Main Heritage Shelves General DR720 .G55 1562 Book Item-ID: i21959213 BIB-ID: 2346887 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DR720 .G55 1562 Book Item-ID: i21959213 BIB-ID: 2346887 Show less
Birds--Early works to 1800, Birds--Early works to 1800--Pictorial works, QL673 .B45 1555
par Pierre Belon du Mans. Colophon contains statement: Imprime a Paris par Benoist Preuost ... 1555. Each part except the first has a separate t.p. L'... Show morepar Pierre Belon du Mans. Colophon contains statement: Imprime a Paris par Benoist Preuost ... 1555. Each part except the first has a separate t.p. L'histoire de la natvre des oyseavx. First and only early edition of one of the first books devoted solely to birds, with contemporary hand-coloured woodcuts by Pierre Gourdelle and others. It was intended as a compendium of ornithology and includes an important comparison of human and avian skeletons, which became the foundation of the science of comparative anatomy. The work is divided into 7 parts: the first on the anatomy and physiology of birds; the second on birds of prey; the third on swimming birds; the fourth on shore birds; the fifth on galliformes; the sixth on crows and similar species; and the seventh on songbirds. The second part also includes an chapter on falconry. The work was published in two issues, with variant title-pages of the publishers Gilles Corrozet and Guillaume Cavellat. Lacking blank pages 275-276 and the final blank leaf. Title-page soiled and restored, with later owner's inscription, right lower corners thumbed throughout and some occasional stains and minor foxing. Still in good condition, with crude contemporary hand-coloured illustrations Main Heritage Shelves General QL673 .B45 1555 Book Item-ID: i1706692x BIB-ID: 1525358 Includes index Show less
Second printing of the second edition, "plus correcte", in the year of the first printing (which is distinguished by having 428 numbered pp.). "La... Show moreSecond printing of the second edition, "plus correcte", in the year of the first printing (which is distinguished by having 428 numbered pp.). "La différence dans la pagination provient de ce que la table, qui dans la première précédait l'ouvrage, a été rejetée à la fin du volume" (Willems, p. 93). - "Among the earliest [works] to describe Constantinople and the Thracian Bosphorus, providing accurate and reliable information" (Blackmer cat., lot 135, zur EA 1561). - The engraved t. p. shows a miniature view of Constantinople with the Golden Horn. - Somewhat browned throughout due to paper; slight worming (some loss to letters). Engraved t.p. Main Heritage Shelves General DR720 .G55 1632 Book Item-ID: i16817540 BIB-ID: 1507134 Show less
Gilles Peress ; textes de Claude Nori et Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi. Main Heritage Compact General DS318.8 .P47 1984 Reference Item-ID: i24533956 BIB-ID:... Show moreGilles Peress ; textes de Claude Nori et Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi. Main Heritage Compact General DS318.8 .P47 1984 Reference Item-ID: i24533956 BIB-ID: 2623992 Show less