LY O N & T U R N B U L L Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs
302 FC269/6 Bradley, Richard New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical... London: A. Bettesworth, C. Hitch, J. & J. Pemberton, J. & P. Knapton, D. Brown, 1739. 8vo, engraved frontispiece, 13 plates (10 folding), contemporary calf, a little rubbed and bumped,some very slight dampstaining, plate 9 (labelled Plate III) torn, frontispiece loose and creased, a couple of ink blots along edges [ESTC T10378] Provenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton £200-250 303 FC269/88 Cook, Moses The manner of raising, ordering and improving forest-trees. London: Daniel Browne, Andrew Bell, John Darby, Arthur Bettesworth... 1717. Second edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, 4 plates on 2 folding sheets, contemporary panelled calf, bookplate of Lord Gretton, rubbed, some dampstaining [ESTC T38948] Provenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton £150-250 304 FD323/6 Des Murs, Marc Athanse Parfait Oeillet Iconographie ornithologique... Paris: Friedrich Klincksieck, 1849. Part 1, large 4to, 18 (of 72) hand-coloured plates (plates 12, 18, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 30, 38, 39, 42, 47, 48, 51, 58, 64, 65 and 66 present), red morocco gilt, g.e., gilt doublures, a little soiling and rubbing, some spotting to text, plates fairly clean £200-300 305 FD196/64 [Donovan, Edward] Illustrations to Donovan’s shells. [N.p., 1804?] 8vo, 178 (of 180) handcoloured plates, plate volume only, contemporary quarter morocco, some dampstaining £200-250 306 FE679/1 Dresser, Henry E. A history of the birds of Europe. London: published by the author, 1871-81. 8 volumes [with the Preface, Introduction, List of Subscribers and Index bound as volume 1], 631 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 2 uncoloured lithographed plates, contemporary green half morocco, t.e.g., a very few plates with faint offsetting, spines faded £4,000-5,000 307 FD363/1 Forshaw, Joseph M. Kingfishers and related birds. Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1983. First edition, folio, collector’s issue, number 876 of 1000 copies signed by the author and illustrator, 2 volumes, illustrated by William T. Cooper, original blue half morocco with blind embossed floral motifs, contained in blue cloth book box with morocco gilt title panel, some very minor soiling to box £500-700
308 FD363/2 Forshaw, Joseph M. Australian parrots. Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1969. Second (revised) edition, folio, collector’s issue, number 135 of 1000 copies signed by the author and illustrator, 2 volumes, illustrated by William T. Cooper, original green morocco with colourful transfer printed parrots on upper covers, contained in red cloth book box, some slight rubbing to box; Gould, John A monograph or the macropodidae or family of kangaroos. Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1981. Folio, 2 parts in one volume, facsimile plates, original cloth with image of Gould printed and attached to upper cover, with green morocco surround, slipcase; Oakeshot, Walter The two Winchester Bibles. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981. Folio, original cloth gilt, t.e.g., slipcase (3) £300-400 309 FC269/92 Geikie, Sir Archibald The ancient volcanoes of Great Britain. London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. 8vo, 2 volumes, 7 folding maps, original green cloth, bookplates of Lord Gretton, a little internal spotting, very clean binding, majority of pages uncut (2) Provenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton £200-250 310 FD323/28 Houghton, William British fresh-water fishes. London: William Mackenzie, [1879]. Folio, 2 volumes, 41 chromolithographed plates, original red pictorial and gilt cloth, spines slightly bumped, some very light scratches to covers, internally very clean (2) £400-500 311 FD645/4 Maund, [Benjamin] The Botanic Garden. London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1831-1836. 4to., volumes 4, 5, 6 and 7, engraved titles, 67 hand coloured plates, tissue guards, contemporary green half calf, some rubbing to spines and boards, some spotting to titles and endpapers (4) £200-300 312 FC237/37 Moreton, C. Oscar The auricula. Its history and character. London: The Ariel Press, 1964. Folio, original cloth gilt with dust-jacket, one of 500 copies, 17 coloured plates (reproduced from paintings by Rory McEwen); Sitwell, Sacheverell and Russell, James. Old garden roses. London: George Rainbird, 1955-1957. Folio, 2 volumes,16 coloured plates by Charles Raymond, original boards, dustwrappers; Drummond, William Henry The large game and natural history of South and East Africa. Edinburgh: Edmonton and Douglas, 1875. 8vo., frontispiece, map, 11 engraved colour tinted plates, illustrations, green cloth gilt, some pages loose, slight rubbing and bumping to covers and spine, paper flaw and small closed tear pp.365-368 with no loss of text (4) Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire £150-200
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