Marshall Rare Books
Natural History
Colour plate books, 15th–20th century
Twelve Beautiful Bouquets many with Butterflies in very attractive frames.
Twelve beautiful bouquets by sunqua
De natuurlyke historie der versteeningen, of uitvoerige afbeelding en beschryving van de versteende zaaken, die tot heden op den aardbodem zyn ontdekt: …
The finest early work on fossils
Museum Worsleyanum . Or a Collection Antique Basso-Relievos, Bustos, Statues and Gems; with views of places in the Levant taken on the spot.
Worsley's important catalogue of his collection of antiquities from the levant.
Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth’s Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation.
Charles Lyell's Principles of geology (1830-1833) has been described as "perhaps the most important scientific textbook ever written" (Gould 2000a)…
Ost- und West-Indischer wie auch Sinesischer Lust- und Stats-Garten
First edition of this encyclopaedia of curiosities pertaining to america, the east and west indies and china
A French Polished Specimens Cabinet with Brass Handle Engraved ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE No.3
Alfred russel wallace specimens cabinet
Botany of the Speke and Grant Expedition. An Enumeration of the Plants Collected during the Journey of the Late Captain J.H. Speke and Captain (Now Lieut-Col.) J.A. Grant from Zanzibar to Egypt.
Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley … during the years 1846-50, including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the LouisiadeArchipelago, etc.
Important Voyages of Naturalist, and Darwin’s Associate, T. H. Huxley
Ost- und West-Indischer wie auch Sinesischer Lust- und Stats-Garten
First edition of this encyclopaedia of curiosities pertaining to America, the East and West Indies and China, with imaginative depictions of plants…
A Fine Chinese Album of Brilliant Watercolour Studies of Shells by Sunqua
Sunqua was one of the most important of the Chinese artists producing pictures and drawings for the European market.
A Very Fine Album of Fifty Kacho-E (Bird & Flower Prints).
Bar Tailed Godwits (Limosa Lapponica). Original Watercolour for John Gould’s Birds of Great Britain 1862-73.
A particularly beautiful large watercolour of one of the most attractive winter visitors.
Lanius collaris – Collared Shrike – Female & Young
The Thanatophidia of India. Being a Description of the Venomous Snakes of the Indian Peninsula with an Account of the Influence of their Poison on Life and a Series of Experiments.
Second and Enlarged Edition.The plates were drawn by students at the Calcutta School of Art, after original sketches by Fayrer.
The Poisonous Snakes of India for the use of the Officials and others Residing in the Indian Empire.
The plates are from drawings by Annanda Prosad Bagchee and others who were students at the Government School of Art in Calcutta.
A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the species inhabiting the western Palaearctic Regions.
An important monograph, "A History of the Birds of Europe" is one of three major monographs published by Dresser.
Indian Birds. A Fine Collection of Watercolours in Gouache,
Highly attractive and skilfully painted watercolours in gouache.
Vazeeri Rupi, the Silver Country of the Vazeers, in Kulu: Its Beauties, Antiquities, and Silver Mines. Including a Trip over the Lower Himalayah Range and Glaciers.
Author’s own copy, pencil attribution on half title, A bright excellent copy with almost all plates hand-coloured.
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MAMMOTH BONE FRAGMENT
The Mammoth and Mammoth-Hunting in North-East Siberia
The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution
From the library of famous paleontologist joseph t. gregory