2323 - 2571 NATURAL HISTORY, HORSES AND HORSEMANSHIP, HUNTING, MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY etc.
80 2503 Microscopy Baker H 
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; sm. tear in title-p. Paper over covers sl. chafed. Good/ fine copy.
= Bierens de Haan 2162; cf. Poggendorff I, p.91 (ed. London 1742); DSB I, p.410ff: "(...) he is especially noted for his popularization of the use of the microscope and for his contribution to the study of chrystals. (...) The first edition of The microscope made easy appeared in 1742; it ran to five editions in Baker's lifetime and was translated into several foreign languages. (...) Henry Baker was in many respects a typical natural philosopher of the eighteenth century. His interest ranged widely, and his skills were equally various: he was by no means dedicated to one branch of study, nor did he do research in modern sense. Yet he deserved the title "a philosopher in little things"; and he had the rare gift of communicating his knowledge of, and above all his enthusiasm for, the microscope to others. (...) He regarded the microscope with reverence, as a means to the deeper appreciation of the wonders of God's world."
80 2504 Microscopy Baker H 
- Pastedowns detached. Calf over backcover w. cut and dam. spot at lower corner and loosening at turn-ins.
= Bierens de Haan 2162; cf. Poggendorff I, p.91 (ed. London 1742); DSB I, p.410ff: "(...) he is especially noted for his popularization of the use of the microscope and for his contribution to the study of chrystals. (...) The first edition of The microscope made easy appeared in 1742; it ran to five editions in Baker's lifetime and was translated into several foreign languages. (...) Henry Baker was in many respects a typical natural philosopher of the eighteenth century. His interest ranged widely, and his skills were equally various: he was by no means dedicated to one branch of study, nor did he do research in modern sense. Yet he deserved the title "a philosopher in little things"; and he had the rare gift of communicating his knowledge of, and above all his enthusiasm for, the microscope to others. (...) He regarded the microscope with reverence, as a means to the deeper appreciation of the wonders of God's world."
80 2505 Mineralogy Vogelsang H 
80 2505 Mineralogy Vogelsang H 
80 2505 Mineralogy Vogelsang H 
- Ex library copy, w. (cancellation) stamps on first free endpaper and title-p.; a few lvs. and plates trifle/ sl. foxed.
= Plates show microscopic views of various minerals.
Bauer, M. Edelsteinkunde. Eine allgemein verständliche Darstellung der Eigenschaften, des Vorkommens und der Verwendung der Edelsteine, nebst einer Anleitung zur Bestimmung derselben, für Mineralogen, Edelsteinliebhaber, Steinschleifer, Juweliere. Leipsic, C.H. Tauchnitz, 1909, 2nd rev. ed., XVI,766p., 21 (col./ tinted) plates (counted as 20), 115 ills., contemp./ orig.(?) hmor., 4to. Sauer, A. Mineralkunde als Einführung in die Lehre vom Stoff der Erdrinde. Ein Abriß der reinen und angewandten Mineralogie. Stuttg., n.d. (±1905), 249,(1),(2 advert)p., 26 chromolithogr. plates w. opposing text, num. textills., orig. pict. cl., 4to.
- Owner's stamp on title-p. = Poggendorff VI, 2288.
80 2506 Movable books pop up and shape books Heimans E 
80 2506 Movable books pop up and shape books Heimans E 
- Partly erased owner's entry on title-p.; bookblock loose. Boards trifle frayed/ stained.
80 2507 Movable books pop up and shape books Stüven W S 
80 2507 Movable books pop up and shape books Stüven W S 
- Erased owner's entry on first p.; bookblock loose; a few lvs. and 1 layer of lithogr. plate loose. Covers loose and sl. dam.; sm. annot. on frontcover.
Blok, D.J. Het Menschelijk Oog. Bouw, Verrichting en Verzorging. Deventer, Æ.A. Kluwer, n.d. (1897), 1st ed., 40,(6)p., 1 multilayered col. lithogr. plate, 7 (woodengr.) schematic ills., orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards, obl. 4to.
- Lacks last unnumb. pages; multilayered image trifle dam. Both covers loose.
80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden 
80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden 
80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden 
80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden 
80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden 
80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden 
80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden 
- Plate 7 sm. waterstain in upper blank margin (not touching the plate); occas. sl. fingersoiled in outer lower blank corner; contents otherwise entirely clean and fine. Paper over covers worn. A very fine copy, with ample margins (total paper size: 28x22 cm.).
= Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 29; Dunthorne 215; Nissen, BBI 2219; Hunt 733: "Nederlandsch Bloemwerk is a symbol and representation of the ascendancy of the Dutch nurseryman, the developer and disperser of tulips, hyacinths, and auriculas at the end of the eighteenth century. At the same time it takes a backward glance at the art of the gardener and of the flower-painter of a century and a half earlier, the golden age of Tulipomania (...)". The plates are usually assigned to Paul Theodor van Brussel (mainly on the basis of his signature on the title-p.). He closely followed the plates by Robert Nicolas in several of his designs. Interestingly, most of the plates show the flowers with visiting insects, and on the first 18 plates these insects have tiny engr. numbers apparently referencing to the accomp. textleaves. However, the text does not mention any of the insects. From plate 18 onwards, the insects cease to be shown with a number. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIX.
80 2509 Ornithology Bewick T 
80 2509 Ornithology Bewick T 
- Both vols. w. bookplate A.S.T. Fisher on upper pastedown; two smaller lvs. tipped-in along outer left margin claiming to be original proofs of the plates from the 1800 edition; a few lvs. outer blank margins unobtrusively dampstained.
= Roscoe 43 and 44.
80 2510 Ornithology Bewick T 
80 2510 Ornithology Bewick T 
- From the library of Thomas Tindal Methold w. his bookplate on both upper pastedowns; two handcol. woodengrs. w. manuscript caption below (i.a. below the "Cross-Bill": "I shot the specimen, from which the above plate is colored, in Hampshire (...)"). Spine professionally repaired and restored; corners showing.
= I. The History and Description of Land Birds. II. The History and Description of Water Birds. Not in T. Hugo. The Bewick Collector; Roscoe, Thomas Bewick, 18b; Nissen, IVB 95; Zimmer p.57. Bradley Martin 1385: "These two volumes were Bewick's greatest achievement. They combined excellent craftsmanship with the perfect marrying of type and engravings on the page. They also showed a deep knowledge of, and sympathy for, the subjects of his figures. Bewick's reproduction of the texture of the feathering was unique, also his detail of the plumage and the arrangement of the feathers. The wood-engravings were the first really accurate and true pictures of our most common birds, and set a new standard in their illustration."
80 2511 Ornithology Fulton R 
80 2511 Ornithology Fulton R 
80 2511 Ornithology Fulton R 
80 2511 Ornithology Fulton R 
80 2511 Ornithology Fulton R 
- Leather along margins sl. rubbed. Otherwise fine.
= Nissen, ZBI 1462. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
80 2512 Ornithology Heerkens G N 
- One leaf sl. stained. Binding (sl.) rubbed/ worn along extremities. Good copy.
= With the bookplate of J.G. van Marle on upper pastedown. Very rare.
80 2513 Ornithology Heuglin M Th von
80 2513 Ornithology Heuglin M Th von
80 2513 Ornithology Heuglin M Th von
- Plates only, without the text. Plate numbers changed in pen and ink; a few plates trifle/ sl. foxed. Portfolio worn/ dam. at spine; joints splitting.
= Nissen, IVB 441; Anker 209. Fifty neatly HANDCOLOURED plates of birds and eggs; 51 plates orig. published in 57 instalments. "Based partly on the author's own observations and collections during a twelve years' stay in Western Asia, and Northeast and Central Africa, the work gives a systematic synopsis of all the birds observed up to the date of publication in Northeast Africa and the adjacent districts" (Anker).
80 2514 Ornithology Jardine W ed 
= Comprising of: IX. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Birds of Prey. Part I; X. Flycatchers; XII. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Rasores and Grallatores. Part III and XIV. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Natatores. Part IV. Nissen, IVB 471; Anker 223-226.
AND a later edition of vol. XIV.
80 2515 Ornithology Morris F O 
- Bookblocks sl. shaken. All vols. spine-ends sl. worn (esp. vol. VI); vol. IV lower joint splitting at top of spine.
= The rare third edition, enlarged w. 36 plates. Nissen, IVB 645; cf. Anker 346.
80 2516 Ornithology Rambert E and Robert P 
- Ex library copy w. cancellation stamps on title-p. and a few scattered library stamps; sl./ trifle foxed (a few lvs. worse). Spine-ends worn, extremities rubbed; lacks a few flimsies.
= Nissen, IVB 783. The title-page calls for 50 woodengraved plates but the content leaf mentions only 29 plates. Rare.
80 2517 Ornithology Rathbone H M 
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; new endpapers. Rebacked w. use of contemp. gilt backstrip; corners showing.
= The text is an anthology of poems on popular garden birds and the illustrations are beautifully executed and finely coloured. Nissen 756 (erroneously calling for 22 plates). Rare.
80 2518 Ornithology Tyas R 
= Both vols. w. schoolprize mounted on upper pastedown awarded to "J.W. Soothill" and "J. Merrill" (not dated). Beautiful plates.
AND 6 other ornithological works, i.a. J.M. BECHSTEIN, Cage and Chamber-birds (...). Engl. transl. (ibid., 1853, 30 handcol. woodengr. plates, later hcl. w. contemp. boards. Rebacked w. use of orig.(?) backstrip. Sl. soiled).
80 2519 Ornithology Völschau J 
80 2519 Ornithology Völschau J 
80 2519 Ornithology Völschau J 
= With dedication in pen by A.C. Oudemans (dated "'s Gravenhage Maart 1889") on first free endpaper. Nissen ZBI, 4258 (orig. German edition, 1884). Not in the usual ornithological reference works. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
80 2520 Ornithology Wingfield W and Johnson G W 
80 2520 Ornithology Wingfield W and Johnson G W 
80 2520 Ornithology Wingfield W and Johnson G W 
- Verso plates foxed. Joints, spine-ends and corners sl. rubbed.
= Nissen, IVB 1001; not in Anker. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.
80 2521 Ornithology Zinanni G 
80 2521 Ornithology Zinanni G 
80 2521 Ornithology Zinanni G 
- Upper pastedown/ frontisp./ title w. owner's entry/ annots. dated 1901; final 2 plates and endpapers trifle wormholed (not affecting image). Binding stained and sl. wormholed.
= Nissen, IVB 1031; Anker 161. From the library of antique dealer Robert Washington Oates (1874-1958), with his bookplate on upper pastedown.
80 2522 Oudemans C A J A 
80 2522 Oudemans C A J A 
80 2522 Oudemans C A J A 
80 2522 Oudemans C A J A 
- Lower hinge of vol. 3 broken; contents occas. trifle foxed/ browned; library stamps on titlepages of all vols.; all vols. w. scattered contemp. annots. in blank margins. Spines repaired w. use of original backstrip; bindings sl. worn/ rubbed; ticket on all frontcovers.
= Nissen, BBI 1475. Atlas van platen vol. often published separately, but in this edition the plates bound within each vol.