Busk, G. Catalogue of Marine Polyzoa in the Collection of the British Museum.
1st. Ed. Pub. Taylor & Francis. 1852-1854 Parts 1 and 2 bound as one. 16mo. With 125 plates (two numbered LXV). Ex. Royal College of Surgeons, the only indications of this being stamps on the title pages. Contents fine. More recently rebound in blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, all in fine condition. Very scarce.
Excellent lithographic plates.
£225.00 [ref: 53707]

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Busk, G. Report on the Polyzoa collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Parts I, II and Supplementary Report.
1st. Ed. Pub. under supervision of John Murray. 1884-89 pp.xxiii, [i], 216, 36 plates, fold-out map; viii, 47, 10 plates; 41, 3 plates. Very minor amount of foxing to Supplementary Report, o/w. contents in fine condition. More recently rebound in green cloth closely resembling original binding. Fine condition.
Considered second only to Darwin’s voyage aboard the ‘Beagle’ for its contributions to 19th century science, the voyage of the ‘Challenger’ founded the scientific discipline of oceanography.
£450.00 [ref: 53747]

Butler Foreign Finches in Captivity.
1st. Ed. Pub. L. Reeve & Co. [1894] pp.[6], viii, 332 with 60 fine hand-coloured lithographs by F.W. Frohawk. Large 4to. Hardback. TEG. Very small number of spots to contents, o/w. exceptionally clean and fine. Contemporary three-quarter burgundy morocco over red cloth boards, gilt lettered to spine, in as close to fine condition as one is likely to find. A super copy.
This was Butler’s most important work and involved his favourite subject Cage Birds. Although some of the illustrations are not true finches the book does contain considerable information on their appearance, distribution, song and behaviour in captivity. The illustrations by Frohawk are some of his best and are outstanding.
£4,250.00 [ref: 62927]

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Butler, Arthur G. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Order Passeres.
1st. Ed. Pub. Brumby & Clarke. [1908] Two volumes with 107 chromolithograph plates of Birds and 8 of Eggs. Large 4to. Hardbacks. TEG. Some spotting to fore-edges of text blocks and to ends, only a very minor amount indeed elsewhere. Only very occ. offsetting to tissue guards o/w. contents very pleasing indeed and in fine condition. Recently rebound in quarter black leather over blue cloth boards (closely matching the original binding) with gilt lettering to spine all in fine condition. A super set.
These volumes were superbly illustrated by H. Gronvold and F.W. Frohawk.
£300.00 [ref: 71975]

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Butler, Arthur G. British Birds with their Nest and Eggs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Brumby and Clarke. [1896-1899] Six volume set. With 24 colour chromolithograph plates of eggs (containing 475 figures) and 318 fine b/w. plates of birds by F.W. Frohawk. 4to. Hardbacks. AEG. Minor amount of spotting, largely confined to tissue-guards of egg plates, o/w. contents fine. Original deluxe publisher’s yellow cloth binding with richly gilt decorated spines and gilt decoration to front boards in nr. fine condition, just lightly shelf-rubbed. With matching gilt decorated end-papers. A very pleasing set indeed. Comes with a loosely inserted copper plate engraving of a small bird (probably a warbler) by Lilian Marguerite Medland (1880-1955).
Medland illustrated Gregory Mathews' books on Australian birds. She also illustrated for Tom Iredale (her husband) the author of ‘Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds’ and ‘Birds of New Guinea’.
£425.00 [ref: 69604]

Butler, Arthur G. British Birds with their Nest and Eggs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Brumby and Clarke. [1896-1899] Six volume set. With 24 colour chromolithograph plates of eggs (containing 475 figures) and 318 fine b/w. plates of birds by F.W. Frohawk. (4to.). Hardbacks. AEG. Two bookplates. Ownership insc. dated 1908 and small blind stamp with motto ‘Audaces Fortuna Juvat’ to title page Vol. I. Gold marbled end-papers. Any spotting very largely confined to tissue guards and blank verso of plates, o/w. contents fine. Original gilt decorated and lettered green cloth, a little dulled to rear board Vol. II, o/w. nr. fine. A very pleasing set.
£250.00 [ref: 63634]

Cavanilles, Antoni-Josep. Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum Quae Aut Sponte in Hispania Crescunt aut in Hortis Hospitantur.
Facs. Pub. Generalitat Valenciana. 1995 Six volume set with 600 fine b/w. botanical engravings. Folio. Softbacks with dws. Repaired tear to Vol. V. dw. and card cover o/w. all vols. in nr. fine to fine condition.
A very well produced facsimile of Cavanilles sumptuous work illustrating plants growing in Spain, either naturally or in gardens, originally published in 1793.
£300.00 [ref: 65514]

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Ching, R., Snow, D., Chisholm, A.H. & Soper, M.F. Raymond Ching : The Bird Paintings. Water colours and pencil drawings / 1969 - 1975.
1st. Ed. Pub. Tryon Gallery. 1978 pp.142 with 24 full-page colour illus. and 31 b/w. illus. Folio. Hardback. AEG. Contents exceptional and in fine condition. From the limited edition of just 360 copies, this being No. 337 and signed by Raymond Ching. Each copy in this limited edition contains a special frontispiece entitled ‘Kingfisher’ and also a signed print of a ‘Fledgling Owl’ from Ching’s collection (also copy No. 337). Bound in full brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf of London, in fine condition with just a hint of sunning to spine. Housed in publisher’s slipcase in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
£350.00 [ref: 68357]

Collingwood, Cuthbert. Rambles of a Naturalist on the shores and waters of the China Sea. Being observations in natural history during a voyage to China, Formosa, Borneo, Singapore, etc.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1868 pp.[iv], xiii, [i], 443, [i], 2 (ads) with illus. frontis., two further plates plus 5 illus. in text.8vo. Hardback. Light spotting to blank end-papers, o/w. contents fine. Small blind-stamp of W.H. Smith (186 Strand) Lib. Some restoration to internal hinges. Original blue cloth in very good plus condition, with gilt decoration to spine and lozenge to boards, gently pulled and gently darkened spine. Scarce.
Collingwood (1826-1908) was an English naturalist, surgeon and physician. He was elected Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1853. Between 1866 and 1867, he served as surgeon and naturalist on HMS Rifleman and HMS Serpent during their voyages to the China Seas - his experiences led to the production of this fascinating, observational volume.
£800.00 [ref: 56752]

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Dalechamp, Jacques. Histoire générale des plantes, contenant XVIII livres également départis en deux tomes: Tirée de l'exemplaire latin de la bibliothèque de M. Jacques Dalechamps, puis faite françoise par M. Jean Des Moulins. Dernière édition corrigée.
2nd French Edition Pub. Lyon. 1653 Two volumes comprising 2,752 woodcuts, a number of which were made especially for this work. Hardback. Folio. All edges marbled. Contents complete with some pagination errors to Tome 1. Several leaves at the beginning of each volume repaired at blank gutter. Old water-marking (common in herbals) to both volumes, more extensive in Tome 2, nevertheless the contents overall are in thoroughly very good condition. Bound in contemporary full-leather, professionally restored in places, all in thoroughly very good condition.
The second, and last, French edition of Dalechamp's famous herbal - this edition being the most complete one in the French language. Prov: We know that this copy was at one point owned by Sir Frank Crisp (b. 1843 - d. 1949) the English lawyer and microscopist. After 1919, the books went into the library of Sir Edwin Hartland (b. 1848 - d. 1927) and after his passing away in 1936, they were donated to Gloucester Council. The most recent owner being Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist (b. 1935 - d. 2022).
£1,795.00 [ref: 66524]

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