‎HERBERT S. ZIM. et IRA N. GABRIELSON.‎
‎BIRDS.‎

‎Birds. - Lot of 16 books.‎

‎ clothbound.‎

‎Interesting lot of 16 mostly colourfull ill. books on birds, of the 20th century . Americas, India, Africa and Europe are represented. Common birds & Exotic. One on Cuckoos (1899), one on: The birds of Kutch (India). 1) Saunders, A.A.: The lives of wild birds. NY, 1954, in-8°, 256 p., ill., cloth. 2) Helme, E.E.: Feathered friends of stream and shore. With 16 coloured plates and other Ill. by B. Briggs. London, ca. 1950, in-4°, 110 p., clothbd. /3) Line, L. at all: The Audubon Society Book of water birds. New York, 1987, gr. in-4°, 256 p., fully ill., clothbd. /4) North-American Birds in full colour Pocket-Bk.1973, sm. in-8, pb. / 5) Allen: Stalkin birds with color camera. Nat. Georg. Soc. 1951, in-4°, cloth / 6) Sálim Ali: The birds of Kutch (India). Colour plates. 1945, in-4°, cloth / 7) Audubon Soc. Book of Wild Birds. 1976, lg. in-4°, 290 p., full page colour ill., cloth, jacket. / 8) Walter, W.G.: Some experiments on the sense of smell in birds. Studied by the method of conditioned reflexes. 1942. 92 p., wr. / 9) The treasury of birds. London, Octopus, 1972, in-4°, 136 p., 147 colour and black and white phot. / 10) Austin, O.L. (text) & Singer, A. (ill.): Birds of the world. A survey of the 27 orders and 155 families. London, Octupus, 1988, in-4°, 317 p., ill. / 11) Paulson, D.: Exotic birds. N.Y., Crescent Books, 1989, in-4°, 128 p., with marvellous colour phot. / 12) Japp, Alex. H.: Our Common Cuckoo and other Cuckoos and Parasitical Birds. London, 1899, 292 p., ill., cloth / 13) SA Field guide to the birds of east and central africa. 1972, ill.14) Heinzel, H. a.o.: Birds of Britain and Europe with North Africa and the Middle East. 1984, over 1000 birds ill. in colour 825 distr. maps. bound.15) Fitter, R.: Collins Guide to Bird watching.1963, ill. cloth, DJ.16) Fisher, J.: The Shell Bird Book.1966, fully ill. cloth, DJ. ‎

‎Gould D. Audubon D. Birds of Europe. Birds of Australia. Birds of Asia. Birds o‎

‎Gould D. Audubon D. Birds of Europe. Birds of Australia. Birds of Asia. Birds of America In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Gul'd D. Odyubon D. Ptitsy Evropy. Ptitsy Avstralii. Ptitsy Azii. Ptitsy Ameriki Natural Beauty White City 2005 2008. 307 color illustrations chalked paper lass. Birds of Australia. Birds of Asia. Birds of America We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb7ef50a552bba108e‎

‎History of British Birds. The Figures engraved on Wood by T. Bewick. 2 vols. (1. Containing the History and Description of Land Birds. 2. History and Description of Water Birds).‎

‎Newcastle, Hodgson (vol. 1) and Walker (vol. 2) for T. Bewick, 1797-1804. Royal8vo. Uniformly bound in two nice contemporary full calf bindings with gilt ornamental frames to boards and inner gilt dentelles. Spines rebacked. Light wear to extremities and corner bumped. Previous owner's name (Anthony Wood) to top of both title-pages. First and last blanks with brownspotting as usual, otherwise internally fine and clean. On large paper with generous margins. (2), XXX, 335 pp." XX, 400 pp. with 233 woodcuts of birds in the text and numerous vignettes in woodcut showing scenes of British rural life.‎

‎First edition, first issue, without the words ""Wycliffe, 1791"" in the block of the figure of the Sea-Eagle in vol. 1, p.11 and no misprint on p. 145 (Schæniclus not Sahæniclus) and with the vignette (vol. 1, p. 285) uncensored. Bewick’s work quickly became one of the most popular ornithological works among laymen - the book served as a “beginner field guide"" for individuals without specialized knowledge. Bewick meticulously illustrated each species, drawing from life whenever possible or using skins when necessary. Both common and scientific names, along with their respective authorities, were documented. The text provided comprehensive descriptions of the birds, detailing their distribution and behavior, often incorporating extensive quotes from printed sources or correspondents. Contributors of skins or information were duly recognized. The species were organized into families like ""Of the Falcon,"" relying on the limited and conflicting scientific sources of that era. Land birds were further categorized into groups such as birds of prey, omnivorous birds, insectivorous birds, and granivorous birds, while water bird families were straightforwardly listed, with related families presented side by side.‎

‎The Birds of Great-Britain, with their Eggs, accurately figured. Edition originale du « rarest of all English bird books » (Fine Bird books), l’un des 60 luxueux exemplaires ornés de 323 gouaches originales à pleine page.‎

‎Une entreprise d’une telle ampleur est unique dans l’histoire de la publication ornithologique. Londres, printed for the author, 1789-1794.7 volumes grand in-4 de : I/ vii pp., (1) p., 41 pp. de texte, 1 aquarelle non numérotée, 43 aquarelles numérotées 1 à 41 (2 planches portent le n°18, 2 portent le n°19), 7 aquarelles d’œufs numérotés de i à vii ; II/ (1) f. de titre, 46 pp. de texte, 45 aquarelles numérotées 42 à 86, 6 aquarelles d’œufs numérotées de viii à xiii ; III/ (1) f. de titre, 42 pp. de texte, 41 aquarelles numérotées 87 à 127, 5 aquarelles d’œufs numérotées de xiv à xviii ; IV/ (1) f. de titre, 39 pp. de texte, 38 aquarelles numérotées 118 à 155, 10 aquarelles d’œufs numérotées de xix à xxviii, report de peinture sur la p. 32 ; V/ (1) f. de titre, 38 pp. de texte, 36 aquarelles numérotées 166 à 201, 9 aquarelles d’œufs numérotées de xxix à xxxvii ; VI/ (1) f. de titre, 34 pp. de texte, 34 aquarelles numérotées 202 à 235, 10 aquarelles d’œufs numérotées de xxxviii à xlvii, report du dessin sur certaines pp. de texte ; VII/ (1) f. de titre, 33 pp. de texte, 33 aquarelles numérotées 236 à 265 (2 planches portent les n°244, 250 et 255), 5 aquarelles d’œufs numérotées de xlviii à lii, (3) ff. d’index, première garde détachée, pte. tache d’encre en marge de la pl. 22. Soit un total de 323 dessins aquarellés. Plein maroquin vert à grain long, triple filet doré encadrant les plats avec écoinçons aux angles, dos à nerfs ornés de filets dorés, tranches dorées. Reliure par H. Walther.340 x 279 mm.‎

‎Edition originale de « l’ouvrage d’ornithologie anglais le plus rare », l’un des 60 luxueux exemplaires ornés de gouaches originales par Lewin et exclusivement réservés aux 60 souscripteurs.Nissen IVB 5623 ; Fine Bird Books p. 119 ; Jackson, Etchings, pp. 159-164 ; Wood, p. 435 ; Allibone, II, 1090 ; Graesse, Trésor de livres rares, 190 ; Brunet, 1037.L’illustration comprend 323 aquarelles originales à pleine page de William Lewin.Une entreprise d’une telle ampleur est unique dans l’histoire de la publication ornithologique. En effet, l’énergie que l’auteur déploya pour peindre ces 60 luxueux exemplaires ornés chacun de 323 aquarelles (soit près de 20 000 peintures au total) confère aux Birds of Great Britain une place de choix dans l’histoire de l’ornithologie. William Lewin was born in 1747 in Stepney in the East End of London. In his twenties he earned his living as a designer of textile patterns; by his mid-thirties he described himself as a painter. In the early 1780s, Lewin painted a few copies of the watercolor catalogue of the egg collection belonging to his patron the dowager duchess of Portland. He also prepared a few drawings for Dixon's Voyage round the World (1789) and published his own Insects of Great Britain in 1795, but his Birds of Great Britain remains his chief contribution to field of natural history, to which he devoted that last six years of his life. Ayant accès à la collection d’oiseaux empaillés de Tunstall ainsi qu’aux œufs des collections de la duchesse de Portland et du musée de Sir Ashton Lever, Lewin commença probablement à esquisser ses dessins dans les années 1770, et consacra une grande partie du reste de sa vie à publier et à illustrer The Birds of Great Britain, assisté de ses fils Thomas et John William.Superbe exemplaire du remarquable projet de Lewin qui entreprit d’illustrer son ouvrage de dessins originaux : « the rarest of all English bird books » (Fine Bird books).L’illustration superbe se compose de 323 dessins aquarellés, dont 271 d’oiseaux et 52 représentant leurs œufs.Le présent exemplaire comporte ainsi 1 frontispice non numéroté, les planches 1 à 265 et des planches bis 18, 19, 244, 250 et 255 qui montrent les femelles de quelques espèces ou les variantes de plumage, soit un total de 323 planches. De nombreuses planches ont été rehaussées à la gomme arabique et agrémentées d’arrière-plans peints à l’aquarelle.« Among all our bird illustrators, William Levin is unique in using original watercolours to illustrate his book on British birds. He painted the 323 illustrations sixty times over for his subscribers, and then received complaints that he had limited the edition to so few copies (traditionally around 60 sets)… This book represents the first attempt to illustrate the eggs of all known British birds » (Jackson, Bird Etchings).Selon Swainson, Lewin était "the best zoological painter, and one of the most practical naturalists, of his day."« His birds are depicted in much livelier attitudes than the birds of earlier artists, as Lewin drew chiefly from life rather than relying on specimens. He was particularly adept at painting larger birds, among the best being his great eared owl. Usually he depicted only the male birds but included the females when their plumage differed. According to Swainson, Lewin's « style was bold and his colouring powerful, without in general being highly finished »."Les ouvrages entièrement aquarellés au XVIIIe siècle sont de toute rareté et ont toujours suscité la convoitise des amateurs.Celui-ci est considéré par la bibliographie Fine Bird Books comme l’un des plus beaux et souligné à ce titre de 3 étoiles (p. 91).Superbe exemplaire de l’un des ouvrages d’ornithologie les plus rares, bien complet de l’ensemble de ses aquarelles originales, particulièrement grand de marges et conservé dans sa reliure de l’époque en maroquin vert orné.‎

‎Zoological Researches in Liberia. A list of Birds collected by J. Büttikofer and C.F. Sala in Western Liberia, with biological observations.‎

‎1885 128 p., 1 coloured plate, 1 folded map, disbound (no covers). Published in: Notes from the Leyden Museum.We added 8 other papers by Büttikofer on the birds from Liberia and 4 more on the birds from West Africa and all published in the “Notes from the Leyden Museum”. These include: Zoological Researches in Liberia. A list of birds, collected by Mr. Stampfli near Monrovia (26 p.), Zoological Researches in Liberia. A list of birds collected by the author and Mr Stampfli (48 p., 1 map), Zoological Researches in Liberia. Fourth list of birds (26 p., 1 coloured plate), On a new collection of birds from SW Africa (16 p., 1 coloured plate), On birds from the Congo and SW Africa (36 p., 1 coloured plate), etc. Also added is: A review of the genus Rhipidura (34 p.).‎