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Gerry Tremewan (1931-2016): The adventurous life of a Cornish entomologist
Entomofauna 2017 218, 128 col figs. 220x160mm. PB. NEW. . This volume is dedicated to Gerry Tremewan (1931-2016), a famous Cornish entomologist who worked on Lepidoptera from the age of 12 until his death aged 85, specialising for over 60 years on the Zygaenidae. He was also editor of the 'Entomologist's Gazette' for 52 years. A foreword by his son Malcolm is followed by contributions from Emmanuelle Briolat, Roger L.H. Dennis, Eric Drouet, Konstantin A. Efetov, Axel Hofmann, Marc Nicolle, Adrian Spalding, Gerhard M. Tarmann, John R.G. Turner, Zoya Yefremova and Hossein Rajaei. The book lists his complete bibliography of 220 papers and books, all the 68 taxa described by him and the 7 taxa dedicated to him. This special illustrated memorial book also includes Gerry's own memoirs in a separate section entitled 'Have Net, Will Travel: Reminescences of an old entomologist.'. [32731]
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Vicar of the Amazon: The Reverend Arthur Miles Moss - In the Footsteps of Alfred Russel Wallace and Henry Walter Bates
Butterflies & Amazonia 2022 248, 145 illus. 254x178mm. HB. NEW. . This masterpiece chronicles the travels, discoveries and accomplishments of Miles Moss, who went to Peru in 1907, and from 1912 to 1945 was the Anglican Chaplain of the largest parish in the world, one that encompassed the whole of the Amazon basin from Iquitos in Peru to the Atlantic; an area roughly 3,000 miles long and 800 miles wide, amounting to about one quarter of the South American continent. Moss' great passion was Lepidoptera: his major contributions to science were in the form of three classic works on hawk-moths and swallowtail butterflies, all published in the journal of his patron Lord Walter Rothschild who established Tring Museum containing the largest collection of butterflies and moths in the world. Following in the wake of great Victorian naturalists such as Wallace and Bates, Moss’ story has been neglected: apart from his publications in scientific journals he left a collection of 25,000 insects, unpublished manuscripts on Amazonian natural history, and some exceptionally beautiful water-colours of bizarre-looking caterpillars now archived in the Natural History Museum, London. Authored by Philip E. Howse, this beautifully illustrated book is fascinating account of the works of one of the most important naturalists in Amazonia during the early 20th Century.. [9781739885601]
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Keywords: Amazon Forest; Lepidoptera; Butterflies; Moths; Naturalists
Bibliographia Linnaeana: Mate´riaux pour servir à une bibliographie linne´enne. Partie I - Livraison I
Almqvist & Wiksell 1907 170, 9 b/w plates. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers, spine worn, edges chipped, rear wrapper partly detached. Pages unopened.. All published..
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Keywords: Bibliography; Carl Linnaeus
Luigi Balugani's Drawings of African Plants: from the collection made by James Bruce of Kinnaird on his travels to discover the source of the Nile 1767-1773
Yale Center for British Art 1991 viii, 140, portrait frontis, 330 illus (48 col). 290x210mm. HB. Vg in d/w (slight chafing to head of spine). Light foxing to endpapers.. This work outlines the life of James Bruce of Kinnard, and Luigi Balugani and his relationship with James Bruce.. [9789061917793]
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Keywords: Africa; Botany; Natural History Book Illustration; PBFA
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
Gregg International Publishers 1969 2 vols: x, 503; viii, 504, 3 frontispieces. . HB. Vg set.. Reprint edition. First published by MacMillan & Co., 1900. [9780576021654]
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Keywords: Biograp23935; Biography; Biology; C6253; Evolution; History of Science
Capability Brown and Humphry Repton
Dent 1971 vii, 248, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in price-clipped d/w.. 1st edition. [9780460038096]
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The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth- and Seventeeth-Century Europe
Clarendon Press 2017 xv, 335, 108 col photos. . HB. Fine in d/w.. Reprint, first published 1985.. [9781910807194]
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Keywords: History of Museums
A Catalogue of the Richard Owen Collection of Palaeontological and Zoological Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History)
BM(NH) 1979 109-197, 5 plates. . PB. Vg.. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist (Hist. Ser.) Vol. 6(5): 109-197..
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Keywords: Richard Owen; Zoological Drawings
A Catalogue of the Richard Owen Collection of Palaeontological and Zoological Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History)
BM(NH) 1979 89, 5 plates. . PB. Vg.. Bull. BM(NH) (Hist.) 6(5): 109-197.
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The Forgotten Genius: The Biography of Robert Hooke 1635-1703
MacAdam/Cage 2003 xxiv, 482, 37 illus. . HB. Fine in d/w.. First edition. Robert Hooke stood out as an inventive, versatile, and prolific scientist and architect in an age of brilliant minds. But for three hundred years his reputation has been overshadowed by those of his two greatest contemporaries, his friend Sir Christopher Wren and his rival Sir Isaac Newton. Here, the author vividily recreates the many facets of Hooke's amazing life as an inventor, astronomer, and anatomist, candid diarist, braggart, and hoarder of money and secrets. An absorbing and compelling study.. [9781931561563]
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Keywords: History of Science
Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science
Houghton Mifflin 2013 448, b/w photos. . HB. NEW. . A detailed, scholarly biography of Louis Agassiz, a giant of 19th-century natural history study.. [9780547577678]
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Keywords: Biography; History of Natural History; North America
Apes, Angels, and Victorians: The Story of Darwin, Huxley, and Evolution
McGraw-Hill 1955 (xiv), 399, 8 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Remnants of d/w retained. From an intuitional library with a few neat ink stamps. Good. Name to endpaper: Colin Patterson FRS (1933-1998) - British palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum, London.. First edition. Joint biography of Charles Darwin and Thomas Henry Huxley..
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Keywords: Biography; Charles Darwin; Thomas Henry Huxley
Great Bird Paintings of the World. Vol. I-II
Antique Collectors' Club 1993, 1994 143; 143, numerous col illus. . HB. 2 vols, 4to (280x220mm), orig. cloth. Fine in vg d/w's (small nick to foot of d/w spine - Vol. I).. First edition. Vol. I: The Old Masters; Vol. II: The Eighteenth Century..
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Keywords: Bird Artists; Birds; Ornithology; Natural History Art
A Newsworthy Naturalist: The Life of William Yarrell
John Beaufoy Publishing 2022 272, 60 illus, 12 plates, 4 portraits. 230x152mm. HB. NEW. . A biography of William Yarrell (1784-1856), an influential naturalist at a time when natural history was becoming an important factor in 19th century society. He wrote two important books: A History of British Fishes and A History of British Birds, still being quoted as the authorities well into the next century and admired today, especially for their delightful wood engravings. He was a member and sometime Treasurer, Secretary and Vice-President of the Zoological, Linnean and Entomological Societies. He was known to, and greatly admired by, the leading naturalists; Charles Darwin sought Yarrell’s advice on several occasions. In addition to his key role as an organiser and disseminator of knowledge about the British fish and bird fauna, Yarrell also conducted significant original scientific research, being perhaps best known as the first person to recognise Bewick’s Swan as a separate species from the Whooper Swan, naming it Cygnus bewickii after his illustrious ornithological predecessor.Yarrell owned the London newsagency, Jones and Yarrell, with his partner, Edward Jones from 1803 until 1850. They held a royal warrant and supplied the Houses of Parliament as well as royalty with newspapers.Besides his work on natural history and running the newsagency, he was a popular figure with his friends, renowned for the good food and wine served at his convivial dinner parties, and he was a prolific correspondent.. [9781913679040]
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Keywords: Biography; Natural History
Henry Wellcome
Hodder 1994 xix, 422, b/w and col plates. . HB. Vg in d/w. Includes a brief hand written note from Sir Roger Gibbs (1934-2018), Chairman of the Wellcome Trust.. . [9780340606179]
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Keywords: B0177; Biography; History of Medicine
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