641 CUISINIERE BOURGEOISE (LA), Suivie de l'Office, a l'usage de tous ceux qui se mêlent de dépenses de Maisons. Contenant la maniere de disséquer, connoître et servir toutes sortes de Viandes. Nouvelle edition, augmentée . . . 12mo., a fine uncut copy in red morocco extra, janseniste, gilt top Bruxelles, 1761 642 DONS (LES) DE COMUS, ou l'Art de la Cuisine, reduit en pratique. NOUVELLE EDITION, Revue, corrigée & augmentée par l'Auteur. 8 vols., 12mo., with engraved frontispiece; a fine copy in red morocco extra, gilt edges, by Chambolle-Duru, with the Seillière arms 643 calf the same. Paris, 1750 Nouvelle edition. 3 vols., 12mo., with frontispiece; old ib., 1758 644 DUNCAN, Wholesome advice against the Abuse of Hot Liquors. Done out of French. Post 8vo., old calf 1706 645 FARLEY (John). London Art of Cookery, and Domestic Housekeepers' Complete Assistant. Twelfth edition. 8vo., with 12 plates illustrating the arranging of tables at various seasons; calf 646 GIEGHER. LI TRE TRATTATI DI MESSER MATTIA GIEGHER.. 647 1811 Nel primo si mostra. . il modo di piegare ogni sorte di panni . . Nel secondo Padua, 1639 the sume. Oblong 8vo., red morocco by Trantz Bauzonnet ib., 1639 648 [GIEGHER]. Vollständig Vermehrtes TRINCIR-BUCH, von Tafeldecken Trinciren, zeitigung der Mundkoste, Schaüessen und Schaugerichten, benebens XXIV. Gast oder Tischfragen. Stout oblong 4to., with portrait of Graf von Wolffegg, engraved title, and 59 plates of carving directions and Table Ornaments; vellum, VERY RARE Nürnb. P. Fürst, 1652 649 GILLIERS. LE CANNAMELISTE FRANÇAIS, ou nouvelle instruction pour ceux qui désirent d'appendre l'office. Rédigé en forme de dictionnaire par le Sieur GILLIERS, 4to., with frontispiece and 13 large plates (mended) representing cookery apparatus, ornamental table service moulds for confectionery, etc.; old calf 650 [GLASSE (MRS. HANNAH)]. Nancy, 1768 COOKERY, Made PLAIN and EASY; Which far exceeds LONDON: Printed for the AUTHOR, and sold at Mrs. Ashburn's, a China-Shop, the Corner of Fleet-Ditch, 1747 21 0 0 Of this excessively rare first edition, very few perfect copies exist. "Of this book and its authorship some interesting letters from Mr. Sala and others appeared in The Times in September, 1891. are only about half-a-dozen perfect copies known."-The Times, July 26, 1895. There 2.10 0 651 HEYL (Hedwig). Das A B C der Küche 8vo., cloth Berlin, 1888 050 652 INSTRUCTION (Nouvelle) pour les Confitures, les Liqueurs, et les Fruits. Avec la Maniere de bien Ordonner un Dessert, et tout le reste qui est du Devoir des Maîtres de Hôtels . . . 12mo., with folding plate; calf extra, gilt edges, by Petit Paris, Ch. de Sercy, 1692 653 KIDDER (Edw., Pastry Master). E. Kidder's Receipts of Pastry and Cookery for the Use of his scholars. Sm. 8vo., 43 pp., engraved throughout, with portrait and 8 plates; old calf; SCARCE 654 LAMB (Patrick). Royal Cookery: or, the Compleat Court-Cook. Third edition. 8vo., with 40 plates; calf 1726 (1720) 210 0 0 18 0 (1720 ?) 655 MANUSCRIPT. A MS. COOKERY BOOK (imperfect). Sm. 4to., 140 pages; 657 the same. 1549 550 Il Trinciante di M. Vincenzo Cervio with the above. with 3 plate, Venice, 1581, is bound in 658 MURRELL (John). Two Bookes of Cookerie and Carving. The seventh time printed, with new additions. 18mo., black letter, half calf, £2.; or, old calf 1650 659 ROSSETTI. DELLO SCALCO DEL SIG. GIO. BATTISTA ROSSETTI, Scalco della Madama Lucretia da Este, Duchessa d'Urbino . . . Sm. 4to., limp vellum, RARE Ferrara, D. Mamarello, 1581 A treatise upon Carving by the Chief Carver to the Duchess d'Urbino. 660 RYFF. New Kochbuch. Wie mann krancker personen in mancherley fehl und Liebsgebrechen warten unnd pflegen sol, Mit zurichtung unnd kochung viler nützlicher gefunder Speiss und Getränck . . durch H. Gualtherum Ryff, medicum. 12mo., gothic letter, old stamped pigskin Franckfort am Meyn, 1564 661 SCAPPI. OPERA di M. Bartolomeo Scappi, Cvoco Secreto di Papa Pio V. . . . si tratta di diverse vivande de carne, ecc. Thick sm. 4to., FIRST EDITION, with portrait and 28 plates, in which all the utensils and culinary operations of the Pope's Kitchen are illustrated; in the original limp vellum binding; FINE COPY Venice, 1570 This copy has the rare four leaves at end, added after the conclusion of the work, which contain an account of the obsequies of Pius III, in 1549, and of the costly provision made for the refreshment of the numerous Cardinals who attended it.— The continuator of Brunet has, with naivetè, described this addition as the funeral oration on Pius III delivered by his cook! This absurd error arises from a clumsy phrase on the title-page. 662 SMITH (E.). The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion. A Collection of upwards of 600 Receipts. 15th edition. Post Svo., with front, and 6 diagrams; old calf 663 SOUCHAY (Léon). Le Bon Cuisinier. 8vo., with 303 woodcuts; cloth 1753 Paris, 1886 664 UDE (L. E.). The French Cook. Sixth edition. 8vo., with portrait and 665 URBAIN-DUBOIS. Ecole des Cuisinières. Cinquième edition. 8vo., with ib., 1818 067 VARENNE. LE CUISINIER FRANÇOIS, enseignant la Maniere de bien apprester & assaisonner toutes sortes de Viandes grasses & maigres, Légumes & Patisseries. . . Par le SIEUR DE LA VARENNE. Derniere edition augmentée. 12mo., with engraved title-page; vellum 2 7 6 1 10 0 3 3 0 600 070 050 0 36 050 0 4 0 12mo., with frontispiece and plates; calf THE RECENTLY PURCHASED NATURAL HISTORY LIBRARY OF A DISTINGUISHED YORKSHIRE COLLECTOR 670 BELL (T.). A HISTORY of the BRITISH STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA. 1 vol., with 174 woodcuts, 1853.-A HISTORY of BRITISH QUADRUPEDS, including the Cetacea. Second Edition, revised and partly re-written. 1 vol., with 160 woodcuts, 1874.-A HISTORY of BRITISH REPTILES. Second Edition. 1 vol., with 50 woodcuts, 1849.-together, 3 vols., 8vo., A FINE 672 LIBRARY SET OF THESE STANDARD BOOKS IN FULL DARK GREEN MOROCCO BLUE MOROCCO EXTRA HISTORY £ s. d. 117 6 1849-74 671 BEWICK (T.). A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. The Figures engraved on Wood by T. Bewick. Roy. 8vo., FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER; A LARGE AND FINE COPY IN STRAIGHT-GRAINED Newcastle, 1790 21 0 0 The rarest and most sought after of all the esteemed editions of Bewick. The last copy sold, uncut, realized £51 at Sotheby's. The copy offered has the edges merely scraped and rough gilt. OF BRITISH BIRDS. The Figures engraved on Wood by T. Bewick. 2 vols., 1797-1804.-SUPPLEMENT. 2 pts., 1821. together, 4 vols. in 2, roy. 8vo., FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER; a fine copy in red morocco extra by Bedford; rare 673 BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA; or, CONTRIBUTIONS to the KNOWLEDGE of the FAUNA and FLORA of MEXICO and CENTRAL AMERICA. EDITED by F. DUCANE GODMAN and OSBERT SALVIN ZOOLOGY. Pts. 1-195, ibid., 1797-1821 roy. 4to., with many hundred plates containing thousands of Sold By W. BOTTING HEMSLEY. 5 vols., roy. 4to., complete, with 111 plain and coloured plates.-The Botanical Section in 5 vols., half morocco, the Zoological Section in 38 vols., half morocco, the non-completed portions unbd.; VERY FINE COPY 1879-1907 190 0 0 Issued to subscribers at £222. 12s net unbound. So far as I can ascertain the above is the only second-hand copy in the market. By its purchase, in addition to the cost of the binding, a saving of £32. 12s would be effected. The cost of the binding has been £35. The original owner's subscription will be transferred to the purchaser. The few subsequent parts are or will be issued at 21s each net. Pts. 196-197 have appeared. All the original wrappers, notices, and temporary titles of this copy have been preserved. 3 16 0 674 BREE (C. R.). A HISTORY of the BIRDS of EUROPE, not observed in the British Isles. 4 vols., roy. 8vo., FIRST ISSUE, with nearly 250 coloured plates; half dark blue morocco, fine copy 1859-60-62-63 675 BRITISH MUSEUM. CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. By R. B. SHARPE, H. SEEBOHM, HANS GADOW, P. L. ŠCLATER, T. SALVADORI, W. R. OGILVIE GRANT, etc. 27 vols., 8vo., COMPLETE, with 387 fine coloured plates; cloth; SCARCE 1874-98 48 0 0 This work, now complete, may fairly claim to be one of the most important aids to the study of systematic ornithology which has ever been produced. Almost the last official duty which fell to Sir William Flower in his capacity as Director of the Natural History Departments, before he retired to enjoy a well-earned repose, was to pass through the press the pages of the final volume of the British Museum Catalogue of Birds, a work which may be justly described as the greatest of its kind. 676 BROUSONNET (P. M. A.). Ichthyologia sistens Piscium Descriptiones et сору The plates of the second edition were colour-printed. 1873 678 BUTLER (A. G.). FOREIGN FINCHES in CAPTIVITY. Roy. 4to., with 60 care. 1754 According to Lowndes the copies of the second edition were coloured with superior 680 COUCH (J.). A HISTORY OF THE FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 4 vols., roy. 8vo., FIRST ISSUE, with 252 coloured plates; half morocco, fine copy 1862-63-64-65 The scarce first issue of the standard book on British fishes for both naturalist and angler. 681 CURTIS (J.). BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY; being ILLUSTRATIONS and DESCRIPTIONS of the GENERA of INSECTS found in GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND; containing coloured Figures from Nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many Instances of the Plants upon which they are found. 8 vols., roy. 8vo., with 770 coloured plates; a very fine copy in full dark green morocco, gilt tops, uncut £ s. d. 0 10 0 550 3 10 0 880 550 1823-40 21 0 0 Two sets of title-pages were issued: one, dated 1824-39, for a numerical arrangement in 16 vols. ; the other, dated 1823-40, for a systematic arrangement in 8 vols. 682 DOUGLAS (J. W.) and J. ScOTT. The British Hemiptera. Vol. I (all published). HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA. Svo., with 21 plates; cloth 0 10 0 1871-96 78 0 0 Ray Soc., 1865 683 DRESSER (H. E.) [and R. B. Sharpe]. A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, including all the SPECIES inhabiting the WESTERN PALEARCTIC REGION. 8 vols., 1871-81. SUPPLEMENT. 1 vol., 1895-96.--together, 9 vols. in 10, impl. 4to., with 722 coloured plates; A SPLENDID SUBSCRIPTION COPY IN FULL GREEN MOROCCO, the wrappers in a in a separate vol. 684 DRESSER (H. E.). MONOGRAPH of the MEROPIDE, or Family of the BeeEaters. Folio, with 34 coloured plates by Keulemans (pub. £5. 58) ; half brown morocco, gilt top, the wrappers bound in 685 ELLIOT (D. G.). A MONOGRAPH OF THE PHASIANIDE OR FAMILY OF THE PHEASANTS. 2 vols., impl. folio, with 79 coloured, and 2 plain plates; half green morocco extra, gilt tops, uncut, a very fine copy 686 687 1884-86 Foll 1872 84 0 0 This is the rarest and finest of all Elliot's ornithological works. 1873 11 11 0 A MONOGRAPH OF THE BUCEROTIDÆ, OR FAMILY OF THE HORNBILLS. Impl. 4to., with 59 coloured and 2 plain plates; half green morocco, gilt top, uncut 1882 7 7 0 ELLIOT, continued : 688 A MONOGRAPH OF THE FELIDE OR FAMILY 689 ELWES (H. J.). £ 8. 1883 18 0 0 A MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS LILIUM. Impl. folio, with photograph and 48 coloured plates by Fitch; half morocco: SCARCE 1880 12 0 0 A fine copy of this beautiful book, of which only 250 copies were issued. 690 EYTON (T. C.). A History of the rarer British Birds. Impl. 8vo., LARGE 691 A MONOGRAPH of the ANATIDE, or Duck Tribe. Roy. 4to., with 24 plates, plain and coloured; cloth; scarce 1838 692 FORBES (E.). A History of British Starfishes, and other Animals of the Class Echinodermata. Svo., with woodcuts; full green morocco extra, fine copy 693 GOULD (J.). A CENTURY OF BIRDS FROM THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS. Impl. folio, with 80 coloured plates; half morocco 694 695 696 697 698 699 1841 066 200 080 1832 11 00 A MONOGRAPH OF THE RAMPHASTIDE, OR FAMILY OF TOUCANS. Roy. folio, with 1 plain, and 33 coloured plates; half brown morocco gilt top 1834 3 15 0: ICONES AVIUM, OR FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF A MONOGRAPH OF THE TROGONIDÆ, OR FAMILY OF 1838 A MONOGRAPH OF THE ODONTOPHORINE, OR PARTRIDGES OF AMERICA. Impl. folio, with 32 coloured plates; half brown morocco, gilt top 1850 THE MAMMALS OF AUSTRALIA. 3 vols., impl. folio, with 182 coloured plates; half brown morocco, gilt tops 315 0 710 0 1863 32 10 2 THE BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA AND THE ADJACENT PAPUAN ISLANDS, INCLUDING MANY NEW SPECIES RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN AUSTRALIA. COMPLETED BY R. BOWDLER SHARPE. 5 vols, impl. folio, with 320 coloured plates; half brown morocco, gilt tops 1875-88 55 0 0 700 IBIS (The), a MAGAZINE OF GENERAL ORNITHOLOGY. COMPLETE from the beginning in 1859 to 1906, with GENERAL INDEX and GENERAL SUBJECT INDEX to the vols. for 1859-1894;-51 vols., 8vo., with a large number of coloured plates; a fine set in half brown morocco 1859-1906 88 00 701 JERDON (T. C.). ILLUSTRATIONS of INDIAN ORNITHOLOGY, containing Figures of new, unfigured, and interesting Species of Birds, chiefly from the South of India. Roy. 8vo., with 50 coloured plates; green calf extra, the arms of John Henry Gurney on sides; very rare |