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75 2361 Ornithology  Baker E C S 75 2361 Ornithology Baker E C S
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75 2361 Ornithology  Baker E C S 75 2361 Ornithology Baker E C S
75/2361 [Ornithology]. Baker, E.C.S. Indian Ducks and their Allies. London, Bombay Natural History Society, 1908, XI,(1),292p., lithogr. title, 30 chromolithogr. plates by H. GRÖNVOLD, G.E. LODGE and J.G. KEULEMANS, printed in 1200 copies, contemp. hmor., t.e.g.

- A few scattered stamps on prelim. lvs. by the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland.

= Nissen, IVB 65; Zimmer p.36. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CII.

€ (200-300) 240
75 2362 Ornithology  Berg A van den and Bosman C / Bijlsma R  Hustings F and Camphuysen C J 75 2362 Ornithology Berg A van den and Bosman C / Bijlsma R Hustings F and Camphuysen C J
75/2362 [Ornithology]. Berg, A. van den and Bosman, C./ Bijlsma, R., Hustings, F. and Camphuysen, C.J. Zeldzame vogels van Nederland met vermelding van alle soorten./ Algemene en schaarse vogels van Nederland met vermelding van alle soorten. Haarlem, GMB Uitgeverij, 1999/ 2001, 2 vols., 397; 496p., num. (photogr. col.) ills., orig. unif. boards, 4to.

= Avifauna van Nederland I and II.

AND 7 others, i.a. K.H. VOOUS, In de ban van vogels. Geschiedenis van de beoefening van de ornithologie in Nederland in de twintigste eeuw. Tevens Ornithologisch Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland (Utr., 1995, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).

€ (50-70) 60
75 2363 Ornithology  Bree C R 75 2363 Ornithology Bree C R
75/2363 [Ornithology]. Bree, C.R. A History of the Birds of Europe, Not Observed in the British Isles. London, George Bell and Sons, 1875-1876, 5 vols., 253 handcol. woodengr. plates, orig. unif. gilt and blindst. cl.

- Modern owner's entry on title in each vol. Very fine and clean set. = Nissen, IVB 136.

€ (250-350) 425
75 2364 Ornithology  Brown L and Amadon D 75 2364 Ornithology Brown L and Amadon D
75 2364 Ornithology  Brown L and Amadon D 75 2364 Ornithology Brown L and Amadon D
75/2364 [Ornithology]. Brown, L. and Amadon, D. Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World. London etc., Country Life Books, 1968, 1st ed., 2 vols. w. continuous pagination, 945p., richly illustrated, orig. unif. cl., slipcase, 4to (fine). - AND 7 others on birds of prey, i.a. P.A. JOHNSGARD, Hawks, Eagles & Falcons of North America (Washington and London, 1990, (col.) photogr. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to) and W. TARBOTON, Southern African Birds of Prey (Cape Town, 1994, 2nd ed., col. photogr. ills. by P. and B. PICKFORD, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
€ (50-70)
75 2365 Ornithology  Butler A G 75 2365 Ornithology Butler A G
75 2365 Ornithology  Butler A G 75 2365 Ornithology Butler A G
75 2365 Ornithology  Butler A G 75 2365 Ornithology Butler A G
75 2365 Ornithology  Butler A G 75 2365 Ornithology Butler A G
75 2365 Ornithology  Butler A G 75 2365 Ornithology Butler A G
75/2365 [Ornithology]. Butler, A.G. Foreign Finches in Captivity. Hull/ London, Brumby and Clarke, 1899, 2nd ed., (6),VIII,317p., 60 chromolithogr. plates by F.W. FROHAWK, later hcalf w. black mor. letterpiece, t.e.g., 4to.

- Bookplate of the Nolan family on upper pastedown; hinges strengthened. Fore-edge w. a few inkstains, occas. bleeding onto lvs. (not affecting text or image).

= Nissen, IVB 169; Zimmer p.120; Anker 89: "(...) Butler's most important work in this, his favourite, field (...)."

€ (100-150) 200
75 2366 Ornithology  David A and Oustalet M E 75 2366 Ornithology David A and Oustalet M E
75 2366 Ornithology  David A and Oustalet M E 75 2366 Ornithology David A and Oustalet M E
75 2366 Ornithology  David A and Oustalet M E 75 2366 Ornithology David A and Oustalet M E
75 2366 Ornithology  David A and Oustalet M E 75 2366 Ornithology David A and Oustalet M E
75 2366 Ornithology  David A and Oustalet M E 75 2366 Ornithology David A and Oustalet M E
75/2366 [Ornithology]. David, A. and Oustalet, M.E. Les Oiseaux de la Chine. Paris, G. Masson, 1877, 2 vols.: text vol. (4),V,(1),573p.; plate vol.: VI,(1) textp. and 124 handcol. lithogr. plates by ARNOUL, orig. unif. (gilt) blindst. cl., 4to.

- Plates (trifle/ sl.) foxed, mainly in margins and otherwise not very obtrusively; text vol. trifle/ sl. foxed and partly sl. stained in upper outer corner; both vols. bookplate on upper pastedown. Bindings rubbed along extremities; spine-ends chipped and top of spine plate vol. restored (rebacked w. use of most of orig. backstrip).

= Nissen, IVB 221; Anker 113; Zimmer p.159. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CII.

€ (1.500-2.000)
75 2367 Ornithology  Del Hoyo J  Elliott A  Sargatal J and Christie D A  ed  75 2367 Ornithology Del Hoyo J Elliott A Sargatal J and Christie D A ed
75/2367 [Ornithology]. Del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J. and Christie, D.A. (ed.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Lynx Edicions, 1992-2013, 17 vols. (incl. supplement), num. (full-p.) (col.) maps, ills., orig. unif. gilt cl. w. dustwr., 4to (fine).

- Upper outer corner and top of dustwrapper of Supplement vol. sl. frayed.

= One of the foremost ornithological works ever published to illustrate and describe all living species of birds. Also the first work to verbally and visually portray all members of one entire class of the animal kingdom. The descriptions are extensive, containing information on taxonomy, habitat, feeding, breeding, movements, conservation and a profound bibliography.

€ (700-900) 700
75 2368 Ornithology  Des Murs M A P O 75 2368 Ornithology Des Murs M A P O
75 2368 Ornithology  Des Murs M A P O 75 2368 Ornithology Des Murs M A P O
75 2368 Ornithology  Des Murs M A P O 75 2368 Ornithology Des Murs M A P O
75 2368 Ornithology  Des Murs M A P O 75 2368 Ornithology Des Murs M A P O
75/2368 [Ornithology]. Des Murs, M.A.P.O. Iconographie ornithologique. Nouveaux recueil général de planches peintes d'oiseaux (...). Paris etc., F. Klincksieck a.o., (1845-)1849, 2 vols., text vol. without pagination; plate vol. 72 large handcol. and gommé lithogr. plates (loose as issued) by BECQUET after A. PRÉVOST and P. OUDART (plate size 54,8x36 cm., image size between ±26x23 cm. - 31x20 cm.), orig. unif. richly gilt dark blue hmor., a.e.g., large folio

- Text vol. (sl.) foxed throughout; plates occas. (sl.) foxed; first plate sl. soiled. Both vols. spine(-end)s and corners sl. worn.

= A rare large-paper copy of the first folio-edition of this work. Ronsil 844; Nissen, IVB 239; Martin Sale 71; Zimmer p.168: "The plates are very finely executed. (...) The work forms a supplement to Buffon's "Histoire naturelle des oiseaux" (...) and the "Nouveaux Recueil de Planches Coloriées" of Temminck and Laugier (...)." The majority of the plates are by P. Oudart, and were also coloured by him. He was the first artist to reproduce his natural history paintings in lithography and publish his own plate books. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CII.

€ (4.000-6.000) 6000
75 2369 Ornithology  Forshaw J M 75 2369 Ornithology Forshaw J M
75/2369 [Ornithology]. Forshaw, J.M. Parrots of the World. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1978, 2nd ed., 584p., num. col. plates by W.T. COOPER, ills., orig. pict. boards, large 4to.

- Top of spine sl. worn (closed tear).

AND 3 others on parrots, i.a. T. JUNIPER and M. PARR, Parrots. A Guide to the Parrots of the World (Robertsbridge, Pica Press, 1998, richly illustrated, orig. boards w. dustwr.) and S. SINDEL and R. LYNN, Australian Cockatoos. Experiences in the Field and Aviary (Austral, n.d. (±1990), (col.) (full-p.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.).

€ (40-60) 50
75 2370 Ornithology  Gibbs D  Barnes E and Cox J 75 2370 Ornithology Gibbs D Barnes E and Cox J
75/2370 [Ornithology]. Gibbs, D., Barnes, E. and Cox, J. Pigeons and Doves. A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World. Robertsbridge, GMB/ Pica Press, 2001, 615p., 76 col. plates, num. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr. - AND 12 others, published i.a. by the Pica Press (3x), GMB/ Pica Press (3x), T. & A.D. Poyser (5x), all (near) fine, i.a. B. TAYLOR and B. VAN PERLO, Rails (1998. Upper hinge weakening); N. LEFRANC and T. WORFOLK, Shrikes (1997); R. RESTAL, Munias and Mannikins (1996); J. DENNIS SUMMERS-SMITH, The Sparrows (1998); C.H. FRY, The Bee-eaters (1984) and E. MATTHYSEN, The Nuthatches (1998).

= Part of the volumes also published as part of the series Dutch Birding Vogelgids (no.4, 5, 8, 10, 12 and 13).

€ (150-250) 150
75 2371 Ornithology  Harris H E 75 2371 Ornithology Harris H E
75/2371 [Ornithology]. Harris, H.E. Some Birds of the Canary Islands and South Africa. Essays and Photographs. London, R.H. Porter, 1901, 1st ed., XIV,(2),212p., 55 photogr. plates, orig. gilt cl. Zimmerman, D.A. a.o. Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. London, C. Helm, 1996, 740p., num. (col.) plates/ ills., orig. boards w,. dustwr. - AND 6 others, i.a. O. LANGRAND, Birds of Madagascar (New Haven/ London, 1990, num. col. plates, orig. boards w. dustwr.); M. GALLAGHER and M.W. WOODCOCK, The Birds of Oman (London etc., 1980, richly illustrated, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to) and F. HÜE and R.D. ETCHECOPAR, Les Oiseaux du Proche et Moyen Orient de la Méditerranée aux contrefors de l'Himalaya (Paris, 1970, num. (col.) plate and ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Bookblock shaken; dustwr. sl. frayed).
€ (50-70) 50
75 2372 Ornithology  Haverschmidt F and Mees G F 75 2372 Ornithology Haverschmidt F and Mees G F
75/2372 [Ornithology]. Haverschmidt, F. and Mees, G.F. Birds of Suriname. Paramaribo, Vaco, 1994, 584p., num. (full-p.) (col.) ills. (1x fold.), orig. giltlettered boards w. dustwr., sm. folio.

- Dustwr. w. a few (repaired) tears.

AND 7 others, i.a. F. HAVERSCHMIDT, The Black-tailed Godwit (Leyden, 1963, ills., orig. (sl. soiled) hcl.) and IDEM, The Life of the White Stork (ibid., 1949, ills., orig. (sl. soiled) hcl.).

€ (70-90) 70
75/2373 Ornithology  Helm Identification Guides Lot of 14 guides 75/2373 Ornithology Helm Identification Guides Lot of 14 guides
75/2373 [Ornithology]. Helm Identification Guides. Lot of 14 guides, London, Christoper Helms, various dates, all w. num. (col.) plates/ ills., orig. unif. boards w. dustwr.

- All fine (1x w. owner's stamps).

= K. BAKER, Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa (1997); D. BREWER, Wrens, Dippers and Thrashers (2001); R.A. CHEKE, O.F. MANN and R. ALLEN, Sunbirds (...) (2001); P. CLEMENT and R. HATHWAY, Thrushes (2000); P. CLEMENT, A. HARRIS and J. DAVIS, Finches & Sparrows (1993); C. FEARE and A. CRAIG, Starlings and Mynas (1998); S. HARRAP, Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers (1996); T. HARRIS and K. FRANKLIN, Shrikes & Bush-Shrikes (2000); P. HAYMAN, J. MARCHANT and T. PRATER, Shorebirds (1998); A. JARAMILLO and P. BURKE, New World Blackbirds (...) (1999); S. MADGE and H. BURN, Crows and Jays (n.d.); S. MADGE and P. MCGOWAN, Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse (2002); A. TURNER and C. ROSE, Swallows and Martins (1989) and E. URQUHART, Stonechats (...) (2002).

€ (100-150) 100
75 2374 Ornithology  Hilty S L 75 2374 Ornithology Hilty S L
75/2374 [Ornithology]. Hilty, S.L. Birds of Venezuela. Princeton/ Oxf., Princeton Univ. Press, 2003, 2nd ed., XIV,(2),878p., 67 col. plates, num. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr. (fine). Ridgely, R.S. and Tudor, G. The Birds of America. I. The Oscine Passerines. Oxf./ Tokyo, O.U.P., 1989, 1 vol. (of 2), XVI,516p., 31 col. plates, num. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr. (near fine). - AND 8 others, almost all fine, i.a. E. FULLER (ed.), Kiwis. A Monograph of the Family Apterygidae (Shrewsbury, 1991, richly illustrated by R. HARRIS-CHING, orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio. Fine); M.A. BRAZIL, The Birds of Japan (Washington, 1991, col. plates, monochr. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to) and B.E. SMYTHIES, The Birds of Burma (Liss/ Pickering, 1986, 3rd rev. ed., col. plates, monochr. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., folio).
€ (70-90) 70
75 2375 Ornithology  Kleinschmidt O 75 2375 Ornithology Kleinschmidt O
75/2375 [Ornithology]. Kleinschmidt, O. Berajah, Zoographia infinita. Leipsic, E. Nägele, 1908-1935, 13 vols., 47 plates (incl. 1 photogr. portrait), orig. unif. wr., large 4to.

- The issue on the Subgenus Phoenicurus is a reprint of the 1908 ed. (publ. 1936).

= Incl. a (complete?) issue on the Formenkreis Kleines Sumpfhuhn Fulica Zapornia (1935, 2 text leaves and 1 plate. Without wrappers). Nissen, Vögelbücher 507; Anker 259. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.

€ (100-150) 100
75 2376 Ornithology  Meÿer H L 75 2376 Ornithology Meÿer H L
75 2376 Ornithology  Meÿer H L 75 2376 Ornithology Meÿer H L
75 2376 Ornithology  Meÿer H L 75 2376 Ornithology Meÿer H L
75 2376 Ornithology  Meÿer H L 75 2376 Ornithology Meÿer H L
75/2376 [Ornithology]. Meÿer, H.L. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs. London, G.W. Nickisson, 1842-1850, 7 vols., 432 (all but a few) handcol. plates of birds and eggs, contemp. unif. giltlettered hmor.

- One plate loose; all vols. owner's entry on first free endpaper. Joints sl. rubbed.

= Nissen, IVB 628. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.

€ (500-700) 750
75 2377 Ornithology  Nozeman C and Houttuyn M 75 2377 Ornithology Nozeman C and Houttuyn M
75/2377 [Ornithology]. Nozeman, C. and Houttuyn, M. Nederlandsche vogelen; volgens hunne huishouding, aert, en eigenschappen beschreeven. Tielt/ The Hague, Lannoo/ Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 2014, 5 parts in 1 vol., 816p., num. (full-p.) col. ills., orig. boards, in orig. board box, large folio.

- Sl. creased on joints; box sunned. = Facs. reprint of the ed. Amst. 1770-1829.

AND 2 others, i.a. BUTTERFLIES SCHMETTERLINGE (Paris, 2010, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio).

€ (100-150) 110
75 2378 Ornithology  Nozeman C and Houttuyn M 75 2378 Ornithology Nozeman C and Houttuyn M
75/2378 [Ornithology]. Nozeman, C. and Houttuyn, M. Nederlandsche Vogelen 1770-1829. The Hague, Lannoo, 2015, 831,(1)p., 250 full-p. col. ills., num. (col.) ills., orig. boards, folio.

- Lower outer corners trifle bumped. Fine copy.

€ (70-90) 110
75 2379 Ornithology  Oliveira Pinto O M de 75 2379 Ornithology Oliveira Pinto O M de
75/2379 [Ornithology]. Oliveira Pinto, O.M. de. Ornitologia Brasiliense. Catalogo descritivo e ilustrado das Aves do Brasil. Primeiro volume. Parte introdutoria e Familias Rheidae a Cuculidae. [All published]. Sao Paulo, Departamento de Zoologia da Secretaria da Agricultura, 1964, XIV,182,(2)p., 25 col. plates, num. ills., orig. clothbacked boards, folio.

- Corners bumped; traces of tape on recto and verso of corners of frontcover.

Johnson, A. W. The Birds of Chile and Adjacent Regions of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. Buenos Aires, Platt Establecimientos, 1965-1967, 2 vols., 398,(2); (2),447p., richly illustrated by J.D. GOODALL, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

- First vol. hinges weak. Dustwr. of both vols. dam./ chipped.

AND 5 others in 6 vols., all on birds of the Americas, i.a. W.E. GODFREY, The Birds of Canada (Ottawa, 1966, richly illustrated, orig. cl., 4to. SIGNED on title-p.; owner's entry on htitle); D. SNOW, The Cotingas. Bellbirds, umbrellabirds and their allies (London/ Oxf., 1982, col. plates, monoch. maps and ills. orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to) and R. BREWER a.o., The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Michigan (East Lansing, 1991, num. maps and ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 4to).

€ (60-80) 60
75 2380 Ornithology  Oort E D van 75 2380 Ornithology Oort E D van
75 2380 Ornithology  Oort E D van 75 2380 Ornithology Oort E D van
75 2380 Ornithology  Oort E D van 75 2380 Ornithology Oort E D van
75/2380 [Ornithology]. Oort, E.D. van. Ornithologia Neerlandica. De vogels van Nederland. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1922-1935, 5 vols. and index vol., 407 full-p. polychrome collotype plates after M.A. KOEKKOEK, orig. unif. gilt hmor. (index vol. orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr.), t.e.g., folio (index vol. 8vo).

- Four vols. backstrip (sl.) discoloured. A fine set.

= Nissen, IVB 694; Anker 381. With the rare index vol. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.

€ (800-1.000) 1200