Bee Cabinet
19th century. Broadside. Broadside for Bee cabinet. More
19th century. Broadside. Broadside for Bee cabinet. More
Paris: AnVIII [1797-1799]. 1/2 Leather. 2 Volumes. Folio (49.0 x 32.5 cm). Half calf with orange paper boards. Collation: Vol. 1- 2 + 176 pp.; Vol. 2- 63 engraved plates hand colored except for last two anatomical plates. This is a complete set of text and plates. The volumes have..... More
London: Printed for J. & P.Knapton., & P.Vailant, 1744. First English Language Edition. Full calf. 1st English edition. 8vo. Later calf tooled in period style; raised bands and new red morocco label. Collation: [xvi], 452, [16- Index] pp. + 12 folding copper engraved plates. Clean copy with some spot browning..... More
Stuttgart: Hoffmann'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1844. First Edition. Original Cloth. 8Lg. vo (23.5 x 20.0 cm). Collected original fasciles bound in moderen speckled marble paper boards and gilt red buchkram. Collation: 268 pp. + 36 lithograph plates (34 hand colored) with 1315 depictions of European bettles hand colored. There is some foxing..... More
London: J. Moir... 1795. Contemporary half calf. 8vo.(20.8 x 13.1 cm). Contemporary half calf over marbled boards rubbed with minor loss, spine gilt in compartments, modern gilt morocco leather label, new end papers. Collation:[2], xx, 258, [2] pp. lacking half title. Top of title page trimmed (ca. 1cm). The text..... More
Paris: Petrus Didot Major, Anno VII [1799]- XII (1804). Boards. Three parts bound in one volume. 4to (32.8 x 24.7 cm). Contemporary boards with marble paper spine and boards. Red leather label with gilt lettering on spine. Collation: 1-44; [2], 45-90; [4], 91-142pp. + 30 fine hand colored engraved plates..... More
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1871. First edition Ex Libris. Original Cloth. . Ex. Libris. 8vo (20 x 13.5 cm) 1st Edition. Original green cloth. Collation: [xi] xii-xvii, [1-blank], [1] 2-517pp. + engraved frontispiece(colored), folding colored map and 20 lithographic plates (4 colored). Binding in generally good condition, spine repaired with..... More
Monachii: Mich. Lindauer, 1823. Original Wraps. 4to. Original blue-green plain wrappers. Wear, soiling and small tears present. Collation: vi, 26 pp. Text is very clean with only minor age discoloration along edges. One of the group of beetles listed in this dissertation on the family of Cantharidiae are the blister..... More
Berlin: Verlegts Christ. Gottl. Nicolai, 1721 -1738. Contemporary mottled calf. 4to. Contemporaty mottled calf with gilt ornamented spine and red morocco gilt label. All edges of text block red. Three parts in 1 vol. with 40 engraved folding plates and 13 engraved vignettes. First part in second edition, the others..... More
Chicago: Chicago Academy of Sciences, 1941-58. First edition. Cloth_bound. 8vo. Bound volume of approximately 16 whole or partial issues of Bulletins or Reports of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, Museum of Natural History, plus a few other offprints, etc., many with original wrappers included. Illustrated from photographs, drawings, etc. 9x53/4..... More
Cambridge: at the Press, 1914. More
London: Zoological Society, 1835. Quarter Calf. 4to In. Transactions of Zoological Society of London Vol. 1. 1835, pp. 91-112 + 4 hand colored engraved plates. (Communicated May 28, 1833) . 4to Offprint bound quarter leather and marble boards. Binding, text and plates are very clean with strong coloring on plates..... More
London: J.. Robinson, 1796. Origiinal boards. Uncut copy. 8vo (22.8 x 13.7 cm). Original gray boards with later paper spine and paper label; some soiling on covers. Collation: xvi, 273 pp. + 2 engraved plates. (Hagen, p.412). More
Paris: Hôtel de Thon, 1788- 89. Contemporary mottled calf. 2 Volumes. 4to (25.6 x 18.8 cm). Contemporar mottled calf. Collation: Vol. I- 17, 651 pp. + 2 folding charts and 41 copper engraved plates; Vol. II- [4]. [1] 2-527 pp. + 22 copper engraved plates. Bindings have raised bands and..... More
Norimbergae: Apud Felseckeri, 1794. Original Wraps. 4to. Modern quarter blue morocco on mottled paper boards. Original blue wrappers bound inside at back. Collation: 8pp. + 1 hand colored engraved plate. 18th century description of scarab beetles of America. Very scarce item. (Hagen II, p. 27; Nissen ZBI 3085). More
Reutlingen: Fleischhauer & Spohn, circa 1850. More
Nürnberg: Gedruckt auf Kosten des Verfassers, 1826. Third edition. Original Blind-Stamped green cloth. 8vo. Original blind stamped dark green cloth with gilt decoration on spine that includes author, title and date of publication. Collation: viii, 207, [1]16pp. + 4 hand colored engraved plates by Sturm with original tissue guards. Sturm..... More
Paris, Lyon: Author & Baillière, Crochard; Savy, 1829. Quarter calf. 3 Volumes: 1 quarto and 2 octavos. Collation: Conchyliologie – 4to - 80 plates with tissue guards and accompanying descriptive text; 8vo - 8 lls , 1st being signed title page in manuscript; 8vo- “Catalogue”- [3-5] 6-39, [40] pp +..... More
Erlangen: Johann Jacob Palm, 1802. Contemporary quarter calf. 4to.(24.4 x 20.2 cm). Contemporary quarter calf binding. Collation: [viii], [1]-114 + engraved beetle at top of p.1, scarab on p. 56 and 12 hand colored engraved plates at rear. The binding has small loss to top of spine and along rear..... More
London: MacMillan, 1902. Third edition. Contemporary blind stamped cloth. Original green cloth, minor wear. Collation: xx, 563, [1-publisher] pp. 22 maps (one a colored frontispiece) and 4 diagrams. Text in very good condition. Pencil marks for several insects and mammals in section on Philippines provided by W. E. Clarke. These..... More