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Concerning Parrots. Bird Exhibits at the Peabody Museum.
Emilio, S.G.Original price £50.00 - Original price £50.00Original price £0.00£50.00£50.00 - £50.00Current price £50.00Rare parrots. A rare pamphlet describing the parrot specimens at the Peabody Museum, originally published as an article in the Salem Evening News. ...
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History of British Birds [with] A Supplement to the History of British Birds, A General History of Quadrupeds [and] The Fables of Aesop.
BEWICK, Thomas & John.Original price £5,000.00 - Original price £5,000.00Original price £0.00£5,000.00£5,000.00 - £5,000.00Current price £5,000.00Magnificent imperial octavos. An exceptional imperial octavo set, one of only 24 copies of the Land Birds thus, finely bound in crushed morocco. Al...
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"A Machine-Oriented Logic Based on the Resolution Principle"
ROBINSON, J.A.Original price £450.00 - Original price £450.00Original price £0.00£450.00£450.00 - £450.00Current price £450.00First publication of the standard algorithm for logical deduction in artificial intelligence. First edition of the first publication of the resolut...
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A Monograph of the Ramphastidae; or Family of Toucans.
GOULD, John.Original price £60,000.00 - Original price £60,000.00Original price £0.00£60,000.00£60,000.00 - £60,000.00Current price £60,000.00Subscriber's copy of Gould's first monograph. The Ramphastidae (Family of Toucans) is without doubt the finest and most comprehensive work on this ...
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[L'aigle criard; L'aigle criard (jeune); L'élanoide blanc.
BARRABAND, Jacques.Original price £125,000.00 - Original price £125,000.00Original price £0.00£125,000.00£125,000.00 - £125,000.00Current price £125,000.00Original watercolours signed by Jacques Barraband for the Description de L'Egypte. Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) was the finest ornithological arti...
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British Game Birds and Wildfowl.
MORRIS, Beverley.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00A handsomely bound copy of this substantial work, illustrated with sixty-one hand-coloured plates. Originally published in 1855, with Freeman givi...
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A History of British Butterflies.
MORRIS, F.O.Original price £375.00 - Original price £375.00Original price £0.00£375.00£375.00 - £375.00Current price £375.00Charming hand-coloured plates. A handsomely bound copy of this classic of British natural history, illustrated with 71 hand-coloured plates of butt...
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Nederlandsch Bloemwerk.
[TULIPS].Original price £12,500.00 - Original price £12,500.00Original price £0.00£12,500.00£12,500.00 - £12,500.00Current price £12,500.00The ascendancy of the dutch nurseryman. First edition of this striking, hand-coloured Dutch botanical work, in beautiful contemporary calf.'Nederla...
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Illustrated Bouquet- Begonia Rex
HENDERSON, Edward George and Andrew.; SOWERBY, Charlotte Caroline (artist)Original price £300.00 - Original price £300.00Original price £0.00£300.00£300.00 - £300.00Current price £300.00The common name of this plant is the "Painted Leaf Begonia". This beautiful and vibrant botanical lithograph is after a drawing by Charlotte Carol...
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