Search Results: Natural History from Zetetic Books

Bristol: Printed for the Author By S. Bonner and Sold By W. Richardson, 1790. [22], six pages of specimens. Slightly later half calf and paste paper over boards, raised flat bands, spine in eight panels, author lettered direct to fourth panel, with title split between third and second panels (lettered up the spine), place and date in gilt to foot, t.e.g. Very slightly rubbed to extremities and foot of spine, small split to head of front joint, internally some light off setting from samples on to text, but generally bright and clean. Previous owners (Munden) armorial book plate to front pastedown. The loose errata sheet found in some copies is here trimmed and pasted to the reverse of the final text leaf. Henrey notes that "in 1796 it was highly praised by William Withering as 'a work extremely well calculated to spread a useful knowledge of the grasses amongst the farmers, as well as to instruct the country gentleman in the best means of ameliorating our pasture lands'" (Henrey, page… Read More

London: C. Whittingham, 1814. xliv, 236pp. Contemporary full sprinkled calf, smooth spine, divided into six panels by gilt rules, morocco title label to second panel, covers bordered with gilt roll. Professionally rebacked with original spine laid on, corners bumped and worn, couple of abrasions to covers. Internally the endpapers are browned, text slightly browned with very occasional light foxing but generally fairly bright and clean. Two parts in one, but with continuous pagination and register. Bound at Duffield's Public Library, Bath, with their ticket to front pastedown. First Edition. Full Calf. Good+. 8vo.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1811. Two volumes in three - Volume One - xix, [1], 256pp; Volume Two - vii, [1], 358pp and Volume Three - [2], 359-652pp, [2]. Contemporary full sprinkled calf, smooth spines, divided into six panels by triple gilt rules, morocco title label to second panel, volume in gilt to fourth, remaining panels decorated with central lozenge-shaped gilt tool, covers bordered with gilt double fillet. Worn to extremities, especially outer joints, front joint of volumes two and three split and weak but holding, corners bumped and worn, slightly chipped to spine ends. Internally some offsetting from frontispiece portrait onto title, some light browning, but generally fairly clean, small amount of worming to fore-edge of first and last few pages of volume two (not affecting text). Five plates to volume one, eighteen to volume two (as called for). Bound at Duffield's Public Library, Bath, with their ticket to front pastedowns. Pritzel 8977. First Edition. Full Calf.… Read More

Paris: Prault, 1787. xxiv, 388pp, [4]. Ex-library (Horticultural Society of New York), with their bookplate to ffep (no stamps or stickers). Half-calf and boards, smooth spine divided into five panels by gilt double rules, later reback, original title label laid on. Slightly rubbed to extremities, corners worn. Internally some light browning, but generally clean. Eight folding plates (one browned, one torn along two folds). Includes early advice on exporting plants. French text. Pritzel 5115. First Edition. Half Calf and Boards. Good. 8vo. Ex-Library.

Glasgow: Allan & Ferguson Single sided lithographic broadside, approximately 205mm x 280mm in size, n.d. c.1850? Some light surface soiling, corners lightly browned from old glue, small closed tear to foot catching text but with no loss, small piece missing from bottom right hand corner, a few small pen trials to borders, probably slightly cropped to head. Advertising the flowers available at A. & McA. including hyacinths, narcissi, tulips and anemones, noting that they "have also on hand all sorts of Agricultural, Garden and Flower Seeds, Fruit, Forest and Ornamental Trees, Evergreen and Flowering Shrubs, Greenhouse Plants, Dahlias, Pansies &c. Garden Tools, Mats, Flower Pots &c.". A. and McA. were Austin and McAslan, seed merchants in Glasgow, established in 1717 by John McAslan, he was succeeded by his son Alexander McAslan and John Austin, trading as Austin and McAslan. For the printers [David] Allan and [William] Ferguson, see SBTI and Worms and Baynton-Williams, pages… Read More

Glasgow: Allan & Ferguson, 1842. Single sided lithographic ticket, approximately 115mm x 75mm in size. Lightly browned, very minor surface soiling, glue stains to corners of reverse where once stuck in an album. Ticket granting the bearer permission, from Sir John Maxwell (Seventh Baronet of Pollok), to "Angle for the season" in Loch Thom and the river Cart. For the printers [David] Allan and [William] Ferguson, see SBTI and Worms and Baynton-Williams, pages 14-15. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 48mo (Oblong). Ticket.

Alnwick: J. Catnach, 1800. Single sided printed broadside 'reward notice', approximately 170mm x 195mm in size. Slight horizontal crease where once folded, small nick to head, otherwise quite bright and clean. William Hewit offering a reward of two guineas, on conviction, for informing on the persons responsible for defacing his trees. 'A 1799' watermark in the paper. Uncommon, BL only in ESTC. First Edition. Unbound. Very Good. 8vo. Broadside.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1953. [8], 38pp, [2], original cloth. Very slightly rubbed, but generally bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket (as Issued?). 8vo.