137 Dodd (James Solas, Surgeon). An Essay Towards a Natural History of the Herring, 1752, 178pp. (lacking half-title), plus 6 leaves of contents & one leaf of ‘Proposals for Printing by Subscription a Compleat Natural History of Esculent Fish’, folding eng. frontis. present (with horizontal closed-tear at centre, margin torn at head & foot not affecting image, lined to verso), slight dust-soiling to first & last leaves, upper hinge weak, contemp. qtr. calf, slight loss of leather at head of spine and lacking title label, joints slightly cracked, rubbed and some wear, 8vo
141 Graefer (John, Botanic Gardener to the King of Naples). A Descriptive Catalogue of upwards of Eleven Hundred Species and Varieties of Herbaceous or Perennial Plants... to which is added a List of Hardy Ferns, 3rd ed., Smeeton, [1794], contemp. ownership signature to upper margin of title, index and errata at rear, occasional light spotting, contemp. half calf, joints cracked, 8vo (1)
142 Harrison (J.C.). The Birds of Prey of the British Islands. Descriptive Text by David Evans, foreword by The Hon. Aylmer Tryon, pub. Fine Bird Books, Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire, 1980, twenty mounted col. plts. (complete), orig. pencil sketch by Harrison on limitation leaf, t.e.g., orig. half morocco gilt, large folio
Refer to Kress S.3915 & S.3916. Dodd’s book is of importance for its detailed information concerning the herring and the British herring industry. The author dedicated the book to Slingsby Bethell and to Stephen Theodore Janssen, respectively President and Vice-President of the Society of the Free British White Herring-Fishery. (1) £100-150
Limited edition 17/275, signed by the artist. (1)
138 Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis). A Practical Treatise of Husbandry: wherein are contained, many useful and valuable Experiments and Observations in the New Husbandry, Collected during a Series of Years..., 1759, folding table, six eng. plts. (inc. four folding), occ. marginal notes, some fraying and consequent marginal loss to fore-edge margins of title, initial leaves & rear endpaper, plt. 2 frayed & damp-soiled to fore-edge, hinges cracked, contemp. calf, portion of leather title label lacking, hinges split and loss of leather to upper panel of spine, 4to (1)
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£150-200
143 Hudson (William). Flora Anglica; Exhibens Plantas per Regnum Britanniae Sponte Crescentes, Distributas Sceundum Systema Sexuale, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1778, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8vo First published in 1762 and here considerably enlarged, the work was the first to establish the Linnaean system of flora in this country. Henrey 859. (2) £150-200
£150-200
139 Evelyn (John). Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesty’s Dominions: As it was Delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th Day of October, 1662... Together with an Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves, York, 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece, 40 engraved plates, subscriber’s list and folding table, some offsetting and light spotting, small dampstain to title, bookplate, contemporary tree calf, rebacked retaining original spine, 4to (1)
£300-400
140 Geological Society Special Publications series, 57 vols., mostly c. 1990s-2000, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, mostly orig. laminated boards, 8vo, VG
144 Kirby (W.F.). European Butterflies and Moths, pub. Cassell, 1889, 61 hand-coloured lithographed plates, one uncoloured, light marginal toning, contemporary burgundy half calf, rebacked retaining most of original spine, a little rubbed, 4to
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