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DEUX LIVRES DES VENINS, ausquels il est amplement discouru des bestes venimeuses, theriaques, poisons & contrepoisons / par Jaques Grevin de Clermont en Beauvaisis, medecin a Paris.
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Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1568. (Colophon dated 1567).. Ensemble, Les uvres de NICANDRE, medecin & poete Grec, traduictes en vers francois. Two works bound together as usual. The poem by Nicander precedes Des Venins with a separate title page dated 1567. FIRST FRENCH EDITION 1568. 8vo, approximately 220 x 160 mm, 8½ x 6¼ inches, Plantin's pictorial device to each title page, decorative and pictorial initials, approximately 62 woodcuts of venomous snakes, plants, fungi, animals, reptiles, fish, frogs, scorpions, dragon, a mad dog with rabies. POEM by NICANDER pages: [2], 3-90, [2] - abridged life of Nicander and errata; DES VENINS: [8], [1-2] 3-333 plus [7] - last page blank, Le Content Des Privileges, dated 1565, on verso title page, fine binding in 19th century polished panelled calf by bookbinder Roger de Coverley (his name is just visible at the top of first pastedown), 3 gilt lettered labels and extra gilt decoration to spine, gilt fleurons and rules to covers and a central gilt coat of arms of the 5th Earl Spencer (John Poyntz Spencer) with motto "Dieu defend le Droit", slim dentelles (turnovers) with double gilt rules and leaf in corners, all edges gilt, engraved amorial bookplate to first pastedown of Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates bibliophile. Last page of poem and title page to Des Venins slightly dusty, pale age-browning to second title page and following leaf also title has slight abrasion to printer's device, pale staining to lower margins of several pages, most hardly noticeable, overall a very good plus tight attractive and clean copy. The House of Spencer is one of Britain's preeminent aristocratic families founded in the 15th century, two prominent 20th century members of the family were British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and royal family member, Diana, Princess of Wales. See: The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science & Medicine, Volume 1, page 341, No. 943; A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Library, Volume 1, page 154, No. 2934; Richard Durling Sixteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine, page 263; Hans Sallander, Bibliotheca Walleriana, page 172; Brunet, Manuel Du Libraire, Volume 2, column 1737; Adams, Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe, Volume 1, page 509, No.1245. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Pomponius Mela. Iulius Solinus. Itinerarium Antonini Aug. Vibius Sequester. P. Victor de regionibus urbis Romae. Dionysius Afer de situ orbi, Prisciano Interpret
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The North American Sylva
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Philadelphia: Robert P. Smith, 1854. Hardcover. Near Fine. First combined edition, later printing, 1854. With 236 fine hand-colored plates (both engravings and lithographs) each with a tissue guard. Bound in half dark green morocco, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in two compartments, covers have a large gilt-stamped botany illustration in gold on both the front and rear covers, antique marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, lg 8vo (10 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches). The first volume of Michaux covers pines and firs, walnut and hickories, the second volume presents 20 different oaks, with maples, birches, beeches, chestnuts, and nyssas among other groups, and the third volume documents the magnolias along with ribinias, the tulip tree, the catalpa and others. The Volumes II and III of the Nuttall volumes (this set lacks Volume I) cover trees left out of Michaux as well adding descriptions of trees from Oregon, California and the Rocky Mountains where Michaux did not explore and collect. The first…
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Flora and Pomona; or, the British Fruit and Flower Garden: Containing Descriptions of the Most Valuable and Interesting Flowers and Fruits Cultivated in the Gardens of Great Britain. with Figures Drawn and Coloured from Nature; Accompanied by a Concise Analysis of Their Botanical and Pomonological Character, Thei
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London: Printed for Thomas Kelly, 1829. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches; 265 x 206 mm)With 71 beautiful hand-colored engraved plates of fruits and flowers. 36 of which are fruit and 35 of which are flowers. Flower plates and fruit plates numbered in separate sequence. Each plate with tissue guard. Fruit plates 11 and 12 bound out of order. Contemporary quarter morocco over watered silk boards. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Green drab endpapers. Outer joints cracking but holding firm. Corners rubbed and bumped. Silk a bit soiled. Previous owner's signature on top margin of title-page. Some foxing and offsetting, but mainly to text pages and tissue guards. Plates are generally very clean and vibrant. Overall a very good copy. "In 1829 M'Intosh was offered and accepted the post of gardener to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg at Claremont, Esher, Surrey. He later accompanied Leopold when he became sovereign to Greece and subsequently to Brussels when Leopold became king of Belgium.…
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TETRASTICHA LATINOGERMANICA. Ex Pericopis Epistolaribvs Et Euangelicis, tam Dominicarum quam Festorum annuorum bono studio excerpta, & argumenta illarum partim gnomis, partim Preculis complectentia: autore Andrea Mergileto.
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Title page continued: Kurtzer Innhalt der Sontag vnd Fest durchs Jhar Epistel vnd Euangelien : in Sententz und Gebetleins weise je mit vier Verßlein, Lateinisch und deutsch, fur Einfeltige, Christlicher meinung gebracht. This copy once belonged to Richard Heber with his small ink stamp Bibliotheca Heberiana on first free endpaper. FIRST EDITION 1593, text in Latin and German quatrains, small slim 8vo, approximately 152 x 85 mm, 6 x 3½ inches, 83 small woodcuts of biblical scenes in rectangles (approx. 45 x 60 mm, 1¾ x 2¼ inches), 128 unnumbered pages including title page, collation: A-H8, H8v is a blank, rebound at sometime in quarter leather over yellow paper boards, gilt lettered black label and gilt rules to spine, edges speckled blue, endpapers renewed at time of rebinding. Spine very slightly rubbed at head and tail, tiny scrape to upper cover at lower corner, small library number label on upper cover next to spine, a few light marks to covers, tiny hole to lower inner margin of title page,…
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THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
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London, John Murray, 1892.. Sixth edition 1892 with additions and corrections (forty-third thousand) and an added Glossary by W. S. Dallas at rear. 8vo, 195 x 125 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, folding chart, pages: xxi, 1-432 including index, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind-stamped decorative borders to covers, original patterned endpapers, edges untrimmed as issued, no inscriptions. Binding slightly rubbed with a few tiny white marks, inner paper hinge partially cracked, pale browning to endpapers, minor fox spots to folding plate, slight shelf wear to lower edges, otherwise contents clean and bright, binding tight and firm. A very good copy. See R. B. Freeman, The Works of Charles Darwin, page 79-81 and page 86 No. 439. This is a reprint of the edition of 1876 which contained the final text as Darwin left it which contained small differences in text from the edition of 1872. The word 'evolution' was used for the first time in the 6th edition of 1872. Darwin…
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Pomponius Mela. Iulius Solinus. Itinerarium Antonini Aug. Vibius Sequester. P. Victor de regionibus urbis Romae. Dionysius Afer de situ orbi, Prisciano Interpret
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Colophon on G2r: [Venice: In Aedibus Aldi, Et Andreae Soceri, October 1518]., 1518. 8vo. ff. 233, [3]. complete with the 2 blanks, B8 & G3. Aldine woodcut device on title & verso of last leaf. 19th century paneled calf. armorial bookplate of Henry Richard Vassall Fox, Third Baron Holland [1773-1840]. First Aldine Edition of this collection of ancient geographical texts. Melas was "the first extant geographical work in Latin and the only Roman treatise of the classical period devoted exclusively to that subject." (DSB) His descriptive survey of the habitable world (Europe, Africa, and Asia) includes remarks on manners and customs, details on spectacular phenomena, and speculation on the causes of tides. "Despite his general inferiority as a geographer, Pomponius knew more than Strabo about the positions of Britain, Ireland, and the coasts of Gaul and north Germany; he was also the first to mention the Orkney Islands. Pomponius exerted a considerable influence on early…
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Philadelphia: Robert P. Smith, 1854. Hardcover. Near Fine. First combined edition, later printing, 1854. With 236 fine hand-colored plates (both engravings and lithographs) each with a tissue guard. Bound in half dark green morocco, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in two compartments, covers have a large gilt-stamped botany illustration in gold on both the front and rear covers, antique marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, lg 8vo (10 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches). The first volume of Michaux covers pines and firs, walnut and hickories, the second volume presents 20 different oaks, with maples, birches, beeches, chestnuts, and nyssas among other groups, and the third volume documents the magnolias along with ribinias, the tulip tree, the catalpa and others. The Volumes II and III of the Nuttall volumes (this set lacks Volume I) cover trees left out of Michaux as well adding descriptions of trees from Oregon, California and the Rocky Mountains where Michaux did not explore and collect. The first…
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Flora and Pomona; or, the British Fruit and Flower Garden: Containing Descriptions of the Most Valuable and Interesting Flowers and Fruits Cultivated in the Gardens of Great Britain. with Figures Drawn and Coloured from Nature; Accompanied by a Concise Analysis of Their Botanical and Pomonological Character, Thei
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London: Printed for Thomas Kelly, 1829. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches; 265 x 206 mm)With 71 beautiful hand-colored engraved plates of fruits and flowers. 36 of which are fruit and 35 of which are flowers. Flower plates and fruit plates numbered in separate sequence. Each plate with tissue guard. Fruit plates 11 and 12 bound out of order. Contemporary quarter morocco over watered silk boards. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Green drab endpapers. Outer joints cracking but holding firm. Corners rubbed and bumped. Silk a bit soiled. Previous owner's signature on top margin of title-page. Some foxing and offsetting, but mainly to text pages and tissue guards. Plates are generally very clean and vibrant. Overall a very good copy. "In 1829 M'Intosh was offered and accepted the post of gardener to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg at Claremont, Esher, Surrey. He later accompanied Leopold when he became sovereign to Greece and subsequently to Brussels when Leopold became king of Belgium.…
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TETRASTICHA LATINOGERMANICA. Ex Pericopis Epistolaribvs Et Euangelicis, tam Dominicarum quam Festorum annuorum bono studio excerpta, & argumenta illarum partim gnomis, partim Preculis complectentia: autore Andrea Mergileto.
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Title page continued: Kurtzer Innhalt der Sontag vnd Fest durchs Jhar Epistel vnd Euangelien : in Sententz und Gebetleins weise je mit vier Verßlein, Lateinisch und deutsch, fur Einfeltige, Christlicher meinung gebracht. This copy once belonged to Richard Heber with his small ink stamp Bibliotheca Heberiana on first free endpaper. FIRST EDITION 1593, text in Latin and German quatrains, small slim 8vo, approximately 152 x 85 mm, 6 x 3½ inches, 83 small woodcuts of biblical scenes in rectangles (approx. 45 x 60 mm, 1¾ x 2¼ inches), 128 unnumbered pages including title page, collation: A-H8, H8v is a blank, rebound at sometime in quarter leather over yellow paper boards, gilt lettered black label and gilt rules to spine, edges speckled blue, endpapers renewed at time of rebinding. Spine very slightly rubbed at head and tail, tiny scrape to upper cover at lower corner, small library number label on upper cover next to spine, a few light marks to covers, tiny hole to lower inner margin of title page,…
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THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
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DEUX LIVRES DES VENINS, ausquels il est amplement discouru des bestes venimeuses, theriaques, poisons & contrepoisons / par Jaques Grevin de Clermont en Beauvaisis, medecin a Paris. Ensemble, Les Oeuvres de NICANDRE, medecin & poete Grec,
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Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1568. (Colophon dated 1567).. TITLE CONTINUED: traduictes en vers francois. TWO WORKS BOUND TOGETHER AS USUAL. The poem by Nicander precedes Des Venins with a separate title page dated 1567. FIRST FRENCH EDITION 1568. 8vo, approximately 220 x 160 mm, 8½ x 6¼ inches, Plantin's pictorial device to each title page, decorative and pictorial initials, approximately 62 woodcuts of venomous snakes, plants, fungi, animals, reptiles, fish, frogs, scorpions, dragon, a mad dog with rabies. POEM by NICANDER pages: [2], 3-90, [2] - abridged life of Nicander and errata; DES VENINS: [8], [1-2] 3-333 plus [7] - last page blank, Le Content des Privileges, dated 1565, on verso title page, fine binding in 19th century polished panelled calf by bookbinder Roger de Coverley (his name just visible at top of first pastedown), 3 gilt lettered labels and extra gilt decoration to spine, gilt fleurons and rules to covers and a central gilt coat of arms of the 5th Earl Spencer (John Poyntz…
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe
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London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., 1976. Good. Softbound limp edition. Cased edition also available Illustrations by Peter Stebbing 1976. Limp. Good. Peter Stebbing.
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ICEBERGS AND GLACIERS
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New York: William Morrow and Company, inc., 1987. First Edition. Extensively illustrated with large and beautiful photographs. Square 4to, publisher’s original pictorial boards in the original decorated dustjacket. (30). A fine, bright copy. In clear, concise text and exceptional, full color photographs, noted science author Seymour Simon explains how different types of glaciers and icebergs are formed, how they move, and how they affect life on Earth. He also explores some of their mysteries: Can icebergs be used as a source of fresh water for dry lands? And will the ice ages return, covering the continents with glaciers as they did twenty thousand years ago?
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The Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalist's Calendar
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London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Leather Bound. Good. Half leather over cloth boards in good condition. Marbled endpapers. TEG. With 40 hand-colored engravings. Raised bands on the spine. A few words underlined pp. 115-116. Some foxing. Eight pages have a dark mark in the center of the page, but the text is still legible. A damp stain on the lower corner of many pages. With additions and Supplementary notes by William Jardine. Edited with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author and a complete index by Edward Jesse.
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Winter - Notes from Montana
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The Silence Of The North
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The Polynesian Triangle
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Houghton, Michigan: Isle Royale Natural History Association, [1979]. Softcover book with pictorial wraps. 160p. B&W photos throughout text. This is the original printing, later reprinted by the University of Minnesota Press. Book has been well read and is in very good - condition with wear to the cover image along the edge and reading crease to front cover, corners bumped and shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked with light staining on the edge of a few pages. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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