Natural History
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BAKER, Richard T. and H.G. SMITH.
Woodfibres of some Australian Timbers...
Sydney, Government Printer, 1924.
Oblong octavo, photo plates, a fine copy in original blue cloth.
The first comprehensive scientific assessment of Australian timbers for use in the production of pulp and paper...
Australian: $285 (Approx. US $297, Euro €207) Quote ref.
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[BANKS] NICHOLSON, William (attributed).
Observations on a Bill, for Explaining, Amending, and Reducing into One Act, the several Laws now in being,….
London?, 1787.
+…for preventing the Exportation of Live Sheep, Wool, and other Commodities.
Rare: an intriguing pamphlet on the vexed question of the importation of wool into England, with a preface thought to...
Goldsmiths', 13592.
Australian: $925 (Approx. US $965, Euro €671) Quote ref.
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BANKS, Sir Joseph & Daniel SOLANDER.
Captain Cook’s Florilegium...
London, Lion and Unicorn Press [Royal College of Art], 1973.
Large folio, with 30 engravings; a fine copy, specially bound by Zaehnsdorf in black Nigerian goatskin and Japanese...
The botany of the Endeavour voyage: this magnificent printing by the Royal College of Art in London from...
Hill, 52.
Australian: $25,000 (Approx. US $26,085, Euro €18,125) Quote ref.
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BANKS, Sir Joseph & Daniel SOLANDER.
Captain Cook's Florilegium...
London, Royal College, 1973.
Large folio, with 30 engravings; a fine copy, in the original black Nigerian goatskin and Japanese silk, housed in a...
The botany of the Endeavour voyage: this magnificent printing by the Royal College of Art in London from...
Australian: $21,000 (Approx. US $21,911, Euro €15,225) Quote ref.
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BENNETT, Edward Turner.
The Tower Menagerie...
London, Robert Jennings, 1829.
Octavo, with 102 wood-engravings and vignettes; joints starting but sound, boards a little scratched yet very good in...
First edition: a wonderful illustrated catalogue for the menagerie located at the Tower of London. Significantly, this...
Not in Ferguson; Wood, 239.
Australian: $2450 (Approx. US $2556, Euro €1776) Quote ref.
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BROWN, John Ednie.
A Practical Treatise on Tree Culture in South Australia.
Adelaide, Forest Board of South Australia, 1881.
Octavo, 29 lithographed plates; original printed wrappers, rubbed, a good copy.
An amply illustrated handbook on South Australian tree cultivation and plantation management, including detailed...
Ferguson, 7514.
Australian: $585 (Approx. US $610, Euro €424) Quote ref.
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[CASSOWARY] ROTHSCHILD, Lionel Walter.
A Monograph of the Genus Casuarius.
London, Printed for the Society, 1900.
Folio, original blue printed front wrapper for Transactions of the Zoological Society bound in, pp. 109-290 (complete);...
Rothschild's monograph on the cassowary, the first detailed scientific study of the birds, published in December 1900....
Australian: $12,750 (Approx. US $13,303, Euro €9244) Quote ref.
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CHANTER, Charlotte.
Ferny Combes. A ramble after ferns in the glens and valleys of Devonshire.
London, Lovell Reeve, 1856.
Small octavo, eight coloured plates including frontispiece, a very good copy with publisher's advertisements, in...
Charming first edition of this light-hearted natural history distraction by the daughter of English novelist Charles...
Australian: $175 (Approx. US $183, Euro €127) Quote ref.
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[COOK: SECOND VOYAGE] FORSTER, Johann Reinhold and Georg.
Beschreibungen der Gattungen von Planzen auf einer Reise nach den Inseln der Süd-See...
Stuttgart, Christoph Mantler, 1779.
Small quarto, with 18 etched plates, the plates each tipped to the fore-edge of the appropriate facing page; in fine...
First German edition of the Characteres Generum Plantarum (see catalogue number 79), detailing the Forsters'...
Beddie, 1386; Hunt, 649; Nissen, B645; O'Reilly-Reitman, 2471; Stafleu & Cowan, 1826.
Australian: $7400 (Approx. US $7721, Euro €5365) Quote ref.
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DUCHESNE, H. & P.-J. MACQUER.
Manuel du Naturaliste ouvrage utile aux Voyageurs...
Paris, Remont, 1797.
Four volumes, octavo; a lovely set in contemporary full calf, spines elegantly gilt with red morocco labels.
A fine set of this French natural history encyclopaedia, intended specifically as a guide for voyagers, as well as a...
Barbier, III, 49.
Australian: $4750 (Approx. US $4956, Euro €3444) Quote ref.
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