Search Results: BIRDS from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

Philadelphia: Weik & Weik, 1860. A beautiful and rare print of a budgerigar. The album consists of 25 hand-coloured lithographed plates. The bird species are grouped by continent. There are five plates of Australian birds. The National Library of Australia holds a copy, but there are no other recorded holdings in Australia. 10 x 14", very faint crease but otherwise in beautiful condition.

Philadelphia: Weik & Weik, 1860. Handsome print of a Macaw and a Toucan sitting on a tree branch. From the rare "Album of the Finest Birds of all Countries", published ca. 1860 in Philadelphia. The album consists of 25 hand-coloured lithographed plates, with the plates hand-coloured in Germany. The species are arranged by continent. 10 x 14", beautiful condition.

Philadelphia: Weik & Weik, 1860. A beautiful and rare print of two wrens: one the blue fairy wren and the other strongly colored with a red body, blue cap, blue wings and tail. Sitting on a fuchsia, with a butterfly and a landscape in the background. The album consists of 25 hand-coloured lithographed plates. The bird species are grouped by continent. There are five plates of Australian birds. The National Library of Australia holds a copy, but there are no other recorded holdings in Australia. 10 x 14", beautiful condition.

Philadelphia: Weik & Weik, 1860. A beautiful and rare print of two parrots, one Pennant's parrot (red and royal blue) and the other possibly a 28 (green parrot, yellow head, red collar, blue on wings), sitting in a eucalyptus. The album consists of 25 hand-coloured lithographed plates. The bird species are grouped by continent. There are five plates of Australian birds. The National Library of Australia holds a copy, but there are no other recorded holdings in Australia. 10 x 14", beautiful condition.

Philadelphia: Weik & Weik, 1860. A beautiful and rare print of two birds of paradise on a tree branch. The album consists of 25 hand-coloured lithographed plates. The bird species are grouped by continent. There are five plates of Australian birds. The National Library of Australia holds a copy, but there are no other recorded holdings in Australia. 10 x 14", beautiful condition.

Florence, Italy: Giuseppe Vanni, 1766. Print. Very good condition. Period hand-colored copper engraving from the [Natural History of the Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations, in Miniature and Life-Size], 1766-1777. The work carries some interesting historical importance according to Peter Dance: "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Florence. Begun in 1767, and [based on birds taken from the collection of Giovanni Gerini], it was completed ten years later. It was larger, better engraved and more vividly coloured than any previous work on birds, but these are not its only claim to fame. The attitudes of the birds themselves give this book its unique character. Strutting, parading, posturing, and occasionally flying....are birds whose real-life counterparts would surely disown them, and not without reason, for Manetti seems in these pictures to be depicting the… Read More

Florence, Italy: Giuseppe Vanni, 1766. Print. Very good condition. Period hand-colored copper engraving from the [Natural History of the Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations, in Miniature and Life-Size], 1766-1777. The work carries some interesting historical importance according to Peter Dance: "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Florence. Begun in 1767, and [based on birds taken from the collection of Giovanni Gerini], it was completed ten years later. It was larger, better engraved and more vividly coloured than any previous work on birds, but these are not its only claim to fame. The attitudes of the birds themselves give this book its unique character. Strutting, parading, posturing, and occasionally flying....are birds whose real-life counterparts would surely disown them, and not without reason, for Manetti seems in these pictures to be depicting the… Read More

Florence, Italy: Giuseppe Vanni, 1766. Print. Very good condition. A somewhat bizarre example of tail feathers, with an attenuated beak, head and body attached, of birds of paradise. Period hand-colored copper engraving from the [Natural History of the Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations, in Miniature and Life-Size], 1766-1777. The work carries some interesting historical importance according to Peter Dance: "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Florence. Begun in 1767, and [based on birds taken from the collection of Giovanni Gerini], it was completed ten years later. It was larger, better engraved and more vividly coloured than any previous work on birds, but these are not its only claim to fame. The attitudes of the birds themselves give this book its unique character. Strutting, parading, posturing, and occasionally flying....are birds whose real-life… Read More

Privately Printed, 1972. Paperback. Very good. Ducks, Eiders, Scoters, Geese, Brant, Swan, Shorebirds from Peeps to Curlew, Gulls, Terns, Owls, Crows, Blackbirds, Herons, Loon, Fish & Other Unusual Decoys. 8vo, oblong, b&w frontis, color and b&w illus throughout. Pictorial paper wraps, with title in black on off white ground on front cover and in black on off white spine. Covers are gently rubbed. Internally, very good.

New York, 1883. A sammelband of fishing, trapping, hunting, gymnastics and bird guides bound together in one volume. Other titles include Woodcraft by "Nessmuk." aka George W. Sears, 1884, Forest and Stream Publishing, 149pp; The Angler's Guide Book and Tourist's Gazetteer of the Fishing Waters of the United States and Canada, 1885, William C. Harris (ed.), The American Angler, 249pp; Shore Birds, 1885, various authors, Forest and Stream Publishing, 300pp; Recollections of Fly Fishing for Salmon, Trout and Grayling with Notes on their Haunts, Habits and History, 1885, Edward Hamilton, Orange Judd Company, 190pp; A System of Gymnastics without a Teacher, E. B. Warman, 1885, 62pp; Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping, W. Hamilton Gibson, 1883, 300pp . Sml. thick 8vo, half brown leather and buckram boards, with the initials W.F.S. on the spine, the previous owner. Spine with 5 chambers, gilt tile and deco, edges rubbed, binding strong, internally clean. A pleasant copy for the gentlmen… Read More

London: Zoological Society, 1865. Very good condition. Attractive lithograph of the Kiwi, with original hand color. The artist H.C. Richter also worked with John Gould on various bird books, and there is a "Gould" feel to the New Zealand view, with surrounding shrubbery, some water and a mountain in the distance. Published in the 1860's sometime. The New Zealand national bird. 10 x 8" with margins. Published in the Transactions of the Zoological Society Vol 3, Pl 57, p. 346. Trove 11133142.

Florence, Italy: Giuseppe Vanni, 1766. Print. Very good condition. Period hand-colored copper engraving from the [Natural History of the Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations, in Miniature and Life-Size], 1766-1777. The work carries some interesting historical importance according to Peter Dance: "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Florence. Begun in 1767, and [based on birds taken from the collection of Giovanni Gerini], it was completed ten years later. It was larger, better engraved and more vividly coloured than any previous work on birds, but these are not its only claim to fame. The attitudes of the birds themselves give this book its unique character. Strutting, parading, posturing, and occasionally flying....are birds whose real-life counterparts would surely disown them, and not without reason, for Manetti seems in these pictures to be depicting the… Read More

Florence, Italy: Giuseppe Vanni, 1766. Print. Very good condition. Period hand-colored copper engraving from the [Natural History of the Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations, in Miniature and Life-Size], 1766-1777. The work carries some interesting historical importance according to Peter Dance: "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Florence. Begun in 1767, and [based on birds taken from the collection of Giovanni Gerini], it was completed ten years later. It was larger, better engraved and more vividly coloured than any previous work on birds, but these are not its only claim to fame. The attitudes of the birds themselves give this book its unique character. Strutting, parading, posturing, and occasionally flying....are birds whose real-life counterparts would surely disown them, and not without reason, for Manetti seems in these pictures to be depicting the… Read More

Florence, Italy: Giuseppe Vanni, 1766. Print. Very good condition. Period hand-colored copper engraving from the [Natural History of the Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations, in Miniature and Life-Size], 1766-1777. The work carries some interesting historical importance according to Peter Dance: "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Florence. Begun in 1767, and [based on birds taken from the collection of Giovanni Gerini], it was completed ten years later. It was larger, better engraved and more vividly coloured than any previous work on birds, but these are not its only claim to fame. The attitudes of the birds themselves give this book its unique character. Strutting, parading, posturing, and occasionally flying....are birds whose real-life counterparts would surely disown them, and not without reason, for Manetti seems in these pictures to be depicting the… Read More

Florence, Italy: Giuseppe Vanni, 1766. Print. Very good condition. Period hand-colored copper engraving from the [Natural History of the Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations, in Miniature and Life-Size], 1766-1777. The work carries some interesting historical importance according to Peter Dance: "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Florence. Begun in 1767, and [based on birds taken from the collection of Giovanni Gerini], it was completed ten years later. It was larger, better engraved and more vividly coloured than any previous work on birds, but these are not its only claim to fame. The attitudes of the birds themselves give this book its unique character. Strutting, parading, posturing, and occasionally flying....are birds whose real-life counterparts would surely disown them, and not without reason, for Manetti seems in these pictures to be depicting the… Read More

Florence, Italy: Giuseppe Vanni, 1766. Print. Very good condition. Period hand-colored copper engraving of the American white tailed eagle. From the [Natural History of the Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations, in Miniature and Life-Size], 1766-1777. The work carries some interesting historical importance according to Peter Dance: "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Florence. Begun in 1767, and [based on birds taken from the collection of Giovanni Gerini], it was completed ten years later. It was larger, better engraved and more vividly coloured than any previous work on birds, but these are not its only claim to fame. The attitudes of the birds themselves give this book its unique character. Strutting, parading, posturing, and occasionally flying....are birds whose real-life counterparts would surely disown them, and not without reason, for Manetti seems in… Read More

Florence, Italy: Giuseppe Vanni, 1766. Print. Very good condition. Period hand-colored copper engraving from the [Natural History of the Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations, in Miniature and Life-Size], 1766-1777. The work carries some interesting historical importance according to Peter Dance: "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Florence. Begun in 1767, and [based on birds taken from the collection of Giovanni Gerini], it was completed ten years later. It was larger, better engraved and more vividly coloured than any previous work on birds, but these are not its only claim to fame. The attitudes of the birds themselves give this book its unique character. Strutting, parading, posturing, and occasionally flying....are birds whose real-life counterparts would surely disown them, and not without reason, for Manetti seems in these pictures to be depicting the… Read More

London: John Gould, 1840. Print. Very good condition. The noisy scrub bird doesn't look like much, but we would consider it as one of the triumvirate of Western Australian animals, along with the Black Swan and the Numbat. It is elusive and only found in areas of dense scrub and overgrown swamps near Albany, Western Australia and has come back from the brink of extinction. It is one of only two members of an ancient Australian bird family, the other being the Rufous Scrub Bird (Atrichornis Rufesens) which lives in the rain forests of northern NSW & southern Queensland. (Dept. of Conservation & Land Management, W.A.). John Gould, the author and force behind "The Birds of Australia," is considered the father of Australian ornithology. His wife Elizabeth was also the artist on many of the prints. The prints are lithographs with original period hand color. This is plate number 174 from the most comprehensive ornithological work on Australia ever completed published. Print measures 14 1/2 x 21 1/2". A… Read More

New York: Abbeville Press, 1981. First edition thus. Slipcased. Fine. Deluxe facsimile edition of John James Audubon's "Birds of America", bound in quarter leather, gilt title, with the deluxe slipcase, illustrated label titled and image of a pelican. Audubon's artistic illustrations are organized and annotated by Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson, with a systematic arrangement of the prints with modern classification by species with descriptive captions. Baby elephant folio (15 x 14") with approximately 700 pp, unpaginated, sepia color endpapers. The text is divided into 11 divisions, with full color illustrations of the birds, explanatory text paired with a b&w illustration. Many of the 482 color illustrations are folding. In total there are 917 illustrations. Bound in quarter brown leather and cream cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Housed in deluxe cloth slipcase. Printed and bound by Toppan Printing, Japan. This magnificent production is a massive volume weighing in at some 18 lbs.

Melbourne: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1944. 8th edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. 8vo, 200pp, blue boards, black titles on spine and front, slightly rubbed at edges and head/foot of spine. Interior clean with many color and b&w ills. Binding firm.