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First Edition Of This Very Elusive Publication

BEECHEY, Frederick William. Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage; compiled from the Collections and Notes made by Captain Beechey, the Officers and Naturalists of the Expedition, during a Voyage to the Pacific and Behring's Straits performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom ... in the Years 1825, 26, 27, and 28. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1839.

HBS 65699 $30,000

Uncut in Original Boards With Seven Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates

BOWDICH, Thomas Edward. Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee. with a Statistical Account of that Kingdom, and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Africa. London: John Murray, 1819.

HBS 64969 $8,500

With Sixty Fine Engraved Plates Printed in Color and Finished by Hand

BROOKSHAW, George. Pomona Britannica. or A Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits at Present Cultivated in Great Britain; Selected principally from the Royal Gardens at Hampton Court, and the remainder from the most celebrated gardens around London; accurately drawn and coloured from nature. With full descriptions of their various qualities, seasons, &c. London: Printed by Bensley and Son, 1817.

HBS 65200 $20,000

One of the Most Ambitious Early Ornithological Works

BUFFON, Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1770[-1786].

HBS 65558 $135,000

Inscribed by the Author to his Niece

BURCHELL, William John. Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. With an Entirely New Map, and Numerous Engravings. London: Printed for Longman, Husrt, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822.

HBS 64970 $12,500

Catherwood's Landmark "Views of Ancient Monuments"

CATHERWOOD, Frederick. Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan. New York: Bartlett and Welford, 1844.

HBS 64902 $59,500

CONCANEN, Edward. New Matrimonial Ladder. With Twenty Illustrations, Designed by Onwhyn, engraved by Charles Hunt. London: Read & Co., 1853.

HBS 65659 $1,500

With 100 Beautiful Contemporary Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates

DEMIDOFF, Anatole de. Voyage dans la Russie Méridonale & la Crimée. par la Hongrie, la Valachie & la Moldavie exécuté [en 1837], sous la direction de M. Anatole de Demidoff, par MM. de Sainson, Le Play, Huot, Léveillé, de Nordmann, Rousseau et du Ponceau. Dédié a Sa Majesté Nicolas Premier, Empereur de toutes les Russies. Dessiné d’après nature et lithographié par Raffet. Paris: Publié par Gihaut Frères, [1838-1848].

HBS 65221 $45,000

"The Most Important Book On California During Its Mexican Regime"

DU PETIT-THOUARS, Abel Aubert. Voyage Autor Du Monde. Sur La Frégate La Vénus, Pendant Les Années 1836-1839, Publié Par Ordre Du Roi, Sous Les Auspices Du Ministre De La Marine... Paris: Gide, 1840-[1843].

HBS 65310 $30,000

With Ninety-Four Engraved Plates

FORBES, James. Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abridges from a Series of familiar Letters Written during Seventeen Years Residence in India: Including Observations on parts of Africa and South America, and a Narrative of Occurrences in Four India Voyages. Illustrated by engravings from original drawings. London: Printed for the author by T. Bensley. Published by White, Cochrane, and Co, 1813.

HBS 65554 $8,000

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