Search Results: zoography by william wood

Franklin Classics. paperback. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

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hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Good copy of this classic of natural history illustration
Famous for its dramatic illustrations of animals, birds, insects, plants in almost Gothic landscapes, initiating the new style of picturesque natural history against exotic backgrounds used by Robert Thornton in Temple of Flora, 1807.
With 51 (of 60) dramatic aquatints drawn and engraved by William Daniell, some after original drawings by his brother Samuel Daniell.
Vol. I, quadrupeds and birds, xx, 572, 18 aquatint plates; Vol. II, reptiles, fish, insects, and shellfish, viii, 618, 19 aquatint plates; Vol. III, plants and minerals, viii, 612, 14 aquatint plates.The fascinating text includes anecdotes about the animals extracted from natural historians such as Count Buffon, George Shaw, Thomas Pennant, Anders Sparrman, and explorers including James Bruce, Giuseppe Acerbi, John Gabriel Stedman, etc. The illustrations are drawn from living specimens, many on location or in the menagerie at the Exeter Exchange. The backgrounds feature Gothic… Read More

London: Cadell and Davies, 1807. First Edition. hardcover. very good(-). 3 volumes. 60 superb aquatint plates by William Daniell (scattered foxing). Large 8vo, diced calf, (spines heavily repaired). London, 1807. Very good (-).<br/><br/> "An esteemed work". Lowndes 2986. Wood, Vertebrate Zoology p. 635.<br/><br/>

1897. London, Cadell and Davies, 1897. Royal 8vo. Bound in 3 fine contemp. full longgrained morocco. Raised bands. Inside and outside gilt borders. All edges gilt. A few scratches to spines. XIX,VIII,572;VIII,618;VII,612 pp. and 110 !! beautifull engraved aquatint plates by William Daniell. Internally fine and clean, printed on good paper (wove paper). An exceptional copy with 50 additional plates as it has 110 plates instead of 60, a number recorded recorded in all listed library copies and in the copies for sale.Casey A. Wood, p. 635. - Nissen, 4460 (only calling for 60 plates).