Tübingen: Ludwig Friedrich Fues, 1845. 4to (268 x 215 mm). viii, 442 pp., 13 lithographed plates (of which 5 hand-colored). Contemporary half roan and marbled boards (rubbed and scuffed, minor edge chipping, head of spine torn). Little browning internally and some, mostly marginal, spotting and staining. Provenance: from the Collection..... More

Düsseldorf: Arnz & Co., 1821. [1821-] 1828-1833. Four volumes (text volume and three plate volumes). Large folio (plates 480 x 310 mm, text 412 x 257 mm). Text volume: [2], [5], [404]; [1], [2], [96] unfoliated leaves, including letterpress title, introduction, content list, and 432 plate explanations for vols. I+II..... More

London: Royal Society, 1859. Offprint from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 149,1859, pp. 43-48, 2 engraved plates. London: Royal Society, 1859. 4to (304 x 232 mm). Original plain wrappers (soiled and little frayed), 2 engraved plates of fossil bones. Text and plates little age-toned only, some..... More

London: John Murray, 1894. Two volumes. 8vo (201 x 134 mm). 14, [2], 409 [1], [2]; 7 [1], 393 [1] pp., including portrait frontispiece to each vol., 4 plates, several illustrations in text, and advertisment leaf at end of vol. I. Original publisher's cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt (little..... More

Wiesbaden: Bergmann, 1894. 4to (287 x 200 mm). viii, [2], 179 [1] pp., 7 double-page plates and 3 text illustrations. 20th century marbled half calf and cloth covered boards, spine with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered morocco label and some gilt and blind tooling (extremities little rubbed), new endpapers, original printed..... More

Florence: All'Insegna della Stella, 1668. 4to (239 x 174 mm). [6], 128 pp. Half-title, title-page printed in red and black and with engraved vignette of the Accademia della Crusca, leaf with proverb in Arabic type, 28 numbered engraved plates (3 double page), 10 full-page unnumbered and 2 smaller illustrations within..... More

Amsterdam: Jan Roman de Jonge, 1741. Folio (393 x 260 mm). [24], 340, [44] pp., including half-title, additional engraved title page (by Jacobus de Later after Jan Goeree), letterpress title printed in red and black and with large engraved vignette, engraved portrait of the blind author (by Jacobus de Later)..... More

Zürich: David Gessner, 1709. Folio (370 x 245 mm). [2], 44 (i.e., 42) pp., including engraved title with large vignette by J.H. Huber after J.M. Füssli, 10 folding engraved plates depicting fossil plants (one printed in brown) bound at the end. Page numbers 33-34 omitted in pagination. 20th century three-quarter..... More

Leipzig: Verlag von Wilh. Engelmann, 1844. 8vo (218 x 131 mm). viii, 242 pp., including half title, 9 lithographed plates. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt (corners bumped and scuffed, extremities rubbed). Text and plates with scattered foxing throughout. Provenance: from the Collection of Peter..... More

Leipzig: E A. Brockhaus for Wilhelm Engelmann, 1842. 1842-1843. 8vo (210 x 130 mm). [i-xi] xii-xxvi, [1] 2-289 [3]; [i-v] vi-xvii, [1] 2-564 pp., including half-titles, errata leaf at end of vol. I, pp. 225-240 misbound after p.272 in vol. I, errata on pp. [559]-564 in vol. II. Contemporary half..... More

London: J. Purser, for the Author, 1766. Large oblong folio (472 x 593 mm). [4], 47 [1] pp. Signatures: (pi), a, A-Z Aa. Including title sheet and 'To the Reader' sheet; errata slip pasted to verso of title sheet. 24 fine etched plates (numbered I, I-III, I-XV, I-V, including 6..... More

London: Henry Faithorne and John Kersey, 1681. 4to (214 x 163 mm). [8], 44, [8] pp. Signatures: A-G⁴ H². 8 engraved plates on 5 sheets (2 folding). Bound in 20th century calf antique, spine with morocco gilt lettering piece, gilt dentelles, new endpapers. Text and plates quite crisp and clean..... More

Göttingen: Johann Friedrich Röwer, 1802. 1802-1822. Six volumes bound in seven. 8vo (186 x 113 mm). xiv, 477 [1]; iv, 508; iv; 593 [1]; x, 662; vi, 476; iv, 1-169 [3]; vi, 171-579 [1] pp. Vol. V with 4 engraved plates bound at end; vol. VI.1 and VI.2 with 2..... More