Search Results: NATURAL HISTORY from Forest Books

Galahad Books, New York. 1982. 4to, numerous illustrs., (some coloured), orig. cloth, d.w. slightly torn.

Halton & Co. 1934. First edition, frontis., 4 plates, orig. cloth, spine faded.

New York. (Reprint) 1991. 8 Volumes in 4, limited to 450 sets, orig. cloth.

(Reprint of the 1933-36 Edition) 1998. Second Edition, 2 vols., in one, 4to, frontis., 6 plates, orig. cloth.

Cambridge: Printed by J. Archdeacon Printer to the University; for Benjamin White, 1785. 8vo, 70, [10, index and glossary]pp., disbound. Elements of Natural History. Vol. I. Part I. Containing the Mammalia.

London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1846. Third edition, 204 + 32pp., of adverts, frontis., orig. cloth, ex-library but a very good copy.

Londres: W. & C. Spilsbury, 1796. 2 Vols., [4], xvi, 500; [4], 504pp., frontis., 4 folding plates, text a little stained, cont. half calf, rubbed, hinges cracked, upper cover to vol. I just holding by cords.

London: John Lofts, [c. 1835.]. 8vo, 2 parts in one, xxvi, 346; 472, [vii]pp., numerous illustrs., cont. calf, rebacked.

London: The Ray Society, 2011. First edition, 612pp., illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. John Ray is considered the outstanding British natural historian of the 17th century. His first publication, A catalogue of plants growing around Cambridge (1660) is famous as the first British County Flora. It is a complex work, not only a botanical catalogue but also has for the benefit of beginners indexes of English names and of places (with lists of the rarer species of 12 areas in the county) together with chapters on the meanings of plant names and of botanical terms (hitherto untranslated). Ray s abilities as an all-round naturalist are apparent from the numerous observations and digressions in the text. This book includes a complete translation from the Latin of the work together with the rare appendices to the Catalogue, published in 1663 and 1685, translated for the first time. The editorial commentary on the text is included in nearly 2,000 footnotes which outline problems of translation, discuss the… Read More

H. F. & G. Witherby, 1828. Second edition, xii, 637pp., orig. cloth, d.w.

London: Printed for T. and J. Allman, 1819. First edition, 12mo, [6], 160, [4, ads]pp., with half-title, title in red and black and illustrated, original boards, uncut, spine chipped. Provenance: Contemporary book label of Mr William Richardson pasted onto front inside board.