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Bennett, Edward Turner Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated. 2 Vols.
London C. Whittingham for Thomas Tegg 1830 First Edition Half Calf Good Octavos Edward Lear
The first publication of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. 1 is Quadrupeds; Vol. 2 is Birds. Vol. 2 is dated 1831, printed by Whittingham, and published by J. Sharpe. Edward Lear's Blue and Yellow Macaw engraving in vol. 2 (p.125) precedes his landmark 1832 book of parrot lithographs. Other illustrations, innovatively drawn from the zoo's live specimens, by William Harvey. Very scuffed half calf, marbled boards, inked ownership from 1850, foxing and some fingerprints on margins; ex libris Albert Westlake; spine labels incomplete, with half-titles. 005610
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500.00 USD
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Greene, William T. & F. G. Dutton. Parrots In Captivity. 3 Volumes
London George Bell and Sons 1884 First Edition Blue Cloth Very Good 3 Volume-set Small 4tos Chromolithographs
Greene was focussed on caring for birds in cages and aviaries. Here he describes the behaviour and characteristics of the 80+ parrots, cockatoos, cockatiels, lories, macaws, parrakeets etc. which are splendidly portrayed in these hand-finished plates. "We have entered into full particulars of the treatment necessary for preserving Parrots in health [ Sitwell p. 103; Nissen 393; Wood p 368; Zimmer p 274]. Octavos, original cloth with gilt parrot stamped on the top covers: vols 2&3 are near-fine, but in vol. 1 the first ten plates have been re-tipped-in; edgeworn. Photographs available. 006138
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3000.00 USD
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Perse, St.-John BIRDS
New York Pantheon Books, Bollingen Series LXXXII 1966 Bilingual Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Oblong Folio Braque, Georges
Translation by Robert Fitzgerald. With reproductions of four original etchings by Georges Braque. A little tanning on front endpapers from magazine review of the book laid in (article now enclosed in plastic). 002221
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