Bolman, J.

The Mystery of the Pearl

Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1941. Paperback. Off-white wraps with black lettering; xi, 170 pp. (unopened); plates, maps, diagrams. Published as supplement on volume XXXIX of the "Internationales Archiv fur Ethnographic." -- WorldCat. Good (Front cover is detached and heavily chipped; rear cover is attached, but peeling away at the spine; spine strip is chipped off at the bottom and chipped off at the top, about 2 inches; wraps are worn/toned/foxed/smudged; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged/scuffed; pages are toned/smudged; first and rear few pages have chipped page corners; some page corners have been dog-eared; a few pages have minor closed tears at the edges.) .

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Book number: 197332

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: European Art, Pearls ; Pearls and Pear Fisheries ; ;

Brownlee, Peter John (and) Michael S. Hogue

Manifest Destiny/Manifest Responsibility: Enviornmentalism and the Art of the American Landscape

Chicago, Terra Foundation For American Art, 2008. Softcover. Illustrated matte softcover. Pages: (5), 6-56. Twenty color plates; additional color figures throughout. "Explores the longstanding relationship between Americans and the land they have traditionally considered their birthright. VG: Some wear on the top left of the spine and on the back cover. Otherwise is a very neat book with tight binding and clean pages.

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Book number: 201911

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Enviornmental Imagery ; ;

Butler, Patricia

Irish Botanical Illustrators & Flower Painters

Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 2000. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, tan and white dust jacket with color illustrations, color illustrated end pages, 143 pp, richly illustrated throughout in mostly color. "Botanical illustration and flower painting are perhaps two of the most skilled and captivating forms of expression in the history of art and Irish artists have excelled in these fields. The author presents a general survey of the subject from an Irish standpoint, covering the period from 1729 to the end of the twentieth century and defining the styles and techniques of the individual artists. Considerable original research into both public and private collections has led to fascinating new insights into two hundred years of art history in which flower painters and botanical artists. past and present, have made a unique contribution. Throughout the book the author charts the triumphs, the solid achievements, the successes and failures in a series of concise biographies of over seventy artists ranging from the relatively unknown to the widely acclaimed. There is also a chapter on the work of professional and amateur Irish botanical artists working abroad in Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Jamaica and Burma. A short appendix relates how the original botanical drawing is translated into a variety of attractive print forms. There is currently a great revival of interest in botanical illustration and flower painting and this book is the first to chronicle the extensive and important Irish contribution to the two genres. It makes available for the first time to a wider public the work of Irish botanical illustrators and flower painters." --Publisher description. VG+/VG (light scuffing to dust jacket) .

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Book number: 178485

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Irish Botanicals, Flowers in Art ; ;

Canan, Elsie Deane

A Key to the Ferns of Pennsylvania

Lancaster, PA, The Science Press, 1946. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Red cloth with gilt stamped titles and design. 112 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. VG. Clean and unmarked.

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Book number: 206108

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Ferns ; ;

Darwin, Erasmus

The Poetical Works of Erasmus Darwin, Containing the Botanic Garden, in Two Parts; and the Temple of Nature with Philosophical Notes and Plates. Volume II. Containing the Loves of the Plants

London, J. Johnson, 1806. Softcover. Missing front and rear covers; marble illustrated end papers, bw illustrated frontispiece, XVI (2), 282 pp, color and bw illustrations. Volume 2 only of a 3 volume set, this being The loves of the plants. Good (missing covers, handwritten library number on title page verso, pages have expected light age toning but are otherwise clean and clear, all plates are present, bright and clean) .

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Book number: 191865

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Poetry; Natural History Art; Botany ; ;

Dressendörfer, Werner

The Vegetable Garden = Der Gemüseegarten = Les Plantes Potagères

Köln (Cologne), Germany, Taschen, 2012. Hardcover. Yellow half-cloth cover with color illustration. (6) 7-136 pp. chiefly color illustrations. 42 cm length. The French company Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie arose in the 18th century from the collaboration of Philippe Victoire de Vilmorin - a grain and plant merchant and connoisseur - and his father-in-law, Pierre Andrieux, Botanist to the King. This book is suitable for those researching cultivarietal evolution, and old varieties of fruits and vegetables. Good, some scuffing on white cover and wear at edges. Exlib with stickers and stamps inside both covers. Pages in excellent condition .

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Book number: 203137

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Vegetables ; ;

Fontaine, William Morris and I.C. White

The Permian or Upper Carboniferous Flora of West Virginia and S.W. Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, PA, Board of Commissioners for The Second Geological Survey, 1880. Hardcover. Bound in 3/4 black leather and red marble boards; gilt lettering on spine; color tinted text block; marble end papers; bw map frontispiece; ix, 143, 4, followed by xxxviii double paged plates. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania: Report of Progress. VG- (bumping and light wear to boards, soiling to rear end pages, text and plates are otherwise clean.) .

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Book number: 182682

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Paleobotany ; ;

Glijm, C. and Corneille Antoine Jean Abram Oudemans

Neerland's Plantentuin: Afbeeldingen En Beschrijvingen Van Sierplanten Voor Tuin En Kamer. 3

Groningen, Wolters, 1867. Hardcover. Red leather and marbled board; 156 pp.; illustrations (many color). Sold as a reading copy only of this third volume of a three-volume set. Beautiful color lithograph plates in this volume. READING COPY ONLY (Front cover is missing; spine strip is completely missing; rear cover is very heavily worn; textblock edges are toned and foxed; interior has light toning and foxing, as expected with age; textblock appears solid.) .

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Book number: 200942

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art, Ornamental Plants, Color Lithographs ; Ornamental Plants ; ;

Herrick, Francis Hobart

Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1917. Hardbound. Blue cloth with gilt embossed title and medallion. 2 Volumes: Vol. 1: lx, [2], 451 pp. 67 bw illustrations. Vol. 2: xiii, [3], 494 pp. 49 bw plates. A solid, fresh and pretty clean, tight set of this hard-to-find set. Top edge is gilt. Looks great of the shelf, each binding is tight. Good, wear evident along spine with some fading to the gilt titles and signs of lengthwise creasing on the spine of Volume 1, which has a cracked inner front hinge, while the cover is still firm on the textblock. Liught dampstain discoloration in lower right corner of volume 2 front cover, textblock has no staining. Overall a very acceptable reading set and does not look unattractive on the shelf.

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Book number: 200849

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Audubon, John James ; ;

Jacquelin du Val, Pierre Nicolas Camille, et al.

Manuel Entomologique. Genera Des Coleopteres D'Europe, Comprenant Leur Classification En Familles Naturelles, la Description de Tous Les Genres

Paris, Chez A. Deyrolle, 1857. Hardcover. Brown leather and marbled paper boards with five raised bands and gilt lettering and design; vi, CCLXXI, 140, 52 pp. 15 plates (4 colored), 43 colored plates. Text in French. This is the rare complete version of volume 1 (of a 4-volume set). Good (Ex library with sticker on the spine, blind stamp and ink stamp on title page and minimal penciled markings; boards are edgeworn with scuffing and smudging/scratching; small chips missing from top and bottom of spine; title compartment on spine has worn away; inner hinges are cracked; textblock edges are toned with light smudging/foxing; interior has light toning and light to moderate occasional foxing/smudging.) .

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Book number: 200966

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art, European Beetles ; European Beetles ; ;

Jacquelin du Val, Camille

Manuel Entomolgique: Genera Des Coleopteres D'Europe, Comprenant Leur Classification En Familles Naturelles, la Description de Tous Les Genres: Tome Quatrieme, Complete

Paris, Deyrolle, 1868. Hardcover. Brown leather and marbled boards with five raised bands and gilt design; 292 pp. 78 pages of plates (some color); illustrations. Text in French. Volume 4 only. Good (Ex library with sticker on spine and blind and ink stamps on title page; boards are heavily edgeworn/scuffed/scratched; spine strip has a large chip missing out of top compartment and into front cover; chips missing from other compartments; covers are starting; inner hinges are cracked; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior has some light toning and moderate foxing in places.) .

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Book number: 200967

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art, European Coleoptera, Beetles ; European Coleoptera (Beetles) ; ;

Maxwell, Captain Aymer

Partridges and Partridge Manors

London, A & C Black, 1911. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt titles and illustrations on spine. xii, 327, 2 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm. VG-. Two small chips to cloth at head of spine. heavily toned end papers. Otherwise clean and unmarked.

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Book number: 206071

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Partridges ; ;

Meurer, M.

Meurer's Pflanzenbilder. Ornamental Verwerthbare Naturstudien Fur Architekten, Kunsthandwerker, Musterzeichner, P.P. (Plates Only)

Dresden, G. Kuhtmann, 1900. Hardcover. Brown and red boards with gilt lettering; approximately 100 plates; no text. This bound volume contains the plates from parts XI-XX of the series, and the cover sheets for parts I-X. Gorgeous illustrations!. Good+ (Boards are edgeworn with some scuffing/smudging; inner hinges are cracked; interior has light toning with some light foxing/smudging.) .

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Book number: 200726

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art, Plants ; Plant Pictures ; ;

Millais, John Guille and John Everett Millais

A Breath from the Veldt

London, Hnery Sotheran and Co, 1895. Hardcover. Oversized tan cloth boards with brown illustrations and lettering; X, 236 pp, bw illustrated title page, 13 electro etchings, 12 full page bw illustrations and profuse bw illustrations throughout the text. Illustrations by the author and forntispiece by J.E. Millais. Includes a list of the electro etchings, full page plates, and all the bw illustrations in the text. Good- (soiling and shelfwear to portfolio covers, spine heavily torn, chipping and age toning along many page edges, name handwritten on title half page,pages are otherwise fairly clean) .

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Book number: 191814

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Zoology, Hunting, Africa ; ;

Millais, John Guille

Rhododendrons and the Various Hybrids. Second Series

London/ New York/ Toronto/ Bombay/ Calcutta/ Madras, Longmans, Green and Co, 1924. 471/550. Hardcover. Oversized burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering on front and spine; color illustrated frontispiece with protective guardsheet; xii, 263 pp; plates throughout in bw and color. Printed in edition of 550 copies, this being number 471. With 17 coloured plates by Miss Beatrice Parsons, Miss Winifred Walker and Miss Lilian Snelling; 14 collotype plates, and numerous illustrations from photographs. VG- (shelfwear and scuffing to boards; foxing to block, light age toning. Binding is tight and plates are clean. Color plates are bright and clear.) .

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Book number: 187616

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Rhododendrons ; ;