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1838.. Spine and perimetre faded, upper cover detached, name to ffep, else very good. Plates clean. . 12mo, . Edinburgh, London and Dublin: W.H. Lizars and Stirling and Kenney, et al, cloth Wood p. 405 Sir William Jardine was a 19th Century Scottish naturalist. Originally studying medicine in Edinburgh and Paris, he was captivated by the natural sciences. He founded the Magazine of Zoology and Botany in 1837. This volume deals with birds of prey including falcons, eagles, ospreys, buzzards, owls and their eggs. Beautifully illustrated and delicately coloured. Ornithology, Hand coloured plates, falcons, eagles, ospreys, buzzards, owls, birds of prey

1834.. Spine and perimetre faded, spine strip about detached, last 6 signatures loose, else good. Plates clean. . 12mo, . Edinburgh, London and Dublin: W.H. Lizars and Stirling and Kenney, et al, cloth Wood p. 405 Sir William Jardine was a 19th Century Scottish naturalist. Originally studying medicine in Edinburgh and Paris, he was captivated by the natural sciences. He founded the Magazine of Zoology and Botany in 1837. This volume deals with fowl including turkeys, guinea fowl, peacock, cocks, pheasants and tragopan. Beautifully illustrated and delicately coloured. Ornithology, Hand coloured plates, birds, turkey, pheasant,

1834.. Spine and perimetre faded, front hinge starting, else very good. Plates clean. . 12mo, . Edinburgh, London and Dublin: W.H. Lizars and Stirling and Kenney, et al, cloth Wood p. 405 Sir William Jardine was a 19th Century Scottish naturalist. Originally studying medicine in Edinburgh and Paris, he was captivated by the natural sciences. He founded the Magazine of Zoology and Botany in 1837. This volume deals with game fowl including partridge, ptarmigan, grouse and ortygis. Beautifully illustrated and delicately coloured. Ornithology, Hand coloured plates, partridge, ptarmigan, grouse, ortygis, game birds, fowl

Edinburgh: W.H.Lizars, London: S.Highley…, 1835. First Edition of the first part of Jardine’s work on the ruminantia; a second part was issued in 1836. cfCasey Wood p. 406. small 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [ix]-xv, 230. lacking half-title or series title. 35 engraved plates (incl. frontis. portrait of Camper & title; 32 hand-coloured). A nice copy in 19th century morocco (occasional staining to inner margins)

Edinburgh: W.H.Lizars, And Stirling And Kenney; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, London; And W.Curry, Jun. and Co., Dublin, 1833., 1833. small 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., vi, [7]-230 + [38]ads. with half-title. engraved frontis. portrait, additional engraved title with hand-coloured vignette of a monkey & 30 other hand-coloured engraved plates of monkeys. text illus. tipped-in errata slip. original cloth (spine ends frayed, front hinge reinforced with paper). First Edition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

Edinburgh W. Lizars 1833-1844. Bound in uniformed contemporary half calf green leather binding with gilt lettering and ornaments, and raised bands on spines. Marbled boards, edges & endpapers. 8vo. Hardback, Size 6.5 x 4.25 inches. In good condition. Overall some only very minor rubbing to edges. Spines are lightly sunned, with a couple with slight discolouration lower ends. Volume I of Mammalia, Volume III & V of Entomology have faint discolouration to spine and board inner edges, from water splashes. Volume III of Entomology this mark has very slightly bleed through on top corners only of first and last pages. Inside volumes have some slight foxing, but generally clean & tight. With 40 Black & White Frontis Portraits, and 40 title vignettes (24 handcoloured), 1257 ex 1258 engraved plates (Ca 1236 hand coloured). Sir William Jardine (1800-1874) was a Scottish naturalist, best known for his editing of a long series of natural history books. This being a complete set of Jardine's… Read More