Herman Biddell; C. I. Douglas; Thomas Dykes; Dr George Fleming; Archibald Macneilage; gilbert Murray; W. R. Trotter

Heavy Horses Breeds and Management

London, Vinton & Company, Ltd, 1905. Cloth. An informative and useful guide to horses, with illustrations and a folding pedigree chart. The fourth edition. Part of the 'Live Stock Handbook' series. Illustrated with thirty-one monochrome plates and a folding pedigree chart. Collated complete. This work provides an in depth and informative guide to the care of Heavy horses such as Shire, Suffolk and Clydesdale horses. This guide discusses breeding for street work and pulling carts, injuries and illnesses and farm management. In the original publisher's cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with only slight rubbing to the joints and extremities, the odd minor mark to the board and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Offsetting to the endpapers with a name in ink to the front free endpaper and the odd spot. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with the odd very minor spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 895Z30

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Fourth edition Horses Horse Pets Horses Live stock Handbook Illustrated None stated

John Blenkarn

British Timber Trees: Their Rearing and Subsequent Management , in Woods, Groves, & Plantations. Including Remarks on Soil and Situation, the General Improvement of Landed Estates and Mountainous Districts; with Directions for the Measurement and Valuation of Standing Timber.

London, Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1859. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Blenkarn's study of trees and timber with illustrations and in quarter calf binding. First edition, in quarter calf binding with cloth boards, of British Timber Trees, a dendrological study by John Blenkarn.The intentions of the book are to engage those interested in the raising, management and value of British timber. Contents include a list of trees treated of in the work in alphabetical arrangement, the thinning and pruning of woods, and on the measurement and valuation of standing timber.John Blenkarn was an agricultural engineer and surveyor. Dedicated to the Duke of Newcastle with a letter of gratitude. Includes illustrations within the text throughout. In quarter leather binding with cloth boards. Externally, smart. Some bumping to the head and tail of the spine resulting in some wear. There is minor bumping to the extremities. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with occasional spotting. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 826W15

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Trees and Timber Illustrations First Edition Leather binding Illustrations Not Stated

Rev. Ezekiel Blomfield

Lectures on the Philosophy of History

London, Black, Kingsbury, Parbury And Allen, 1819. First edition. Leather. A beautifully illustrated work regarding the natural history, complete with twelve hand coloured maps. Scarce. Collated complete with twelve full page hand coloured maps. The first edition of the work. Ezekiel Blomfield was a congregational minister, author and compiler of religious works and works on natural history. Blomfield was extremely interested in the phenomena of nature, first influenced by reading Evening At Home, a popular series of educational children's books by John Aikin. This final work by Blomfield contains a series of six lectures all relating to topics of 'the 'philosophy of history' which Blomfield describes in this work as relating to the development of humanity and their relationship with the world. In this sense, the work acts as an early work of sociological thought, but with a heavy influence from Blomfield's own religious belief. The work was published posthumously, a year after the death of Blomfield. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally a trifle rubbed with loss to the leather at the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Slight fading to the spine. Marks to the board. Slight loss to the rear board. Hinges strained and may detach with further handling. Ink inscriptions and ink stamp to front free endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with marginal age toning and the odd spot. Offsetting from plates. Evidence of previous repair to title page. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 618K27

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Atlas Philosophy Hand coloured plates Ezekiel Blomfield Philosophy John Aikin Not Stated

Georges Blond

La Grande Aventure Des Baleines

Strasourg, Selection des Amis du Livre Strasbourg, 1959. Leather. A beautiful and scarce French work detailing the life and history of whales, illustrated with photographs throughout. This work contains four chapters, including on topics such as whales and man and whalers in the Antarctic.Dedicated to the memory of Herman Melville, author of 'Moby Dick&apos.In the French language.Illustrated with photographs by Fred Matter.Written by Georges Blond (1906-1989), a French writer known for a number of works similar to this, including 'L'Amiral Togo', 'La Grande Aventure des Elephants', 'Les Grandes Aventure des Oceans' and 'Les Naufrages de Paris&apos.From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years. He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations. His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration. In a quarter leather binding. Externally very smart, with just a little wear to the head of the spine resulting in loss to the leather. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Fred Matter. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 769R9

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Whales Georges Blond Natural Sciences French Georges Blond Fred Matter

Wilhelm Bolsche; Cyril Brown [translator]

Love-Life in Nature: The Story of the Evolution of Love

New York, Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. Cloth. A smart two volume set of this scientific work on reproduction across the natural world, translated from the original German. Complete in two volumes. A detailed scientific piece on the nature of reproduction, with chapters on: the mystery of the ovum cell and the sperm cell, the kaleidoscope of love, man, the nuptial bower of birds of paradise, the chronicles of marriage, and love's dance of death. Written by Wilhelm Bolsche, a German author, editor, and publicist who was committed to popularising science and known as an early promoter of nature conservation. Translated from the original German by Cyril Brown, an English writer and translator. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot or handling mark. A small tide mark to the top corner of the first one hundred and fifty pages of volume one. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 881T58

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Love-Life Nature Evolution Love Nature Brown None

Pierre-Francoise-Guillaume Boullay

Dissertation Sur L&Apos;Histoire Naturelle Et Chimique de la Coque Du Levant (Menispermum Cocculus). Examen de Son Principe Veneneux Considere Comme Alcali Vegetal, Et D&Apos;Un Nouvel Acide Particulier a Cette Semence

Paris, L. Coas, 1818. Disbound. A very scarce French thesis on the Levant hull, a plant growing only in tropical Asia, which grows a fatal fruit. Written by Pierre-Francoise-Guillaume Boullay. A very scarce work. In the original French. Collated, complete. Collated from Jisc from a copy held at the Wellcome Library. Disbound. A fascinating work on natural history, discussing the Levant hull. The Levant Hull, or la coque de Levant, is a species of climbing shrub from the Menispermaceae family, native to tropical Asia. The fruits of the plant cause dizziness, vomiting, seizures, and muscle spasms, possibly being fatal if eaten in high doses. This work examines the shrub, and the fruit it grows. Written by Pierre-Francoise-Guillaume Boullay, a French pharmacist and chemist. He was a chemistry preparer for Louis-NIcolas Vauquelin, and ran his own pharmacy. He directed the Academy of Medicine in 1834. He is known for being the first to transform alcohol into ether. Disbound. Externally, the outer leaves are lightly age-toned with the odd spot. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with the odd light spot. Small puncture marks to the gutter. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 691P10

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: pierre-francoise-guillaume boullay boullay natural history dissertation boullay levant french None

Robert Boyle

A Continuation of New Experiments

Oxford, Henry Hall, 1669. First edition. Unbound. A scarce, first edition copy of Robert Boyle"s first continuation of his important work on air and gasses. A scarce, first edition copy of Robert Boyle"s first continuation of his important work. Illustrated, with seven of eight plates.  Lacking plate III.  The plates depict the single barrelled air-pump Boyle and Hooke devised. Plate V demonstrates Boyle"s experiment of sucking water using his pump to the top of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford. Boyle worked hard to devise improvements on Otto von Guericke"s air pump or vacuum chamber.  His end result was the "machina Boyleana" or "Pneumatical Engine" which was finished in 1659. His account of the work was in the first publication "New Experiments Physico-Mechanical".  This is a continuation from that original work. This continuation was written, as Boyle states to the preface, because he had "promis"d a Second part of it, or a large Appendix to itÂÂ-" ESTC reference no. R34411. Disbound. Externally, sound, with minor ships to the extremities. Internally, held by one cord only at page 6. Otherwise, the work is firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional ink inscriptions to the margins. Tidemarks to the base of all pages, heaviest to the first and last few pages, in addition to plates VI and VII most heavily. Lacking plate III. Occasional light scattered spots. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: 711L1

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Experiments Science Air pump Vacuum Science None

Robert Boyle

New Experiments Physico-Mechanical Touching the Spring of the Air and Its Effects

Oxford, H Hall, 1662. Leather. A scarce, second edition of Robert Boyle"s important scientific work. This volume is the first appearance of Boyle"s Law. Boyle worked hard to devise improvements on Otto von Guericke"s air pump or vacuum chamber.  His end result was the "machina Boyleana" or "Pneumatical Engine" which was finished in 1659. His account of the work was in this work. ESTC reference no R26549. Prior owner"s inscription to the title page, John Blakey. Plate at page II has been repaired and laid down. This is the second edition, published two years after the first. It contains the first announcement of Boyle"s law, being the relation of pressure and volume in a gas. This was Boyle"s most important achievement in experimental physics. Retaining the two engraved plates. The first plate has been repaired and laid down on linen.   Collated: this work is lacking the half-title, quires N-2A in part I and the medial and final blanks of M4 and O4 in part III. A slightly compromised copy of this important work. With 'A Defence of the Doctrine touching the Spring and Weight of the Air' having a separate title.  In a contemporary calf binding. Rebacked, with the original boards preserved. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing to the board edges. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Title page has been laid down. Occasional manuscript notes to margins. Damp staining to the bottom of leaves, and occasional tide mark not affecting the text. Chip to the plate at page 50 of the second part. Worming from 2H1-end. Occasional light spots to pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 711L2

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Otto von Guericke Blakey Science machina Boyleana Blakey None

James Alexander Brewer

Flora of Surrey; or, a Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Found in the County, with the Localities of the Rarer Species

London , John Van Voorst, 1863 . Cloth. An interesting natural history book on the Flora of Surrey. From the Manuscripts of the Late J. D. Salmon, F.L.S. and from Other Sources. Compiled for the Holmesdale Natural History Club, Reigate, by James Alexander Brewer. Complete, with both folding maps. In a green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. There is some minor bumping to the top and tail of the spine. Internally, generally firmly bound. Front hinge is slightly tender. Pages are generally bright and clean with some minor age-toning. There is a bookplate to the recto of front free end papers. Closed tears to the joints of the maps, larger to the geological map of Surrey, but they otherwise remain clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: GEN19-D-4

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Flora Surrey James Alxander Brewer Natural History Surrey None

W. J. Broderip

Zoological Recreations

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler , c1872. Leather. Illustrated zoological studies by W. J. Broderip in a full calf binding. Dated from Jisc, a later edition of this work. A book of natural history with zoological studies of singing birds, owls, turkeys, swans, cats, dogs, apes and monkeys, elephants, dragons, &c. By English lawyer and naturalist William John Broderip. With a colourful frontispiece and numerous further black and white plates of illustrations. Brighton Grammar School Prize Binding presented to B. Henley for having passed the Cambridge local examination in 1873.  Rebound in full calf binding with gilt tooling to spine and boards, marbled edges and endpapers. Externally sound with some shelf wear, rubbed to joints and spine, head and tail lightly chipped. Front hinges slightly strained, holding firm. Internally firmly bound. Light spotting to title page affecting leaves of plates in particular, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 825A52

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: broderip natural history zoology natural history Not Stated

T. C. F. Brotchie

Glasgow Rivers and Streams Their Legend and Lore

Glasgow, James Maclehose & Sons, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this beautiful and charming work on the rivers and streams of Glasgow, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work. A scarce work. This work documents the streams and rivers found in Glasgow, written inspired by the author's summer walks around the green hills and grey moorlands that lie around Glasgow. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, three plates, and numerous in-text and full page illustrations. Written and illustrated by T. C. F. Brotchie. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few marks to the rear board. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A couple of spots to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: T. C. F. Brotchie. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 680P5

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: glasgow rivers streams glasgow rivers streams legends t. c.f. Brotchie T. C. F. Brotchie

H. Rowland-Brown [Henry Rowland-Brown]

Butterflies and Moths at Home and Abroad

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this popular work on butterflies and moths, beautifully illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with a colour plate to the front board. Illustrated with twenty-one colour plates. Plate III is displayed to the cover. Collated, complete. Henry Rowland-Brown (1865-1922) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. This is his popular work on butterflies and moths, with descriptions of genera and species; explanations of entomology and classification; and advice on rearing, breeding and collecting. Illustrated with beautiful colour plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally bright and smart, with just a little fading to the spine and minor shelf wear to the joints, extremities and head and tail of the spine. Gilt remains bright. Offsetting to the end papers. A touch of age toning to the pages, with the odd spot to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 883M10

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Butterflies Moths Entomology Moths Not Stated

H. Rowland-Brown [Henry Rowland-Brown]

Butterflies and Moths at Home and Abroad

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this popular work on butterflies and moths, colourfully illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with a colour plate to the front board. Illustrated with twenty-one colour plates. Plate III is displayed to the cover. Collated, complete. Henry Rowland-Brown (1865-1922) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. This is his popular work on butterflies and moths, with descriptions of genera and species; explanations of entomology and classification; and advice on rearing, breeding and collecting. Illustrated with beautiful colour plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally generally smart, though slightly faded with light shelf wear to the joints and extremities. Some faint marks to the rear boards. Offsetting to the end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Marginal age toning to pages, with the odd spot to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Transference from Plate II to page 28. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 883M9

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Butterflies Moths Rowland-Brown Moths Not Stated

David Alexander Brown

The Tertiary Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of New Zealand

London , The British Museum, 1952. Cloth. A first edition of this work on marine invertebrates. Illustrated throughout with 296 figures in the text. David Alexander Brown was a geologist who played an important role in developing the study of Geology in Australia. Brown was the president of the Geological Society of Australia and had a Bryzoan species named after him. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light shelfwear and bumping. Spine sunned. Ink inscription to front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: GEN35-A-10

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Marine Invertebrates Geology Invertebrates None

Patrick J. Brownsey; John C. Smith-Dodsworth

New Zealand Ferns and Allied Plants

Auckland, David Bateman, 1989. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study on the plants of New Zealand, complete with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated throughout with line sketches and photographs. A study into all ferns and allied plants which can be found in New Zealand. This would be a collection of roughly 193 species and subspecies, 88 of which occur in no other country. Written by Patrick J. Brownsey, an English historian and botanist, and John C. Smith-Dodsworth, an English botanist, both of whom now reside in New Zealand. Illustrated by T. N. H. Galloway. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, excellent with light shelf wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: T. N. H. Galloway. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Boeknummer: 848T71

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: New Zealand Ferns Zealand T. N. H. Galloway