3057 EATON (J. M.). A Treatise on the Art of breeding and managing the Almond Tumbler. 8vo., pp. vi, 50, with coloured plate; cloth; scarce For the Author, 1851 3058 ELLIOT (D. G.). North American Shore Birds. A History of the Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers, and their Allies. Cr. 8vo., with 74 plates; cloth 3059 3060 cloth 1895 the same. 4to., LARGE and THICK PAPER, 100 copies printed; 1895 The Gallinaceous Game Birds of North America. Cr. 8vo., with 46 plates; cloth 1897 3061 EYTON (J. C.). OSTEOLOGIA AVIUM; or, a Sketch of the Osteology of Birds. 1 vol. (text), and 1 vol. (atlas), 4to., with 116 plates; cloth Wellington, Salop, 1867 This is a companion to Macgillivray's great work. 3062 FORSTER (T.). Observations on the Natural History of the Swallow Tribe. 8vo., pp. xv, 97, with 5 engravings on wood; bds., uncut; scarce £ 8. d. 0 10 0 076 1 10 0 076 100 1817 0 7 6 THE 3063 GOULD (J.). A CENTURY OF BIRDS FROM 3064 3065 the same. Impl. folio, half brown morocco 1832 11 00 the same. Impl. folio, dark green morocco extra, arms on sides, gilt edges 3066 3067 3068 1832 12 00 THE BIRDS OF EUROPE. 5 vols., impl. folio, with 449 coloured plates; half red morocco, gilt tops, uncut, the Sutherland arms on sides 1837 68 0 0 THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 5 vols., 1873 80 0 0 A MONOGRAPH OF THE TROGONIDÆ, OR FAMILY OF TROGONS. [Second Edition.] Impl. folio, with 47 coloured plates; half green morocco, gilt edges 1875 3069 HALL (R.). A Key to the Birds of Australia, with their Geographical 3072 3073 1891 consecutive Series from 1880 to 1903 inclusive, with General Index 900 066 100 1880-1903 15 15 0 the same. A consecutive Series from 1883 to 1903 inclusive ;21 vols., 8vo., with numerous coloured plates; 20 vols. in publishers' cloth and 1 vol. in pts. (pub. £25. 48) 3074 in wrapper A consecutive Series from 1893 to 1901 inclusive ;9 vols., 8vo., in 36 pts. (pub. £10. 16s) 3075 JARDINE (Sir W.). Illustrations of the Duck Tribe. 4to., with 9 plates; Lockerby, Dumfries, privately printed, n. d. 1883-1903 12 12 0 the same. A consecutive Series from 1894 to 1904 inclusive ;11 vols., 8vo., in 44 pts. (pub. £13. 4s) the same. 3076 KEULEMANS (J. G.). A PAIR OF EXQUISITE WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS (ca. 18 x 11) + s. d. About 1897 45 0 0 1, A Group of Bearded Tits called by the artist "Sweethearts"; 2, Whitethroats feeding Young called "Feeding the Hungry ". These drawings represent Keulemans' finest work. For life-like attitude and expression the Bearded Tits are unsurpassable. 3077 LAYARD and Sharpe. THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA, by E. L. LAYARD. New Edition. Thoroughly revised and augmented by R. BOWDLER-SHARPE. Roy. 8vo., pp. xxviii, 890, with 12 coloured plates by Kéulemans; half green morocco, gilt top uncut, the original wrappers bound in; SCARCE 1875-84 3078 LEWIN (W.). THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 8 vols. in 4, folio, LARGE PAPER, with 278 plates of Birds and 58 of their Eggs; a very beautiful copy in the original straight-grained red morocco, gilt and blind-tooled sides, gilt edges 1795-1801 14 14 0 This copy is essentially one for a fine library, its binding being a typical example of the bookbinder's art of the very early 19th century. The plates are numbered as follows: BIRDS-frontispiece, 1-267, 18*, 19*, 27*, 66*, 81*, 84*, 94*, 100*, 245*, 251*; total, 278. EGGS-1-14, 16-59; total, 58 (no plate 15 ever appeared). 3079 LILFORD (Lord). 5 15 0 COLOURED FIGURES OF THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. Second Edition. 7 vols., roy. 8vo., with portrait and 421 coloured plates after Thorburn and Keulemans; half dark green levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut, FINE COPY 1885-97 63 00 3080 MEYER (H. L.). ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH BIRDS. 4 vols., folio, FIRST ISSUE, 315 coloured plates of Birds and their Eggs, exclusive of 4 oological plates not mentioned in the list of contents; half morocco [1835-41] 22 10 0 Although not noted in the list of contents the Blackbird and Heron are each represented on 2 plates. With the exception of those on the 4 separate plates the eggs are given with the birds to which they belong. 3081 MILNE-EDWARDS (A.). Recherches sur la Faune ornithologique éteinte des Iles Mascareignes et de Madagascar. Roy. 4to., with numerous plain and coloured plates; cloth Paris, 1866-73 3082 MORRIS (F. O.). A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. 6 vols., roy. 8vo., the ORIGINAL ISSUE, with 358 coloured plates; hf. bd. 1851 etc. 3083 NORTH (A. J.). Descriptive Catalogue of the Nests and Eggs of Birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania. Roy. 8vo., with 21 heliotype plates illustrating 176 species of Eggs; bds. Sydney, 1889 3084 PATTEN (C. J.). The AQUATIC BIRDS of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND. Large 8vo., pp. xxx, 590, with 68 illustrations in the text and 56 plates; cloth 1905 3085 ROBERT (N.). Receüil d'Oyseaux Les plus Rares tirez de la Menagerie 3086 A Paris chez G. Audran . Paris, 1676 Six engravings of birds by P. Boel are bound in at the beginning. 150 600 0 18 0 150 500 Folio, 31 plates; in the original half calf, the Osterley Park copy ibid., n. d. 215 0 £ 8. d. 1869 17 10 0 3087 SCLATER (P. L.) and O. Salvin. EXOTIC ORNITHOLOGY, con- The book is to be completed in 20 parts, each published at 7s 6d net. 990 0 36 1 10 0 2 2 0 Paris, 1838 18 10 0 3092 TEMMINCK (C. J.) et Laugier de Chartrouse. NOUVEAU RECUEIL green morocco 1880-84 Including Audouin's Explication sommaire des Planches d'Oiseaux de l'Egypte et de la Syrie, publiées par J. C. Savigny; Barton's Fragments of the Natural History of Pennsylvania; Smith's Miscellaneous Ornithological Papers; etc. 3095 WILSON (A.). AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; or, 1808-24 the NATURAL HISTORY of the BIRDS of the UNITED STATES. 9 vols., roy. 4to., with 76 coloured plates BONAPARTE (C. L.). AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; or, the NATURAL HISTORY of BIRDS inhabiting the UNITED STATES, not given by WILSON. 4 vols., folio, with 27 coloured plates 1825-33 together, 13 vols., with 103 coloured plates figuring upwards of 400 species, vols. III-IV of Bonaparte discoloured; in the original half red binding 7 10 0 3 10 0 Philadelphia, 1808-33 32 0 0 3096 WOLLE Y (J.). OOTHECA WOLLEYANA: an illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs formed by the late John Wolley. Pt. III. COLUMBE-ALCE. Roy. 8vo., with coloured and plain plates; as issued 3097 1905 the same. Pt. IV. ALCE-ANSERES: with Supplement and Appendix. Roy. 8vo., with coloured and plain plates; as issued 1907 3098 YARRELL (W.). A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. Fourth Edition. 4 vols., 8vo., with upwards of 550 woodcuts; half calf neat 1871-85 This edition is revised by Professor Newton and Howard Saunders, and is the best for scientific purposes. 2 2 0 1 5 0 310 0 (8) Reptilia and Batrachia 3099 GÜNTHER (A. C. L. G.). The REPTILES of BRITISH INDIA. Folio, with 26 plates figuring more than 100 specimens; bds. 3100 Ray Soc., 1864 The Gigantic Land Tortoises (Living and Extinct) in the Collection of the British Museum. 4to., with 55 plates; cloth 1877 3101 ROESEL VON ROSENHOF. HISTORIA NATURALIS RANARUM nostratium cum Praefatione. . A. v. Haller . Edidit accuratisque Iconibus ornavit, A. J. Roesel v. Rosenhof . . . Folio, the text in Latin and German, with 24 plates in two states, plain and coloured; calf Nuremberg, 1758 3102 STRAUCH (A.). Synopsis der Viperiden. Roy. 4to., with 2 plates; bds. St. Petersburg, 1869 3103 Die Schlangen des russischen Reichs. Roy. 4to., with 6 plates; sd. 3104 THEOBALD (W.). Descriptive Catalogue of the Reptiles of British India. Roy. 8vo., cloth Calcutta, 1876 £ 1 1 0 14 1 10 036 ibid., 1873 07 08 3105 THURSTON (E.). Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia and Apoda of Southern India. Roy. 8vo., with 13 plates; bds. Madras, 1888 026 PLVSIEVRS SORTES (3) General Works 3106 FLAMEN (A.). ICONES Diuersorum Piscium... FIGURES de LIVRE D'OISEAUX. Graués et dessignés au naturel: BARLOW (F.). LIVRE Contenant la recherche de plufieurs 12 numbered plates, including title, engraved by T. Neale 1659 in 1 vol., oblong sm. folio, very fine copies in the original vellum 1664-1659 28 00 The Hamilton Palace copy of Flamen's pieces, imperfect and cut down, fetched £51. Flamen's engravings consist not only of exquisite figures of fishes and birds, but have for backgrounds either interesting sea-scapes and shipping or woodland views. Neale's series of engravings of birds after Barlow duplicates a similar series of the same subjects by Hollar. Erratum: No. 168, ELWES, for 0 14 0 read 14 0 0 1 vol., impl. 8vo., with 21 coloured plates by Keulemans, 24 views from photographs taken by the author, and a map specially drawn for the book. The price not fixed yet The Birds of Tierra del Fuego BY CAPTAIN RICHARD CRAWSHAY The entire edition will consist of 300 copies IN PREPARATION An English Translation of an important Persian MS. on Falconry BĀZ-NĀMĀ - YI NĀSIRĪ Full Particulars will be announced in due course IN PREPARATION 1 vol., 4to., with more than 120 reproductions of notable Portraits in the Country Houses of West Suffolk. 400 copies to or be printed. £1. 1s. net on LARGE PAPER. 100 copies to be printed Suffolk (West) Portraits BY Rev. EDMUND FARRER, F.S.A. |