Bloomsbury Auctions

148
BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 715
715. Jardine (Sir William) th e nat u r a l i S t’S li b r a ry.- Duncan
(James) en t o m o l o g y, 7 vol., 7 engraved portraits, 7 handcoloured
additional vignette titles and 222 engraved plates, all
but c.20 hand-coloured (most uncoloured plates in Bees volume,
of apparatus), 2 double-page, tissue guards, some vol. with
advertisement leaf at beginning, occasional foxing, a few leaves
becoming loose, original cloth, rubbed, spines faded, [Nissen ZBI
4708], 12mo, Edinburgh, 1840-44. £300 - £400
*** A complete set of the entomological volumes in the series,
comprising: Introduction to Entomology; Beetles; British
Butterflies; British Moths; Foreign Butteflies; Bees; Exotic Moths.
Lot 716
716. Jardine (Sir William) th e nat u r a l i S t’S li b r a ry.
Ornithology, vol.XIII: Nectariniadae, or Sun-Birds, firSt e d i t i o n,
engraved portrait, hand-coloured additional vignette title and 30
hand-coloured plates, tissue guards, occasional foxing, original
cloth, unopened, slightly rubbed, spine faded, [Nissen IVB 471 &
ZBI 4708], 12mo, Edinburgh, 1843. £100 - £150
Lot 717
717. Kelson (George M.) th e Sa l m o n fly : ho w to dr e S S it
a n d ho w to uSe it, half-title with portrait of author verso, 8
chromolithographed plates with tissue guards, illustrations, some
full-page, 45pp. advertisements at end and 1p. at beginning,
occasional spotting, original maroon pictorial cloth, gilt,
spine faded, spine ends and corners a lttle frayed or rubbed,
t.e.g., [Heckscher 1150; Petit 1302], 4to, by the Author, 1895.
£300 - £400
718. Millar (George Henry) a ne w, Co m p l e t e, a n d un i v e r S a l
bo d y, o r Sy S t e m o f nat u r a l hi S t o ry, engraved frontispiece and
85 plates, a few trimmed at lower edge with loss of imprint, list
of subscribers at end, modern calf-backed marbled boards, folio,
[c.1785]. £180 - £220
719. Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) a hi S t o ry o f britiSh
bu t t e r f l i e S, firSt e d i t i o n, 71 hand-coloured wood-engraved
plates and one plain double-page plate of apparatus, the latter
lightly foxed, otherwise plates clean, old ink inscription on front
free endpaper and bookplate of John Herbert Secker, contemporary
burgundy morocco, gilt, g.e., spine a little rubbed and faded,
[Nissen ZBI 2892], 8vo, 1853. £150 - £200
Lot 720
720. Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) a hi S t o ry o f britiSh bi r d S,
8 vol., 358 coloured plates, some becoming loose, plate-guards,
original decorative cloth, gilt, spines browned, ends a little frayed,
covers a little faded, t.e.g., 8vo [1888]. £250 - £350