NATURAL HISTORy AND SCIENCE 89-123

Lots 89 – 125

89 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES AND JOHN BACHMAN The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: V.G. Audubon, 1852-1854.

3 vols. 4to, original gilt-ruled black morocco, gilt-tooled and -lettered spines, a.e.g., pale yellow endpapers. Complete with half-titles and 155 hand-colored lithographed plates by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly after John James and John Wodehouse Audubon, each with tissue guard. Minor rubbing to spines; moderate dampstaining to contents with some mold spots on some plates; some darkening to endpapers. $3,000-5,000

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90 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. New York: J.J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, [1839], 1840-1844.

7 vols. Large 8vo, original dark brown morocco stamped with gilt-tooled borders, gilttooled and lettered spines, pale yellow endpapers, a.e.g. First octavo edition, complete with 500 hand-colored lithographed plates after Audubon by W.E. Hitchock, R. Trembly and others, printed and colored by J.T. Bowen, with tissue guards, with wood-engraved anatomical diagrams in text, and half-titles to each volume.

The octavo edition added 65 new plates to the double-elephant folio edition for a total of 500 plates, making it “the most extensive color plate book produced in America up to that time” (Reese).

Rubbing to boards; spines uniformly faded; ends chipped with some loss; vol. V and VI portion of spines threatening to detach; moderate dampstaining to upper half of all plates and text pages of volume one; scattered light brownspotting; light offsetting from plates to tissue guards; bookplate tipped to front pastedown, all vols.

$30,000-50,000

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91 (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, ROBERT Canvas Backed Duck, Fuligula Vallisneria, no. 61, plate CCCI. Engraving with etching, aquatint and handcoloring from The Birds of America, c. 1827. Pasted to board, trimmed to plate mark, toned. 24 1/2 x 37 3/4 inches. $200-400

92 (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) BOWEN, J.T. A collection of 45 color lithograph plates from the octavo edition of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1849. Matted. 7 x 10 1/2 inches each. $600-800

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93 (ORNITHOLOGY) AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after A group of six hand-colored lithographed plates from the octavo edition of The Birds of America, 1852. Matted. 6 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches each. $500-700

94 (ORNITHOLOGY) BEEBE, WILLIAM Two Bird-Lovers in Mexico. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin; The Riverside Press, 1905.

8vo, publisher’s gilt-pictorial orange cloth, giltlettered spine, t.e.g. First edition. inscribed and signed by Beebe on the title page to his aunt. Soiling and edgewear to boards; hinges starting. $300-500

95 (ORNITHOLOGY) BULLER, WALTER LAWRY A History of the Birds of New Zealand. London: John Van Voorst, 1873.

4to, original red morocco pictorially gilt-stamped with fauna and bird-design to upper board and spine, a.e.g. First edition. Complete with tinted lithograph frontispiece and 35 hand-colored plates. Edgewear; inner hinges cracked; scattered light spotting. $3,000-5,000

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96 (ORNITHOLOGY) GOULD, JOHN A group of seven hand-colored lithographs of birds of prey from The Birds of Great Britain, (1873). Shrinkwrapped. 22 x 15 inches each. $200-400

97 (ORNITHOLOGY) GOULD, JOHN A group of six hand-colored lithographs of birds of prey from The Birds of Great Britain, (1873). Shrinkwrapped. 22 x 15 inches each. $200-400 98 (ORNITHOLOGY) GOULD, JOHN Three hand-colored lithographed plates from The Birds of Australia (1840-1848), including Sterna Gracilis, Sterna Melanorhyncha, and Procellaria Cookie. Matted. 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches each. $200-400

99 (ORNITHOLOGY) LORD, THOMAS A group of nine color engravings from Entire New System of Ornithology, (London, 1791). Matted. 17 x 10 1/2 inches each. $1,000-2,000

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100 (ORNITHOLOGY) MEDLAND, LILIAN M. A collection of 45 loose hand-colored lithographs of birds from The Birds of the British Isles, (1906). 12 1/4 x 10 inches each. $400-600

101 CLARK, ROLAND Gunner’s Dawn. New York: Derrydale Press, 1937.

8vo, 3/4 crushed brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped and -lettered spine, t.e.g. De Luxe edition, number 35 of 50 copies signed by Clark on the half-title. With original color etching frontispiece, signed by Clark in pencil. Light toning to extremities of leaves; otherwise fine. $1,500-2,500 102 CLARK, ROLAND Roland Clark’s Etchings. New York: Derrydale Press, (1938).

Folio, 3/4 crushed brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped and -lettered spine, t.e.g. De Luxe edition, number 49 of 50 copies, signed by Clark on the half-title. With original etching frontispiece, signed by Clark in pencil. Fine. $1,000-2,000

103 (DUCK STAMPS) A collection of 12 signed lithographs with accompanying duck stamps, comprising the years 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, and 2006. $500-700

104 RIDINGER, JOHN ELIAS Three color copperplate engravings of animals including Kleinere arth der Esel... (no. 36); Ein par alte Tachse vor ihrem Bau (no. 79); and Saumer, Trag oder Saum pferd, (no. 21). Matted. 13 x 8 inches each. $100-200 105 (BUFFON, LECLERC) SONNINI, CHARLES SIGISBERT Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des poissons; ouvrage faisant suite a l’Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, composee par LeClerc De Buffon... Paris: De L’Imprimerie De F. Dufart, [18031804]

13 vols. 8vo, original 3/4 calf over pink paper boards, gilt-lettered spines, pages uncut. First edition, complete series from the work, Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere, (1799-1808), complete in 127 volumes. With engraved portrait frontispiece in vol. 1 and 79 copper-plate engravings of fish eggs, fish, and fossil fish after Buffon throughout (80 total). Rubbing to boards; bookseller’s inventory sticker to foot of spine, vol. 1; scattered brownspotting. $800-1,200 106 SCHALDACH, WILLIAM J. Fish. Collected Etchings, Drawings and Water Colors of Trout, Salmon and Other Game Fish. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1937.

Folio, publisher’s gilt-stamped and -lettered blue cloth. Limited edition, number 266 of 1,500 copies. Rubbing and light soiling to boards; hinges tender. $80-120

107 (BOTANY) ARTUS, WILIBALD Hand-Atlas sammtlicher medicinischpharmaceutischer Gewachse... Jena: Friedrich Mauke, 1876.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 green morocco over brown cloth, giltlettered spines. Later edition. With more than 200 hand-colored botanical plates. Rubbing to boards; previous ownership inscription to front pastedowns; scattered brownspotting. $200-400 108 (BOTANY) DE BRY, JOHANN THEODOR A group of four hand-colored botanical engravings from Florilegium novum, (1719), including I. Moly Indicum latifolium II Scilla hispanic albo flore III. Pancratium majus Hispanicum; Narcissus Matthioli Polyanthos albus; I. Tusai sive Lillium Persicum vulgo... II. Tusai cum semine; and Tusai sive Lilium Persicum vulgo coroma Imporialis. Matted. (4 total) 14 1/ x 9 inches each. $400-600 109 (BOTANY) GERARD, JOHN The Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes... Very Much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye of London. London: Adam Islip, Joice Norton, and Richard Whitakers, 1636.

Thick 4to, rebound in modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Second edition, revised by Thomas Johnson. With engraved title page and over 2,800 woodcut illustrations throughout. Lacking all blanks, title page laid down; dedication page repaired along all edges; scattered brownspotting; offsetting from woodcuts; small dampstain to upper edge of pp. 797-866; contemporary ownership inscription to title page.

Provenance: Demetzy Books, Oxon, England. $800-1,200

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110 (BOTANY) LOUDON, JANE WEBB The Ladies’ Flower Garden of Ornamental Annuals [and] Bulbous Plants. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1840 and (1844).

2 vols. 4to, publisher’s original gilt-stamped green cloth; “Annuals” rebound in 3/4 green calf over marbled boards, a.e.g. With numerous color lithographed plates. First Editions. Each complete with 48 (Annuals) and 58 (Bulbous Plants) hand-colored lithographed plates. Wear and fading to boards; spine darkened (Bulbous Plants); edgewear; scattered foxing and brownspotting; light offsetting from plates to tissue guards.

Provenance: Demetzy Books, Oxon, England. $2,000-4,000

111 (BOTANY) A collection of 28 Victorian botanical watercolor studies from the album of Charlotte Mary White on fine paper watermarked 1805-1807.

9 x 7 inches each. $800-1,200

112 (BOTANY) A collection 63 of loose color lithograph botanical plates from two different works including Die Alpenpflanzen nach der Natur gemalt, (1881) (20 plates), and The Botanical Magazine; or, FlowerGarden Displayed, (1795) (43 plates). Size of largest 9 x 7 inches. $100-200 113 (BOTANY, FERNS) A collection of 44 loose plates illustrating ferns from A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns, London, 1862. 9 3/4 x 6 inches each. $100-200

114 (BOTANY, FERNS) MICHAEL, FRANCOIS-ANDRE A group of nine color stipple-engraved plates of leaves from The North America Sylva, or a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia... (Paris, 1819). Matted. 9 1/2 x 6 inches visible each. $200-400

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115 (BOTANY) CHAMPENOIS, F. Three chromolithographed plates illustrating bunches of grapes, including Molette, Altesse, and President. [Paris, c. 1880] Matted. 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches each. $100-200

116 (BOTANY) HARTINGER, ANTON A group of three chromolithographed plates of cherries and apples, including Baumanns Renette; Boitzeburger; and Schone v. Marienhohe. Matted. S.l., [c.1880] 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches each. $100-200 117 (BOTANY) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE A group of 16 chromolithographed plates of fruit and nuts published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, c. 1900-1910. Matted. 9 x 5 3/4 inches each. $100-200

118 (BOTANY) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE A group of 20 chromolithographed plates of fruit and nuts published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, c. 1900-1910. Matted. 9 x 5 3/4 inches each. $100-200 119 (BOTANY) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE A group of 20 chromolithographed plates of fruit and nuts published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, c. 1900-1910. Matted. 9 x 5 3/4 inches each. $100-200

120 (BOTANY) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE A group of 20 chromolithographed plates of fruit and nuts published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, c. 1900-1910. Matted. 9 x 5 3/4 inches each. $100-200

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121 MITCHELL, WESLEY CLAIR Business Cycles. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1913.

4to, publisher’s gilt-lettered green cloth, slipcase. With numerous charts and graphs throughout. Light soiling and finger smudges to some leaves. $200-400 122 ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1719, to the Year 1733) Abridged... London: Printed for J. Brotherton, et al., 1734.

2 vols. in one. 4to, full calf, rebacked, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. With 51 fold-out plates. Scuffing to boards; some edgewear; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; ex-library copy, with “Manhattan Library” blind-stamp and inventory stamp to some leaves; inner hinges starting; light offsetting from some plates; otherwise fine.

Provenance: Demetzy Books, Oxon, England $200-400 123

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ALBINUS, BERNARDI SIEGRIED Explicatio Tabularum Anatomicarum... Leiden: Joannem Arnoldum Langerak, 1744.

Folio, rebound in quarter brown morocco over brown cloth, gilt-stamped and -lettered spine, title page in red and black. Complete with 89 engraved plates. Scattered brownspotting; few repaired tears; ex-library copy with library stamp to most plates; contemporary ex-libris to half title. $600-800