label to spine, original endpapers, edges stained red. Spine rubbed, small scrape to spine, shelf wear to edges and corners, mottled staining to upper cover and tiny stain to lower cover, inner paper hinges cracked, some staining to pastedowns and free endpapers, small repair to first free endpaper, pale staining to top… Read More
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London, printed by E. Edgar, and A. Garbrand, at the Wind-mill in Pauls Church yard, 1611.. FIRST EDITION? 1611, VOLUME 3 ONLY OF 3, IN 2 PARTS. 8vo, approximately 165 x 105 mm, 6½ x 4¼ inches, pages: title page to each part, [12], 1-124; [2], 1-114. The sixth decade of epistles has special decorated title page with 1610 imprint. Errors in paging: page 32 numbered 8, pages 68 and 70 of Part 1, misnumbered 56 and 60 respectively; pages 77-78 of Part 2, repeated in the numbering, no duplication, head- and tailpieces and decorated initials, text within black rules. Signatures: A6, B-H8, I4, K2; ²A-G8, H4. Bound in full contemporary sheep, double blind rule to edges of covers, all edges red. Binding worn and hinges rubbed, amateur repairs to head and tail of spine, paper label on spine worn and faded, corners worn and some shelf wear to edges, neat narrow repair to outer edge of title page with document repair tape, hardly visible, first title page slightly dusty, lower outer corner page 11 in Part 2… Read More
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London, printed by John Dawson, and are to be sold by Lawrence Blaiklock at the signe of the sugar-loafe within Temple Barre, 1643.. TITLE CONTINUED: Containing most necessary and curious rules for the exact mustering both of horse-troopes, and foot-bands, with several formes of battailes described in figures. A work fit to be studied and meete for the knowledge of Captaines, Muster-Masters and all young souldiers and generous spirits that love Honourable Practise of Armes. Combines three books: The SOULDIERS ACCIDENCE and The SOULDIERS GRAMMAR Parts 1 & 2. A collected edition each having a separate title page but continuous pagination. THIRD EDITION, corrected and amended, 1643. INTERESTING PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SEE BELOW. LACKS 2 FOLDING PLATES. Small 4to, approximately 195 x 150 mm, 7¾ x 5¾ inches, general title page within woodcut border, folding leaf with woodcut illustrations, 2 full page woodcut illustrations, many troop formations in the text, some full page, some illustrated initials,… Read More
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A DISCOVERY OF A NEW WORLD, OR A DISCOURSE Tending to prove, That 'tis Probable There may be another Habitable WORLD in the MOON.

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London, printed by J. Rawlins for John Gellibrand at the Golden-Ball in St.Pauls Church-yard (MDCLXXXIV) 1684.. TITLE CONTINUED: With a Discourse concerning the Probability of a Passage thither. Unto which is Added, A Discourse Concerning a New Planet. Tending to Prove, That 'tis Probable Our Earth is one of the Planets. IN TWO PARTS. FIFTH EDITION 1684, corrected and Amended. This fifth edition was published without a frontispiece. 8vo, approximately 180 x 110, 7 x 4¼ inches, 17 woodcuts in the text, pages: [8], 1-160; [8], 1-184, bound in full contemporary speckled calf, gilt lettered label to spine, blind decoration to covers, original endpapers with watermark. Binding reback with original spine relaid, new leather visible at head and tail of spine, slight rubbing to covers with slight loss of colour, small narrow repair on blank side to outer edge of title page, small neat repair to tip of lower corner, not affecting text, age-browning to pastedown front and rear, occasional small spot or stain,… Read More
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Lugduni Batavorum, Ex Typographia Elzeviriana, 1627.. First part of title transliterated from Syriac. FIRST EDITION of Syriac Revelations of St. John the Divine, 1627. Small 4to, 185 x 140 mm, 7¼ x 5½ inches, title page printed red and black within architectural border, printer's device on final colophon page: palm-tree with the device "Assurgo pressa", text printed in Syriac, Syriac in Hebrew characters, Latin and Greek, paged from right to left, pages: (20), 211, (1), bound in old full calf, double ruled gilt border to covers, raised bands and gilt decorated and lettered spine, edges and endpapers marbled. Spine worn, 15 mm (½ inch) missing at tail, upper hinge cracked but holding on the cords, covers rubbed and marked, small piece of leather missing at lower inner corner of upper cover, outer corners worn, small chip to lower margin of title page neatly repaired, upper margins cropped, just shaving the running title in a few places, 1 small closed margin tear, repaired neatly, pages clean and… Read More
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London, Printed by Robert Young, His Majesties Printer for Scotland, Anno Dom. M.DC.XXXIX. [1639].. TITLE CONTINUED: TOGETHER WITH A PARTICULAR DEDUCTION Of the Seditious Practices of the prime Leaders of the Covenanters: COLLECTED OUT OF THEIR OWNE foule Acts and Writings: By which it doth plainly appeare, that Religion was onely pretended by those Leaders, but nothing lesse intended by them. By the King, FIRST EDITION 1639. 4to, approximately 275 x 170 mm, 11 x 7 inches, frontispiece engraved portrait of the King, several decorated initials, pages: portrait, [2], 1-430, [2] - colophon, printed marginal note on outer margin of page 41, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt lettered label to spine, original endpapers, edges stained red. Spine rubbed, small scrape to spine, shelf wear to edges and corners, mottled staining to upper cover and tiny stain to lower cover, inner paper hinges cracked, some staining to pastedowns and free endpapers, small repair to first free endpaper, pale staining to top… Read More
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London, printed by E. Edgar, and A. Garbrand, at the Wind-mill in Pauls Church yard, 1611.. FIRST EDITION? 1611, VOLUME 3 ONLY OF 3, IN 2 PARTS. 8vo, approximately 165 x 105 mm, 6½ x 4¼ inches, pages: title page to each part, [12], 1-124; [2], 1-114. The sixth decade of epistles has special decorated title page with 1610 imprint. Errors in paging: page 32 numbered 8, pages 68 and 70 of Part 1, misnumbered 56 and 60 respectively; pages 77-78 of Part 2, repeated in the numbering, no duplication, head- and tailpieces and decorated initials, text within black rules. Signatures: A6, B-H8, I4, K2; ²A-G8, H4. Bound in full contemporary sheep, double blind rule to edges of covers, all edges red. Binding worn and hinges rubbed, amateur repairs to head and tail of spine, paper label on spine worn and faded, corners worn and some shelf wear to edges, neat narrow repair to outer edge of title page with document repair tape, hardly visible, first title page slightly dusty, lower outer corner page 11 in Part 2… Read More
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Nouvelles Observations et Conjectures sur l'Iris
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Paris: Pierre Rocolet, 1650. 4to. (9 1/4 x 7 inches). [6], 340, [6]pp. Engraved printer's device on title-page, engraved head-piece and initial on the dedication leaf, 26 engraved illustrations (including one full-page). Contemporary mottled calf, expertly rebacked to style, spine gilt with raised bands, red morocco lettering piece First edition of an important work of optics and the musical nature of the refraction of color. La Chambre, a protege of Cardinal de Richelieu, served as physician to Chancelier Seguier and Louis XIII, and entered the Academie Royale in 1666. The present work was instrumental in the development of French mathematician Pierre de Fermat's eponymous principle, as well as the experiments by Newton which led to his publication of Opticks in 1704. Following Aristotle in deriving a link between the color specturm and musical theory, La Chambre theorized all colors being encompasses within white light and arranged colors over two octaves (with the seven colors of Aristotle at… Read More
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.
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Stockholm: Kongl. Boktryckeriet, 1883. First edition. 1883 MONOGRAPH ON DEEP SEA URCHINS BY NOTED SWEDISH MARINE BIOLOGIST--ILLUSTRATED WITH 21 VERY FINE LITHOGRAPHS. 12 inches tall folio hardcover, marbled paper-covered boards, green cloth spine with paper title label, institutional handstamps bottom of title page, contemporary ink signature top of front paste-down, 95 pp, many figures in text, 21 fine lithographed plates; wear to corners and spine ends, binding tight, text and plates unmarked, very good. SVEN LUDVIG LOVEN (1809 - 1895) was a Swedish marine zoologist and malacologist. The Sven Loven Centre for Marine Sciences at both Kristineberg and Tjärnö are named in his honor. He was first Keeper then Director of the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm. He was also Professor of Natural History at Stockholm University. He was made an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1881 and a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1885. The World Register of Marine Species… Read More
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by Andre, Eugene

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London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1904. First English edition thus. Octavo, pp xii, 310, illustrated (including two chromolithographs by Keulemans), a rather poor copy, lacking the folding map, an ex-Boots library copy in red library cloth, a bit used and weak internally with cracked hinges (through front and rear hinges tight and strong), some plates a little frayed, a small stamp on the front endpaper and a library label on the rear, the cloth rather worn, marked on the upper cover, the spine torn. A useful working copy. [Andre was an explorer and collector of natural history specimens . He wrote a glossary of common and scientific names of plants and animals and put together a collection of 1800 bird skins which are held at Tring. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Zoological Society. He travelled largely in Venezuala and Columbia and introduced the Anthurium plant to Trinidad & Tobago, 1915.]. Signed by Author. First English edition. Cloth. Fair.
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Last Tales

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Dinesen, Isak: Last Tales, A Collection of Twelve New Tales of Compelling Beauty 1957, Random House. First Edition. Stated First Printing Thus. Used. Very Good/Good+ original red dust jacket, price-clipped. Jacket states 11/57 on front flap. 5 3/4 X
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The Adventure of Wrangel Island

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The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding at the back of the book has never been opened. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.
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Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 2006. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Inscribed & signed by both authors on the title page. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Text unmarked. Jacket clean and bright. Laid-in tri-fold pamphlet from the Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxvi + 230 pages. Crossing stick bridges over swollen rivers and battling swarms of tsetse flies, Mark and Delia Owens found their way into one of the most startlingly beautiful, wild places on earth, the northern Luangwa Valley in Zambia. As they were setting up camp to launch their lion research, gunfire echoed off the cliffs nearby. Gangs of ivory poachers were not only shooting the elephants but also virtually enslaving local villagers. Against unimaginable odds, Mark and Delia stopped the poaching by helping the villagers find other work, start small businesses, and improve their health care and education. Living with wild creatures all around (lions sleeping… Read More
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Baudin in Australian Waters: The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands,...
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Baudin in Australian Waters: The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands, 1800-1804: With a complete descriptive catalogue of drawings and paintings of Australian subjects by C.-A. Lesueur and N.-M. Petit from the Lesueur Collection at the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre, France

by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur; Nicolas-Martin Petit; Jacqueline Bonnemains (ed); Elliott Forsyth (ed); Bernard Smith (ed)

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Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and… Read More
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