DOGS, JACKALS, WOLVES and FOXES. A MONOGRAPH of the CANIDAE. by MIVART, St. George.: - 1890

London, printed for M. Jones, 1802-1803.. FIRST EDITIONS 2 volumes 1803 and 1802, by George Barrington Superintendent of the Convicts. To which is prefixed a Detail of His Life, Trials, Speeches, &c. &c. Enriched with beautiful Coloured Prints. AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES 1803. 8vo, approximately 210 x 125 mm, 8¼ x 5 inches, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, engraved title page with hand coloured vignette of an aborigine fishing from a boat, a folding hand coloured map of NSW, 10 hand coloured plates including 4 views of Sidney, A Native Family, The Cape of Good Hope, The Peak of Teneriffe, Pinchgut Islands, Spotted Hyena and Camelopard, the last 2 on 1 plate, pages: (8), 1-467, (5 - index), lacking Directions to the Binder, not always included in this edition, bound in modern quarter burgundy morocco over marbled sides, raised bands, gilt rules and gilt ship motif in compartments, 2 dark brown gilt lettered labels. Pale age-browning to text, occasional pale foxing to a… Read More

London, printed for J. Johnson, 1784, reprinted and published by Sanders Cones and Co., Mission Row Calcutta, 1848.. TITLE CONTINUED: General of ten thousand men in the army of the Mogul Empire, and formerly Commander-in Chief the artillery of Hyder Ali, and of a body of European troops in the service of that Prince. English edition translated from the French. 1848, first published in 1784. Tall 8vo, approximately 240 x 160 mm, 9¾ x 6½ inches, 3 hand coloured portraits and 1 black and white engraving of the Throne of the late Tippoo Sultaun, pages: vi, 1-388, 4 extra pages 253-256 marked with an asterisk, no duplication of text and 4 extra leaves in the Appendix, unnumbered between pages 376 & 377, making a total of 400 pages, bound in full Victorian morocco, gilt lettering and decoration to spine and gilt decoration to covers, marbled endpapers, narrow gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Binding rubbed and rebacked using original spine, shelf wear to edges of covers, thin black stain to lower cover,… Read More

#Paris, Le Boucher, 1784.. Pour servir de Supplement a son Dictionnaire raisonne de Physique. Contenant: L'idée d'un Aérostat; Rapport fait à l'Académie des Sciences sur la MACHINE AEROSTATIQUE inventée par MM. DE MONGOLFIER; Moyens de diriger les Ballons. FIRST EDITION 1784. 4to, approximately 260 x 195 mm, 10 x 7½ inches, woodcut vignette to title page, large floral headpiece to first page, pages: [2], 1-34, rebound in quarter calf with gilt lettered label and gilt decoration to spine over paper boards, vellum tips to corners, new endpapers, edges stained red. Pale age-browning throughout, last page has brown stained corners (see attached image), occasional small brown spot. Very good copy with attractive spine. See: Gaston Tissandier, Bibliographie Aeronautique, page 15, listing the smaller 8vo edition only. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, John Murray, 1845.. FIRST EDITION 1845, Volume I ONLY of 2, DEFECTIVE COPY LACKING 3 LITHOGRAPHS NOW REPLACED WITH SLIGHTLY SMALLER FACSIMILES. 4to, approximately 305 x 230 mm, 12 x 9 inches, engraved Dedication leaf, addressed to Emperor Nicholas I, 12 monotinted lithographic plates of views including frontispiece, 3 in facsimile, 2 lithographed plates of fossils in the Appendix, 5 folding hand coloured engraved plates of sections and 2 large folded hand coloured engraved maps, the last large map of Russia and Ural Mountains approximately 780 x 620 mm, 31 x 24 inches, numerous drawings and diagrams in the text, pages: xxiv, (pages 1-8 wrongly inserted between pages xvi-xxiv), 40 leaves with facing pages with the same number, 41-700 including index, lacks half-title. Rebound in modern quarter morocco, 2 gilt lettered red labels to spine, blue cloth covers, all edges gilt, new cream endpapers. Frontispiece and Dedication page laid down on cream paper, both with pale staining, pale staining to… Read More

London, Kent & Co 1864-67.. Volumes VI-X, each with its own title page except for Volume X, bound in 1 volume, Volumes VI and X defective. 1864-67, 8vo, 245 x 170 mm, 9½ x 6½ inches. Volume VI 1864 is defective, pages: title page, 49-146, pages 101-104 duplicated, lacks first 48 pages. Volume VII, 1865, pages: title page 1-140 plus 1 page of index; Volume VIII, 1866, pages: title page followed by 1 page wrongly numbered 4, 3-141 plus 1 page index; Volume IX, 1867, pages: 1-142, pages 85-96 duplicated, nothing missing; Volume X defective having pages 1-48 only. 1 full page illustration, 1 double page and 2 folding plus many illustrations in the text. VOLUMES 7,8 and 9 COMPLETE. bound in quarter black leather with raised bands, gilt title, gilt date at foot of spine, gilt decoration to raised bands and small floral decoration between the raised bands, pebble cloth covers, marbled endpapers. Occasional brown spot, some creases to lower corners due to bad turning, pale age-browning to margins and… Read More

London, printed for M. Jones, 1802-1803.. FIRST EDITIONS 2 volumes 1803 and 1802, by George Barrington Superintendent of the Convicts. To which is prefixed a Detail of His Life, Trials, Speeches, &c. &c. Enriched with beautiful Coloured Prints. AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES 1803. 8vo, approximately 210 x 125 mm, 8¼ x 5 inches, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, engraved title page with hand coloured vignette of an aborigine fishing from a boat, a folding hand coloured map of NSW, 10 hand coloured plates including 4 views of Sidney, A Native Family, The Cape of Good Hope, The Peak of Teneriffe, Pinchgut Islands, Spotted Hyena and Camelopard, the last 2 on 1 plate, pages: (8), 1-467, (5 - index), lacking Directions to the Binder, not always included in this edition, bound in modern quarter burgundy morocco over marbled sides, raised bands, gilt rules and gilt ship motif in compartments, 2 dark brown gilt lettered labels. Pale age-browning to text, occasional pale foxing to a… Read More

London, printed for J. Johnson, 1784, reprinted and published by Sanders Cones and Co., Mission Row Calcutta, 1848.. TITLE CONTINUED: General of ten thousand men in the army of the Mogul Empire, and formerly Commander-in Chief the artillery of Hyder Ali, and of a body of European troops in the service of that Prince. English edition translated from the French. 1848, first published in 1784. Tall 8vo, approximately 240 x 160 mm, 9¾ x 6½ inches, 3 hand coloured portraits and 1 black and white engraving of the Throne of the late Tippoo Sultaun, pages: vi, 1-388, 4 extra pages 253-256 marked with an asterisk, no duplication of text and 4 extra leaves in the Appendix, unnumbered between pages 376 & 377, making a total of 400 pages, bound in full Victorian morocco, gilt lettering and decoration to spine and gilt decoration to covers, marbled endpapers, narrow gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Binding rubbed and rebacked using original spine, shelf wear to edges of covers, thin black stain to lower cover,… Read More

#Paris, Le Boucher, 1784.. Pour servir de Supplement a son Dictionnaire raisonne de Physique. Contenant: L'idée d'un Aérostat; Rapport fait à l'Académie des Sciences sur la MACHINE AEROSTATIQUE inventée par MM. DE MONGOLFIER; Moyens de diriger les Ballons. FIRST EDITION 1784. 4to, approximately 260 x 195 mm, 10 x 7½ inches, woodcut vignette to title page, large floral headpiece to first page, pages: [2], 1-34, rebound in quarter calf with gilt lettered label and gilt decoration to spine over paper boards, vellum tips to corners, new endpapers, edges stained red. Pale age-browning throughout, last page has brown stained corners (see attached image), occasional small brown spot. Very good copy with attractive spine. See: Gaston Tissandier, Bibliographie Aeronautique, page 15, listing the smaller 8vo edition only. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, John Murray, 1845.. FIRST EDITION 1845, Volume I ONLY of 2, DEFECTIVE COPY LACKING 3 LITHOGRAPHS NOW REPLACED WITH SLIGHTLY SMALLER FACSIMILES. 4to, approximately 305 x 230 mm, 12 x 9 inches, engraved Dedication leaf, addressed to Emperor Nicholas I, 12 monotinted lithographic plates of views including frontispiece, 3 in facsimile, 2 lithographed plates of fossils in the Appendix, 5 folding hand coloured engraved plates of sections and 2 large folded hand coloured engraved maps, the last large map of Russia and Ural Mountains approximately 780 x 620 mm, 31 x 24 inches, numerous drawings and diagrams in the text, pages: xxiv, (pages 1-8 wrongly inserted between pages xvi-xxiv), 40 leaves with facing pages with the same number, 41-700 including index, lacks half-title. Rebound in modern quarter morocco, 2 gilt lettered red labels to spine, blue cloth covers, all edges gilt, new cream endpapers. Frontispiece and Dedication page laid down on cream paper, both with pale staining, pale staining to… Read More

London, Kent & Co 1864-67.. Volumes VI-X, each with its own title page except for Volume X, bound in 1 volume, Volumes VI and X defective. 1864-67, 8vo, 245 x 170 mm, 9½ x 6½ inches. Volume VI 1864 is defective, pages: title page, 49-146, pages 101-104 duplicated, lacks first 48 pages. Volume VII, 1865, pages: title page 1-140 plus 1 page of index; Volume VIII, 1866, pages: title page followed by 1 page wrongly numbered 4, 3-141 plus 1 page index; Volume IX, 1867, pages: 1-142, pages 85-96 duplicated, nothing missing; Volume X defective having pages 1-48 only. 1 full page illustration, 1 double page and 2 folding plus many illustrations in the text. VOLUMES 7,8 and 9 COMPLETE. bound in quarter black leather with raised bands, gilt title, gilt date at foot of spine, gilt decoration to raised bands and small floral decoration between the raised bands, pebble cloth covers, marbled endpapers. Occasional brown spot, some creases to lower corners due to bad turning, pale age-browning to margins and… Read More