XVI. WORKS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS, AND BOOKS IN ENGLISH ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF OTHER COUNTRIES 1334 ABBOT (C.). Flora Bedfordiensis, comprehending such Plants as grow wild in the County of Bedford. 8vo., with plates; calf Bedford, 1798 1335 ABBOT (J.) and J. E. SMITH. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE RARER LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS OF GEORGIA [, AMERICA]. 2 vols., folio, with 104 COLOURED plates; a fine tall copy in half green morocco, entirely uncut; RARE 1797 £ s. d. 026 7 10 0 1797 8 0 0 1802 1336 the same. 4 vols., impl. 4to., calf 0 10 0 600 0 10 0 1839 2 2 0 300 1857-62 4343 4345 ALDER (Joshua) and Albany HANCOCK. sd. 4347 ALLMAN (G. J.). MONOGRAPH of the FRESH-WATER POLYZOA, including all the known Species, both British and Foreign. Folio, with 11 COLOURED plates; bds.; SCARCE Ray Society, 1856 1348 MONOGRAPH of the GYMNOBLASTIC or TUBULARIAN HYDROIDS. 2 pts. forming 1 vol., folio, with 23 COLOURED plates; bds. Ray Society, 1871-72 349 AMERICAN ACADEMY of ARTS and SCIENCES. PROCEEDINGS. Vols. XII-XXII, XXIII part 1, and XXV-XXXI;-in all, 18 vols. and 1 part, large 8vo., with plates; sd., uncut Boston, Mass., 1877-96 1350 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of SCIENCE. PROCEEDINGS. 14 vols., 8vo. (as described below), sd. 1850-98 2nd meeting, Cambridge, 1849; 22nd, Portland, Maine, 1873; 24th, Detroit, 1875; 29th, Boston, 1880, part 1; 31st, Montreal, 1882, 2 parts; 32nd, Minneapolis, 1883; 34th, Anne Arbor, 1885; 39th, Indianopolis, 1890; 42nd, Madison, 1893; 43rd, Brooklyn, 1894; 44th, Springfield, Mass., 1895; 46th, Detroit, 1897; 47th, Boston. 3 12 6 3 16 0 0 10 0 3 15 0 0 18 0 1 10 0 1 10 0 4 0 0 1 10 0 4351 AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. TRANSACTIONS. Vols. I-II, roy. 8vo., with 15 COLOURED plates; half calf; SCARCE 4352 AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST (The): an Illustrated Magazine of 1 16 3 10 New York and New Haven, 1818-1896 110 0 CONTENTS. FIRST SERIES. 100 numbers forming 49 vols., and a vol. of GENERAL 4354 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. PROCEEDINGS. Vol. III (1843), and from vol. V, no. 47 (1851), to vol. XXXVI, no. 155 (1897);-96 nos., 8vo. (as described below), with plates; a few nos. missing; sd. Philadelphia, 1843-97 Vol. XXII, part III (875 pages), consists of a condensed edition of the Proceedings of the Society from 1744 to 1838, a circumstance which renders the above described lot more nearly complete than it would at first seem. This part can be had separately, price 78 6d. The intermediate numbers missing are, 50, 53-56, 58, 76, 128, 129, 134, 135, and 137-139. 4355 ANDERSON (John). ANATOMICAL and ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCHES; comprising an Account of the Zoological Results of the two EXPEDITIONS to WESTERN YUNNAN, 1868-75; with a Monograph of the two Cetacean Genera: PLATANISTA and ORCELLA. 2 vols., impl. 4to., with 85 plates (49 COLOURED); cloth (subscription price, £10) 1880 4356 4357 The commercial and political value of Yunnan as a rich Chinese province on the borders of India and Burma, has immensely increased since the annexation of the Burmese empire. It is not only the door of communication between British India and China, but is in itself a territory of great natural wealth, destined to become more and more important as the relations between the two empires attain a greater development. and W. L. Sclater. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 2 pts. or vols., 8vo., cloth Calcutta, 1881-91 ZOOLOGY OF EGYPT: REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. Roy. 4to., lxv and 372 pp., with woodcuts, map of Egypt, Nubia and the Sudan, 7 illustrations of Physical Features in the Introduction, 41 COLOURED and 11 uncoloured plates; cloth 4.10 20 04 1898 12 12 100 copies were printed of which 95 were for sale; but few remain. "The first step towards the preparation of this volume was the formation of a "In forming the Collection which was to serve as the basis of this volume, an endeavour was made to obtain as many specimens as possible from a diversity of accurately ascertained and registered localities, distributed over as wide an area as possible. "While in Egypt, in 1892, I drew up a Memorandum, pointing out the lack of information that existed regarding the Fauna of the country generally, but more "Nearly five years were devoted to collecting, with the result that over 1500 "When, some six years ago, Dr. Anderson undertook the investigation which has resulted in the noble work now published, our knowledge of the herpetological fauna of Egypt was very meagre indeed, and could not compare with that of the neighbouring countries such as Tunisia, Algeria, and Syria. A list of the reptiles and batrachians of Egypt showed an imposing array of species, many of which now prove to be merely nominal, but these were represented in museums by a small number of specimens, few of which bore indications of exact localities. In fact, such material as then existed was quite inadequate for a study of the distribution as required by modern zoology, and the most important subject of variations and delimitation of species could not be attacked. The author's first task was therefore the bringing together of a large number of specimens, from as many parts of the country as possible, and this was carried out by him with extraordinary energy during successive visits to Egypt in the winters 1892 to 1895, his personal investigations extending even to Suakim, beyond the limits of Egypt proper. Not only did Dr. Anderson himself and with the help of natives succeed in collecting a very large series of specimens, many of which were brought home alive, and could be sketched in natural colours and attitudes, but he was also fortunate enough to enlist the co-operation of many residents and visitors interested in Natural History matters; the result being the splendid collection, the bulk of which has been presented to the British Museum, a second, nearly complete set, having been reserved for the Museum of the Egyptian Government School of Medicine at Cairo." -Nature, Dec. 29th, 1898. 358 ANDREWS (H. C.). COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF HEATHS. The Drawings taken from Living Plants only. With the appropriate specific Character, full Description, native Place of Growth, and time of Flowering of each; in Latin and English. 4 vols., folio, with nearly 300 beautifully COLOURED plates (pub. £36); a fine UNCUT copy, hf. bd.; 1802-9 18 0 0 359 360 RARE the same. 1802-9 12 00 The above are original subscribers' copies of a splendid series of botanical illustrations. The author was a painter, and brought no inconsiderable amount of artistic skill to bear on the production of his book. ROSES: or a MONOGRAPH of the GENUS ROSA. 4to., with 107 (of 129) COLOURED plates; half morocco gilt; RARE 361 ARUNDEL (W. B.). Ackworth Birds, being a List of Birds of the District of Ackworth, Yorkshire. Post 8vo., cloth (pub. 4s 6d) 62 ATKINSON (J.). Compendium of the Ornithology of Great Britain. pp. xii and 232; half morocco 1805 5 10 0 1898 026 8vo., 0 20 63 AUBREY (J.). THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF SURREY. 5 vols., 8vo., with portrait, map, and folding plates; calf extra, yellow edges, by ZAEHNSDORF; RARE 1718-19 15 0 0 the same. 5 vols., large 8vo., LARGE PAPER; old calf (rebacked) 64 russia the same. 1718-19 16 10 0 1718-19 21 0 0 5 vols., large 8vo., LARGE PAPER; fine tall copy in old the same. 5 vols., large 8vo., LARGE PAPER; fine copy in red morocco extra, marbled under gilt edges, by CLARKE and BEDFORD 1718-19 25 0 0 4367 AUDUBON (J. J.). THE BIRDS OF AMERICA. 4 vols., atlas folio, the ORIGINAL ISSUE, 435 superbly coloured plates, containing life-size representations 1827-38 ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY, or Descriptions of the Objects represented in the Work entitled The BIRDS of AMERICA. 5 vols., roy. 8vo. 4368 4369 4370 4371 4372 4373 4374 4375 1831-39 together, 9 vols., uniformly bound in half blue morocco, by LEWIS 1827-39 350 0 The above is a copy of the first issue, the numbering of the plates of the first volume being almost entirely in Arabic numerals. Audubon, by birth an American, was the son of a Frenchman. His indefatigable pursuit of knowledge, his enthusiastic devotion to the science of ornithology, his keenness of insight, have rendered his name for ever famous as that of one of the greatest naturalists the world has seen. With Buffon, Cuvier, and Owen, he occupies a front rank from which no later investigator can dethrone him; and at the same time he holds a position of no small importance as one of the literary celebrities of the New World. the same. A Selection of 259 COLOURED plates (as detailed below); recently bound in six vols., atlas folio, with printed title to each volume, half russia, very neat 1827-60 21 0 0 CONTENTS: plates 1 to 120 and 24 others of the original engraved issue, coloured by hand, and 115 plates (on 75 sheets) of the chromo-lithographic reprint. A very cheap collection for a working naturalist; the binding alone cost as much ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY, or an ACCOUNT of the 31 412 6 5 5 1831-39 70 the same. 5 vols., roy. 8vo., half calf This last is the author's presentation copy to William Yarrell. 3 vols. in QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA. together, 5 vols., uniformly bound in half russia rebacked 1845-54 35 0 Containing an interesting memorandum dated Sept. 8, 1830, in the autograph of, and signed by, J. J. Audubon, commissioning John Calvert of Leeds to obtain subscribers to his great work on the birds of America. another edition. coloured plates; calf gilt 3 vols., impl. 8vo., with 155 An early copy like the above is greatly to be preferred on account of the superior strength and clearness of its illustrations. |