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Published by W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh, 1835
Seller: LOE BOOKS, Launceston, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pp.xv , 246 plus advertising to the rear; engraved frontispiece plate of Werner; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 36 engraved plates of which 35 are beautifully hand-coloured with tissue guards; letterpress title and half-title pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, some fading, lightly creased to the base of the spine, binding firm. Contents good and tight, original green endpapers, scratch impressions to the reverse of plate 21, page 177 and 178, two library cancellation stamps and small pocket to the front pastedown, no other library marks, superb colour plates most with tissue guards present. A very good, very clean complete copy. Size: 12mo. Book.
Published by W H Lizars, S Highley et al, Edinburgh, 1835
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A fair copy of the 1st edition of British Butterflies, vol III of Entomology from the Naturalist's Library edited by Sir William Jardine. In newer cloth binding with the original gilt titles pasted to the spine, with 34 plates of which 32 are hand coloured. With frontispiece portrait of Werner; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages; advertisement; contents listing; Memoir of Werner; text 246 pp; and 2 plain plates and 32 hand coloured plates at the rear. The binding is a plain blue cloth which is clean and has turned corners. There is a decorative bookplate at the front pastedown endpaper and a bookseller's label on the fep. Internally the usual preliminaries (eg volume listing, half title) are missing, as is the publisher's listing from the rear. There is no tissue guard to the frontispiece and there is an old signature at the top of the vignette title page. Text pages are generally clean with very toned paper and some dog-earing to corners. The plate paper is lightly toned - particularly towards the edges and there is offsetting to tissue guards (two lack guards). A couple of the plates have a cropped bottom edge which does not affect the image - but does suggest that they may have come from another copy. Plate 31 has a crease affecting the lower side edge and bottom corner. Some corners and edges are a bit dog-eared and fragile.
Published by W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh, 1856
Seller: LOE BOOKS, Launceston, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pp. 248; engraved frontispiece plate of Sir Hans Sloane; engraved title page with b/w vignette; 30 engraved plates hand-coloured ; letterpress title and half-title pages. half red leather binding with marbled covered boards, very good and firm. Contents clean and tight, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, a few spots to the front and rear blanks, otherwise clean, all plates unmarked. A very good clean copy. Size: 12mo. Book.
Published by w. H. Lizars, 1835
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Text (269 pp) clear. VG. 30 hand colored plates. Cover Boards and spine only Fair with losses. In need of some repair.
Published by W H LIZARS, EDINBURGH, 1836
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the 1st edition of British Moths in the original publisher's cloth binding. With listing of the Naturalist's Library; half title; black and white engraved frontispiece of Madame Merian; black and white vignette title page - showing 2 cherubs chasing butterflies; 2 further title pages; an advert; contents listing; Memoir of Maria Sibilla Merian; text with 30 hand coloured plates bound in; and a 4 page publisher's catalogue (for Simpkin Marshall) at the rear. The binding has been rebacked and the contents restitched so the book is sound and tight. The original spine, which is lightly sunned has been relaid. The boards have sunning to the edges which have a number of slight indentations. Corners turned inwards. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair to the joints. Contents are clean with light toning towards the edges of text and plate paper. There is the occasional small mark or spot to the text pages, and some corners have been lightly turned over at the tip. Plates are clean with relatively little offsetting to the tissue guards.
Published by W H LIZARS, EDINBURGH, 1835
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Half-Leather. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A good copy of the 1st edition in contemporary half morocco leather binding with marbled paper sides. With black and white frontispiece portrait of John Ray; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages; inserted small slip; contents listing; publisher's advert; Memoir of Ray; text with numerous illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates. There is the remains of an old page marker. The spine has small raised bands and gilt titles. There is rubbing to spine ends and joints but no splitting at the joints. The corners have wear with some surface loss at the front bottom corner. Endpapers are marbled. There is a pencil signature to the verso of the frontispiece. Contents are clean with some toning to text and some plates. Page 30 has a repaired bottom edge tear and there is the occasional crease to text corner tipis. Some plates lack guards and the guard to plate 25 is detaching.
Published by W H Lizars, S Highley et al, EDINBURGH, 1840
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the first edition in the original publisher's cloth binding, which has been rebacked relaying the spine. With volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Baron de Geer; hand coloured vignette title page of insects; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert (unopened); contents listing; Memoir of Swammerdam; Memoir of De Geer; text with black and white illustrations; and 36 plates bound at the rear of which 32 are hand coloured. The plates are numbered to 35, but there is a plate 12*. The binding is sound and tight and the rebacked spine has bright gilt titles. The boards are very faded at the edges. Corners with light wear. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair at the joints. The text paper is toned with the occasional light mark or spot. Some text is unopened. The plates are tissue-guarded and are very clean and well coloured. There is some offsetting to guards.
Published by W H Lizars, S Highley et al, EDINBURGH, 1841
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good to near fine copy of the 1st edition of Exotic Moths in the original publisher's cloth binding. With listing of the Naturalist's Library; black and white engraved frontispiece of Latreille; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages; an advert; contents listing; Memoir of Latreille; text; 2 black and white plates relating to Latreille; and 30 further plates of which 29 are hand coloured and one is double size. The binding has had an expert cloth case repair relaying the spine and is therefore sound and tight. There is some fading to the spine and board edges. The original green endpapers are present with repair to joints. The contents are very clean with well coloured plates. Light toning to page edges.