Ornithology from Donald Heald Rare Books

London: Taylor and Francis, for the Author, 1883. Folio. (21 3/8 x 14 1/2 inches). Volume III only with all 78 plates. 20th-century half red morocco and cloth, all edges gilt Provenance: The Avicultural Society, T.H. Newman Bequest (bookplate dated 1944) Volume III of the most comprehensive work on Asiatic ornithology of its time The present… Read more about this item

London: Vols. I-V: Printed for the Author, at the College of Physicians, in Warwick-Lane. Vols. VI-VII: Printed by George Sidney, Northumberland Street, Strand, 1806. 7 volumes. 4to. (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches). [Uncommon Birds:] 4 parts in 4 volumes. 211 etched plates by and after Edwards, 210 of which finely hand-colored, 1 of "Un Samojeed" uncolored, with dates… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1783. 2 volumes, folio. (17 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches). 3 engraved titles, 2 pp. letterpress list of plates numbered 1-200. 206 hand-colored engraved plates, numbered in manuscript in the upper margin just within the platemark at a contemporary date. Contemporary full red morocco, covers bordered in gilt, spines with raised bands in seven compartments, lettered… Read more about this item

[London, 1790. Watercolour on laid paper. Unsigned, attributed to Sarah Stone. Annotated, "Lyn. 6 p.533...anas albeola, Lin." along the top edge. Sarah Stone was a prolific natural history painter who was active in London from 1777 to 1806, known for her exquisite brushwork, adept use of color, and mastery across a diverse array of subjects. Her primary patron was… Read more about this item

[London, 1790. Watercolour on laid paper. Unsigned, attributed to Sarah Stone. Annotated, "Lyn. 6 p.473/Male...anas spectabilis Lin" along the top edge. Sarah Stone was a prolific natural history painter who was active in London from 1777 to 1806, known for her exquisite brushwork, adept use of color, and mastery across a diverse array of subjects. Her primary patron was… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner and Sons, 1877. Original watercolor on paper, signed "A. Pope Jr." in lower right corner, framed together with a chromolithograph of the same scene, in a gold-leaf wooden frame with a French washline mat. Image size: (13 x 19 inches). Framed size: (22 1/2 x 28 inches). A handsome watercolor of two buffle-headed ducks framed… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1884. Two works in five volumes. (10 3/4 x 8 inches). [Land Birds:] Vol. I - xxviii, 596, vi; Vol. II - vi, 590, vi; Vol. III - vi, 560, xxviii. 64 hand-finished, colour-printed lithographs and 593 woodcut illustrations. The Deluxe Edition with 36 added hand-coloured lithographic plates after Ridgway. [Water Birds:] Vol. I… Read more about this item

[London: E. Lear, 1832. Hand-coloured lithograph, printed by Charles Hullmandel. Wove paper. A fine example of the work of "perhaps the greatest draughtsman of birds in European culture." (Philip Hofer) This image is from Lear's masterpiece: "Illustrations of the Family Psittacidae, or Parrots," a work that combines "the most exacting scientific naturalism with a masterly sense of design and… Read more about this item

[London: E. Lear, 1832. Hand-coloured lithograph, printed by Charles Hullmandel. Wove paper. A fine example of the work of "perhaps the greatest draughtsman of birds in European culture." (Philip Hofer) This image is from Lear's masterpiece: "Illustrations of the Family Psittacidae, or Parrots," a work that combines "the most exacting scientific naturalism with a masterly sense of design and… Read more about this item

[London: E. Lear, 1832. Hand-coloured lithograph, printed by Charles Hullmandel. Wove paper. A fine example of the work of "perhaps the greatest draughtsman of birds in European culture." (Philip Hofer) This image is from Lear's masterpiece: "Illustrations of the Family Psittacidae, or Parrots," a work that combines "the most exacting scientific naturalism with a masterly sense of design and… Read more about this item

St. Augustine, Florida: John James Audubon, 1832. Bi-folded folio. 4 pp. (9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches). Integral address panel with St. Augustine postal stamp. "Should I live long enough to deserve her applause I shall die happy." A remarkable signed manuscript letter from John James Audubon, which addresses in detail the publication of his landmark work "The Birds… Read more about this item

Paris: Imprimerie de Mme. Hérrisant le Doux, 1820. 4to. (13 5/8 x 10 inches). Half-title, 2pp. dedication to the Duchesse de Berry, 109 fine stipple-engraved plates printed in colors and finished by hand after Poiteau by V. Bonnefoi, Chailly, Dien, Gabriel, Legrand, T. Susémihl and Texier. Period quarter calf, spine with gilt decoration, marbled paper boards First edition… Read more about this item

London: For J. Johnson, 1812. 8 volumes in 4, quarto. (11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches). Large paper issue of the second edition. Parallel text in English and French, 336 beautifully hand-coloured etched plates (of which 58 showed eggs) by and after Lewin and his sons, tissue guards. Contemporary half russia and marbled paper boards. Spine with raised bands… Read more about this item

Paris: Lacombe [parts 1-4]; Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey [parts 5-16]; Paris: Chez l'Auteur [parts 17-20], 1781. 20 parts in 2 volumes, folio. (18 5/16 x 12 1/2 inches). Twenty engraved titles printed in red, yellow, blue or black, and twenty engraved lists of the plates. 200 plates (zoological [54], ornithological [26], botanical [60], and mineralogical [60]), each present in… Read more about this item

London: Taylor & Francis for the Author, 1854. Folio. (21 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches). 51 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Gould and Henry Constantine Richter, one uncolored lithographic plate by G. Scharf, all printed by Hullmandel & Walton. Publisher's full dark green morocco, covers elaborately tooled in blind and gilt. A very fine copy of the second, revised… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. Debrett, Piccadilly, 1790. 4to. (11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches). First edition, deluxe issue. A2 a6 B-Pp4 Qq2 a-e4. 128 ff. [18] [1]-299 [39]. 356 pp. 65 finely hand-colored engraved plates. Engraved title-page vignette of the view in Port Jackson. Title, Dedication, Advertisement, List of Subscribers, List of Plates, White's Journal, Appendix, Diary of the… Read more about this item

Farnborough, Kent, 1893. Large quarto. (14 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches). Title page with woodcut vignette (owl) and quote in Greek; xx, 111 pp. 27 hand-coloured lithographic plates. Contemporary half red morocco over red cloth. Gilt and blind rules on boards. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt and blind rules, gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt, other edges… Read more about this item

London: R.H. Porter, 1897. 8 volumes, large 8vo. (9 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches). Photogravure portrait, xxxix pp. with 421 hand-coloured lithographs and chromolithographs after Foster, Lodge, Keulemans and Thorburn, accompanied by text leaves describing each species. All plates and text-leaves mounted on linen stubs. Three-quarter brown morocco and cloth-covered boards, spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered… Read more about this item

Edinburgh & London: Printed by Neill & Co. (Edinburgh) for Adam & Charles Black (Edinburgh) and R. Havell Jun., and Longman, Rees, Brown and Green (London), and various others, 1835. Vols 1-3 (of 5), large 8vo. (9 3/4 x 6 inches). Half-titles. Numerous woodcut text illustrations. Prospectus for the Birds of America bound into rear of vol. 1. Bound… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. Quarto. (11 1/2 x 9 inches). 337pp. 21 plates (including 9 black and white plates of fish and 12 chromolithographed ornithological plates after Ridgway). Original blindstamped cloth. With 12 chromolithographed plates of birds after Ridgway. Number 3 of the Arctic series of publications issued in connection with Signal Services, U.S. Army, this… Read more about this item