bree c r (4 Ergebnisse)

Original publisher's sewn wrappers, lettering frontcover, 8vo: Slipcase with 5 Vols. CONTENTS: Vol. 1: Anton Korteweg: Voor Mies. Exemplaren met opdracht, een verkenning. Vol. 2: Frans A. Janssen: Genomineerg voor de Best Verzorgde Boeken van het jaar 1512. Vol. 3: Fons van Buuren: Levenslessen van Cato. Het verhaal van een schoolboek. Vol. 4: Cor van Bree: Lotgevallen van de Codex Argenteus. De wisselende waarde van een handschrift. Vol. 5: Marita Mathijsen: Gij zult niet lezen. De geschiedenis van een gedoogproces. 5 volumes in slipcase. Very fine copy - as new. Volume 1-5: Bert van Selm-lezing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1859-1863 FIRST edition in 4 vols. Some foxing scattered through the volumes, two previous owners book plates - Thomas James Monk and Peter Conder (Director of RSPB 1963-1976). Leather binding tight and showing wear but overall a very good+ set. The PLATES: 238 in colour (180 of birds, 58 of eggs): 3rd vol: Alpine Serin Finch mentioned is not available. 4th vol: Pallas' Pratincole, Asiatic Plover, Red-breasted Dotterel, Charadrius Longipes & Least European Sparrow Owl are listed but not available, but there are 2 plates of Levant Sparrow-Hawk as well as the unlisted Strix-Pusilla. Hardback. HEAVY (4.90 kg) - extra postage will be required.

4 volumes. Tall 8vo. XV, [1], 207, [1]; iv, 203, [1]; iv, 247, [1]; iv, 250 pp. 238 COLORED PLATES; some foxing. Original publishers blind- and gilt-stamped mauve cloth; extremities worn, vol. III spine with small piece missing. Ownership inscription of Osborne House, 1945. A pleasing copy. An account of the habits of non-British European birds, with brief descriptions. / "This admirable descriptive treatise furnishes the synonymy, generic characters, distribution, and habits of those birds of Europe seen outside the British Isles." Casey Wood (p. 254). / The hand-colored plates are by Benjamin Fawcett, the highly respected painter whose perfectionism served to splendid result with these plates, many of which also depict bird eggs. There are a total of 238 full-page plates (180 plates of which are hand-colored; 58 plates were printed in chromolithography, hand-finished by Benjamin Fawcett). / Charles Robert Bree was a British physician, ornithologist and zoologist, best known for his opposition to Darwin's theory of evolution. "In 1872, he authored An Exposition of the Fallacies in the Hypothesis of Mr. Darwin, which was widely criticized in academic journals." [Wikip.] His passion for birds is displayed in this lengthy and well-illustrated account of the "non"-British birds. The plates were drawn by Benjamin Fawcett.

Zustand: Fair. Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 complete. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Volumes 1 and 2 bound together, volumes 3 and 4 bound together. 8vo. Marbled cloth boards. Half leather. Raised bands. Gilt lettering and design on backstrip. Frontispiece. Tissue guard. Foxing. End pages hinges are split. Red speckled page edges. Full colour images throughout all in good condition. Volume 3/4 backstrip is loose. Tightly bound. Internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,3700grams, ISBN: