«Merge Record #»«Title» - Schulz-Falster Rare Books

Bertsche 38a -5, 56 a-2, 57a-1; Dünnhaupt 146, 35 II.1 and 35.III.1; Faber du Faur 1118-
1120; Jantz 313, 314; RLIN/OCLC record copies at the University of Chicago,
Columbia, Berkeley (volume I only), Duke, the Library of Congress, the University of
Philadelphia and the Metropolitan Museum of Art; a Dutch version was published
later.
Natural History Specimen Book
3.
ALLOM, Elizabeth Anne. The Seaweed Collector, an introduction to
the study of the marine algae, with directions from practical
observations of the best method of collecting and drying the weed.
Illustrated with natural specimens from the shores of Margate and
Ramsgate. Margate, T. H. Keble, 1841. £ 750
Square 12mo, pp. 102, [2] errata, with 42 mounted specimens; some offsetting
from the specimens, else clean; green original publisher's cloth,
with title blocked in gilt on upper board, within blind-stamped border,
binding a little rubbed; with the book-plate and signature of William
Wallford, dated August 1855.
First edition, very uncommon, of this charming natural history specimen book, with
forty-two seaweed specimens included. All the varieties of seaweed to be found on
the coast in Margate and Ramsgate are described and accompanied by a specimen,
with the exception of a few which were deemed to be too common or too large for
inclusion. The book was compiled by Elizabeth Jane Allom, a life-long resident of
Margate. She later published a volume of verse (1844) and a juvenile handbook,
entitled Sea-side pleasures (1845).
One copy at Oxford, no further copies found in KVK, OCLC, NSTC etc.
Presentation Copy by Ampère to his Son
4.
AMPÈRE, André-Marie. Essai sur la Philosophie des Sciences, ou
Exposition analytique d'une Classification naturelle de toutes les
Connaissances Humaines. Paris, Bachelier, 1834. £ 1600
8vo, pp. lxxx, 272, 1 fold-out printed plate with two tables bound at the
end; some staining to head of half title; occasional browning and light
spotting, due to paper stock; contemporary roan-backed marbled
boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt; with presentation inscription in
ink by Ampère.