Natural History from Donald Heald Rare Books

London: Chez Jean Brindley, Libraire de S. A. R. Monseigeur le Prince de Galles, dans New Bond-street, 1737. Folio. (20 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches). Second edition deluxe large paper issue with wide margins. 43 double-page engravings after Abraham van Diepenbeke including 42 numbered 1-42, and the unnumbered 1658 title with Anvers imprint. Engraved head-piece to first dedication. Numerous… Read more about this item

London: Published by J & J Boydell, at the Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall, & Cheapside, 1793. Mezzotint, printed in colour and finish by hand. The son of a Plymouth watchmaker, Northcote was trained by Sir Joshua Reynolds. After traveling through Europe, Northcote was elected to the Imperial Academy in Florence, the Academy dei Forti in Rome and the Ancient… Read more about this item

Nuremberg, 1767. Fine hand-coloured engraved plate. A fine print from one of the greatest Nuremberg natural history books: "Delices Physiques Choisies, ou choix de tout ce que les trois regnes de la nature renferment de plus digne des recherches d'un amateur curieux, pour en former un cabinet choisi de curiositez naturelles."... Knorr was one of the leading proto-geologists… Read more about this item

New York: Julius Bien. Printed by the New York Lithographing, Engraving, and Printing Company, 16 and 18 Park Place, 1870. 4to. (12 x 9 1/2 inches). Edition of 50. [i]-viii [1]-150. 158 pp. 30 numbered and card-mounted albumen silver photographic prints with printed titles. Half-title, Photo of Moore's Lake, Title printed red and black, List of Views, Table of… Read more about this item

London: Published by George Goulding, Haydn's Head, No. 6, James Street, Covent Garden, 1789. Large 4to. (10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches). First edition. [a]-d4 A-Yy4 A-F4. [i]-xxix [3] [1]-360 [1]-47 [1]. 440 pp. 22 engraved maps, charts, plates, and views after G. Dixon, J. Hogan, William Lewin, Collings, and others, by Barlow, P. Mazell, J. Reid, E. F.… Read more about this item

s.l.: s.n., 1778. 4to. (10 x 7 1/4 inches). Over 370 ink-over-pencil sketches in outline of birds and other animals after Edwards and Catesby across at least seven hundred pages. Some sketches seen with ink washes, watercolor, and pastel. Accompanied by ink manuscript notes taken from Edwards and Catesby, with "Some Brief Instructions for Etching or Engraving on Copper… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1826. Quarto. (12 5/8 x 10 inches). iv, 47pp. Errata slip tipped in between pp. iv and [1]. 22 hand-colored lithographed plates. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Provenance: Amos Binney (1803-1847, engraved bookplate) This copy with provenance to Amos Binney, the noted American malacologist. This scarce work is… Read more about this item

London: Published by the Author, 5 York Buildings, New Road, Marylebone; and Sold by J. Harding, St. James's Street; J. and A. Arch, Cornhill; and Rodwell and Martin, Bond Street. Printed by James Moyes, Greville Street, Hatton Garden, 1818. Imperial quarto. (13 1/8 x 9 13/16 inches). First edition. Stated Volume I on title, but this was the only… Read more about this item

London: Dulau and Co., Ltd., 32 Old Bond Street. Printed by Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street; Royal Horticultural Society. Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited at the Chiswick Press. Color lithography by K. G. Lohse, Frankfurt am Main, 1962. 9 fascicles. Folio. (22 x 15 1/4 inches). First edition. 40 total colored plates over 9 parts,… Read more about this item

New York: Published for the Subscribers by the Author. Printed by Taylor and Francis of London, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, 1882. Folio. (14 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches). First edition. 60 lithograph plates printed by M. and N. Hanhart comprising 57 plates by and after John Gerrard Keulemans and 3 uncolored plates by and after Joseph Smit. Title,… Read more about this item

Augsburg: Heirs of Jeremias Wolff, 1740. Folio. (13 3/4 x 20 2/3 inches). First edition. 2 works bound in one volume. 11 engraved calligraphic title pages in French and German (10 in first work, one in second), text in French and German, one engraved dedication leaf at beginning of first work, 102 fine engraved plates after Kleiner, 90 in… Read more about this item

Frankfurt: A. Kempner [part 2, E. Kempner], 1612. 2 parts in one volume, folio. (14 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches). Engraved allegorical title, engraved portrait of the author, 110 contemporary hand-coloured engraved plates, title heightened in gold. Title mounted. Copper engravings, with expert modern hand-colouring. Contemporary red morocco, the covers panelled in gilt with foliate center- and corner-pieces, spine… Read more about this item

London: Taylor and Francis, for the Author, 1883. Folio. (21 3/8 x 14 1/2 inches). Volume III only with all 78 plates. 20th-century half red morocco and cloth, all edges gilt Provenance: The Avicultural Society, T.H. Newman Bequest (bookplate dated 1944) Volume III of the most comprehensive work on Asiatic ornithology of its time The present… Read more about this item

London: Printed by Adam Islip for John Bill, 1616. Folio. (11 1/4 x 7 inches). First English edition. [x]4 A-Sss4. [18] 732 [18]. 768 pp. Title, The Contents, Dedication to Lord Robert, Dedication to Sir Peregrine Bartie, Surflet to the Courteous Reader, Seed Table, Books I-VII, Table of the Matters, Table of New Additions. Woodcut printer's ornaments, head and… Read more about this item

Antwerp: Joseph Jacops, 1682. 4to. (7 3/4 x 6 inches). pp. (xl), 1-74, (2), 75-296, (26). Engraved frontsipiece and coat of arms after prefatory text. 14 additional engraved plates, most are folding. Contemporary calf with raised bands in six compartments, gilt tooling, gilt title on second compartment. First edition of Sterbeeck's fascinating botanical treatise on citrus fruit, includes… Read more about this item

Charleston: Printed and published by C. C. Sebring, No. 44 Queen-street, 1826. 8vo. (5 1/2 x 9 inches). First edition. Signed "1-17" in fours, "18" in two. [i]-vi [7]-140. 140 pp. Title, Deposit statement, Dedication to Samuel L. Mitchell, Preliminary Remarks, Elements of Philosophy I-XLV, Directions to the Binder, Index. One engraved plate with diagrams opposite p.18 titled "For… Read more about this item

New York: John James Audubon, 1848. Hand-colored lithograph by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia after a drawing from nature by Audubon. Sheet: (21 3/4 x 27 3/4 inches). Iconic image of a Hare-Indian Dog from the first edition of Audubon's Quadrupeds, the greatest 19th-century work of natural history illustration to be produced in America. "As long as our civilization… Read more about this item

New York: John James Audubon, 1847. Hand-colored lithograph by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia after Audubon. Sheet: (20 1/2 x 26 3/4 inches). "As long as our civilization lasts, America will be in debt to this genius." [Peterson] "This beautiful Deer is found variously dispersed over the western portions of the North American continent, where it was first… Read more about this item

New York: John James Audubon, 1845. Hand-colored lithograph by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia after Audubon. Sheet: (21 1/4 x 27 inches). The Black American Wolf from the first edition of Audubon's Quadrupeds, the greatest 19th-century illustrated natural history work to be produced in America: "As long as our civilization lasts, America will be in debt to this genius."… Read more about this item

New York: Julius Bien. Printed by the New York Lithographing, Engraving, and Printing Company, 16 and 18 Park Place, 1870. 4to. (12 x 9 1/2 inches). Edition of 50. [i]-viii [1]-150. 158 pp. 30 numbered and card-mounted albumen silver photographic prints with printed titles. Half-title, Photo of Moore's Lake, Title printed red and black, List of Views, Table of… Read more about this item