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Catalogue of valuable printed books : comprising books relating to natural history, including Bloch's Ichthyology, 1785-97, Elliot's Family of the pheasants, 1872, and Birds of Paradise, 1873, Gould's Birds of New Guinea, 1875-88, Hayes's The portraits of British and exotic birds, 1778, an unrecorded and apparently unique issue, Levaillant's Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de Paradis, 1801-06, Low's The breeds of the domestic animals of the British Islands, 1842, Pennant's The history of quadrupeds, 1793, the author's own copy, and Sharpe's Family of kingfishers, 1868-71, and Birds of Paradise, 1891-99 ; a collection of books on fungi ; botanical drawings, including examples by George Edward Lodge, Christian Frederik Baede and Jean Prêtre ; colour-plate books, books on travel and atlases, including Barrow's Travels into the interior of South Africa, 1806, Bleau's Nouveau theatre de l'Italie, 1704, Daniell's Island of Ceylon, 1808, and African scenery, 1804-05, Hart's Afghaunistan, 1843, Kip's Nouveau theatre de la Grande Bretagne, 1715, Laborde's Voyage de l'Espagne, 1806-20, Pine's Tapestry hangings, 1739, Rowlandson's Loyal volunteers, 1798-99, Zurlauben and Laborde's Tableaux topographiques ... de la Suisse, 1780-88, and works by Piranesi ; English literature of the 15th to the 19th century, including Shakespeare's Poems, 1640, and Sandford's Coronation of James II, 1687, in red morocco by the Samuel Mearne Bindery and with a royal grant of license ; broadsides and newspapers ; continental books of the 15th to the 19th century, including Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia, Mainz 1471, printed on vellum, Strabo's Geographica, Venice 1472, Vergil's Opera, Milan 1474, Venice 1480 and Lyon 1492, Ovid's Opera, Rome c. 1471, Speculum humanae salvationis, Augsburg 1473, Schedel's Nuremberg chronicle, Nuremberg 1493, an exceptionally tall copy ; an extensive collection of first editions of Kierkegaard, including many presentation copies ; decorated book bindings |
