2323 - 2571 NATURAL HISTORY, HORSES AND HORSEMANSHIP, HUNTING, MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY etc.
- Both vols. occas./ partly w. waterstain in upper part/ margin. Both vols. upper joint starting/ splitting at spine-ends.
= Vol. 4. Histoire des Gallinsectes, des progallinsectes & des Mouches à deux ailes. Vol. 5. Suite de l'Histoire des Mouches à deux ailes, & l'Histoire de plusieurs Mouches à quatre Ailes, savoir, des mouches à scies, des cigales & des Abeilles. Nissen ZBI, 3315.
- Lacks 11 plates; text occas. foxed in top margin, also affecting plate 29. Spine restored and rebacked w. orig. gilt backstrip.
= Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 182; Nissen ZBI, 3808.
- Incomplete, odd vol., lacking 15 plates and a number of textp.; sl. frayed throughout (untrimmed copy). Sold w.a.f.
= Hagen II, 153; Horn / Schenkling IV, 20145; Nissen ZBI 3808.
- Good/ fine copy. Bookplate of Liechtensteinhaus on upper pastedown.
= Nissen, ZBI 3999; Horn-S. 21554. Very fine entomological work with delicately coloured plates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
- Both vols. old owner's entry and bookplate (Nigel Ronald) on upper pastedown; occas. trifle foxed. Otherwise contents very good and untrimmed. Vol. 2 upper joint splitting at top of spine; vol. 1 foot of spine chipped; both vols. worn along extremities and unobtrusive vertical cracks in backstrip.
= Horn/ Schenkling 4949; Nissen, ZBI 1142; Hagen 177. One of the finest British entomological works. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.
- The plate waterst.
Bikkers, W.A. Beknopte Beschrijving van de Ontwikkeling van het Bluschwezen. Ibid., Corns. Immig & Zoon, 1897, 1st ed., (V)-XI,(1),91,(1)p., 239 woodengr. ills., orig. clothbacked giltlettered boards, 4to.
- Lacks possibly 2 preliminary lvs. (title present). Frontcover sl. scratched. Otherwise fine.
= Contains many interesting chapters: "Geschiedenis van de Brandspuit", "Chemische brandblussching", "Uitrusting der Brandweer", "Bluschwerktuigen", "Reddingstoestellen", "Rookmaskers", "Verlichting", "Ruim- en Breekwerktuigen", "Hulpmiddelen bij Ongelukken", "Alarm-Inrichting", "Inrichting van Brandweerstations", "Waterleiding". Rare.
AND a sm. offprint "Enkele mededeelingen betreffende de Zwolsche brandweer in vroegere dagen" (n.pl., n.d. (±1900), contemp. plain wr.). - WITH 2 picture postcards (German).
- Sl. foxed/ yellowed.
AND 4 similar ordinances and 2 fold. broadsides, 18th (1x 19th) cent.
- Lacks plate 26; partly yellowed/ sl. browned; plate 2 printed askew. Joints splitting; vellum sl. darkened and stained.
= Cf. Philips M060.3 (part 1, ed. Amst., 1673)/ Philips M060.2 (part 2). Part 1 is a new title edition of Philips M060.1. Part 2 titled "Pur erga yslatryan, ofte Vuurwerken tot dienst (...)" (Rott., H. Rijckhals). "It is clear from the text and the plates that Babington's Pyrotechnia was the main source of this work." Lotz p.46: "Für Feuerwerk ist in den Niederlanden bis gegen Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts kein einheitlicher, organisch zusammenfassender Aufbau erkennbar. (...) Erst im Lehrbuche des Daniel Manlyn, 1678 in Amsterdam gedruckt [!], werden sie beschrieben und abgebildet." Extremely rare work on pyrotechnics.
- Lacks plate 1; frontisp. vaguely waterst.; occas. trifle foxed; bookplate on upper pastedown. Joints and spine-ends rubbed.
= Philip R060.4. First published 1801. The Ruggieri's were a famous family of pyrotechnicians, originally from Bologna, later settling in France.
- Backstrip sl. sunned.
AND 4 others, i.a. L.M.C. HARE, Salted Tories. The Story of the Whaling Fleets of San Francisco (Mystic, 1960, (photogr.) plates, orig. wr.).
- Owner's entry on verso frontwr.; title-p. sl. soiled. Wrs. detached but holding on cords. Good copy.
= Rare, only 2 copies in Worldcat. Bibl. gantoise III, 3003: "Cette brochure, qui parut en avril 1756, fut publiée à l'occasion d'un tremblement de terre ressenti à Gand, et dont il est question dans la Gazette van Gendt, du 19, 23 et 26 février 1756."
- Backstrips darkened and worn (paper over board sl. flaking off).
- Partly erased owner's entry on title-p. = Rare edition.
ADDED: a stripped copy of Het Lichaam van den Visch, publ. by the same (w. 1 multilayered col. lithogr. plate).
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Backstrip dam. = Podeschi/ Mellon 251.
Aiscan, J. Ribot. Racing- and Breeding performance of an exceptional horse. Die Ren- und Zuchtleistungen eines wunderbaren Hengstes. Echzell, L.B. Ahnert, n.d. (1974), 276p., English and German text, photogr. plates, orig. cl. w. (sl. frayed) dustwr., 4to. - AND 8 others. - ADDED: 15 (mostly) gelatin silver prints of horses, ±1890-1910, between 7,5x10 cm. and 12x14 cm., partly mounted.
- Final 2 lvs. sl. foxed. Extremities sl. rubbed. Fine. = Podeschi 228.
O'Donoghue, P. Ladies on Horseback. Practical Hints on Learning, Park-Riding, Hunting, & Choosing a Horse. London, J. Shiells & Co., 1896, 5th rev. ed., (2),284p., photogr. frontisp. portrait of the author, plates/ ills., orig. gilt cl.
- First and final few lvs. sl. foxed; 1 leaf w. annot. in ballpoint. Binding sl. soiled. = Rare, not in Podeschi.
AND 9 others, i.a. K. BOBINSKI and S. ZAMOYSKI, Tablice Rodowe Koni Wyscigowych/ Family Tables of Racehorses. Vol. 2: 1953-1959 (London, 1960, 1 vol. (of 2), orig. giltlettered cl., matching slipcase, large folio) and H. CUSTANCE, Riding Recollections and Turf Stories (London, 1894, 2nd ed., helio-engr. frontisp., 8 photo-engr. plates, orig. gilt cl. Podeschi 254).
- New endpapers; uncut copy; occas. trifle foxed.
= Cf. Menessier de la Lance (Essai de bibliographie hippique, tome 1) Bourgelat p.156-163.
Verhandeling over de inwendige Ziektens der Paarden. Getrokken uit de Werken van den Heer La Fosse, Voorheen beroemd Geneesmeester der Paarden, van de kleine Stallen des Konings van Vrankryk. (Dutch transl. by?). Utrecht, B. Wild and J. Altheer, 1795, VIII,128p., bound unif. w. the above (rare).
- Partly waterst. in margins, sometimes affecting text.
= Cf. Podeschi (Books on the Horse and Horsemanship (...) 1400-1911) 61 (Lafosse, Cours d'hippiatrique).
- Plates yellowed, otherwise contents fine. Spine and part of covers (sl.) sunned; covers (sl.) scuffed.
Eversfield, M.E., Aiscan, J., Bowmar III, D.M., a.o. Thoroughbred Breeding of the World. L'Elevage Mondial du pur Sang. Die Vollblutzucht der Welt. Dorheim, Podzun, 1970, 635p., English, French and German text, num. photogr. ills., contemp. hmor. w. green letterpieces, large 4to. - AND 1 other in 3 vols.: C. RICHARDSON, The New Book of the Horse (London/ New York/ Toronto a.o., (1910), 3 vols., 29 col. plates, num. (photogr.) ills., contemp. unif. hmor. w. gilt spine, t.e.g., 4to).
- All vols. trifle/ sl. wormholed around hinges/ joints; endpapers foxed, contents fine. Covers partly sl. soiled/ rubbed; 2 vols. upper joint starting.
= A complete run of this work in 11 vols., 1919-1923 being compiled in one vol.
- Owner's entry on htitle; occas. sl. foxed. Spine sl. faded. Good copy. = Mennessier de la Lance I, p.483f.
Meer, F. van der. Connaissances complètes du Cavalier, de l'Écuyer et de l'Homme de Cheval. Brussels/ Paris, A.-N. Lebègue/ J. Dumaine, n.d. (1865), 1st ed., 703,(1)p., 13 fold. plates, later hmor., large 8vo.
- Sl. foxed. Corners showing. = Mennessier de la Lance II, p.603f.
AND 8 others, i.a. COMTE DE COMMINGES, Le Cheval de Selle en France (Paris, 1898, plates/ ills., modern giltlettered leather) and 4 works on French horse stud/ pedigrees.