1349 NOZEMAN (C.) & M. HOUTTUYN, NEDERLANDSCHE VOGELen, Natural History of the Birds of the Netherlands, (with Descriptions in Dutch) 5 vols. royal folio, complete, containing 250 large engravings of Birds, with their Nests and Eggs, most beautifully coloured by the SEPPS, half-bound, uncut, rare, 311. 10s. Amst. 1770-1829 1350 CEDER (G. C.) O. F. MULLER ET M. VAHL, FLORA DANICA; SIVE ICONES PLANTARUM SPONTE NASCENTIUM IN REGNIS DANIÆ ET NORVEGIE, IN DUCATIBUS SLESVICI ET HOLSATIE ET IN COMITATIBUS OLDenburgi et DelMENHORSTIÆ, Part I to XIV, Classed according to the Linnæan System, in 5 portfolios, and Part XV to XVIII, in bds. containing 1080 plts. (pub. at 211.12s.) 51.5s. Hafniæ, 1761-92 another copy, Part 1 to xv, in 5 vols. folio, containing 900 plates, half-bound, 31. 38. 1351 1352 1353 1354 5s. ib. 1761-82 another сору, Part I to x, in 3 vols. folio, containing 600 plates, finely coloured, with the English Name, Description, and Habitat, neatly written on each plate, half-bound, russia, uncut, 4l. 14s. 6d. ib. 1761-71 Various odd plates, plain and coloured, may be had separately. Elementa Botanicæ, 2 vols. in 1, 8vo. 14 plates, half-bound, ib. 1764-66 Nomenclator Botanicus continens Plantarum in Terris Danicis sponte nascentium, Nomina vernacula in Linguis Gallica, Anglica, Germanica, Suecica, Danica, cum Nomenclatore Synonymico-Linnæano et Pharmaceutico-Linnæano, 8vo. very neat, scarce, 10s. 1355 Olina (G. P.) Uccelliera, overo Discorso della Natura e Proprieta di diversi Uccelli, e in particolare di que che cantano, con il Modo di prendergli, conoscergli, alleuargli e mantenergli, 4to. 74 plates, by TEMPESTA and VILLAMENA, neat, Roma, 1622 18s. Colonel Stanley's copy sold for 77. 10s. ib. 1769 1356 OLIVIER (G. A.) ENTOMOLOGIE OU HISTOIRE NATURELle des INSECTES COLEOPTERES, 6 vols. in 8, royal 4to. frontisp. and 363 MOST EXQUISITELY COLOURED Engravings, representing several thousand insects, fine copy, in old calf, 241. Paris, 1789-1808 "The richest in figures and in descriptions we yet possess."-SWAINSON. Entomologie, Vol. I and II, royal 4to. frontispiece, and 124 exquisitely coloured plates, rus. marb. edges, by Kalthoeber, ib. 1789-90 1357 1358 4l. 4s. Containing Genres I-XXXIV. Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and Persia, 2 vols. in 1. 4to. with maps & 16 plates, very nt. 10s.6d. Lond. 1801 1359 Oppiani de Natura seu Venatione Piscium Libri quinque (Græce, cura Marci Musuri) 8vo. EDITIO PRINCEPS, fine copy, in Dutch calf, 11. 1s. Florentiæ, P. Junta, 1515 "Première édition, très-rare; vend. 35 francs Crévenna; 44 francs Rover."-BRUNET. the same, 4to. neat, 9s. 1376 Orford's (Horace Walpole, Earl of) Essay on Modern Gardening, with the French Translation by the Duc de Nivernois, 4to. uncut, 10s. Strawberry Hill, 1785 1377 ib. 1785 1378 ORNITHOLOGY. A Collection of 93 Drawings of Birds, 78 accurately coloured from Nature, (by Peter Brown) 4to. in a portfolio, 41. 10s. 1379 Orphei de Lapidibus Poema, Gr. et Lat. ex Editione Gesneri recensuit, Notasque adjecit T. Tyrwhitt. Simul prodit Auctarium Diss de Babrio, 8vo. neat, 7s. idem, 8vo. hf.-bd. morocco, 7s. 1380 London, 1781 ib. 1781 For other Editions see AUCTORES CLASSICI. 1381 Ortega (D. Cas.) Tratado de las Aguas Termales de Trillo; de sus Plantas y Minerales, &c. 4to. nt. 5s. Madrid, 1778 1382 Ortus Sanitatis (Authore J. Cuba) 2 vols. folio, an immense number of curious woodcuts of Plants, Animals, Fishes, and Stones, but imperfect, as a few are cut out, together with the Treatise de Urinis, else a fine clean copy, in the original binding, 11.10s. Moguntia, J. Meydenbach, 1491 1383 A very rare edition, preferable to all others on account of the excellent woodcuts. Complete copies are worth from £10 to £15. idem, folio, an immense number of woodcuts, but wanting the Treatise de Urinis, neat, 15s. Antverpiæ, 1517 This work, according to Mr. Swainson, was probably one of the very first attempts to represent animals by woodcuts. He terms it " a most curious and exceedingly rare book." 1384 Osbeck's (P.) Voyage to China and the East Indies; O. Toreen's Voyage to Surate; G. Eckeberg on Chinese Husbandry; translated by Forster: to which are added a Faunula and Flora Sinensis, 2 vols. 8vo. plates, very nt. 10s. Lond. 1771 "Travels, embracing scientific natural history, by competent persons, are rare and valuable. The nature of this work is sufficiently indicated by the title, and its merit by its having been translated by Forster."-STEVENSON. 1385 Oviedo (Capitan_Goncalo Hernandez de) Cronica de las Endias. La Hystoria general de las Indias agora nueuamente. impressa, corregida y emendada, folio, woodcuts of Natural History, &c. very fine copy, but leaves xcvii and ciiii in MS. extrem. rare, 31.10s. Salamanca, Juan de Junta, 1547 This work of Oviedo is the fountain-head whence most succeeding writers have drawn their accounts of the early occurrences in the new world. It is one of the scarcest books relating to the history of America. This edition contains more than the first; the book of Naufragios y Infortunios, and the Conquest of Peru by Xerez. A copy sold for 181. 7s. 6d. at the Condé Sale. 1386 Owen's (W.) New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; comprehending all the Branches of Useful Knowledge, with Descriptions and Figures of the various Machines, Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, &c. 5 vols. royal 8vo. above 300 plates, very neat, 11. London, 1754 at 21.10s.) boards, scarce, 11.15s. 1387 Oxley's (John) Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales in 1817-18, 4to. maps, and views, (pub. London, 1820 1388 Page's (T. of Norwich) Art of shooting flying, Directions for choosing Guns, and method of training Pointers and Spaniels, 18mo. uncut, scarce, 7s. 6d. ib. n. d. 1389 Pagés' (M. de) Travels round the World in the years 1767-71, 3 vols. 8vo. uncut, 10s. 6d. 1390 ib. 1793 ib. 1793 the same, 3 vols. 8vo. neat, 12s. 1391 (Palassou, l'Abbé) Essai sur la Minéralogie des Monts Pyrénées, suivi d'un Catalogue des Plantes observées dans cette chaine de Montagnes, 4to. 8 maps, and 12 plates, uncut, rare, 18s. Paris, 1784 1392 Paley's (Archdeacon W.) Natural Theology; or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, collected from the Appearances of Nature, 8vo. bds. 7s. another edition, 12mo. neat, 3s. 6d. London, 1819 Glasgow, 1818 1392* 1393 PALISOT DE BEAUVOIS (A. M. F. J.) INSECTES RECUEILLIS EN AFRIQUE ET EN AMÉRIQUE, dans les Royaumes d'Oware et de Benin, à Saint-Domingue, et dans les Etats Unis, pendant les Années 1786-97, royal folio, VELLUM PAPER, 90 exquisitely coloured Engravings, representing several hundred Insects, (pub. at 211.12s. unbound) half-bound red morocco, uncut, rare, 121.12s. Paris, 1805 1394 Palissy (Bernard) ses Œuvres; revues sur les Exemplaires de la Bibliothèque du Roi, avec des Notes par Faujas de Saint Fond, et des Additions par Gobet, 4to. fine copy, in French calf, marbled edges, rare, 15s. 1396 ib. 1777 Palissy, a potter by trade, born about 1514, was the first modern writer who asserted that fossil shells were real shells that had been deposited by a deluge. He is much praised by Buffon, Fontenelle, and others. 1395 Pallas (P. S.) Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reiches, 3 vols. royal 4to., and folio atlas of plates, boards, 21. 2s. St. Petersburg, 1771-76 Voyages en différentes Provinces de l'Empire de Russie et dans l'Asie Septentrionale, traduits de l'Allemand par Gauthier de la Peyronie, 5 vols. 4to. and folio atlas, containing the 2 sheet map & plates, very neat, 21.12s. 6d. Par. 1788-93 1397 1397* "Tout étant précieux dans son Voyage, les détails où il y est entré n'étant susceptibles d'aucun retranchement, sans perdre infiniment de leur utilité, je n'ai pas même tenté d'en donner l'extrait." BOUCHER DE LA RICHARDERIE. Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire in the years 1793-4, 2 vols. 4to. with 121 coloured plates, (pub. at 61. 6s.) bds. 21.10s. London, 1812 the same, 2 vols. roy. 4to. LARGE PAPER, plates uncoloured, (pub. at 61. 6s.) boards, 11.16s. ib. 1812 1398 Pallas's (P. S.) Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the years 1793-4, 2 vols. royal 4to. LARGE PAPER, the plates coloured, (pub. at 101. 10s. in boards) russia, gilt edges, 31. 10s. London, 1812 1399 1400 "This was an expedition worthy of Pallas. It unfolded all his great talents, and established his fame equal at least to the greatest philosophers of the age. He suppressed nothing that could be of service to the cause of literature."-PENNANT. Flora Rossica, seu Stirpium Imperii Rossici per Europam et ib. 1788 1401 Panseron, Recueil de Jardins Anglais, 12 nos. folio, 57 plates, scarce, 11.1s. Paris, s. d. 1402 Panzer (G. W. F.) Symbolæ Entomologicæ Iconibus illustratæ Fasciculus 1, 4to. 6 plates of Beetles, sd. 5s. Erlangen, 1793 FAUNE INSECTORUM GERMANICE INITIA, 109 Nos. oblong 12mo. each containing 24 BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, in a case, 167.16s. Nürnberg, 1797-1810 1403 "There does not exist a more accurate or more useful work. The figures are drawn and etched by the famous Sturm, the best entomological artist on the Continent; and are simply, but accurately coloured; while the descriptions, although frequently too short, are written by the hand of a master. The system of Fabricius is followed; and the work altogether is highly essential to every one who writes upon the Entomology of Europe."-SWAINSON. 1404 PARKINSON'S (JAMES) ORGANIC REMAINS OF A FORMER WORLD. An examination of the mineralized Remains of the Vegetables and Animals of the Antediluvian World; generally termed Extraneous Fossils, 3 vols. 4to. best edition, with the plates coloured under the author's inspection, (pub. at 101.10s. unbound) half-bound russia, uncut, rare, 67.16s. 6d. London, 1811 another edition, 3 vols. 4to. coloured plates, (pub. at 107.10s.) new in canvas boards, 51. ib. 1820 Outlines of Oryctology; an Introduction to the Study of Fossil Organic Remains, especially of those found in the British Strata, 8vo. canvas bds. 10s. 6d. 1407 Parkinson's (John) Theatrum Botanicum : 1405 1406 1408 ib. 1830 ib. 1640 ib. 1640 or an Herball of a large Extent, folio, frontispiece, and several hundred cuts of Plants, fine copy, in calf gilt, scarce, 21.10s. the same, folio, fine copy, in old russia, 21.15s. 1409 Parkinson's (R.) Tour in America, in 1798-1800, exhibiting Sketches of Society and Manners, and a particular Account of American Agriculture, 2 vols. 8vo. uncut, 9s. ib. 1805 1410 Parmentier (J.) Catalogue des Arbres et Plantes cultivés dans ses Jardins, 8vo. sewed, 2s. 6d. Brux. 1818 |