SCieNCe AND NAtURAl HiStORY

1 BALLONII, GULIELMI Medici parisiensis celeberrimi opera omnia. Genevae: Apud Fratres de Tournes, 1762.

4 vols. bound in 2. 4to, full leather, five raised bands, gilt titles to spines, marbled endpapers. Boards beginning to separate; rubbing to boards; some wormholing to boards; darkening to edges of halftitle and minor soiling to leaves; book plate tipped in front pastedown; otherwise fine. $200-400

2 BELIDOR, BERNARD FOREST DE La science des ingenieurs dans la conduite des travaux de fortification et d’architecture civile. Paris: Claude Jombert, 1729.

6 parts in 1 vol. 4to, full leather. First edition, illustrated throughout with numerous engraved plates, many fold-out. Wear to binding with front board detached; wear to binding; some darkening to pages; otherwise fine. $300-500

3 CORDIER, FRANCOIS SIMON Les Champignons de la France: histoire - description - culture - usages des especes comestibles, veneneuses, suspectes, employees dans les arts, l’industrie, l’economie domestique et la medecine. Paris: J. Rothschild, 1870.

2 parts in 1. 4to, quarter blue morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, title in gilt to spine. First edition. With 60 hand-colored plates of different species of fungi. Rubbing to boards with some loss at edges and extremities; some toning to title page; minor spotting to some plates; otherwise fine. $300-500

4* CURTIS, WILLIAM The Botanical Magazine. London: L. Reeve, 1876-1970.

50 vols. 8vo, Ex-library copies in various library bindings. Over 1,000 hand-colored plates, some fold-out. Comprising vols. 102-111, 114-122, 124-126, 128-132, 136 and 137, 139-143, 145 and 146, 150 and 151, 159, 162, 165 and 166, 168 and 169, 171 and 172 (bound together), 174, 175 and 176 (bound together), and 177. Book plates tipped in front and rear pastedowns; ex-library binding; wear to cloth-backed boards; uncollated, sold as a periodical; occasional light scattered spotting, browning and offsetting; hinges starting on most vols.; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago $2,000-4,000

5 BROWNE, J. Institutions in Physick, Collected from the Writings of the Most Eminent Physicians. London: Printed by W. R. for Jonah Browne, 1714.

8vo, rebound in quarter morocco over brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, renewed endpapers. $300-500

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6 DARWIN, CHARLES Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, Describing Their Examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle’s Circumnavigation of the Globe. London: Henry Colburn, 1839.

3 vols. in 4. Complete. 8vo, professionally re-backed preserving publisher’s original embossed blue cloth, titles in gilt to spines, some pages uncut. First edition, first issue, of Darwin’s first published book and probably the most widely read of nineteenth-century voyage narratives, which provides a detailed account of Darwin’s voyage. Complete with eight fold-out engraved maps and charts and 48 plates with tissue guards. Loose maps slightly toned; a few plates mildly foxed; otherwise a fine set. $20,000-40,000

7 (FOOD AND DRINK) BRILLAT-SAVARIN, (JEAN-ANTHELME) Aphorismes, menus et varietes. (Paris): Les Francs-Bibliophiles, 1961.

Large 8vo, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, chemise and velvet slipcase. First edition, one of 175 privately printed copies on Velin de Rives. Complete with frontispiece and 24 mezzotint illustrations by Mario Avati. Minor wear to slipcase; sunning to spine of chemise; otherwise internally fine. $600-800

8 (FOOD AND DRINK) CHILD, JULIA A group of three first editions.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking. By Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle and Julia Child. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. 8vo, printed boards, lacking dust jacket. Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Volume Two. By Julia Child and Simone Beck. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. 8vo, printed boards, dust jacket price-clipped. From Julia Child’s Kitchen. By Julia Child. Photographs and drawings by Paul Child. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. 8vo, printed boards, no dust jacket. $100-200

8A (FOOD AND DRINK) DOLBY, RICHARD The Cook’s Dictionary and Housekeeper’s Dictionary: A New Family of Cookery and Confectionery, on a Plan of Ready Reference Never Hitherto Attempted. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832.

8vo, quarter blue cloth-backed boards, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Second edition. With frontispiece and seven plates of table settings. Book plate tipped in front pastedown; manuscript ex-libris to front pastedown; one inch tear to f.f.e.p.; wear to boards; otherwise fine. $100-200

9 (FOOD AND DRINK) DIGBY, (SIR KENELM) The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelm Digby Kt. Opened: Whereby is Discovered Several Ways for Making of Metheglin, Syder, Cherry-Wine, &c. Together with Excellent Directions for Cookery: As Also for Preserving, Conserving, Candying, &c. Corrected. London: Printed by H. C. for H. Brome, 1677.

8vo, contemporary calf with gilt decoration to spine. Third edition. Full-page gift inscription on f.f.e.p. to Martin Hawley McLanahan and Elsie McLanahan from Helen and Kit Morley, Christmas, 1922. Lacking engraved frontispiece; chipping to boards with loss to head of backstrip; pp. 1-12 detached as a suite; minor chipping to edges of pages with some age darkening; otherwise fine. $600-800

9A (FOOD AND DRINK) GARLIN, GUSTAVE Le Cuisinier moderne ou les secrets de l’art culinaire. Paris: Garnier Freres, 1887.

2 vols. 4to, full mottled calf, red leather spine labels, marbled endpapers. First edition. With 60 plates. Hinges starting with front board beginning to detach vol. 2; edgewear to boards; minor intermittent foxing; otherwise fine. $400-600

10 (FOOD AND DRINK) HEWITT, ROBERT JR. Coffee: Its History, Cultivation and Uses. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1872.

Thin 8vo, red gilt-stamped morocco, title in gilt to spine, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. First edition. With illustrated frontispiece and partially hand-colored large fold-out map showing where coffee is produced around the world. Manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; minor foxing to verso of frontispiece; some rubbing to boards at outer hinges; otherwise fine. $100-200

11 (FOOD AND DRINK) MCMULLEN, THOMAS Hand-book of Wines, Practical, Theoretical and Historical. New York: D. Appleton, 1852.

8vo, original blind-stamped cloth-backed boards. First edition. Wear to boards with some loss at the spine ends and extremities; book plate tipped in front pastedown and manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. $150-250 12

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(FOOD AND DRINK) SHAW, THOMAS GEORGE Wine, The Vine, and the Cellar. London: Longman & Green, 1863.

8vo, original green cloth-backed boards stamped in gilt with gilt decoration to front cover and title to spine, renewed endpapers, two-page publisher’s catalogue to the rear. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Rubbing to boards with some soiling to rear; otherwise fine. $400-600

12A (FOOD AND DRINK) SAMPSON, EMMA SPEED Miss Minerva’s Cook Book. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1931).

8vo, original illustrated red cloth-backed boards, original dust jacket. First edition. Minor rubbing to dust jacket; edges bumped slightly; minor toning to endpapers and preliminaries; otherwise fine. $200-400

13 (FOOD AND DRINK) VIZETELLY, HENRY The Wines of the World Characterized & Classed: With Some Particulars Reflecting the Beers of Europe. London: Ward, Lock, & Tyler, 1875.

12mo, rebound in contemporary 3/4 morocco over marbled boards. First edition. Lacking advertising leaves; wear to boards at edges and extremities; slight toning to pages and endpapers; otherwise fine. Together with Three Seasons in European Vineyards. By William Flagg. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869. 8vo, green clothbacked boards, title in gilt to spine. First edition. Wear to endpapers with traces of pastedowns; hinges starting; minor dampstaining to fore edge; otherwise fine. $300-500

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14 FRANCIS, SAMUEL W. Report of Professor Valentine Mott’s Surgical Cliniques of the University of New York. Session 1859-60. New York: S. S. & W. Wood, 1860.

8vo, maroon cloth-backed boards, title in gilt to spine. Inscribed presentation inscription on the f.f.e.p. from Dr. V. Mott Francis, brother of the author, to the University of Tennessee. The book is dedicated to Dr. Mott Francis. Wear to spine ends and extremities; minor spotting to some pages; otherwise a fine association copy. $100-200

15 HARVEY, WILLIAM Opera omnia: a collegio medicorum Londinensi edita. London: G. Bowyer, 1766.

4to, contemporary calf, gilt tooling to spine. With engraved frontispiece portrait and plate illustrating the veins opposite p. 68. Repairs to the spine and boards, painted; rubbing to edges and extremities of boards with some loss at the spine; ex-libris Johns Hopkins Library tipped in front pastedown; some chipping to edges of leaves; otherwise fine. $400-600 16 LYELL, CHARLES Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth’s Surface by Reference to Causes Now in Operation. London: John Murray, 1833.

3 vols. 8vo, rebound in black library binding, gilt titles to spines. First editions of vols. 1 and 3, second edition of vol. 2. Illustrated with three frontispieces (those to vols. 2 and 3 hand-colored aquatints), five plates and three maps, two of which are colored and fold-out. Advertisements to end of vol. 3. “Darwin valued Lyell’s work over any other book on geology in the Beagle’s library.” (Herbert, p. 64) manuscript ex-libris to title page vol. 2 and clipped from title and dedication page to vol. 3; some offsetting from frontispieces; conservation sticker to final leaf of all three vols.; otherwise a fine set. $500-1,000

17 MORRIS, (FRANCIS ORPEN) A History of British Butterflies. London: Groombridge and Sons, 1865.

8vo, full gilt-embossed cloth-backed boards. Illustrated with 71 chromolithographic plates, two uncolored plates. Manuscript notations to f.f.e.p.; minor foxing to title page; some chipping to edges of pages; otherwise fine. $100-200 18 (ORNITHOLOGY) A group of four folio-sized books on birds.

The Birds of America. By John Hames Audubon. New York: Macmillan, 1944. John Gould’s Hummingbirds. (Seacaucus, New Jersey): Wellfleet in Association with the Natural History Museum, London, 1990. Prairie Wings: Pen and Camera Flight Studies. By Edgar M. Queeny. New York: Ducks Unlimited, 1946. First edition. American Water and Game Birds. By Austin Rand. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1956. First edition. $100-200

19 (ORNITHOLOGY) GENTLING, SCOTT AND STUART Of Birds and Texas. By John Graves. Illustrated by Scott and Stuart Gentling. Fort Worth, Texas: Gentling Editions, 1986.

Two portfolios, in linen clamshell case. One of 500 copies. Signed by artists and author to limitation page. With original painting of a red bird perched on a branch on title page, signed in pencil by Scott Gentling. With 40 plates of birds, and 10 additional plates, several signed by artists. Soiling and light wear to clamshell case; light discoloration to a few plates; otherwise a fine set. Provenance: Gifted to the Present Owner by the Artists $2,000-4,000

20 (ORNITHOLOGY) JONES, (THOMAS RYMER) Cassell’s Book of Birds, from the Text of Dr. Behm. London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, n.d. (circa 1870)

4 vols. in 2. 8vo, quarter calf over marbled boards. Illustrated with 40 chromolithographic plates. Offsetting from some plates; wear to boards; foxing to endpapers; otherwise fine. $200-400

21 (ORNITHOLOGY) MORRIS, F. O. A History of British Birds. London: John C. Nimmo, 1895-97.

6 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, marbled edges, red spine labels and gilt titles to spines, marbled endpapers. Fourth edition with 394 handcolored plates, more than previous editions. Book plate tipped in front pastedowns; minor scuffing to boards; otherwise a fine set. $1,000-2,000

22 RUSSEL, RICHARD A Dissertation on the Use of Sea Water in the Diseases of the Glands. London: Printed for W. Owen, 1769.

8vo, rebound in 3/4 modern morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and one engraved plate illustrating examples of the windpipe, lungs, heart, diaphragm and liver. Some age darkening to pages; minor offsetting; otherwise fine in fine modern binding. $100-200

23 STEVENS, CHARLES WISTAR Revelations of a Boston Physician. Boston: A. Williams, 1881.

8vo, brown cloth-backed boards stamped in blind with titles in gilt to front board and spine. Chipping to head and foot of spine; hinges starting; minor toning to the edges of some pages; otherwise fine. $100-200

24 TRAVIES, EDOUARD Types du regne animal. Buffon en estampes. Paris: Ledot Aine; A. de Vresse, n.d. (circa 1860)

2 vols. Oblong 4to, contemporary red cloth-backed boards stamped in gilt. First edition. Complete with 48 hand-colored plates of animals, each accompanied by a textual description. Rebacked with old spine relaid; minor foxing, concentrated in vol. 1; repaired tears to some plates; boards rubbed; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000

25 YARRELL, WILLIAM A History of British Fishes. London: John Van Voorst, 1841.

2 vols. 8vo, green morocco boards stamped in blind and gilt, a.e.g. Second edition. Illustrated throughout. Minor foxing to some pages; rubbing to boards; otherwise fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $100-200

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