Search Results: Natural History from AARDWOLF Fine Books

H.P. Kraus, New York, 1942; First Edition, limited; large 8vo (7 1/2" x 10 1/2"); 45 pages of text plus 8 pages of illustrations; publisher’s advertisement at the rear. A scholarly examination of the Kraus 13th century illuminated English "Bestiary" or "Animal Book," used in the middle ages as a means of educating laymen in the science of natural history and as a method for instilling Christian morals and doctrine. Bestiaries are notable for including not only elements of the natural world such as birds, mammals, and stones, but entirely fabulous ones, such as the dragon and phoenix bird. The authors here divide their investigation into two sections. The first, a detailed study of the descension of the Kraus manuscript from the seminal second century Greek "Bestiarium" of Physiologus, includes a complete concordance to known early Latin versions, including those of Chrysostom, Hugo, et. al. The second is devoted to an analysis of the illustrations, some… Read More

University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1987; Fifth Printing; small 8vo, 113 pages; illustrated. Color illustrations and substantive descriptive text for fifty of Oklahoma’s most prevalent bird species, by George Miksch Sutton, Curator of Birds at University of Oklahoma’s Stovall Museum from 1952 to 1982 and author/ illustrator of over fifteen bird books. Complete list of over 400 Oklahoma birds at the back, with both common and scientific names. Beautifully illustrated in color by the author. Very Good Plus, in color illustrated wraps.

Whitman Publishing Company, Racine,WI, 1934; no statement of edition; 14mo, 95 pages; color illustrated. Charming early pocket field guide to 170 North American trees, by noted naturalist Donald Culross Peattie, with 70 beautiful full-color illustrations. Very Good Plus, in color illustrated wraps. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1983; First Edition; oblong 4to, 233 pages; illustrated. A tribute to the beauty and intelligence of whales and dolphins, covering both natural and human history. Contributions by many of the world’s leading contemporary painters, novelists, poets, sculptors and composers, including John Fowles, Margaret Atwood, William Golding, Allen Ginsberg, Carl Sagan, Salvador Dali, Robert Rauschenberg, and Leonard Bernstein. Over 200 stories, essays, poems, and 11 musical scores, with 150 b&w illustrations and 75 full-color paintings. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket.