Nature Books Popular and Scientific from The Franklin Bookshop, 1910 Catalogue 24, 1910-11 Season
Chapter 19, page 78 of 2nd part. Very scarce. First Pub’d in 1571.
London, 1651-52. As is, $3.00
1493. New York State Agricultural Society, Transactions. Vol. 1. Revised second ed. Nearly all the Contributions to this 418-page vol. were men of historic prominence, Livingston, Dr. Mitchell, De Witt, Muhlenberg, Noah Webster, etc. Old calf. Albany, 1801. $1.75
1494. Nicol, Walter. The Scotch Forcing Gardener. Instructions on Management of Green Houses, etc. Calf, 201 pp., 5 folding copper-plates. Edinburgh, 1797. $1.50
1495. Niederlein, G. Ressources Vegetales des Colonies Francaises. Folio, 16 + 160 pp., pr. paper covers, map. Paris, 1902. $1.00
1496. N. Carolina Bulletin N. Carolina State Board of Agriculture. Odd Nos., 1900 to 1909, inclus. 32 Nos. in all. Raleigh, v. d. As a lot, $1.75
1497. N. Carolina. Proposals for Establishing a Number of Farms, Like Those of N. England, N. Jersey, Penna., and Delaware, on South side of Western Districts of N. Carolina, for Mutual Benefit of the Settlers, and of the Trade of Charleston, Wilmington (N. C.), Fayetteville, Georgetown, (S. C.), Augusta, and Savannah; and of The Planters on the Sea-Coast of the Two Carolinas, Who Raise Sugar, Rice, Indigo, Cotton and Tobacco, make Lumber and Naval Stores, and May Not Raise Grain or Cattle. Paper, 16 pp., uncut, unopened. N. p., 1816. $3.50
1498. Nourse, Timothy. Discourse of Benefits and Improvements of Husbandry, Considerations upon Justices of the Peace, Servants and Laborers, the Fuel of London, etc. Paneled mottled calf, 354 pp., frontis. London, 1700. $3.00
1499. Pabor, Wm. E. Colorado as an Agricultural State, Its Farms and Garden Lands. First ed. 12mo, 213 pp., illus. N. York, 1883. $1.25.
1500. Parks. 1st and 2nd Annual Reports of Commissioners of Fairmount Park, Phila. 8vo, orig. paper covers, fine copies, illus. by large maps, views, woodcuts. 2 vols. Phila., 1869-70. The two, $2.00
1501. Pascalis, Felix, of New York. His Translation of T. de Berneaud’s Vine Dressers’ Theoretical and Practical Manual of the Vine, etc. Interesting autogr. pres. copy from Dr. Pascalis “to Mr. J. Adlum, Propr. of the Vineyard of Georgetown by his friend.” Adlum was author of the famous little Memoir of the Vine. Half calf. N. Y., 1829. $2.75
1502. Peters, Rich. Agricultural Inquiries on Plaister of Paris When Applied as Manure. Collected Chiefly from the Practice of Penna. Farmers. Second ed., with Additional Notes and More Recent Facts, etc., by the Author. Sheep, loose, 129 pp. This work was first published in 1797. Phila., Re-Printed by Jane Aitken, 1810. $2.00
1503. Pennsylvania Department. Agricultural Reports for 1879 to 1899, inclus. Several years in 2 vols. each. About 25 vols. Colored plates of birds, animals, fruits. Article on Injurious Insects and Reports on Forestry. $7.50
1504. Petit, Victor. Parcs et Jardins des Environs de Paris. Fifty col. plates, 4 pp., of Text. 4to, boards. Paris, n. d. (circa. 1840). $5.00
1505. Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Address from, with Laws, etc. 12mo, paper. 3 pieces. (Phila.), 1785. The same for 1788-89. $1.75
1506. Philips, Henry. Flora Historica, or, Three Seasons of the British Parterre (Flower Gardening). Second revised ed. 2 vols., 12mo, half mor. London, 1829. $2.00
1507. Phillips, H. Pomarium Britannicum, an Historical and Botanical Account of Fruits Known in Great Britain. 378 pp., boards, uncut, broken, 3 colored plates. London, 1820. $2.00
1508. Phytologist, The. First and Second Annual Parts. 2 vols. (All pub.?). 208 + 592 pp., illus. Published Monthly. Dates run from June 1841, to May, 1843. $4.00
1509. Plates. More Than 50 Original Water Color Drawings of Fruit and Flowers and about a dozen printed plates colored by hand. 4to, unbound. Evidently the Originals for the Illus. of some Horticultural Work. The names are written under each figure. Lot, $2.25
1510. Preston, Ralph. The Modern English Fruit Gardener and Practical Wall-Tree Pruner, etc. 12mo, calf, 216 pp., plate, name on title-page. London, 1785. $2.75
1511. Priestly’s Autograph Copy. Twamley, J. A Treatise on Watering Meadows. 5 copper plates. Dairying Exemplified. 2 plates. Calf. London, 1792. $1.25
1512. Pratt, Anne. The Green Fields and Their Grasses. 12mo, pr. covers. 96 pp., illus. London, 1852. $1.00
1513. Prince, W. R. A Treatise on the Vine, Embracing its History from the Earliest Ages to the Present Day, etc., etc. Boards, paper label, uncut, 355 pp., illus., rare, autogr. pres. copy by Author. N. York, 1830. $3.00
1514. Rand, Edward S. The Rhododendron and American Plants. Treatise on Culture, and Species of the Rhododendron, with Notes upon Other Plants Requiring Similar Culture. 12mo, 176 pp. Boston, 1871. $1.40
1515. Rand, Edward S. Flowers for the Parlor and Garden. Illustration by John Andrew and A. C. Warren. 8vo, original cloth, uncut, gilt top, 411 pp., illus., designed half-title in 2 colors, good copy. Boston, 1864. $1.50
1516. Richardson, H. D. Pests of the Farm. Account of Noxious Animals, Birds and Insects, With Directions for their Destruction. Illus., 12mo, paper, 135 pp. N. York, [1852]. $1.00
1517. Robinson, W. Gleanings from French Gardens. Small 4to, 291 pp., illus. London, 1868. $2.00
1518. Roland, Arthur. Farming for Pleasure and Profit. Third Section. Tree Planting for Ornamentation or Profit, etc. Edited by Wm. H. Ablett. 12mo, 157 pp. London, 1879. $1.75
1519. Rowlands, Rev. H. Essay on Theory and Practice of Agriculture and Husbandry, Considering Nature and Quality of Marle, Lime and Shells. 12mo, sheep, 288 pp., Supp. on Trees, etc. Dublin, 1783. $1.75
1520. Rural Recreations, or, The Gardener’s Instructor, etc., With a Treatise on Management of Bees, Catalogue of Useful and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Plants, for Medicinal and Culinary Purposes. By a Society of Practical Gardeners. Calf, broken, 427 pp., folding plates. London, 1802. $3.75
1521. Rural Recreations, or, Modern Farmer’s Calendar and Monthly Instructor, etc. By a Farmer. Paper, 128 pp., illus. London, 1802. $1.75
1522. Russell, Robt. North America, Its Climate and Agriculture. Observations on Agriculture, etc., of Canada, U. S. and Cuba. 390 pp., map and cuts. Edinburgh, 1857. $2.50
1523. Sanders, John. The Kitchen Garden Directory. Treatise on Cultivation of Vegetables Grown in the Open Air, etc. 12mo, uncut, 154 pp., folding plate. London, 1827. $1.25
1524. Scheuchzero, Johanne. Agrostographia Sive Graminum Juncorum. Cyperorum, Cyperoidum, iisque affinum Historia. 4to, calf, cracked, 18 folding and other copper plates, 512 pp. + Index. One of the earliest works on Agrostology. Very scarce. Tiguri, 1719. $8.00
1525. Sharrock, Robt. History of Propagation and Improvement of Vegetables by the Concurrence of Art and Nature, etc. 12mo, calf, plate, scarce. Oxford, 1660. $6.00
1526. Sherer, John. Rural Life Described and Illustrated, Management and Treatment of Horses, Dogs, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, etc., etc. Information Relating to Modern Farming, Gardening, Shooting, Angling, etc., etc. Also Complete System of Modern Veterinary Practice. 2 vols., 4to., half calf, 1016 pp., over 100 steel engravings, frontis. London, n. d. $4.75
1527. Sinclair, Sir John. Account of the Systems of Husbandry adopted in the Improved Districts of Scotland. 2 vols., calf, copper plates, portrait of Sinclair. He corresponded with Washington on Agricultural Subjects. Edinburgh, 1814. $1.50
1528. Sinclair, George. Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis. Account of Results of Experiments of Grasses and Other Plants, Used as Food for Domestic Animals, etc. Second ed. Boards, uncut, 438 pp., paper label, Hullmandel plates. London, 1825. $3.50
1529. Sinclair, Sir John. The Code of Agriculture. First Amer. ed. Boards, uncut, loose, plain and colored plates by Amer. engravers, rare. Hartford, 1818. $2.25
1530. Sinclair, Sir John. Hints Regarding the Agricultural State of the Netherlands Compared with that of Great Britain. Plates. London, 1815. $1.00
1531. Speechly, Wm. Treatise on Culture of the Pineapple and Management of the Hot-House, with Description of every Species of Insects that Infest Hot-Houses, etc. Boards, uncut, 186 pp., folding plan, plate, name on title-page. First ed. York, 1779. $3.00
1532. Speechly, Wm. Same. Second ed., with additions. 197 pp., 6 plates, somewhat stained, boards, uncut. York, 1796. $2.75
1533. Speechly, Wm. A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine, and on the Culture of the Pine-Apple and Management of the Hot-House, etc., Third ed. Boards uncut, paper label, folding plates. London, 1821. $2.75
1534. Statistics, Division of U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. New Series Miscel. Repts. 1 to 7, inclus., with Additional lot of 6 Special Reports. 13 pieces, paper covers, illus. Wash., 1890 to 1893. The lot, $1.50
1535. Steinmetz, Andrew. Tobacco, History, Cultivation, Manufacture and Adulterations. First ed. Pr. paper covers, 174 pp., frontis., rare. London, 1857. $2.00
1536. Steuart, Henry Bart. The Planter’s Guide. A Practical Essay on Best Method of Giving Immediate Effect to Wood by Removal of Large Trees and Underwood. Observations on General Planting, Improvement of Landscapes, etc. Second ed., greatly improved and enlarged. Boards, uncut, 527 pp., 6 plates, 5 of them by W. Turner, very scarce. Edinburgh and London, 1828. $6.00
1537. Stevenson, Rev. H. The Gentleman Gardener. (Also) The Gard’ner’s Kalendar, Management of Bees, etc. Fourth ed., enlarged. 12mo, calf, 312 pp. London, 1750. $2.75
1538. Strickland, H. E. A General View of the Agriculture of the East-Riding of Yorkshire. Half calf, 332 pp., colored map, 8 plates, 2 colored. Chapter on Woodlands. York, 1812. $2.75
1539. Sweet, Robert. The Hot-House and Green-House Manual, etc. Fifth ed. 714 pp. London, 1831. $2.50
1540. Sweet, R., and Don, D. The Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery. 152 finely colored plates. Vol. 1. Half roan. London, 1851. $1.50
1541. Switzer, Stephen. The Practical Fruit-Gardener. Revised and Recommended by the Rev. Mr. Laurence, and Mr. Bradley. Calf, 333 pp., illus. London, 1724. $3.50
1542. Taylor, Jefferys. The Farm. A New Account of Rural Toils and Produce. Square 12mo, 175 pp., illus., lacks 1 leaf. London, 1832. $1.50
1543. Thacher, James, M. D. The American Orchardist. Treatise on Culture and Management of Apple Trees, etc., for Use of Amer. Farmers. Second ed., improved. 12mo, boards, 236 pp. Plymouth, Mass., 1825. $2.00
1543A. Thompson, Robt. The Gardiner’s Assistant. Guide to Formation and Management of Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden, etc., etc. Royal 8vo, 774 pp., 12 fine col. plates and many cuts. Glasgow, (1859). $3.00
1544. Thompson, Wm. The New Gardener’s Calendar. Containing Directions for Transplanting of Trees, Quick for Hedges, New Essay on Management of Bees, etc. 12mo, uncut, 107 pp., frontis., very scarce. London, (1790?). $3.50
1545. Thomson, David. Handy Book of the Flower Garden. 12mo, uncut, 364 pp., folding plates, good copy. Edinburgh and London, 1868. $2.00
1546. Thomson, Wm. A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine. Third ed. 74 pp., illus. Edinburgh and London, 1863. $1.75
1547. Thomson, Wm. Same. Fourth ed. 77 pp., illus. Edinburgh and London, 1865. $1.75
1548. Tobacco. Anno Regni Annæ Reginæ Magnæ Brittanniæ, etc. Duodecimo at the Parliament Held at Westminster, Nov. 12, 1713. (An Act for Encouraging the Tobacco Trade.) Folio, paper, 10 pp., black letter. London, 1714. $2.75
1549. Tobacco. Brailsford, Edwd., of S. Carolina. Experimental Dissertation on the Chemical and Medical Properties of the Nicotiana Tabacum of Linnæus, commonly known by the Name of Tobacco. With colored folding plate, calf, broken, 78 pp., very rare. Autogr. Pres. copy from Author to William Hamilton of the Woodlands. Phila., 1799. $5.00
1550. Tobacco. Moustier, Eleonore-Francois-Elie de. Observations sur les Différens Rapports de la Liberté ou de la Prohibition de la Culture du Tabac. Paper, 57 pp., rare. Paris, 1790. $2.75
1551. Tobacco. Short, Thos. Discourses on Tea, Sugar, Milk, Made Wines, Spirits, Punch, Tobacco, etc. Calf. Tench Francis’ copy, with his Autograph on title. London, 1750. $2.00
1552. Tobacco. A Colored Engraved Plate of Scotch Highlander Taking Snuff, with an Indian (having Negro features) smoking pipe, and surrounded by leaves of the Tobacco Plant. 4to size. Printed and Published by W. Davidson Alnwick, as an advt. of Scotch Snuff. Circa. 1800. $1.50
1553. Tobacco and Sugar. Short History of the Nature and Consequences of Excise Laws, including some Account of the recent Interruption to the Manufactories of [American] Snuff and Refined Sugar. Rare, paper, 116 pp. Phila., Printed for the Booksellers, Dec. 7, 1795. $2.00
1554. Topography of all the Known Vineyards, Containing Description of the Kind and Quality of their Products and a Classification. 248 pp., small 8vo, boards, uncut. London, 1824. $1.50
1555. Transactions of the Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Arts and Manufactures, State of N. York. Vol. 1. 418 pp., boards, uncut, articles by Dr. Mitchell, De Witt, Livingston, L’Homedieu, etc. Second ed., revised. Albany, 1801. $2.00
1556. Trimble, Isaac P. Treatise on Insect Enemies of Fruit and Fruit Trees. With numerous illus. 4to, 139 pp., and 11 finely colored plates of infected fruit, insects, etc. N. York, 1865. $2.50
1557. Trowell, Sam. A New Treatise of Husbandry, Gardening and Other Curious Matters Relating to Country Affairs, Hops, Forest and Fruit Trees, etc. Sheep, 164 pp. London, 1739. $2.75
1558. Trusler, John (of Cobham, Surry). Practical Husbandry, or, the Art of Farming With Certainty of Gain, etc. Boards, cracked, 164 pp., chapters on Measuring Timber, Hedging, etc. London, 1780. $1.75
1559. U. S. Dept. Agriculture. Reports of Pomologist, etc. A Collection of about 20 Pomological U. S. Dept. Agric. Bulletins, 1891 to 1898, including Bull. No. 2 on California Vine Disease by Pierce of 222 pp., 25 plates and a chart. 8vo, half mor., many illus. Wash., 1891-1898. $2.50
1560. Van Oosten, Henry. The Dutch Gardener, or, The Compleat Florist. Second ed., with Amendments. Calf, 249 pp., + 12 pp. Index. London, 1711. $2.75
1561. Varley, C. (C. Varlo in Amer. Eds.) A New System of Husbandry, etc. 3 vols. in 1. Old calf, 320 + 319 + 345 pp., folding plans. York, 1770. Very rare. $6.00
1562. Varlo, C. New System of Husbandry, From Many Years Experience, with Tables, showing the Expense and Profit of Each Crop. * * * To which are annexed a few Hints humbly offered for the perusal of the Legislators of America, showing how to put a stop to runaway Servants. 2 vols., boards, uncut, name from title, scarce. Phila., 1785. $3.75
1563. Vasey, Dr. George. Agricultural Grasses and Forage Plants of the U. S., etc. Appendix on Chemical Composition of Grasses by Clifford Richardson. Special Bulletin U. S. Dept. Agric. New, Revised and Enlarged Edition. Pr. paper covers, 148 pp., 114 plates. Wash., 1889. $1.50
1564. Vasey, G. Illustrations of North American Grasses. Vol. 1, Grasses of the Southwest. Vol. 2, Grasses of the Pacific Slope. Royal 8vo, 200 plates, 2 vols., paper covers. Wash., 1891-1893. $2.00
1565. Vasey, G. Grasses of the West. Part II, Paper, 50 Plates. $1.00
1566. (Whateley, Thos.) Observations on Modern Gardening. Fifth ed. Boards, uncut, 263 pp. London, 1793. $2.00
1567. Whitmarsh, S. Eight Years’ Experience and Observation in the Culture of the Mulberry Tree and in the Care of the Silk Worm. 16mo, folded plate, rare. Northampton, 1839. $2.00
1568. Williams, Benj. S. The Orchid-grower’s Manual. Fifth Ed., enlarged. 12mo, 336 pp., fully illus., colored frontis., embossed stamp on title-page. The best ed. London, 1877. $2.50
1569. Wine. The Juice of the Grape, or, Wine Preferable to Water. Wine Shewn to be Great Preserver of Health, etc. With a Word of Advice to the Vintners. 12mo, paper, 56 pp. London, 1724. $1.25
1570. Withers, Wm. A Memoir Addressed to the Society for Encouragement of Arts, etc., on the Planting and Rearing of Fruit Trees. Second ed. Orig. pr. paper covers, uncut, 40 pp. Holt, 1827. $2.00
1571. (Wordsworth.) Flora Domestica, or, the Portable Flower Garden, etc. 396 pp., loose, name cut from title-page. London, 1823. $1.75
1572. Wonders of Vegetation. Various Grasses. 16mo, 90 pp., illus. Phila. [1848.] 80c.
1573. (Worlidge, J.) Compleat System of Husbandry and Gardening, or, the Gentleman’s Companion in the Business and Pleasures of a Country Life, etc. Paneled calf, 504 pp., illus., contains articles on gardening, fishing and fowling, etc. The Marquis of Anglesy’s Arms stamped on covers, rare. London, 1716. $4.75
1574. (Worlidge, John) Systema Agriculturæ, the Mystery of Husbandry Discovered, etc. (with) Kalendarium Rusticum; or, the Husbandman’s Monthly Directions, and Dictionarium Rusticum, etc. Fourth ed., corrected, etc. Folio, old calf, illus., very rare. London, 1687. $8.00
1575. Yorkshire Agricultural Society, Transactions of the. First 8 vols., bound in 2, half calf, map. London, 1837-45. $4.00
HERBALS, MEDICAL BOTANY, ETC.
1576. Barton, Benj. Smith. His Manuscript Archives of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. Being the Original Manuscript Notes for his Lectures as Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Pennsylvania, to which he was appointed in 1796. These valuable relics of Early American Medicine and Botany are contained in 7 4to and folio Scrap Books, no doubt pasted and arranged by the Author and bound uniformly in half red roan. They are evidently not the entire original series, being numbered 5, 7, 9, 10, 29 and 30, 31, 32. B. S. Barton’s successor, W. P. C. Barton, frequently quotes from these MSS. vols. in his Medical Botany under the term “Barton’s Collections.” It is scarcely necessary to add that the frequent allusion to his contemporaries, especially Drs. Rush, Shippen, etc., as well as passing references to notable cases and events in the World of Medicine, make these unpublished records worthy of perusal and preservation. As they are, 7 vols. $29.00
1577. Barton’s Vegetable Materia Medica of the U. S., or, Medical Botany. Vol. 2 only; complete. 4to, half roan, with colored plates. Phila., 1818. $5.00
1578. Bauhini, Caspari. Theatri Botanici Sive Index in Theophrasti, Dioscorides, Plinii et Botanicorum qui a seculo scripserunt. Opera Plantarum circitre Sex Millium. Names of Genera and Species, with Synonymy. A work of 40 years. A thick old 4to in vellum and boards, uncut, in good order. There are two title-pages of same date. Part first contains 518 pp., part second 160 pp. and Index. Part second is illus. and contains “Plantæ supra Sexcentæ ab ipso primum descriptæ cum plurimis figuris,” and is a Supplementary work to the first, bringing it up to date. 2 vols. in 1. An indispensable link in the historic chain of Classic Botanical Works. Basle, 1671. $5.00
1579. Burnett, M. A. Plantæ Utiliores, or, Illustrations of Useful Plants Employed in the Arts and Medicine. 4 vols. bound in 2 vols. 4to, half calf, 130 finely colored plates. Rare. London, 1842-50. $18.00
1580. Cinchona. An Illustration of the Genus, Comprising Descriptions of all the Officinal Peruvian Barks, including several new species. Baron de Humboldt’s Account of the Cinchona Forests of S. America, Laubert’s Memoir on Species of Quinquine, and Dissertations of Don Hippolito Ruiz on Medicinal Plants of S. America. 4to, boards, loose, large paper, uncut, first ed., 5 folding plates, 181 pp. London, 1821. $4.00
1581. Culpepper, Nich. The English Physician Enlarged, with 369 Medicines Made of English Herbs That were not in any Impression Until This. 12mo, calf, paper label, 386 pp. London, 1718. $3.50
1582. Cutbush, James. Lectures on the Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons, the Detection of Poisons in General and of Adulterations in Sundry Chemical Preparations, etc. Delivered in U. S. Military Acad. 12mo, half calf, 464 pp., rare. Contains a MSS. presentation note from the Author. Newburgh, N. Y., 1823. $2.75
1583. First Pharmacopeia of the U. S. The Exceedingly Rare First issue. Compiled and published “By the Authority of the Medical Societies and Colleges.” Somewhat damaged and repaired. Boston, Pr. by Wells and Lilly for Charles Ewer, Dec., 1820. $3.00
1584. Hill, Sir John. Family Herbal, or, Account of all those English Plants, which are remarkable for their Virtues, and of the Drugs produced by Vegetables of other Countries, with Description and Uses, etc. With 54 col. plates, old calf. Bungay, 1812. $1.75
1585. Hill, John. Virtues of British Herbs. Paper, 55 pp., plates. London, 1770. $2.00
1586. Illustrations of the Medical Botany of Germany. Abbildungen Sammtlicher Arzneige wackse Deutschlands, welche in die Pharmacopöen der Grössern Deutschen Staaten aufgenommen sind. Nach der Natur gezeichnet. Von Eduard Winkler. A 4to vol. of 192 exquisitely engraved and hand-colored plates, with their Linnæan binomials and German vulgar names subscribed. The accuracy of form and coloration in this Icones is exceptional. This work, without printed text, appears to be complete in itself. Orig. half calf. Leipzig, Magazin fur Indus. und Literat., n. d. (circa. 1800.) $4.50
1587. Leonard Plunkett’s Phytographia Sive Stirpium Illustriorum and minus Cognitarum Icones, Tabulis Aeneis. Quarum unaquæ. Titulis descriptoriis ex Notis Suis Characteristicis desumptis insignitia, etc. Three folio parts bound in 2, 250 plates and frontis., portrait, 3 engraved titles and text. Nothing was printed from types; very rare. London, 1691-92. $10.00
1588. Lettsom, J. C. The Natural History of the Tea Tree, with Observations on the Medical Qualities of Tea and on the Effects of Tea Drinking. 4to, stitched, uncut, 4 hand-colored copper plates and other illus., rare and valuable. London, 1799. $2.75
1589. Linnæus’ Materia Medica. C. A. Linni Materia Medica per Regna tria Naturæ, secundum Genera, etc. Editio altera auctior curante, J. C. D. Schrebero. Old calf, folding plate, fine copy. Lipsiæ et Erlangæ, 1772. $2.25
1590. Linnæus. Whitlaw’s New Medical Discoveries, with a Defense of the Linnæan Doctrine, and Trans. of his Vegetable Materia Medica, which now first appears in an English Dress. By Charles Whitlaw. 2 vols. in 1, boards, uncut, broken, fine, clean copy. London, 1829. $2.00
1591. Lukens. Dr. T. The Sick Man’s Guide, or, Family Director. Compiled from Best Botanic Publications, Directions for Using Dr. Samuel Thomson’s Medicines, etc. 12mo, 190 pp., very rare. Bridgeton, N. J., 1845. $2.25
1592. Matthioli’s Great Materia Medica. Petri Andreæ Matthioli. Senensis Medici, Commentarii in 6 libros Pedacii Dioscoridis Auazarbei de Medica Materia, jam denuo ab ipso Autore recogniti, et locis plus mille Aucti, etc. This immense work is based on the Greek work of the immortal Dioscorides, giving the original, versus the revised figures of the two authors on opposite pages, and adding many species not in former authors. Many Animals are included seriatim. The illus. are fine old woodcuts, the pages numbering over 1500, folio, in good condition, half calf, corner broken. Printed wholly in Latin. Matthioli and Dioscorides are foundation stones in systematic Botany. This is the very rare first edition of a work trans. in many languages, almost up to the present time. (R. ro.) Venetiis Ex-Officina Valgrisia, 1545. $16.00
1593. Mattson, M. Thomson. American Vegetable Practice, or, a New and improved Guide to Health designed for the use of Families. Rare first ed., 2 vols. in 1, sheep, 24 col. plates, etc. Preface relates to his troubles with Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Boston. Boston, 1841. $2.50
1594. Meyrick, Wm. The New Family Herbal; or, Domestic Physician. Descriptions of All Known Vegetables Remarkable for Medical Efficacy, etc. Half calf, 498 pp., colored and plain plates. Birmingham, 1790. $4.00
1595. Millspaugh, C. F. American Medicinal Plants, Illustrated and Descriptive Guide to the American Plants used as Homeopathic Remedies; Their History, Preparation, Chemistry and Physiological Effects. The 6 fascicles complete (published each at $5), orig. board folders as issued, 4to size, colored lithographed plates, illus., each plant from drawings in situ by the author, as new. N. York and Phila., 1884. $10.00
1596. Newton, James (the Late). A Complete Herbal, Containing the Prints and English Names of Several Thousand Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Flowers, Exotics, etc., many of which are not to be found in the Herbals of either Gerard, Johnson or Parkinson. 12mo, calf, portrait of Newton and innumerable figures, “curiously engraved on 176 copper-plates.” London, 1805. $2.50
1597. Pauli, S. Treatise on Tobacco, Tea, Coffee and Chocolate. In which the Advantages and Disadvantages Attending the Use of these Commodities (etc.). Full and Distinct Directions for Knowing when Hurtful, etc. Trans. by Dr. James. 171 pp., 2 plates. London, 1746. $3.00
1598. Rafinesque, C. S. Medical Flora, or, Manual of Medical Botany of the U. S. of N. America. 2 vols., 12mo, orig. boards, uncut, paper labels, 100 col. plates, fine copy. This is the most reliable and useful of all the works of this paradoxical genius, and very rare in this original binding, the back covers giving Price List of his Works. Phila., 1828. $10.50
1599. Rafinesque. Same. Orig. boards, uncut, 1 pp. torn. Has duplicates of 5 plates trimmed down and pasted on backs of others; needs rebinding to make a fine set. $8.00
1600. Spratt, G. Table of Vegetable Poisons. Illus. With Coloured Drawings. 2 folio sheets, colored, of flowers, fungi, etc. London, n. d. $3.00
1601. Steggall, John, M. D. An Essay on Mineral, Vegetable, Animal and Aerial Poisons, etc., with Means of Restoring Suspended Animation. Second ed. 12mo, 111 pp., 12 colored plates. London, 1833. $2.75
1602. Thomson, Spencer, M. D. Wanderings Among the Wild Flowers How to See and Gather Them. Chapters on Economical and Medicinal Use of Our Native Plants. Second ed. 12mo, 318 pp., illus. London, 1854. $2.00
1603. Thomsonian. The Botanic Medical Reformer and Home Physician. Edited by Dr. Thomas Cooke. Vol. 1, complete; vol. 2, Nos. 1 to 6; July to Dec., 1841; Thomsonian Manual, vol. 1, Nos. 2 and 10. Phila. Botanic Sentinel and Thomsonian Medical Revolutionist. Odd Nos. in 1 vol. Tall 8vo, sheep. Phila., 1841. $4.00
1604. Thomsonian. Chambers, Reuben. The Thomsonian Practice of Medicine, containing Names and Descriptions of Virtues and Uses of the Medicines Belonging to this System of Practice, Directions for Proper Quantity, etc. 12mo, calf, 449 pp. Bethania, Pa., 1842. $2.00
1605. Thomsonian. (Coleman, Dr.) Number Six, or, The Thompsonian. Conferring the Degree of Steam Doctor on Sam Simons. With Practical Advice. 12mo, paper, 21 pp. N. P., 1835. $2.75
1606. Thomsonian. Day, L. Meeker. The Improved American Family Physician; or, Sick Man’s Guide to Health, containing Complete Theory of Botanic Practice of Medicine on Thomsonian and Hygeian System, etc. Also, Complete Digest on Midwifery. 12mo, boards, 120+24 pp., 2 title pages, very rare. N. York, 1833. $2.75
1607. Thomsonian Medicine. Fonerden, Dr. Wm. H. The Institutes of Thomsonism. 16mo, 123 pp., very scarce. Phila., 1837. $2.50
1608. Thomsonian. New Guide to Health, or, Botanic Family Physician, containing Complete System of Practice upon a Plan Entirely New, with Descriptions of the Vegetables made use of, and Directions for Preparing and Administering them to Cure Disease. To which is added a Description of Several Cases of Disease Attended by the Author, with Mode of Treatment and Cure. By Samuel Thomson. 12mo, boards, 302 pp., portrait drawn and engr. by H. Williams. Boston, 1822. $3.50
1609. Thomsonian. Same. Third Ed. To which is Prefixed a Narrative of Life and Medical Discoveries of the Author; also, Additions to the second ed. and to the third, with Supplement on Cultivation of Bees; Value of Guards and Sentinels in War or Peace and the Danger of their Signals being Neglected. 12mo, calf, portrait engraved by H. Platt, 216 pp. Boston, 1832. $3.00
1610. Thomsonian’s Manual and Vade Mecum. Synopsis of Theory and Principles on which is Based the Botanic Practice of Medicine, as Promulgated to the world by Dr. Samuel Thomson, Comparison of its Simplicity, etc. Contrasted with the Principles and Practice of the Mineral School of Medicine. Compiled from Writings of Drs. Moore, Hersey, Shepperson, Curtis, etc. Pub. by Order of Phila. Branch U. S. Botanic Soc. Paper covers, 64 pp. Phila., 1835. $1.50
1611. Thomsonian. Robinson, Samuel. Course of Fifteen Lectures on Medical Botany, Denominated Thomson’s New Theory of Medical Practice etc. With Introductory Remarks by the Proprietor. Calf, 162 pp. Columbus, 1830. $2.50
1612. Thornton, Robt. John. A Family Herbal, or, Familiar Account of the Medical Properties of British and Foreign Plants, etc., arranged according to the Linnæan System. Illus. by 258 engravings drawn by Henderson and engraved by Bewick, of Newcastle. Second ed., enlarged and improved. 258 engravings by Bewick and portrait. New bound in extra half calf, some pages in front lightly water-stained, very rare. London, 1814. $4.00
1613. Underwood, J. W. The Eight Books on Medicine of Aurelius, Cornelius Celsus; with a Literal and Interlineal Translation, on the Principles of the Hamiltonian System. Adapted for Students in Medicine. 2 vols., 12mo, paper label. London, 1833. $3.00
1614. Vegetable Poisons, Upas Tree, Strychnia, etc. Raffeneau-Delile, Alire. Dissert. Sur les Effets d’un Poison de Java, appele Upas tieute, et sur la Noix vomique, le Strychnos potatorum, etc. 4to, paper, uncut, 48 pp. Autogr. inscrip.: “For Dr. Benjamin Rush at Phila. from the Author.” Paris, 1809. $2.00
1615. Wilmer, B. (Surgeon.) Observations on the Poisonous Vegetables either Indigenous in Great Britain or Cultivated for Ornament. (Also) An Essay on Culinary Poisons Containing Cautions Relative to Use of Laurel-Leaves, Hemlock, Mushrooms, Copper-Vessels, etc., etc. Paper covers, uncut, 103+45 pp., autogr. pres. copy from the Editor, rare. London, 1791. $3.00
1616. Woodville, Wm. Medical Botany, Containing Systematic and General Descriptions, with Plates, of all the Medicinal Plants, Comprehended in the Catalogues of the Materia Medica, as Published by the Royal College of Physicians of London, Edinburgh and Dublin. Arranged and Corrected by Dr. Wm. J. Hooker. The new Medico-Botanical Portion supplied by G. Spratt. Illus. with numerous fine colored plates, 5 vols., 4 to, half roan. A fine set. Best third ed., with 39 new plants, not in former eds. London, 1832. $7.00
1617. Zollickoffer, W. A Materia Medica of the U. S. Second Ed., with amend. 245 pp., orig. pr. boards, uncut, unopened. Name on title. Baltimore, 1827. $2.50
FISH AND FISHING.
(_Including recent importations of old and rare Angling Books._)
1618. Agassiz, L. Rapport sur les Poissons Fossiles. Boards, uncut, 72 pp., author’s autogr. pres. copy. Neuchatel, 1835. $2.75
1619. Agassiz and Baird. N. American Fresh Water Fishes, Six Species of. 1849. Six Lithographs from Drawings by A. Sonrel. Explan. of Plates by D. S. Jordan. Pr. paper covers, folio, 12 pp. Wash., 1889. $1.25
1620. Akerman, John Yonge. Spring-Tide, or, The Angler and His Friends. Second ed. 12mo, uncut, 192 pp., illus., scarce. London, 1852. $2.75
1621. American Angler’s Guide, or, Complete Fisher’s Manual for the U. S., Containing the Opinions and Practices of Experienced Anglers of Both Hemispheres. Third ed., improved, with the addition of a second part, etc. 332 pp., lithographs, woodcuts and steel plate illus., marginal illus. on each page. 12mo, scarce. N. York, 1849. $2.25
1622. American Angler’s Guide. Containing Method of Making Artificial Flies, etc. Fourth ed. 12mo, orig. figured cloth, stained, 224 pp., illus. Rare. N. York, 1849. $1.25
1623. Ancient Plates of Fishes. Recueil de Planches de l’Encyclopedie. Planches des Peches. 4to, boards, uncut, 32 pp. Explanations of Plates, 114 copper plates. Paris, 1793. $3.75
1624. [Anderdon, John Lavincount.] The River Dove with Some Quiet Thoughts on the Happy Practice of Angling. 12mo, uncut, 296 pp., scarce. Copy brought $13.00 in Heckscher sale. London, 1847. $8.00
1625. Angler’s Diary and Fisherman’s Guide to the Rivers and Lakes of the World, With Forms for Registering the Fish Taken During the Year. By J. E. B. C. 4to, paper label. London, 1871. $1.50
1626. Anglers’ Evenings. Papers by Members of the Manchester Angler’s Association. First Series. 276 pp., uncut, vignette on title. Manchester and London, 1880. $2.00
1626A. Anglers’ Evenings. Same. Second Series. With Illustrations. 4to, uncut, unopened, large paper, 283 pp., autotype illus., cuts, angling song, fine copy. Manchester and London, 1882. $4.00
1627. Angler’s Guide, The. Containing Easy Instructions for the Youthful Beginner, etc. (Also) Appendix Containing Recipes for Dressing Fish, 16mo, pr. boards, uncut, 136 pp., frontis. By a Lover of the Art. London, 1828. $2.50
1628. Anglican Friar, The, and the Fish which He Took by Hook and by Crook. A Comic Legend, by A. Novice, A. F. and F. 12mo, 166 pp., illus. London, 1851. $3.00
1629. Angling, the Art Of. Small 24mo, pr. Paper Covers, 64 pp., frontis. and engraved title, fine copy, rare. London, n. d. $2.25
1630. Ashworth, Edmund and Thos. Treatise on Propagation of Salmon and Other Fish. 12mo, pr. covers, 68 pp., folding plate. Stockport and London, 1853. $1.50
1631. Ashworth, Thos. The Salmon Fisheries of England, 1868, etc. 12mo, 117 pp., colored frontis. London and Bath, n. d. $1.50
1632. Bailey, Wm. The Angler’s Instructor. 12mo, 111 pp., First ed. London, 1857. $2.00
1633. Bainbridge, Geo. C. The Fly Fisher’s Guide. Illus. by Coloured Plates Representing Upwards of 40 of the Most Useful Flies, Copied from Nature. Second ed., with Additions. Full diamond calf and gilt, 162 pp., colored plates, best ed., very rare and desirable. Liverpool, Printed by Cruikshank, 1828. $5.00
1634. Bainbridge, G. C. The Fly Fisher’s Guide. Illus. by Coloured Plates, Representing Upwards of Forty of the Most Useful Flies, etc. Fourth ed. 135 pp. London, 1840. $3.50
1635. Barry, W. Moorland and Stream. With Notes and Prose Idyls on Shooting and Trout Fishing. 12mo, 299 pp. London, 1871. $1.75
1636. Bathurst, Rev. Charles. Notes on Nets, or, the Quincunx Practically Considered, with Miscellaneous Memoranda. 12mo, paper label, 183 pp., illus. London, n. d. $2.50
1637. Bean, T. H. The Fishes of Pennsylvania, with Descriptions of the Species and Notes on their Common Names, Distribution, Habits, etc. 35 plates (15 colored), out of print. Harrisburg, 1892. $1.75
1638. Berners, Dame Juliana. A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle. Fac-simile of the First Book on Fishing Printed in England by Wynkyn De Worde in 1496. Introduction by Rev. M. G. Watkins. 4to, pr. covers, illus. London, Elliot Stock. $2.75
1638A. Berners, Dame Juliána. A Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle. Originally Printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496. Edited by Piscator. Bibliotheca Curiosa. 12mo, pr. paper label, 36 pp., uncut. Privately printed. Edinburgh, 1885. $2.75
1639. Berners, Dame Julia. Geo. van Siclen’s American ed. of Her “Treatyse on Fysshynge.” Illus. after the Baskerville Pickering ed., of 1827. Square 8vo, rare. N. York, 1875. $1.50
1640. Best, Thos. Art of Angling, with Several New and Recent Discoveries, Nobb’s Complete Troller, etc. Tenth ed. Old calf, 260 pp. frontis. London, 1814. $2.00
1641. Best, Thos. A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling. With the Proper Methods for Breeding and Feeding Fish, and of Making Fish Ponds, Stews, etc., with Several Arcana Never Before Made Public. To which is Added the Compleat Fly-Fisher. 12mo, half calf, 112 pp., frontis. London, 1787. $8.00
1642. Bickerdyke, John. Angling for Game Fish. New Ed., Revised and enlarged. 12mo, printed covers, 138 pp., illus. London, and N. York, 1901. $1.25
1643. Bickerdyke, John. Angling for Pike. New and Revised Ed. 12mo, printed covers, 102 pp., illus. London and N. York, 1900. $1.00
1644. Bishop, W. H. Fish and Men in the Maine Islands. 12mo, paper covers, 129 pp., illus. N. York, 1885. $1.00.
1645. Bloch, Dr. M. E. Allgemeine Naturgeschichte Der Fische. Vols. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 of the set of colored plates for this noted Fishwerck with engraved title to vols. 1 and 7, dated 1784, including plates 1 to 72 and 145 to 288, inclusive. These wonderfully fine plates were designed by Kringer and engraved by Schmidt, and colored from fresh specimens by hand. Very rare. Oblong folio, old calf in fine order, Library stamp of Albany Institute on each plate. A complete set brought $90.00 in the Heckscher Sale. 6 vols. in 3. Twelve vols. were published. $15.00
1646. Blacker, Wm. Blacker’s Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling and Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon and Trout Flies, shewing the Process of the Gentle Craft as Taught in the Pages. Hand-colored plates. 12mo, full mor., rubbed, first ed., rare. London, 1855. $4.00
1647. Blakey, Robt. Angler’s Complete Guide to Rivers and Lakes of England. Pr. boards, 12mo, 186 pp., frontis. London, 1853. $2.00
1648. Blakey, Robt. Same. London, 1856. $1.75
1649. Blakey, Robt. Angling, or, How to Angle and Where to Go. 12mo, half calf, 187 pp., frontis. London, 1854. $2.50
1650. Blakey, Robt. Historical Sketches of Angling Literature of All Nations, with Bibliography of English Writers on Angling. 12mo, uncut, 335 pp. London, 1856. $2.50.
1651. Book of Fishes. 16mo, 160 pp., woodcuts. London, 1834. $1.25
1652. Boosey, Thos. Anecdotes of Fish and Fishing. 251 pp., uncut, unopened, as new. London, 1887. $1.75
1653. (Boosey, Thos.) Piscatorial Reminiscences and Gleanings. By an Old Angler and Bibliopolist. 2 vols. in 1. 12mo, orig. cloth, uncut, 248 pp.+Index and Bibliotheca Piscatoria. Heckscher copy brought $8.50. London, 1835 and 1836. $6.00
1654. Border Angler. Guide to the Tweed and its Tributaries, etc. 12mo, boards, loose, 208 pp. Edinburgh, n. d. $1.00
1655. Bowlker, Charles. The Art of Angling, or, Compleat Fly-Fisher, Describing the Different Kinds of Fish, their Haunts, Places of Feeding, with Account of the Generation of Fishes, etc. 12mo, sprinkled calf, 118 pp., frontis. This is the Fifth edition, the Fourth was printed by Bookerville. Birmingham, Pr. by and for Swinney & Walker, 1792. $3.75
1656. Bowlker, Charles. The Art of Angling, or, Complete Fly and Bottom Fisher, etc. 16mo, pr. boards, 170 pp., frontis. Ludlow, 1814. $3.00
1657. Bowlker, Charles. Same. 12mo, half calf, 154 pp., illus., colored plate. Ludlow, 1839. $2.50
1657A. Bowlker, Charles. Same. Engraved Colored Frontis., wood-cuts, 12mo, Ludlow, 1829. $2.75
1658. British Fish and Fisheries. 16mo, full gilt, 192 pp., Illus. London, Religious Tract Soc., n. d. $1.50
1659. Brookes, R. The Art of Angling. In 2 parts, etc. Third Ed., with Improvements. 12mo, calf, 299 pp., 135 cuts. London, 1770. $3.00
1660. Brookes, R. M. D. The Art of Angling. In 2 parts, etc. 12mo, calf, 268 pp., illus. with 135 copper-plates. New ed. London, 1801. $2.75
1661. Brown, Wm. The Natural History of the Salmon. 12mo, 136 pp., illus. Glasgow, etc., 1862. $1.75
1662. Browne, Moses. Angling Sports. In Nine Piscatory Eclogues, etc. Third ed., corrected and very much improved. 12mo, calf, engraved frontis. This edition was the first published with author’s name attached. Hare. London, 1773. $4.00
1663. Buckland, Frank T. Fish Hatching. 268 pp., Illus. London, 1863. $1.75
1664. Catfish Monographs. Six Articles on Anatomy of Amiurus. Proc. Canadian Inst., V. II. Pp. 251 to 443, inclus., 8 plates, paper. Toronto, 1884. $1.75
1665. Chambers, E. T. D. The Ouananiche and Its Canadian Environment. First edition, fine copy, gilt top, uncut, 357 pp., illus. by plates and cuts. N. York, 1896. $2.25
1666. Charleton, T. W. The Art of Fishing. A Poem. Half mor., 80 pp., uncut, rare. North Shields, 1819. $5.00
1667. (Cheek, John.) The Young Angler’s Guide. Instructions in Arts of Fly-Fishing, Bottom-Fishing, Trolling, etc. Fourth ed. 77 pp.+25 pp. Catalogue of Prices. Illus. London, 1839. $2.00
1668. (Cheek John.) Same. Third Ed. 77 pp.+25pp., Illus. London, 1839. $1.50
1669. Childrey, J. Britannia Baconica, or, The Natural Rarities of England, Scotland and Wales. Usefull for all Ingenious Men of what Profession or Quality Soever. 12mo, old calf, uncut, 184 pp., Several curious fishing references. Name cut from title not involving text. London, 1661. $2.50
1670. Clarke, Kit. The Practical Angler. How, Where and When to Catch Fish. 12mo, 207 pp., illus. N. York, 1892. $1.00
1671. Cliffe, J. H. Notes and Recollections of an Angler. Rambles Among the Mountains, Valleys and Solitudes of Wales, etc. 12mo, 254 pp. London, 1860 $2.00
1672. Colquhoun, John. Salmon-Casts and Stray Shots, etc. First ed. 205 pp., uncut, fine copy, rare. Edinburgh and London, 1858. $5.00
1673. Cope, E. D. Synopsis of the Cyprinidæ of Pennsylvania. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., V. 13. 4to, paper covers, pp. 351 to 410, figures, 4 plates, water stained. Phila., 1866. $1.50
1674. Davies, G. Christopher. Handbook to Rivers and Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk. Third ed. 12mo, pr. boards, 108 pp., illus., folded map in pocket. London (1882). $1.25
1675. Davy, John, M. D. The Angler and His Friend, or, Piscatory Colloquies and Fishing Excursions. 12mo, 306 pp., uncut, scarce. London, 1855. $2.50
1676. Davy, Humphry, Bart. Salmonia, or, Days of Fly-Fishing. By an Angler. Second edition. 12mo, uncut, 335 pp., boards, illus., most readable. London, 1829. $3.00
1677. Davy, H. Same. Fourth Edition. Half Mor. London, 1851. $1.75
1678. Davy, H. Same. Full calf. $2.25
1679. De Kay. Zool. of New York. Parts 3 and 4. Reptiles and Fishes. 2 vols., complete. Text and plates, 4to., Albany, 1842. $4.00
1680. (Dennys, John.) The Secrets of Angling. Teaching Tools, Baits and Seasons for Taking of any Fish in Pond or River, etc. Edited by Piscator. 2 vols. in 1. 12mo, orig. cloth, uncut, paper label, only 275 copies printed, fine copy, 2 title-pages. Heckscher did not have any edition or reprint of this work. Originally published in 1613. Edinburgh, 1885. $3.50
1681. (Dennys, John.) Same. Introduction by Thos. Westwood. 4to, uncut, 62 pp., fac-simile title-page of orig. ed. London, 1883. $4.00
1682. (Doubleday, T.) The Coquet-Dale Fishing Songs. Now First Collected and Edited by a North-Country Angler. 12mo, uncut, 167 pp., several airs set to music. Rare. Edinburgh, and London 1852. $2.75
1683. (Doubleday, T.) Same. Finely bound in full green crushed levant, gilt borders and design on back. $4.00
1684. Edwards, J. Tour of the Dove; or, A Visit to Dovedale, etc. A Poem. Second edition. 12mo, original printed boards, uncut, 122 pp. London, n. d. $2.50
1685. Eigenman, Carl H., and R. S. A Revision of the S. American Mematognathi, or Catfishes. Pr. paper covers, uncut, 508 pp., illus., folding map. (Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., No. 1.) San Francisco, 1890. $2.50
1686. Faber, G. L. The Fisheries of the Adriatic and the Fish Thereof. A Report of the Austro-Hungarian Sea Fisheries. With a detailed Description of the Marine Fauna of the Adriatic Gulf. 4to., uncut, 18 wood engravings. London, 1883. $1.75
1687. Fennell, G. The Rail and the Rod, or, Tourist-Angler’s Guide to Waters and Quarters 30 Miles around London. By Greville Fennell (Barnes). Nos. 1 to 6, inclus. All published in Bib. Pisc. 12mo, half mor., loose, title-page of No. 5 missing. London, 1867-71. $3.50
1688. Fisher Boy, the. A Poem Comprising His Several Avocations During the Year. By H. C. 12mo, boards, uncut, illus. London, n. d., circa. 1834. $2.00
1689. Fisher, P. The Angler’s Souvenir. New Ed. Edited by G. Christopher Davies. 310 pp., full gilt, fine engravings on heavy plate paper and woodcut borders, etc. London (1877). $2.50
1690. (Fitzgibbon, Edward.) “Ephemera.” A Handbook of Angling, Teaching Fly-Fishing, Trolling, Bottom-Fishing and Salmon-Fishing. With Natural History of River Fish, etc. Third ed., corrected, etc. 12mo, uncut, 312 pp., illus. London, 1853. $2.50
1691. Forbes, S. A. Studies of the Food of Fishes of Illinois. Bull. Ill. State Lab. N. Hist., Vol. II. Pr. paper covers. Peoria, 1888. $1.00
1692. Forrester, Frank. Fishing with Hook and Line. 12mo, Printed covers, 64 pp., illus., book-plate of Thomas Satchell, the bibliophile fisherman, on cover. N. York, n. d. $3.00
1693. Francis, Francis. A Book on Angling. A Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling in Every Branch. Second ed., revised and much enlarged. Orig. cloth, uncut, 472 pp., many colored plates of flies and other illus., valuable. London, 1867. $3.00
1694. Francis, F. Same. Fourth ed., Revised. 12mo, uncut, 508 pp., plain and colored plates, valuable. London, 1876. $3.00
1695. Francis, F. Fish Culture. Practical Guide to Breeding and Rearing Fish. First ed. 12mo, 267 pp., unopened, illus. London and N. York, 1863. $2.00
1695A. Franck, Richard. Philanthropus. Fishing, etc. Northern Memoirs, calculated for the Meridian of Scotland; also the Contemplative and Practical Angler. Writ in the Year 1658. New edition, with Preface and Notes by Sir Walter Scott. Boards, uncut, paper labels, rare, 379 pp. Edinburgh, 1821. $3.75
1696. Fraser, Alex. Natural History of Salmon, Herrings, Cod, Ling, etc. With a Short Account of Greenland. Second ed. 12mo, boards, paper label, uncut, 132 pp. Inverness, 1833. $2.00
1697. Garlick, Theodatus. A Treatise on the Artificial Propagation of Fish, Descriptions and Habits of kinds suitable for Pisciculture. 142 pp., illus. New York, 1858. $1.50
1698. Garman, S. Three Papers. (1) N. Sp. Fish. (2) Gila Monster. (3) Turtles. Stitched, illus., Bull. Essex Inst. Salem, 1890. $1.00
1699. Gill, Bean, Goode and Jordan’s Monographs of American Fishes, in the octavo publications of the National Museum, four titles, paper edition. Each 75c. to $1.25
1700. Goode, G. Brown. American Fishes. A Popular Treatise on Food and Game Fishes of N. America, their Habits and Mode of Capture. Colored frontis. of Trout, cuts in text, 4to. Phila., 1888. $2.25
1701. Goode, G. B., et al. American Game Fishes, their Habits, Peculiarities; How, When and Where to Angle for Them. By Prof. G. Brown Goode, W. N. Haldeman, Prof. David Starr Jordan, G. O. Shields and others. As new, 580 pp., numerous illus., 2 col. plates. Chicago, 1892. $2.75
1702. Grant, Corrie. The Ground Game Act, 1880, with Exposition, Appendix, Notes and Forms. Second ed. Printed covers, 35 pp. London, n. d. $1.00
1704. Hackle, Palmer. (Robert Blaikie.) Hints on Angling, Suggestions for Angling Excursions in France and Belgium, etc. 339 pp. London, 1846. $3.50
1705. Hansard, George Agar. Trout and Salmon Fishing in Wales. 12mo, half calf, 223 pp., book-plate of Walter Prideaux. London, 1834. $1.50
1706. Hayling Island, Guide To. New ed. 12mo, 60 pp., illus., map. Hayling, n. d. (Opposite Isle of Wight, England.) $1.75
1707. Herbert, Henry W. Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing of the U. S. and British Provinces of N. America. 455 pp., illus., uncut. London, 1849. $3.75
1708. Hicks, J. Wanderings by the Locks and Streams of Assynt, and the North Highlands of Scotland. 12mo, 272 pp., illus., colored frontis. London, 1855. $2.00
1709. Hind, Henry Youle. Effect of Fishery Clauses of Treaty of Washington on Fisheries and Fishermen of Br. N. America. Tall 4to, 67 pp., large folding colored map. Halifax, N. S., 1877. $2.75
1710. Holdsworth, E. W. H. (and) Young, Archibald. Sea Fisheries. Salmon Fisheries. 2 titles, 12mo, uncut, 300 pp., illus. London, 1877. $1.50
1711. Hopkins’ Laboratory Contribution and Leland Stanford U. Publications. 5 Pamphlets on Fishes by Jordan, Cramer, Starks and Rutter. Plates. Palo Alto, 1895-96. $1.50
1712. Houghton, Rev. W. British Fresh-water Fishes. Illus. with a Coloured Figure of Each Species Drawn from Nature by A. F. Lydon, and Numerous Engravings. 2 Vols., folio, pp. xxvi+204, colored plates, half mor. London, Edinburgh and London, (1879). $9.50
1713. How to Catch Trout. By Three Anglers. Fourth ed. Pr. boards, 12mo, 83 pp., illus. Edinburgh, 1889. $1.00
1714. Hutchinson, Thos. Natural History of the Frog Fish of Surinm, (So. Am.) 4to, paper, 8 pp., plates. York (Eng.), (1796). $3.00
1715. Jesse, Edward. An Angler’s Rambles. 318 pp., uncut. London, 1836. $2.50
1716. Jordan & Evermann. The Fishes of North and Middle America. 4 vols. Bulletins U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 47. An exhaustive Treatise on the Species of Fish-like Vertebrates found in the Waters of N. America, North of the Isthmus of Panama. Complete set. Wash., 1896-98. $16.00
1717. Jordan, D. S., and Gilbert, C. H. Synopsis of the Fishes of N. America. Bull. U. S. Nat. Museum, Vol. III, No. 16. Pr. paper covers, printed paper label, 1074 pp., uncut. Wash., 1882. $2.75
1718. Knox, Dr. Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland, with History of Propagation, Growth, etc., of Salmon. 12mo, half calf, 144 pp., illus., name on title-page. London and N. York, 1854. $2.00
1719. Knox, A. E. Autumns on the Spey. 12mo, uncut, 171 pp., illus. Refers to fish and fishing. London, 1872. $2.00
1720. Kingsley, Charles. Fishing. Glaucus, or, the Wonders of the Shore. First Amer. Ed. 12mo, 165 pp. Boston, 1855. $1.75
1721. Lambert, Osmund. Angling Literature in England. Descriptions of Fishing by the Ancients, Notice of Books on Piscatorial Subjects. First ed. 12mo, orig. vellum, uncut, 87 pp. London, 1881. $1.75
1722. Lang, Andrew. Angling Sketches. First ed. 4to, 176 pp., 3 etchings and numerous illus. London and N. York, 1891. $3.50
1723. Lang, Andrew. Angling Sketches. Second ed. (Same Year as First ed.) 4to, 176 pp., 3 etchings and numerous illus. London and New York, 1891. $2.50
1724. Lord, W. B. Sea Fish and How to Catch Them. 12mo, Pr. covers, 117 pp., illus. London, n. d. $1.00
1725. Mackintosh, Alex. The Modern Fisher, or, Driffield Angler. In 2 parts. (Also) Instructions for Shooting, Breeding, etc., of Pointers and Spaniels, Short Treatise on Coursing, etc. 12mo, boards, uncut, 249 pp. Derby, n. d. $2.50
1726. (Marston, Edward.) An Amateur Angler’s Days in Dove Dale. How I Spent my Three Weeks’ Holidays. 16mo, gilt edges, 88 pp. London, 1884. $1.50
1727. (March, J.) The Jolly Angler, or, Water Side Companion. Account of Best Places, Tackle, Baits, etc. Second ed. 12mo, boards, 104 pp., illus. London (1831). $2.00
1728. (March, J.) Same. Third edition. (1836). $2.00
1729. Mass. Fishes. Reports of Commis. Zool. Survey. Contains Storer’s Rept. on Fishes. Pr. covers, uncut, 107 pp. Boston, 1838. $1.00
1730. Mass. Zoology of. Reports on Fishes, Reptiles and Birds of. Fishes and Reptiles by Storer; Birds by Peabody. Paper covers, uncut, 426 pp., 4 plates, rare. Boston, 1839. $3.00
1731. Medwin, Thos. The Angler in Wales, or, Days and Nights of Sportsmen. 2 vols. 336 pp.+348 pp., Etchings by T. Landseer; Cuts by Jackson, Bewick’s pupil. London, 1834. $4.00
1732. Meek, S. E. Fresh Water Fishes of Mexico, North of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Zool. Series, V. 5. Field Columbian Mus. Pub. 93. Pr. paper covers, many illus., 252 pp., uncut. Chicago, 1904. $2.00
1733. Moffatt, A. S. The Secrets of Angling. 12mo, 326 pp., Illus. Edinburgh, 1865. $2.50
1734. New Jersey Fishes. Annual Report of N. J. State Museum, 1905, with Report of Fresh and Salt Water Fish found in the Waters of New Jersey, by Fowler. Fully illus., 103 plates of Fish, 477 pp. Trenton, 1906. $1.50
1735. New Jersey. Reports of the Fish Commissioners, First to Tenth, inclus. Orig. paper covers, very scarce. Trenton, 1871-83. $4.00
1736. Nicols, Arthur. Acclimatisation of the Salmondæ at the Antipodes; Its History and Results. 238 pp., London, 1882. $1.50
1737. Norris, Thaddeus. American Fish Culture, Embracing Artificial Breeding and Rearing of Trout; Culture of Salmon, Shad, etc. First ed. 304 pp., illus., frontis. Phila., 1868. $1.75
1738. Oliver, Stephen. Scenes and Recollections of Fly-Fishing in Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland. 12mo, uncut, 212 pp., illus. An interesting little volume which was not in Heckscher’s collection. It is illus. with head and tail-pieces in wood and contains 2 songs which were afterward included in the New Castle Fisher’s Garland. It contains a review of old angling literature by the author. Scarce. London, 1834. $3.50
1739. Oliver, S. Same. Full calf, gilt, gilt top, bound by tout. $6.00
1740. Ongaro, Antonio. Dell’ Alceo Favola Pescatoria. Nouva Edizione. 16mo, full calf, and gilt. Londra, 1737. $3.00
1741. Peard, Wm. Practical Water-Farming. 12mo, 256 pp. Edinburgh 1868. $2.00
1742. Pennell, H. Cholmondeley. The Book of the Pike. Treatise on Methods of Jack Fishing, etc. 12mo, uncut, 254 pp., illus. London and N. York, n. d. $1.75
1743. Pennell, H. C. Same. Second Ed., Gilt top, Illus., Colored frontis. London, and N. York, 1870. $2.00
1744. Pennell, H. C. The Angler-Naturalist. Popular History of British Fresh-Water Fish, with Explanation of Rudiments of Ichthyology. 12mo, uncut, illus. London and N. York, n. d. $2.75
1745. Pennell, H. C. Fishing Gossip, or, Stray Leaves from the Note Books of Several Anglers. 329 pp., uncut, unopened, frontis., fine copy. Edinburgh, 1866. $3.50
1746. Pennell, H. C. Fly-Fishing and Worm-Fishing for Salmon, Trout, and Grayling. 12mo, pr. boards, 120 pp., illus. London, (1875). $1.25
1747. Pennsylvania Commissioners of Fisheries Reports for 1881-82 to 1901, inclus. 13 consecutive vols. variously bound (one in paper, others cloth and half Russia). Many colored plates of Fishes and numerous other illus. Contains the valuable illus. monog. of Penna. Fishes by Tarleton Bean. The set, $5.75
1748. Same, for 1889-90-91. Contains Bean’s Monograph on Fishes of Pennsylvania, with many plates, plain and colored, valuable. $1.75
1749. Phillips, Henry. The True Enjoyment of Angling. 138 pp., Uncut, portrait poems set to music for each month. Only 400 printed, rare. London, 1843. $3.50
1750. Pritt, T. E. The Book of the Grayling. Being a Description of the Fish and the Art of Angling for Him, as Practised Chiefly in the Midlands and the North of England. With 3 Illus. in Chromo-lithography. Imperial 4to, large paper, 64 pp., col. plates, fine copy. Leeds, 1888. $5.00
1751. Procter, George H. The Fishermen’s Memorial and Record Book. List of Vessels and Crews Lost from the Port of Gloucester from the Year 1830 to Oct. 1, 1873, with Valuable Statistics of the Fishing Business, Off-Hand Sketches, Big Trips, Narrow Escapes, Maritime Poetry, and Other Matters of Interest to these Toilers of the Sea. 172 pp., illus. Gloucester, 1873. $2.00
1752. Pulman, G. P. R. Vade-Mecum, or, Fly-Fishing for Trout, etc. 12mo, uncut, illus., 186 pp. Third ed., re-written and enlarged. London, 1851. $2.50
1753. Rafinesque, C. S. Ichthyologia Ohiensis, or, Natural History of the Fishes Inhabiting the River Ohio and Its Tributary Streams. A verbatum et literatum reprint of the original with a sketch of the Life, the Ichthyological Work and the Ichthyologic Bibliography of Rafinesque. By R. E. Call. Orig. cloth, paper label, uncut, as new. Only 200 copies printed. The original edition was printed at Lexington, Ky., in 1820, and has sold as high as $253.00, the above reprint went for $10.00 in Heckscher Sale. Cleveland, 1899. $2.50
1754. Ravenstein, E. G. Oarsman’s and Angler’s Map of the River Thames. Folded to 12mo folder. London, n. d. $1.00.
1755. Rennie, James. Alphabet of Scientific Angling for the Use of Beginners. 16mo, uncut, paper label, 138 pp., illus. London, 1833. $1.75
1756. Rooper, George. Thames and Tweed. 12mo, 142 pp. London and N. York, n. d. $1.50
1757. Roosevelt, R. B. Game Fish of the Northern States and British Provinces, with Account of Salmon and Sea-Trout Fishing of Canada, etc., etc. First ed. 12mo, 324 pp., illus. N. York, 1884. $1.75
1758. Roscoe, E. S. Rambles with a Fishing-Rod. 12mo, 152pp. Edinburgh and London, 1883. $1.50
1759. Russell, Alex. The Salmon. 248 pp., Uncut. Edinburgh, 1864. First edition in book form. $1.75
1760. Salter, T. F. The Angler’s Guide. A Complete Practical Treatise on the Art of Angling for Sea, River and Pond Fish. Third ed. Half calf, 314 pp., copper plates, name on back of 2 plates. London, 1815. $2.50
1761. Salter T. F. Same. Fourth ed. Orig. printed boards, uncut, 308 pp., illus. Autogr. inscription: “Stanhope Hawke, a gift from his Father, Lord Hawke, Augt. 13, 1821.” This ed. not in Heckscher, rare. London, 1816. $3.75
1762. Salter, T. F. Same. Fifth ed., with Author’s Celebrated Treatise on Trolling. 12mo, uncut, illus., map, 373 pp., name on title-page. London, 1823. $2.00
1763. Salter, T. F. Same. Eighth ed. 12mo, half mor., uncut, gilt top, extra illus. by insertion of numerous plates, portrait, very rare. London, 1833. $4.00
1764. Schuylkill Fishing Company. An Authentic Historical Memoir of the State in Schuylkill from its Establishment on that Romantic Stream, near Philadelphia, in the year 1732, to the Present Time. By a member (Mr. Milnor). 8vo, orig. cloth, paper label, illus. by lithographs, 127 pp. Phila., 1830. To which is Appended Memoirs of the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club near Philadelphia, illus., 57 pp. As originally published, bound together. This Club is the Oldest Sporting Fraternity ever established among English-speaking people that continues to exist under its original Charter and Rules of Government. Its more prominent Members were all more or less influential in the Affairs of the American Revolution, and it forms one of the most interesting books ever written on the subject of early American Sport and Fishing. Phila., 1830. $16.00
1765. Scott, Genio C. Fishing in American Waters. New ed., containing Parts 6 and 7 on Southern and Miscellaneous Fishes. 539 pp., many illus., frontis. N. York, 1875. $2.00
1765A. Scrope, Wm. Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed, with Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon, Instructions to Sportsmen, Anecdotes, etc. Plain and colored illus. by L. Haghe, T. Landseer and S. Williams. Royal 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt figured, uncut, binding worn. The very rare First edition, a clean copy within and would rebind to a fine copy. John Murray, London, 1843. $55.00
1766. Seabury, George J. An Ode to Lake Bass. Oblong 8vo, nicely illus. and with cover in colors. N. York (1890). $1.50
1767. Second Presbyterian Fishing Club of Philadelphia. A Folio Scrap Book of Unique Historic Value and Interest. Containing a Collection of the Correspondence _re_ the affairs of the Club, original Pen and Ink Sketches of a humorous nature by members, tickets, mementoes, photographs, the printed Logs of the Club from the first issue (the 8th cruise) to the 16th cruise inclusive; also Reports of other Cruising Clubs, etc. Many of the Letters are written by men of note in the Sporting and Political World. The size of the vol. is 16 × 11 inches, and there are 200 pp. containing about 600 items. The Collection was made by a former Secretary (the Club is no longer in existence) during the period 1878 to 1883. $250.00
1768. Second Presbyterian Fishing Club Cruises. Logs of the 12th to the 17th Annual Cruise, inclus., 1882-1887. One of the most amusing and facetiously Illustrated Club publications ever issued. Orig. pr. paper covers, fine condition. The first of these publications was issued for the 8th Cruise. 6 vols. Phila., 1882-87. $7.50
1769. Second Presbyterian Fishing Club Logs. Odd vols. $1.00 to $2.00
1770. Senior, WM. Travel and Trout in the Antipodes. An Angler’s Sketches in Tasmania and New Zealand. 315 pp., illus. London, 1880. $1.75
1771. Shipley, WM. A True Treatise on the Art of Fly-Fishing, Trolling, etc. Applicable to every Trout and Grayling River in the Empire. Edited by Edward Fitzgibbon. 264 pp., uncut, illus. First ed. London, 1838. $3.00
1772. (Shirley, Thos.) The Angler’s Museum, or, The Whole Art of Float and Fly-Fishing. Third ed., to which is Prefixed the Sermon of St. Anthony to a Miraculous Congregation of Fishes. 12mo, old calf, 135 pp., vignette on title, fine portrait of old John Kirby, rare. London, John Fielding, no date. $3.75
1773. Simeon, Cornwall. Stray Notes on Fishing and Nat. History. Engr. title-page, frontis., 256 pp., 12mo. Cambridge and London, 1860. $1.50
1774. Smith, Jerome V. C. Natural History of Fishes of Mass., Embracing Practical Essay on Angling. First ed. 12mo, orig. linen, paper label, uncut, 400 pp., illus., fine copy. Boston, 1833. $2.50
1775. Smith, Arthur. The Thames Angler. Second ed. 12mo, printed covers, 80 pp., illus., rare. London, 1860. $2.25
1776. Stewart, W. C. The Practical Angler. Third ed. 12mo, uncut, 224 pp., illus., name on title page. Edinburgh, 1857. $1.50
1777. Stewart, W. C. Same. Fifth ed., revised, etc. Edinburgh, 1867. $1.25
1778. Stoddard, Thos. Tod. The Art of Angling, as Practised in Scotland. 16mo, uncut, 156 pp., illus., Autogr. copy of Wm. Yarrell, one of the most eminent Naturalists of Great Britain, Author of The History of British Fishes, etc.; also his Pencil mems. at back of book. Edinburgh, 1835. $7.00
1779. Stoddard, Thos. Tod. Same. Edinburgh, 1835. $4.50
1780. Stoddard, Thos. Tod. The Angler’s Companion to the River’s and Locks of Scotland. 12mo, half mor., gilt emblematic tooling on back, frontis. and colored plate, map. First ed. Edinburgh, 1847. $3.75
1781. Stoddard, Thos. Tod. Same. Second ed., uncut, 1853. $2.00
1782. Stoddard, Thos. Tod. An Angler’s Rambles and Angling Songs. 12mo, 410 pp. Edinburgh, 1866. $2.50
1783. Stoddard, Thos. Tod. Angling Reminiscences. First ed. 12mo, uncut, illus., 230 pp. Edinburgh, 1837. $2.50
1784. Stoddard, Thos. Tod. Angling Songs. With Memoir by Anna M. Stoddart. 12mo, 324 pp., frontis. Edinburgh and London, 1889. $2.00
1785. Storer, D. H., M. D. Report on Fishes of Mass. The complete Monograph as pub’d, pp. 389 to 570 of Vol. 2, Boston Jour. Nat. Hist., Nos. 3 and 4. Index and plates. Autogr. pres. copy from author to Dr. C. C. Abbott, the Trenton Naturalist. Half mor., very rare. Boston, 1839. $4.75
1786. Street, A. B. Woods and Waters, or, The Saranacs and Racket. 12mo, map of route and 9 illus., fine, first ed. N. York, 1860. $1.75
1787. Taylor, Samuel. Angling in all its Branches, Reduced to a Complete Science. The Result of More than 40 Years Real Practice Throughout Great Britain and Ireland. In 3 parts. 12mo, boards, 298 pp., scarce. London, 1800. $4.00
1788. Thorne, James. Rambles by Rivers. 4 vols, in 2. 16mo, uncut, illus. London, 1845-49. $2.75
1789. Tod, S. M. Glover’s Illustrated Guide to Isle of Man, with Sea and Trout Fishing. 12mo, 244 pp., illus., folding map. Douglas, London, etc., 1868. $2.00
1790. Traherne, John P. The Habits of the Salmon. 163 pp., unopened, London, 1889. $1.75
1791. Turton, John. The Angler’s Manual, or, Fly-Fisher’s Oracle, etc. 12mo, paper label, 86 pp., frontis., fine copy, rare. London, 1836. $3.50
1792. U. S. Fish Commission Bulletin. Vols. 1 to 7, inclusive. Vol. 3 stained and worn, others first-class condition. Wash., 1882. Set, $3.00
1793. U. S. Fish Commission Reports for 1872-3, 1877, 1878, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886. Price each, 50c. to $1.00
1794. Venables, Col. Robert. The Experienced Angler, or, Angling Improved. Imparting Many of the Aptest Ways and Choicest Experiments for the Taking Most Sorts of Fish in Pond, or River. Fac-simile frontis. and title-page of orig. edition; also numerous clever thumb nail engravings mounted throughout text. (Also) The Art of Angling, Greatly Enlarged and Improved. Directions for Fly-Fishing, Trolling, etc. Illus. by Charles Bowlker. 2 vols. in 1, 16mo, half calf, colored frontis., 154+61 pp. London, 1825-29. $10.00
1795. Walton, Isaac, and Cotton, Charles. The Compleat Angler, or, Contemplative Man’s Recreation. In Two Parts. By the Ingenious and Celebrated Mr. Isaac Walton and Charles Cotton, Esq. I, Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing. II, Instructions how to angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream. With Draughts of all the Fish; ornamented with a number of copper-plates and a great variety of useful and copious notes. By Moses Browne. The eighth edition, with the addition of the songs set to music. Also, the Laws that concern angling and an appendix (etc.). 12mo, old calf, full gilt, numerous plates, music and head and tail-pieces. Clean, sound and unspotted. An extra nice copy of this scarce edition. Heckscher’s copy sold for $25.00. London, Richard and Henry Causton, 1772. $18.50
1796. Walton and Cotton. The Complete Angler, or, Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing. In Two Parts; the First Written by Mr. Isaac Walton, the second by Chas. Cotton, Esq., with the Lives of the Authors and Notes Historical, Critical and Explanatory. By Sir John Hawkins, Knt. The Fourth edition, with large additions. 16 plates (including music and portrait of Cotton), illus. in text. Small 8vo, old calf, mended. London, Printed for John Francis and Charles. Rivington, 1784. $12.00
1797. Walton and Cotton. Same. Sir John Hawkins, ed. 2 vols. in 1. 16mo, calf, 267+284 pp., portraits and vignettes on title pages. Chiswick. Printed by C. Whittingham, 1824. $8.00
1798. Walton and Cotton. Same. Sir John Hawkins, ed. 16mo, 420 pp., calf, 3 plates, portraits. Cuts said to be by Thos. Bewick. Heckscher copy brought $20.00. London, J. F. Dove, 1825. $12.50
1799. Walton and Cotton. Same. Collation. Half title, portrait, engraved title; dated 1827; title dated 1826. Pp. xxv—232, portrait; pp. 233—325, index. 24mo, 2 vols. in 1, cuts in text, orig. cloth, uncut, paper label. A copy sold for £9 at the Coleman sale in 1897. London, Wm. Pickering, 1827. $10.00
1800. Walton and Cotton. Same. Lives and Notes by Sir John Hawkins. Edited by James Rennie. 12mo, 328 pp., illus. Edinburgh, 1836. $5.00
1801. Walton and Cotton. Same. With Original Memoirs and Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas. Illustrated with beautiful steel engravings, including many of fish, in the text. Extra Illus. Edition. 2 vols. Imperial 8vo, full blue-black mor., elaborate and emblematic gold tooling on back and side, dentelle borders, polished gilt edges. With all the numerous portraits, views, scenes, fac-similes, etc. By T. Stothard and others. All brilliant proofs on India paper. A magnificent copy of Pickering’s unsurpassed edition. Free from spots and blemishes and as fresh as the day of issue. Extra plates consist of 25 portraits (6 of them proofs), 17 views, 19 coloured plates of flies. London, W. Pickering, 1836. $140.00
1802. Walton and Cotton. Same. 2 vols in 1. 24mo, 149 pp., Frontis. Has brought $9.50 at auction. Stained on back of frontis. London, Charles Tilt, 1837. $4.00
1803. Walton (Izaak). Same. Notes, Biographical and Explanatory and Lives of the Authors. Illus., 8vo, old half binding, worn, uncut. Washbourne, London, 1842. $6.00
1804. Walton and Cotton. Same edition. 8vo, half bound, (binding broken). A Reprint of the Major Edition of 1839, both as regards matter and illus. Washbourne, London, 1842. $4.75
1805. Walton and Cotton. Same. With Copious Notes for the Most Part Original. A Biographical Preface, Giving an Account of Fishing and Fishing Hooks, from the Earliest Antiquity to the Time of Walton, and a Notice of Cotton and His Writings, by the American Editor. To which is Added an Appendix, including Illustrative Ballads, Music, Papers on American Fishing, and the most complete Catalogue of Books on Angling, etc., ever Printed. Also, a General Index to the Whole Work. In 2 parts. 12mo, 210 pp., illus., portraits. The American Editor of this ed. was George W. Bethune. The Best Amer. Ed., First Ed. of it. Orig. fig. cloth. N. York and London, 1847. $4.00
1806. Walton and Cotton. Same. Edited by “Ephemera.” 12mo, 309 pp.+Explanation of Plates, illus. fac-simile title-page of orig. edition. London, Nathaniel Cooke, 1854. $2.50
1807. Walton and Cotton. Same. Edited by Edward Jesse, with Papers on Fishing Tackle, etc., by Henry G. Bohn. 12mo, 496 pp., illus., portraits, vignette. London, Henry G. Bohn, 1856. $3.00
1808. Walton and Cotton. Same. 2 vols. in 1. Portraits and illus., 8vo, cloth. Not in Heckscher. Wiley, N. York, 1859. $4.50
1809. Walton and Cotton. Same. Ed. by John Major. Illus. with 50 steel plates designed by T. Stothard, Jas. Inskip, Edward Hassel and others. 74 wood engravings, 8 orig. etchings, and 2 portraits, with practical Treatise on Flies and Fly-Hooks by John Jackson, illus. with 10 colored plates representing 120 flies, natural and artificial. Extra illus. edition, designed for Collectors. Imperial 8vo, sheets, uncut, only 80 copies printed for the American Market, this copy No. 36. London, 1885. $16.50
1809A. Walton and Cotton. The Same. Imperial 8vo, three-quarter crimson levant. Nimmo, London, 1885. $22.50
1810. Walton and Cotton. Same. Edited by John Major. 12mo, 354 pp., illus., portrait, as new. N. York, A. L. Burt, n. d. $1.00
1811. Walton and Cotton. Same. Edited by R. B. Marston with 54 full-page photogravures and 100 woodcuts, with a Reprint of the Chronicle of the Complete Angler. 2 vols. 4to, cloth, uncut. Lea and Dove Edition. Demy 4to Edition. Limited to 500 sets. Signed set in autograph of Marston. Sampson and Low, London, 1888. $18.50
1812. Walton, Izaak. Same. Fac-simile Reprint of First Edition Published in 1653. 12mo, uncut, 246 pp., illus., fac-simile of original title-page, as new. London, Elliot Stock, n. d. $2.00
1813. Waltoniana. Inedited Remains in Verse and Prose of Izaak Walton, author of the Complete Angler, with Notes and Preface by R. H. Shepherd. 12mo, uncut. London, 1878. $2.25
1814. Waltoniana. (Lane, Fred. A.) Index to the Original and Inserted Illustrations Contained in The Complete Angler. Pickering, Publisher. 5 vols., with 1026 Illustrations, Comprising Portraits, Views, Original Drawings, Oil Paintings, Pen and Ink Sketches, Rare, Original and Unique. 4to, orig. cloth, uncut, large paper, 120 pp. This copy is No. 16 of only 50 copies printed for Private Distribution. Author’s autogr. pres. copy to Charles Congdon, of N. Y., with autogr. letter of Author. Binding somewhat rubbed, but contents in fine condition. 5 portraits. N. York, Privately Printed, 1866. $9.00
1815. Waltoniana. Westwood, Thos. The Chronicle of the Compleat Angler of Walton and Cotton. A Bibliographical Record of its Editions and Mutations. New Ed., with Notes and Additions by Thos. Satchell. 4to, orig. half roan, uncut, 86 pp. Only 200 copies printed. London, 1883. $3.00
1816. Waltoniana. Wotton, Sir Henry, Kt. (Friend of I. Walton). Reliquiæ Wottonianæ, or; a Collection of Lives, Letters, Poems; with Characters of Sundry Personages, and Other Incomparable Pieces of Language and Art. Also additional Letters to several Persons not before Printed. By the Curious Pencil of the Ever Memorable Sir Henry Wotton, Kt., late Provost of Eaton College. Fourth edition. First ed., with Additions of Letters to Lord Zouch. Portraits of Wotton, Charles 1st, George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. 713 pp., fine old calf. Contains 2 letters to Isaac Walton, also poem “On a Bank as I Sate a Fishing,” etc. Very rare. London, B. Tooke, 1685. $8.00
1817. Walton and Cotton Club. Rules and Regulations of. Instituted 1817, Revised 1840. Royal 8vo, boards, each page inlaid, List of Members, cuts, frontis., rare. Aldus Impr. Pickering. London, 1840. $15.00
1818. Walton, Izaak. The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert and Sanderson. 32mo, orig. buckram, paper label, uncut, engraved frontis. London, 1823. $1.50
1819. Walton (Izaak). The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert and Sanderson. Frontis. by Stothard containing 5 portraits. 48mo, orig. cloth, paper label. Pickering’s Miniature Diamond Edition. Fine copy, very scarce. London, Pickering, 1827. $2.50
1820. Walton, Izaak. Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert, and Sanderson. 12mo, uncut, gilt top, portrait, 403 pp. Not in Heckscher Catalog. Bell, London, 1864. $2.00
1821. Watson, John. Sketches of British Sporting Fishes. 143 pp., frontis., uncut. London, 1890. $1.75
1822. Wayth, C. Trout Fishing, or, The River Darent. A Poem. 71 pp., uncut, rare. London, 1845. $2.50
1823. Wells, Henry P. The American Salmon Fisherman. First ed., fine copy, 166 pp., illus. N. York, 1886. $2.00
1824. Westwood, T. A New Bibliotheca Piscatoria, or, General Catalogue of Angling and Fishing Literature. With Bibliographical Notes, etc. 12mo, 78 pp. London, 1861. $2.00
1825. Williamson, Capt. T. The Complete Angler’s Vade-Mecum, etc. Together with all that can Contribute to the Sportsman’s Amusement and Success. First ed. Boards, uncut, 316 pp., 10 curious plates at end. London, 1808. $4.00
1826. Wilson, Sir Samuel. Salmon at the Antipodes, etc. 12mo, 252 pp., map, frontis. London, 1879. $2.00
1827. Wright, W. Fishes and Fishing. Artificial Breeding of Fish, Their Loves, Passions and Intellects, etc. 12mo, orig. cloth, uncut, 384 pp., illus. London, 1858. $1.75
1828. Yarrell, William. A History of British Fishes. Third edition. Edited by Sir John Richardson. Illus. by 522 engravings. 2 vols., half mor., gilt tops and backs, marbled sides, choice copy with supplement. London, 1859. $7.75
1829. Young, Andrew. The Angler’s and Tourist’s Guide to the Rivers, Lakes, etc., in Northern Counties of Scotland. (Also) Instructions to Young Anglers. 16mo, 117 pp., folding map, rare. Edinburgh, 1857. $2.50
1830. Young, Andrew. Natural History and Habits of the Salmon, etc. 12mo, uncut, 108 pp. London, 1854. $2.00
1831. Young, Archibald. The Angler’s and Sketcher’s Guide to Sutherland. Second ed. 12mo, 130pp., folding map. Edinburgh, 1881. $1.00
1832. Young, Lambton J. H. Sea-Fishing as a Sport. 12mo, 220 pp., plates. London, 1865. $2.50
1833. Young Angler’s Guide, The. Instructions in Fly-Fishing, Bottom Fishing, Trolling, etc. Third ed. 77 pp.,+26 pp. Catalogue of Prices, illus. London, 1839. $2.00
SPORTING, SHOOTING, HUNTING, ETC. THE HORSE AND THE HOUND.
1834. Alken, Henry. The National Sports of Great Britain. Hawking, Racing, Shooting, Fishing, Baiting, Coursing, etc., with 50 full-page folio illus., beautifully colored from Nature, 18 × 13 inches, each being accompanied by letter press descriptions in English and French. A handsome large portfolio, with flaps and ties. Originally published in 1821. Re-issued now as a choice fac-simile by Methuen & Co. Published at £5, 5s. net (Gr. p. 3, enx.). A copy of the original edition is now worth $350.00. London, 1903. $14.00
1834A. American Game and Other Birds. A selection of 100 colored and plain plates (4to size) from Studer’s Birds of America, in a portfolio. $3.50
1835. American Game, Where to Hunt. By the U. S. Cartridge Co. First ed. 288 pp. illus. Lowell, 1898. $1.75
1836. American Shooters’ Manual, comprising such plain and Simple Rules as are necessary to introduce the inexperienced into a full knowledge of all that relates to the Dog and the Correct Use of the Gun: also a description of the Game of this Country. By a Gentleman of Philadelphia County. 12mo, sheep, 2 plates and engraved illus. to advertisement of G. W. Tryon’s Gun Manufactory. The first thorobred American book on this subject. Fine copy. Phila., 1827. $5.00
1837. Andersson, C. J. Lake Ugami, or, Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years’ Wanderings in the Wilds of S. W. Africa, With Introductory Letter by Jno. C. Fremont. Illus., worn. N. York., 1857. $1.25
1838. Andersson, C. J. The Okavango River. A Narrative of Travel, Exploration and Adventure. Numerous illus. and map of South Africa. New York, 1861. $1.25
1839. Ascham, Roger. Toxophilus. The Schole of Shootinge Conteyned in Two Bookes. Londoni, In Ædibus Edonardi Whytchurch, cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum, 1545. E. Arber’s edition of this very rare early book on Shooting. Large paper copy, rubricated. Small 4to, half mor. London, 1869. $2.75
1840. Ascham, R. The Same. Ed. by the Rev. John Walters, M. A. from the London, 1571, ed., printed by Thomas Marshe. 16mo, 232 pp., fine copy in old half calf with the gilt crest of Edward Lord Suffield on back and his fine armorial book-plate on cover. Very rare. “Wrexham, reprinted by R. Marsh, 1788.” $4.00
1841. Baker, Ezekiel. Remarks on Rifle Guns the Result of 50 Years’ Practice. Also on Fowling Pieces, etc. The tenth ed., with plain and col. etchings by Barlow. Half roan. London, 1829. $1.50
1842. Baker, S. W. The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon. Second ed. 12mo, 293 pp., woodcuts. Almost entirely on elephants. London, 1857. $2.00
1843. Baldwin, W. C. African Hunting from Natal to the Zambesi, including Lake Ugami, the Kalahari Desert, etc., from 1852 to 1860. With illus. by James Wolf and J. B. Zwecker. 12mo, portrait. N. Y., 1863. $1.50
1844. Baker, Sir Samuel W. Eight Years’ Wanderings in Ceylon. 12mo, illus., 323 pp., very good copy. Phila., 1869. $1.75
1845. Bennett, Emerson. Wild Scenes on the Frontiers, or, Heroes of the West. First ed. Binding worn, 421 pp., illus. Phila., 1859. $2.00
1847. Bill, Ledyard. A Winter in Florida. Observations on Climate and Products, with Sketches and Historic Summary and Hints to Tourist, Invalid and Sportsman. Illus., 12mo. N. York, 1869. $1.00
1848. Bisset, Maj.-Gen. Sport and War, or, Recollections of Fighting and Hunting in South Africa, 1834 to 1867. With Narrative of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Visit to the Cape. 12mo, gilt, fully illus., map. London, 1875. $1.75
1849. Blaine, Delabere, P. An Encyclopedia of Rural Sports. Complete Account of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing, etc. New Edition, revised, etc., with over 600 Engravings on Wood from Drawings by Leech, Alken, Landseer, etc. Half calf, 1246 pp., illus. London, 1858. $4.50
1850. Bradley, J. R. Hunting Big Game in Far N. W. British Columbia. Autograph ed.: “Compliments of the Author, J. R. Bradley, April 13, ’06.” Square 8vo, 52 pp., illus. N. York, 1904. $2.00
1851. Browning, Meshach. Forty-four Years of the Life of a Hunter. Reminiscences of a Maryland Hunter, roughly written down by Himself. Revised and illus. by E. Stabler. Gilt, as new, 400 pp. Phila., 1883. $2.00
1852. Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist, or, Notes on the Field Sports and Fauna of Australia Felix. By an Old Bushman. New ed. 12mo, 272 pp., illus., a fine copy of the first illus. ed. London, 1862. $2.75
1853. Buxton, S. Fishing and Shooting, with Illustrations by A. Thorburn and from prints. 263 pp., uncut, 14 plates, as new. Published at $3.50. N. York, 1903. $2.00
1854. Capper, John. The Duke of Edinburgh in Ceylon. A Book of Elephant and Elk Sport. 153 pp., illus., by chromo-lithographs. London, 1871. $2.00
1855. Cecil. Records of the Chase and Memoirs of Celebrated Horsemen. Illus. Usages of Olden Times as compared with the Present, etc. Illus., 12mo, 435 pp., uncut. London, 1854. $1.50
1856. Chitty, J. Continuation of a Treatise of the Law Respecting Game and Fish, with a Copious Collection of Precedents, etc. Full calf, first ed., 212 pp. London, 1816. $2.00
1857. Clark, George. The Game Laws from King Henry III. to the Present Period, with Introduction Explaining General Nature of Forests, Parks, Fisheries, etc. 12mo, 310 pp., very rare. London, 1786. $2.75
1858. Colquhoun, John. The Moor and the Loch. Hints on Highland Sports, Instructions in River, Burn and Loch Fishing, etc. 204 pp., uncut, 4 plates and 4 cuts. Second ed. London, 1841. $2.50
1859. Collingridge, A. A Night Near Windsor. (Also) Port Royal Annals, and A Tale of the Turf. Second ed. 12mo, uncut, 228 pp. London, 1840. $2.00
1860. Conway, James. Forays Among the Salmon and Deer. 12mo, First ed. 248 pp., uncut, frontis. London, 1861. $2.50
1861. Courser’s Companion, or, A Practical Treatise on the Laws of the Leash, etc. 12mo, orig. boards, uncut, 200 pp., frontis., vignette. Derby, 1829. $2.50
1862. Cox, Nicholas. The Gentleman’s Recreation. In 4 parts, viz, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, etc. etc. Fourth ed., with Manwood’s Forest Laws in Black Letter. The folding sheet with Musical Notes for Horn missing as usual. Pres. copy from Lady Mary O’Brien. Paneled calf, illus., very rare. London, 1697. $8.00
1863. “Craven.” The Young Sportsman’s Manual, or, Recreations in Shooting, etc. New ed. 12mo, 385 pp., uncut, unopened, fully illus., fine copy. London, 1867. $3.00
1864. Cumming, R. Gordon. Five Years of a Hunter’s Life in Far Interior of South Africa. 2 vols. 326+303 pp. N. York, 1874. $2.75
1865. Daniel, Rev. Wm. B. Rural Sports. 2 vols. Vol. I, contains 534 pp., vol. II, part 1, 378 pp., engraved title-page. Both very full of color plates. Linen, fine copy. Some plates defective. London, Nov., 1801. $3.00
1866. Daniel, Rev. Wm. B. Supplement to the Rural Sports. 4to, boards, paper label, uncut, 507 pp., plates, portrait engraved by Tomkins. London, 1813. $5.00
1867. Das Neves, D. F. A Hunting Expedition to the Transvaal. Translated from the Portuguese by Mariana Monteiro. 12mo, half green calf, gilt top, uncut, fine copy. London, 1879. $1.50
1868. Davies, G. Christopher. Norfolk Broads and Rivers, or, The Water-Ways, Lagoons and Decoys of East Anglia. New ed. 12mo, 328 pp., illus. Edinburgh and London, 1884. $1.75
1869. De Crignelle, Henri. Le Morvan (A District in France), its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests, etc. Trans. from the Original MS. by Capt. Jesse. 326 pp., frontis., scarce. London, 1851. $2.50
1870. D’Ewes, J. Sporting in Both Hemispheres. Tinted plates by H. Wier. 12mo, 398 pp., chapters on Trout Fishing and China. London, 1858. $2.75
1871. (De Sigrais, Bourdon.) Histoire des Rats, pour Servir a L’Histoire Universelle. Paper covers, uncut, 140 pp., frontis. Very curious and rare. A Ratopolis, 1738. $3.00
1872. Dielitz, Theodore. Travellers’ Adventures in all Countries. Abridged from the Best Writers, for Young Persons. Small 4to, gilt figured cloth, colored illus., 160 pp. Phila., 1854. $1.00
1873. Doesticks, Q. K. P. Doesticks. What he Says. First ed. 12mo. 330 pp., illus. N. York, 1855. $1.50
1874. Dougall, James D. Shooting Simplified. A Concise Treatise on Guns and Shooting. 12mo, 171 pp., + 8 pp. on Field Sports in their Higher Aspects. Author’s autogr. pres. copy. Glasgow, etc., 1857. $2.00
1875. Dougall, James D. Same. Second Ed., Re-written and Enlarged, with a Special Chapter on Breech-Loaders. 12mo, 274 pp. + 4 pp., illus. London, 1865. $2.00
1876. Doughty’s Cabinet of Natural History and Rural Sports. See General Zoology.
1877. Edwards, Frederic. Brief Treatise on the Law of Gaming, Horse-Racing and Wagers, etc. 12mo, 148 pp., embossed stamp on title-page. London, 1839. $2.00
1878. Essay on Shooting. Interspersed with Summary Observations on the Various Subjects of the Sport, etc. Second ed. Calf, 313 pp., rare. London, 1791. $3.00
1879. Fairfax, Thos. The Complete Sportsman, or, Country Gentleman’s Recreation, etc., etc. Boards, broken, uncut, The First ed., 1758, brought $80.00 in Heckscher Sale. London, Pr. for T. Cooke at Shakespeare’s Head, n. d. $5.75
1880. Fayrer, J. The Royal Tiger of Bengal. His Life and Death. 12mo, 99 pp., illus., map, Author’s autogr. pres. copy. London, 1875. $2.00
1881. Fifty Years with Gun and Rod. Tables of Velocity, Distance, etc., of Shot, by L. Case. Gun Trials, etc. of Chicago Field, by D. W. Cross. 12mo, 138 pp. Cleveland, 1880. $1.25
1882. Forester, Frank. (Wm. Henry Herbert.) Hints to Horse-Keepers. Complete Manual for Horsemen (etc.). Memoir of Author. 425 pp., illus. New York, 1859. $3.00
1883. Forester, Frank. Complete Manual for Young Sportsmen. Covers all sorts of Sport and intended for the Instruction of American Youth. Fully and artistically illus. by woodcuts and plates in tint. A nice copy of the first edition in gilt figured sage cloth. N. York, 1856. $1.75
1884. Forester, Frank. Sporting Scenes and Sundry Sketches, Being the Miscellaneous Writings of J. Cypress, Jr., ed. by F. Forester. 2 vols. Illus., by fine engravings, first ed., 12mo, orig. green cloth, fine copy. N. York, 1842. $4.50
1885. Forester, F. Judd, David W. (Editor). Life and Writings of Frank Forester (Henry Wm. Herbert). Frontis., illus., 2 vols., each vol. complete in itself, fine copies, as new. N. York, 1882. $3.00
1886. Forest and the Field, The. By H. A. L. The “Old Skekarry.” second ed., 551 pp., also woodcut illus., photograph of author in picturesque hunting garb. London, 1867. $1.50
1887. Forestry, Game and Fish. Ordonnance de Louis XIV. Sur Le Fait Des Eaux et Forets, Du mois d’Aout 1669. Registree au Parlement de Besancon, le 27, Avril, 1694. Augmentee, etc. 12mo, calf and gilt. A. Besancon, 1750. $2.75
1888. Forestry, Game and Fish. Ordonnance de Louis XIV. Sur Le Fait des Eaux et Forests, Avec les Reglemens rendus en interpretation jusqu’a present. Nouvelle Edition. 12mo, fine old calf, 603 pp., Paris, 1765. $3.50
1889. Fox Hunter’s Guide. Containing the Places of Meeting of all the Principal Hunts in England and Wales. By Cecil. 12mo, scarce. London, circa. 1845. $4.00
1891. Freeman, Gage Earle. Practical Falconry, To Which is Added, How I Became a Falconer. 89 pp. London, 1869. $2.00
1892. Game Laws. The Game Law, or, A Collection of the Laws and Statutes Made for the Preservation of Game of this Kingdom, etc. Third ed., with large Additions. 12mo, sheep, cracked, 76 pp. London, 1707. $3.50
1894. Game Law, The, or, The Laws Relating to Game, Containing Everything that by Law concerns either Hunting, Hawking, Fowling or Fishing, etc. In 2 parts. Part 2, Of Forests. Sixth Edition. 12mo, calf and gilt, 86+180 pp. London, 1727 and 1722. $3.00
1895. Game Laws. The Statutes at Large Made for the Preservation of the Game. With a Table by Way of Abstract of all the Acts Relating to the Game, etc. Calf, 128 pp. + Table. London, 1734. $3.00
1896. Game Laws. Nelson, Wm. The Laws Concerning Game. Of Hunting, Hawking, Fishing and Fowling, etc., and of Forests, Chases, Parks, Warrens, Deer, etc., etc. Fourth ed., with all the Acts of Parliament and Cases down to the Present Time. 12mo, calf, 255 pp., rare. London, 1751. $2.50
1897. Gentleman’s Pocket Farrier, Showing How to Use Your Horse on a Journey, Remedies for Common Accidents that may befall him on the Road. 16mo, calf. J. Cruikshank, Phila., 1787. $1.75
1898. Gibson, W. Hamilton. Camp Life in the Woods and Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making. 12mo, 300 pp., illus. by author. N. York, (1881). $1.75
1899. Gillmore, Parker. Days and Nights by the Desert. 234 pp., numerous illus. London, 1888. $2.00
1900. Gillmore, P. (Ubique). Prairie and Forest, Description of the Game of North America, with personal Adventures in their Pursuit. 378 pp., illus. N. York, 1874. $2.00
1901. Glen Spean. Random Sketches of My Highland Tour and What Events Occurred by the Way. By James C. M., etc. 10 humorous pen and ink sketches of a sporting tour. Oblong octavo, printed covers. London, 1878. $1.75
1902. Griffin’s Aide-de-Camp, The. By Blunt Spurs. 274 pp., uncut, illus., rare. London, 1843. $3.00
1903. Greener, Wm. The Science of Gunnery, Applied to Military and Sporting Arms in Europe and America. New ed., greatly enlarged, illus. by plates and woodcuts, orig. cloth, uncut. London, 1846. $1.75
1904. Greenwood, J. Wild Sports of the World. Illus. in text and numerous colored plates, 426 pp., half roan, much on elephants. London, 1862. $2.00
1905. Grimble, A. Shooting and Salmon Fishing, Hints and Recollections. 259 pp., 18 extra fine plates, uncut. London, 1892. $2.00
1906. Hall, Herbert Byng. Exmoor, or, The Footsteps of St. Hubert in the West. Illustrations taken from Nature. 441 pp., frontispiece. London, 1849. $1.75
1907. Hall, H. B. Highland Sports and Highland Quarters. 2 vols., uncut, engraved plates and full-page woodcuts. London (circa. 1850). $4.00
1908. Hamilton, Col. J. P. Reminiscences of an Old Sportsman. 2 vols. in 1. 291+308 pp., illus. London, 1860. Fine copy. $2.75
1909. Hamilton, Col. J. P. Same. 2 vols., uncut, binding worn. $1.75
1910. Hammond, S. H. Hunting Adventures in the Northern Wilds, or, a Tramp in the Chateaugay Woods, etc. 2 colored plates, 12mo, 340 pp. N. York, 1856. $2.25
1911. Hanger, Col. George. Life, Adventures and Opinions of. Written by Himself, etc., etc. 2 vols., half calf, 339+475 pp., Armorial book plates of John Bolton. Menzies’ and Hawkin’s copies each brought $12.00. London, 1801. $9.50
1912. Head, Sir Geo. Forest Scenes and Incidents in the Wilds of N. America; Diary of a Winter’s Route from Halifax to the Canadas. 363 pp., map, boards, uncut. Best ed. London, 1878. $1.50
1913. Head, Capt. F. B. Rough Notes Taken During Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and Among the Andes. 12mo, 264 pp., rare. Boston, 1827. $2.75
1914. Herne, Perigrine. Perils and Pleasures of a Hunter’s Life, or, the Romance of Hunting. 10 colored illus., 336 pp. Phila., 1860. $1.50
1915. Hieover, Harry. The Pocket and the Stud. Practical Hints on Management of the Stable. Second ed. 12mo, 218 pp., frontis. London, 1851. $2.00
1916. Hints and Points for Sportsmen. Compiled By Seneca. 12mo, 224 pp., illus. N. York, 1891. $1.00
1917. Hoffman, C. F. Wild Scenes in the Forest and Prairie. Much on Indians. 2 vols., 12mo, half mor., 292 + 284 pp., rare. London, 1839. $6.00
1918. Hooper, Johnson, J. of Montgomery, Ala. Dog and Gun. Loose Chapters on Shooting, with Anecdotes. 12mo, 105 pp. N. York, 1858. $1.00
1919. Hornaday, W. T. Camp-Fires in the Canadian Rockies. Illus. by J. M. Phillips. Uncut, 353 pp., 70 illus., 2 maps. N. York, 1906. $2.50
1920. Hue and Cry After Part of a Pack of Hounds, Which Broke Out of Their Kennel in Westminster. (Also) Modern Characters. By Another Hand. 28 pp., stitched, uncut, dog-eared, half-title and last page rather soiled. Quaint and interesting. London, 1739. $2.50
1921. Hunters’ and Trapper’s Complete Guide to Hunting, Trapping and Fishing, Dog Training and Tanning Furs. 12mo, paper covers, 81 pp., illus. York, 1875. $1.25
1922. Hunting, Shooting and Fishing. A Sporting Miscellany, with Anecdotic Chapters about Horses and Dogs. 317 pp., illustrated. New York, 1877. $2.50
1923. Hunting and Sporting. Practical Lessons On. By Scrutator. 309 pp., uncut, cracked. London, 1865. $1.75
1924. Hutchinson, Lieut.-Col. W. N. Dog Breaking. The Most Expeditious, Certain and Easy Method, whether great Excellence or only Mediocrity is desired. First edition. 12mo, 143 pp., illustrated, vignette, scarce. London, 1848. $2.75
1925. Hawker, Lt.-Col. P. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting. Fourth ed., corrected and improved. 439 pp., lacks frontis., but has all the other 9 plates, somewhat stained, half calf, cracked. London, 1825. $1.50
1926. Hawker, Lt.-Col. P. Same. Eighth ed., corrected, enlarged and improved, with explanatory plates and woodcuts. 549 pp., plates somewhat loose. London, 1838. $2.75
1927. Hawker, Col. P. Same. First Amer. from ninth London ed., to which is added Hunting and Shooting of N. America, with Descriptions of the Animals and Birds. By Wm. T. Porter, Esq. Frontis. of Wild Turkey after Audubon and illus. plates and woodcuts. Tall 8vo, original gilt figured cloth, first ed. Phila., 1846. $2.25
1928. (Jeffry, R.) Wild Life in a Southern County. 344 pp., 12mo, Chapter on Fishing. Boston, 1879. $1.00
1929. Jesse, Edward. Anecdotes of Dogs. 4to, uncut, 336 pp., finely illus. London, 1846. $3.00
1930. Johnson, Daniel. Sketches of Field Sports as Followed by the Natives of India, with Observations on the Animals (etc.). Art of Catching Serpents as Practiced by People in India (etc.). With Remarks on Hydrophobia and Rabid Animals. 261 pp., uncut, plate. London, 1822. $2.50
1931. Johnson, J. B. The Dog and How to Break Him, with His Diseases and Methods of Cure. 12mo, limp cloth, 83 pp., frontis. Chapter on Hydrophobia. London, 1851. $2.00
1932. Johnson, T. B. The Gamekeeper’s Directory, Containing Instructions for Preservation of Game, etc. Second ed. 12mo, half calf, 194 pp., frontis., rare. London, 1851. $2.00
1933. Johnson, T. B. The Shooter’s Companion, or Directions for the Breeding, Training and Management of Setters and Pointers, with a Historical Discourse of Winged Game. The Fowling Piece Considered particularly as it relates to the Use of the Percussion Powder. Of Scent, the Olfactory Organs Explained, with the Reason why one Dog’s Smell is superior to another. Shooting illus. and the Art of Shooting Flying laid down. The Game Laws Explained, etc. 12mo, fine three-quarter calf and gilt, uncut, plates. London, 1819. $4.25
1934. Kemp, John. Shooting and Fishing in Lower Brittany, Etc. 239 pp., folding colored map. London, 1859. $1.50
1935. Kingsley, G. H. Notes on Sport and Travel. With Memoir by his Daughter, Mary H. Kingsley. 544 pp., uncut, frontis. Much relating to America. Fine copy. London, 1900. $2.75
1936. Landseer, Thos. Etching of a Setter. Size of plate 18 × 21 in. Mounted on larger sheet. Orig. proof impression signed by the Artist. Pub. at about $25.00. Fine, clean copy. London, 1875. $9.00
1937. Lanman, Chas. Adventures in the Wilds of the U. S. and British American Provinces. Illus. by the Author and Oscar Bessau. With Appendix by Lieut. Campbell Hardy. 2 vols., orig. cloth, full-page wood engravings, first ed. Chapters on Cherokee Indians, their Customs and Characters, Indian Trader, etc. Fine set. Phila., 1856. $4.75
1938. Lanman, Chas. Recollections of Curious Characters and Pleasant Places. 351 pp., uncut. Among some of the chapter headings are: Modes of American Travel, Montauk Point, Salmon Fishing on the Jacques Cartier, Stratford-on-Housatonic, The Boy-Hunter of Chicoutimie, Pushmatahaw, The Potomac Fisherman, Newfoundland, etc. Frontis. Edinburgh, 1881. $3.00
1939. Lanman, Chas. Tour to River Saguenay, in Lower Canada. 12mo, paper, 231 pp., rare. Phila., 1848. $2.50
1940. Le Messurier, Col. A. Game, Shore and Water Birds of India. Printed paper covers, 153 pp., 121 illustrations. Calcutta, Bombay and London, 1888. $3.50
1941. Le Moine, J. M. Historical and Sporting Notes of Quebec and Its Environs. Fourth ed. Square 8vo, pr. covers, 135 pp. + Advertisements, illus. Quebec, 1889. $1.75
1942. Lennox, Lord Wm. Pictures of Sporting Life and Character. 2 vols., 12mo, 2 plates. London, 1860. $4.00
1943. Lennox, Lord Wm. Pitt. Same. 2 vols., 12mo, uncut, as new. London, 1872. $3.50
1944. Locke, John. The Game Laws, with Explanatory Notes, etc. Third ed. 12mo, half roan, 210 pp. + Index. London, 1849. $1.75
1945. Lockwood, Edward. Natural History. Sport and Travel. 12mo, 284 pp. Article on “The Chamelion Fish,” illus. London, 1878. $1.75
1946. Lord, J. K. At Home in the Wilderness. What to do there and how to do it. A Handbook for Travelers and Emigrants. 323 pp., 12mo, portrait and illus. London, 1876. $2.25
1947. Lucas, Thos. J. Camp Life and Sport in South Africa. Experiences of Kaffir Warfare with the Cape Mounted Rifles. Colored illus. London, 1876. $1.00
1948. (Markham, Gervase.) Cheap and Good Husbandry, for the Well-Ordering of All Beasts, etc. Twelfth ed. Small 4to, boards, 146 pp. + Index. Contains “Of Fishing in General; and Making of Fish Ponds,” with woodcut. The Fourteenth ed. brought $13.00 at Heckscher Sale. London, 1668. $10.00
1949. Markham, Gervase. Country Contentments, or, the Husbandman’s Recreations. Containing the Wholesome Experience, in which any ought to Recreate Himself, after the toyl of more Serious Business. As namely, Hunting, Hawking, Coursing with Grey-Hounds, and the Laws of Leach, Shooting in the Long-Bow or Cross-Bow, Bowling, Tennis, Baloon; the Whole Art of Angling, and the Use of the Fighting Cock. Tenth ed., newly corrected, enlarged, etc. Small 4to, boards, 95 pp. Heckscher copy brought $21.00. London, 1668. $15.00
1950. Markham, Gervase. Markham’s Master Peece, Contayning all Knowledge Belonging to the Smith, Farrier, or Horse-Leech, Touching the Curing of all Diseases in Horses, etc. Divided into 2 Bookes. The First Contayning all Cures Physicall; the Second all Belonging to Chyrurgery, etc. Fifth ed., with 30 New Chapters. Small 4to, calf, 600 pp., illus., engraved half title, trimmed close. London, 1636. $7.50
1951. Markland, Mr. Pteryplegia; or, the Art of Shooting-Flying. A Poem. Half calf, 12mo, 32 pp., very rare. London, 1727. $4.50
1952. Martingale. Sporting Scenes and Country Characters. Boards, illustrations by Landseer, Alken and Ackerman, exquisitely engraved on wood, 332 pp. London, 1840. $6.00
1953. Martingale. Turf Characters. The Officials and the Subalterns. 12mo, pr. boards, 128 pp. London, 1852. $1.75
1954. Mast, Rev. Isaac. Nine Months in California, with Gun, Rod and Saddle. 12mo, illus. Phila., 1875. $1.00
1955. (Maxwell, W. H.) Field Book, The, or, Sports and Pastimes of the United Kingdom. 614 pp., numerous woodcuts of various species of Birds, Fishes, etc., engraved frontis. of Doncaster Race, 1832; lacks a few pp. at end of appendix. London, 1833. $2.00
1956. Maxwell, W. H. Wild Sports and Adventures in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Sequel to Wild Sports of the West. 12mo, 352 pp., frontis. London, 1853. $1.75
1957. Mayer, J. Sportsman’s Directory, or, Park and Game Keeper’s Companion. Third ed., enlarged. Frontis. and woodcuts, 12mo, boards, uncut. London, 1819. $1.75
1958. Mayer, J. The Same. 7th ed., not illus. London, 1845. $1.00
1959. Mills, John. The Life of a Race Horse. 12mo, 112 pp., illus. London, 1861. $2.00
1960. Mills, John. The Sportsman’s Library, or, Hints on the Hunter, Shooting, Sporting, etc. 341 pp., binding worn. Phila., 1846. $1.25
1961. Morris, Beverly R. British Game Birds and Wild Fowl. 4to, Finely bound in new three-quarter morocco, uncut, 252 pp., 60 colored plates. A most desirable acquisition to the sportsman’s library. London, 1855. $10.00
1962. Murphy, John M. Sporting Adventures in the Far West. First ed. 12mo, 469 pp., illus., frontis., slightly stained. N. York, 1880. $2.75
1963. Murray, W. H. H. Daylight Land. Experiences, Adventures, Humorous and Otherwise in an Excursion Over Prairie and Mountain in N. America, etc. 140 colored illus., full gilt, 338 pp. Pub. at $4.00. Boston, 1888. $2.75
1964. Napier, Lt.-Col. E. Wild Sports in Europe, Asia and Africa, Illus. by Drawings taken from Nature. 2 vols., 12mo, new three-quarter green mor. and cloth, fine steel plates. A beautiful set in exceptional condition throughout, first edition. London, 1844. $3.25
1965. Natural History and Sport in Moray. Collected from the Journals and Letters of the late Charles St. John. 12mo, 332 pp. + Scientific Index of the Verteb. Animals Described or Alluded to. Edinb., 1863. $3.50
1966. New York, Life in. Das Leben in New York. In Briefen von Jonathan Slick, Esq. Funf Theile, von Kabinets Bibliothek. 16mo, half mor., marbled, 372 pp., fine copy. Stuttgart, 1847. $1.25
1967. N. York. Adirondack Map, 1898. Issued by Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission. 2 large maps printed in colors, in 8vo folder. $2.00
1968. North, Oliver. Rambles After Sport, or, Travels and Adventures in the Americas and at Home. 268 pp. London, 1874. $2.00
1969. (Norton, C. L., and Habberton, John.) Canoeing in Kanuckia, or, Haps and Mishaps Afloat and Ashore of the Statesman, Editor, Artist and Scribbler. Recorded by the Commodore and the Cook. 254 pp., illus., pr. board covers. First ed. N. York, 1878. $2.50
1970. Oakleigh, Thos. The Oakleigh Shooting Code, with Numerous Explanatory and Other Notes. Boards, paper label, uncut, rare first ed., 194 pp., name cut from half title. London, 1836. $2.50
1971. O’Connor, R., Esq. Introduction to the Field Sports of France. Hunting, Shooting and Fishing on the Continent, etc. First ed., 12mo, uncut, vignettes and cuts in text. $1.50
1972. Old Calabar. Over Turf and Stubble. 12mo, 290 pp. London, 1873. $2.00
1973. Paez, Don Ramon. Wild Scenes in S. America, or, Life in the Llanos of Venezuela. Illus. by Portrait, woodcuts and tinted plates. 12mo, 500 pp. An intelligent naturalist and sportsman. N. York, 1862. $1.25
1974. Paradise for Gunners and Anglers. 4to, pr. paper covers, 96 pp., illus., map. Author’s autogr. pres. copy to Prof. Kane. Phila., 1883. $2.00
1975. Peel, E. Lennox. A Highland Gathering, etc. A Collection of Sporting Tales. 12mo, 185 pp., illus., fine copy, rare. London, 1885. $3.00
1976. Phila. Gun Club, Eddington, Bucks Co., Pa. Charter, By-laws, Officers and Members. 12mo, 77 pp. + Lists, illus. Phila., 1896. $1.25
1977. Poole, F. Queen Charlotte Islands, a Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in the North Pacific. Ed. by J. W. Lyndon. Half mor., uncut, map. “Indians not brave,” “Indians not Marksmen,” etc. London, 1872. $2.50
1978. Pope, A., Jr. Upland Game Birds and Water Fowl of the United States. Imperial folio, finely and substantially bound in ¾ morocco. All the full-page colored lithographs in clean condition and with wide margins, the edges full gilt. This is a splendid copy of this monumental work; the binding has probably cost 12 or 15 dollars. Bound copies are unusual, the work being generally found in parts. N. York, 1878. $32.50
1979. Prime, S. Irenaeus. Under the Trees. First ed. 12mo, half calf, 313 pp. Fishing and Shooting. N. York, 1874. $2.00
1980. Reeves, Geo. Lady’s Practical Guide To Horsemanship. Dedication to Queen Victoria. First ed., 16mo, gilt edges, 9 plates. $1.00
1981. Roberts, Randal, Bart. Glenmahra, or, The Western Highlands. 12mo, paper label, 200 pp., illus. London, 1870. $2.00
1982. Robinson, H. M. The Great Fur Land. Sketches of Life in Hudson Bay Territory. Numerous illus. by Gasche. N. York, 1879. $1.00
1983. Robinson’s and Savory’s Sporting Pictures. Illustrative of the Sports of the Past and Present. Comprising 49 fine full-page folio colored plates mounted on Art Paper of Shooting, Fishing, Fox Hunting, Coaching, etc., 17 × 13 inches. After the most famous Artists, with Letter Press Descriptions. Half mor., gilt, as new. Pub. at $8.00 (Gr. p. 100, mxx.). Cassell & Co., London. $4.50
1984. Rooper, Geo. Flood, Field and Forest. First ed. 316 pp., uncut, illus. The first 72 pp. Autobiog. of Salmo Salar. London, 1869. $2.50
1984A. Rooper, Geo. Same. Fourth ed. London, 1874. $2.00
1985. Rudolph (His Imperial and Royal Highness the Late Crown Prince of Austria). Notes on Sport and Ornithology, Trans. by C. G. Danford, with Preface by Albert Günther. Etched frontis., 650 pp., pub. 18s., as new. London. $1.75
1986. Ruxton’s Life in the Far West. By George Frederic Ruxton. Rare first edition in original cloth binding, 12mo, 235 pp. This is one of the best 49er Narratives written and brings a high price at auction. N. York, 1849. $4.50
1987. Ruxton, G. F. The same. New York, 1855. $2.00
1988. Ruxton, G. F. Same. New ed., 12mo, 208 Pp., Fine Copy. Edinburgh and London, 1887. $1.50
1989. Sanford, Bishop, and Van Dyke. The Water-Fowl Family. By L. C. Sanford, L. B. Bishop and T. S. Van Dyke. 598 pp., fully illus. by Louis A. Fuertes. Buckram, uncut. Pub. at $2.00. N. York, 1903. $1.50
1990. Scott, Wm. Henry. British Field Sports, Embracing Practical Instructions in Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Cocking, Fishing, etc. Second ed. Illus., 615 pp., half sheep, slightly foxed. London, 1820. $4.75
1992. Scrutator. Practical Lessons on Hunting and Sporting. 309 pp. London, 1865. $2.50
1993. Shooter’s Hand-Book, The. A Treatise On Shooting From “The Rod and the Gun.” By the Author of The Oakleigh Shooting Code. 163 pp., uncut, plates and woodcuts. Edinburgh, 1842. $2.00
1994. Silk and Scarlet. By The Druid. 12mo, 398 pp., illus., 1 page of preface missing; rare. London, 1859. $2.50
1995. Sport in America. Revoil, Benedict H. Chasses et Peches de L’autre Monde. 12mo, uncut, pr. paper covers, 320 pp. Paris, 1856. $2.00
1996. (Squier, E. G.) Waikna, or, Adventures on the Mosquito Shore. By Samuel A. Bard. 60 illus., 366 pp., 12mo, first ed. N. York, 1855. $2.00
1997. Steele, Thomas Sedgwick. Canoe and Camera. A 200 Mile Tour Through Maine Forests. As new, 139 pp., 60 illus., map of Canoe Tours. Boston, 1886. $1.75
1998. Stonehenge. Manual of British Rural Sports. In 5 parts. 821 pp., illus., no title-page. Phila., P. & Coates, n. d. $1.50
1999. Strong, General W. E. A Trip to the Yellowstone National Park in July, August and September, 1875. Maps and photographic illus. Much on Hunting. 4to, half mor. Wash., 1876. $5.00
2000. Strutt, Jos. Sports and Pastimes of the People of England from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Illus. by 140 Engravings, many selected from Ancient Paintings. New ed., with Index not in former ones, by Hone. Orig. boards, uncut. London, 1830. $2.00
2001. Suffield, Lord Edward. Considerations on the Game Laws. Second ed., 105 pp. London, 1825. $2.00
2002. Thacker, Thos. The Courser’s Companion. Second ed., revised and enlarged, to which is added the Breeder’s Guide; or, Breeding in all its Branches. 2 vols., gilt tops, illus. Derby, 1834-35. $5.00
2003. Thomas, B. The Shooter’s Guide, or, Complete Sportsman’s Companion. Fifth ed., much enlarged and improved. One of the most esteemed Guides of the sort for many years. Illus. by curious engraved plates of field shooting. 264 pp., 12mo, orig. boards, uncut, paper labels on back and side. The best ed. of Thomas. London, 1816. $2.50
2003A. Thomas, B. Another, the third edition, 1811. Illus., 8vo. Old marbled calf, gilt tooled, fine tall copy and rare. $4.00
2004. Thompson, Charles. Rules for Bad Horsemen. Hints to inexpert Travellers, and Maxims Worth Remembering by the Most Experienced Equestrians. New ed., with Modern Additions by John Hinds, V. S. 12mo, orig. linen, paper label, uncut, 87 pp., frontis. London, 1830. $2.00
2006. Thorpe, T. B. The Hive of “The Bee-Hunter,” a Repository of Sketches, Including Peculiar American Character, Scenery and Rural Sports. 12mo, illus., by Darley. N. York, 1854. $2.00
2007. Three in Norway. By Two of Them. With Map and Numerous Illus. on Wood, from Sketches by G. H. Ford. 341 pp., good copy. Phila., no date. $1.00
2008. Three Dialogues on the Amusements of Clergymen. Second Ed. 12mo, calf, 239 pp. London, 1797. $3.00
2009. Tolfrey, Frederic. The Sportsman in France. A Sporting Ramble through Picardy and Normandy and Boar Shooting in Brittany. 2 vols., 12mo, uncut, 12 illus. London, 1841. $2.00
2010. Ubique. Accessible Field Sports. Experience of a Sportsman in N. America. Uncut, 336 pp., illus., rare first ed. London, 1869. $3.00
2011. Up de Graff, Thad. S. (M. D.) Bodines, or, Camping on the Lycoming (Pa.). Complete Practical Guide to Camping Out. 16mo, 279 pp., illus. Phila., 1879. $1.75
2012. Vanierii, Jacobi. E Societate Jesu, Praedium Rusticum. Nova Editio longe auctior and emendatior. Cum Figuris. 12mo, half calf, broken at hinges. Interesting old etchings of farm scenes, wine-making, cupids catching fish, horsemen and hounds hunting stag, etc. With chapters on hunting and fishing. Amstelodami, Apud J. F. Bernard, 1731. $4.00
2013. Walsh, J. S. (Stonehenge). The Horse in the Stable and the Field. Copious Notes and Additions by R. McClure, M. D., V. S., and Essay on American Trotting Horse and Suggestions on Breeding and Training of Trotters. By Ellwood Harvey, M. D. 540 pp., over 80 engravings, frontis. Phila. [1869]. $2.50
2014. Warren, T. Robinson. Shooting, Boating and Fishing for Young Sportsmen. 12mo, 165 pp., illus. N. York, 1871. $1.25
2015. Watts, Susanna. Insects in Council. Addressed to Entomologists, with other Poems on English Sports. 12mo, engraved title-page, printed boards. London, 1828. $1.00
2016. Watson, B. A. The Sportsman’s Paradise, or, The Lake Lands of Canada. Second ed., 290 pp., illus. by Dan. and Harry Beard, fine copy. Phila., 1888. $2.50
2017. Webber, Alex. Shooting. A Poem. Comprising a General Description of Field Sports Dependent Upon the Gun. Also, Game, Dogs and Game Laws, etc. 8vo, orig. fig. cloth, back mended, 154 pp., uncut, fully illus. London, 1841. $1.75
2018. Webber, C. W. The Hunter-Naturalist. Romance of Sporting, or, Wild Scenes and Wild Hunters. Royal 8vo, large paper, uncut, 610 pp., colored plates and woodcuts, in orig. cloth, as issued, with “Vol. 1” on the back. This was the first of a series of 7 vols. contemplated, each complete in itself. Only one other vol., “Wild Scenes and Song Birds” was published. Binding rubbed and cracked, but contents fine. The first ed., very rare. Phila., J. W. Bradley, n. d. Copyr., 1851. $6.00
2019. Webber, C. W. Wild Scenes and Wild Hunters, or, Romance of Natural History, by the Author of Old Hicks, the Guide. Full chapters on D. Boone, A. Wilson and J. J. Audubon, with their portraits. Fine engraved frontispieces and many original and spirited woodcuts. First ed. of one of the best American Sporting books of over 600 pp. Phila., 1852. $2.00
2020. Whitney, Caspar. On Snow-shoes to the Barren Grounds. Twenty-eight Hundred Miles after Musk-Oxen and Wood Bison. Uncut, 324 pp., illus., as new. N. York, 1896. $3.50
2021. Whitney, Grinnell, and Wister. Musk-ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat. By Caspar Whitney, George B. Grinnell and Owen Wister. Many fine full-page illus., buckram, uncut, as new. Pub. at $2.00. N. York, 1904. $1.40
2022. Wilson, James. The Rod And The Gun. Being 2 Treatises on Angling and Shooting. The Treatise on Shooting by the Author of The Oakleigh Shooting Code. (Brother of Christopher North.) 439 pp., uncut, illus., fine copy, rare. Edinburgh, 1840. $3.50
2023. Wrinkles, or, Hints to Sportsmen, etc., on Dress, Camp Life, etc. By Old Shekarry. New ed., illus., 12mo, 294 pp., uncut. London, 1874. $1.00
SUPPLEMENT.
(_Including a valuable consignment of books from Germany, received too late for classification._)
2024. Alpine Plants. Figures and Descriptions of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers. Edited by David Wooster. Royal 8vo, gilt edges, colored illus. London, 1872. $2.75
2025. Aristotle. Aristotelis de Animalium Historia Libri X. Additæ Theophrasto Collectanea quaedam de Animalibus, etc. In Greek and Latin. Two vols. in one. 4to, boards, 484+412 pp. Francofurdi, 1585-87. $6.50
2026. Beautiful and Curious Birds of the World. By Charles B. Cory. In original parts as issued. Imperial folio, finely colored plates. Published at $80. Boston, U. S. A. Pub. by the author for the subscribers, 1883. $50.00
2027. Beautiful Ferns. From Original Water-color Drawings After Nature by C. E. Faxon and J. H. Emerton. Descriptive text by D. C. Eaton. 14 colored plates with text, 158 pp., folio, half morocco, gilt, gilt edges, fine copy. Boston, 1882. $5.00
2028. Bird-catching. Angenehme Land-lust, Deren Man in Stadten und auf dem Lande, ohne Sonderbare Kosten, unschuldig geniessen kan, Oder von Unterschied Fang Einstellung und Abrichtung der Vogel. Uber Hervieux von Canarien Vogeln und Uitinger vom Vogelstellen. Joseph Mitelli Jagd-Lust. 12mo, half vellum, worn, 512 pp., illus. Folding illus. engraved and rubricated titles. Curious and rare. Franckfurt, 1720. $8.00
2029. Bird Migration. Homeyer, E. F. Von. Wanderungen Der Vogel. Mit Rucksicht auf die Zuge der Saugethiere, Fische und Insecten. 415 pp. Leipzig, 1881. $4.00
2030. Birds of the Bahama Islands, Containing Many Birds New To the Islands and a number of undescribed Winter Plumages of North American Birds. By Charles B. Cory. Revised edition. In folded sheets, uncut, 4to, many plates. Boston, Estes & Lauriat, 1890. $5.00
2031. Birds. Bechstein, J. M. Naturgeschichte Der Stubenvogel, oder, Anleitung zur Kenntniss und Wartung derjenigen Vogel welche man in der Stube halten kann. 12mo, boards, 483 pp., colored plates, extra engraved hand-colored title. The very rare first ed. of this classic. Gotha, 1795. $6.00
2032. Birds. Bechstein, J. M. Same. Third Enlarged and Corrected Edition. 12mo, boards, 764 pp., 16 colored plates. Gotha, 1812. $4.75
2033. Birds. Brunnich, M. Th. Ornithologia Borealis, Sistens Collectionem Avium ex Omnibus, Imperio Danico Subjectis, Provinciis Insulisque Borealibus Hafniæ Factam, etc. Half roan, uncut, 80 pp., very rare. Hafniæ, 1764. $4.50
2034. Birds. Collett, R. Oversight of Christiania Omegns Ornithologiske Fauna. Boards, 231 pp., library stamp on title-page. Christiania, 1864. $2.75
2035. Birds’ Eggs. Brehm and Thienemann. Systematische Darstellung der Vogel Europa’s mit Abbildung der Eier im Vereine mit Ludwig Brehm, Geo. A. and Fred A. Thienemann. The 5 parts, with separate titles, bound in 1 vol. 4to, half roan, 28 hand-colored plates of eggs. Very rare edition. Leipzig, 1825. $16.50
2036. Birds’ Eggs. Delle Uova E Dei Nidi Degliuccelli Libro Primo Del Conte Giuseppe Zinanni Ravennate. Con una Differtazione sopra varie spezie di Cavallette. Folio, vellum, 130 + 55 pp., fine old engravings, fine copy. Venezia, 1737. $9.00
2037. Birds’ Eggs. Einhundert Tafeln Colorirter Abbildungen Von Vogeleiern. Zur Fortpflanzungsgeschichte der Gesammten Vogel. Von Friedrich A. L. Thienemann. 100 fine color plates of 1800 eggs, complete. 432 pp. text (all published). Complete copy of a work issued in parts for a space of 9 years. Author’s Preface dated Oct., 1856. 4to, half roan and marbled boards, very rare. (Dresden), 1845 to 1854. $35.00
2038. Birds’ Eggs. Naumann, J. F., and Buhle, C. A. Die Eier Der Vogel Deutschlands und der Benachbarten Lander in Naturgetreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen, etc. 5 parts. 4to, engraved paper covers in orig. parts, as issued, uncut, all published. 10 hand-colored plates, very rare. Halle, 1818, 1826, 1828. $18.00
2039. Birds and Fishes. Ray, John. Synopsis Methodica Avium and Piscium; Opus Posthumum. In Quo Multas Species, in ipsius Ornithologist and Ichthyologia desideratas, adjecit, etc. Cum Appendice and Iconibus, First edition. 2 vols. in 1. Calf, 198 + 166 pp., plates, very rare. London. 1713. $5.00
2040. Birds. Giebel, Dr. G. G. Nusslichen Vogel Unserer Aecker-Wiesen, Garten und Walder. 12mo, boards, 162 pp., many wood cuts. Berlin, 1868. $1.50
2041. Birds. Gmelin, Carl G. Gemeinnutzige Systematische Naturgeschichte der Vogel fur gebildete Lefer. Nach dem Linneischen Natursystem entworfen. 2 vols. Half calf, 144 + 195 + 79 pp., 86 plates of 150 species. Rare and valuable colored-plate edition. Mannheim, 1809. $12.00
2042. Birds. Gray, J. E. List of Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Part 3, Gallinæ, Grallæ and Anseres. 209 pp., 12mo, paper, author’s autogr. pres. inscript.: “Mr. J. E. Gray to Mr. Van der Hoeven.” Rare. London, 1844. $3.50
2043. Birds. Heuglin, Th. Von. Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika’s der Nilquellen- und Kusten-Gebiete des Rothen Meeres und des Nordlichen Somal-Landes. 4 vols. Half calf, 51 fine colored plates and chart. Autograph directions for binding inserted. Cassel, 1869-’74. $24.50
2044. Birds. Jonstoni, Joannis. Theatrum Universale de Avibus. Tabulis uabus et Sexaginta Ab Illo Celeberrimo Mathia Meriano. Aeri Incisis Orantum ex Scriptoribus Tam Antiquis, etc. Folio, calf, Royal Arms in gilt on covers, 238 pp., many plates, rubricated and extra engraved title-pages. Heilbrunnensis, 1756. $7.00
2045. Birds. Joubert, Ch. Manuel de L’oiseleur. Illustre de 24 Gravures Hors Texte et Suivi de L’Art de les Empailler. (Taxidermy.) 12mo, printed covers, uncut, 128 pp. Paris, 1856. $1.50
2046. Birds. Kaup, Dr. J. J. Die Vogel. Systematisch beschrieben. Half sheep, 392 pp., fully illus. by fine woodcuts. Hanau, circa. 1830. $2.50
2047. Birds. Klein, Jac. Theod. Stemmata Avium Quadraginta Tabulis Aeneis ornata, accedunt Nomenclatores: Polono-Latinus et Latino-Polonus. Geschlechtstafeln der Vogel. 48 pp., 40 folding plates, 4to, antique, boards, rare. Lipsiæ, 1759. $6.00
2048. Birds. Kleins, J. Theodor. Vorbereitung zu einer vollstandigen Vogelhistorie, nebst einer Vorrede von der Ordnung der Thiere uberhaupt, etc. Aus dem Lateinischen ubersesst durch D. H. B. Paper, uncut, 427 pp., illus. by folding plates. Leipzig, 1760. $4.50
2049. Birds and Mammals. Kaup, J. J. Classification der Saugethiere und Vogel. Pr. paper covers, uncut, 144 pp., 2 plates. Darmstadt, 1844. $2.50
2050. Birds. Malherbe, Alfred. Faune Ornithologique de la Sicile. Precedee D’un Apercu de L’Histoire Politique, Scientifique, Litteraire et Artistique de la Sicile. 242 pp., uncut, binding loose, paper covers, worn, contents in fine condition, author’s autogr. pres. copy. Metz, 1843. $4.00
2051. Birds and Mice. Klein, Jacobi Theodori. Historæ Avium Prodromus Cum Praefatione de Ordine Animalium in Genere. Cum Historia Muris Alpini et Vetus Vocabularium Animalium cum Figuris. 4to, paper, uncut, unopened, 238 pp., 8 plates, very rare. Lubecæ, 1750. $6.50
2052. Birds. Muller, Adolf und Karl. Charakterzeichnungen der Vorzuglichsten Deutschen Singvogel. Boards, 112 pp. plates. Leipzig, 1865. $2.00
2053. Birds. Nilsson, S. Skandinavisk Fauna. Foglarna. 2 vols. Orig. printed paper covers, uncut, 456 + 534 pp. Complete on Birds. Lund, 1835. $5.00
2054. Birds. Schaefferi, Jac. Chris. Elementa Ornithologica Iconibus Vivis Coloribus Expressis Illustrata. Editio Secunda. 4to, boards, title with finely engraved and rubricated vignette, 70 hand-colored plates, fine copy. Ratisbonæ, 1779. $8.00
2055. Birds. Schinz, H. R. Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vogel-Gattungen. Nach den neuesten Systemen zum Gemeinnutzigen Gebrauche entworfen, etc. Originalien und Lithographirt von K. I. Brodtmann. 2 vols. Folio, half mor., 1 vol. text, 1 vol. 144 finely executed plates on stone representing hundreds of Species. Zurich, 1830. $9.00
2056. Birds. Schlegel, H. Kritische Ubersicht der Europaischen Vogel. Printed covers, loose, uncut, 135 pp. + 116 pp., 2 titles. Leiden, 1844. $3.50
2057. Birds. Schlegel, H. Observations Zoologiques. A Collection of Separata by this author relating almost exclusively to Birds, apparently taken from some scientific magazine, various pagination, totaling about 150 pages, with 2 colored plates of Hawks numbered 5 and 6. Collected by some Ornithologist and bound together in half vellum. Folio. Circa. 1860. $3.50
2058. Birds. Smith, Rev. A. C. On Peculiarities in the Life History of the Cuckoo, Esp. _re_ the Coloring of its Eggs. Paper, 16 pp. 1865. $1.00
2059. Birds. Von Kittlitz, F. H. Kupfertafeln zur Naturgeschichte der Vogel. 12mo, boards. Complete, with 28 pp. of explan. text, 36 exquisite hand-colored plates and printed cover of part 1 bound in. Very rare. Frankfurt-am-Main, 1832. $6.50
2060. Botany. Bauhini, Caspari. Theatri Botanici. Sive Index in Theophrasti Dioscoridis. Plantarum Circiter Sex Millium ab Ipsis Exhibitarum Nomina Cum Earundem Synonymiis and Differentiss. Opus XL. Annorum, etc. 4to, vellum, 522 pp., the very rare first edition. Basileæ, 1623. $8.00
2061. Botany. Bauhini, Caspari. Same. Second edition, with the valuable Illustrated Supplement. 4to, vellum, 518 pp. + Index, and 160 pp. + Index. Basileæ, 1671. $5.00
2062. Botanical Magazine (William Curtis’); or, Flower-garden, Displayed in which the most Ornamental Foreign Plants Cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-house, etc., will be accurately represented in their Natural Colors. Illus. with numerous plates, colored by hand. From 1787 to 1789, by William Curtis, and continued to 1816 by John Sims. With Index. 44 vols. in 23. Half calf, (slightly broken). London, 1787-1816. $48.00
2062A. The Same. From 1793 to 1801. Vols. 1 to 9. 9 Vols. Calf. London, 1793-1801. $7.50
2063. Botany. Dierbach, J. H. Anleitung zum Studium der Botanik. Fur Vorlesungen und zum Selbstunterrichte. Boards, 291 pp., 13 folding plates. Heidelberg, 1820. $2.75
2064. Botany. Dierbach, J. H. Repertorium Botanicum oder Versuch einer System. Darstel, der Neuesten Leistungen im Ganzen Umfange der Planzenkunde. Boards, 266 pp. Lemgo, 1831. $2.50
2065. Botany. Jacobi Breynii, Gedanensis. Exoticarum Aliarumque Minus Cognitarum Plantarum Centuria Prima, cum Figuris Aeneis Summo Studio Elaboratis. Folio, vellum, 195 pp. + Index and Appendix, wide margins, engraved title by Visscher, plates. A most superb work of printing and engraving; Author’s autograph in vignette of title-page and his autograph inscription on fly-leaf presenting this copy to his Preceptor and Patron, the renowned Dr. D. Christiano Mentezio, Elector of Brandenburg. Gedani. Typis, Sumptibus and in Aedibus Autoris, Imprimebat David-Fridericus Rhetius, 1677. $18.00
2066. Botany. Loeflings, Peter. Reise Nach den Spanischen Landern in Europa und America in den Jahren 1751 bis 1756, etc. Antique boards, 406 pp., 2 folding copper plates, the very rare first edition. Berlin und Stralfund, 1766. $5.00
2067. Botany. Necker, Noel Joseph de. Phytozoologie Philosophique, Concernant les Animaux et les Vegetaux a ete Limite et Fixe per la Nature. Selon la Decouverte du Systeme Naturel. Boards, uncut, 78 pp., fine portrait of author, engraved by Karcher. Rare. Neuwied, 1790. $3.50
2068. Botany. Persoon’s Linnæus. Caroli a Linne Equitis Systema Vegetabilum cum Characteribus et Differentiis. Editio Decima Quinta. A Andrea Murray a C. H. Persoon. Half roan, 1026 pp.+Index, Gottingæ, 1797. $3.50
2069. Botany. Stirpium Rariorum in Imperio Rutheno. Sponte Provenientium Icones et Descriptiones. Collectæ ab Joanne Ammano, M. D. 4to, paper, uncut, 210 pp., 35 plates. Petropoli, 1739. $9.00
2070. Botany. Trew, Christopharus Jacobus. Plantæ Selectæ Quarum Imagines ad exemplaria Naturalia, Londini in Hortis Curiosarum, Nutrita Manu Artificiosa Doctaque Pinxit Georgius Dionysius Ehret. Illus. with 100 superb plates, colored by hand, and mezzotinto portraits of the author, painter and engraver, by Joannes J. Haid. Imperial folio, calf, gilt. Fine copy of a rare book. 1750-1773. $17.50
2071. Botany. Twining, Elizabeth. Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants, with Groups and Descriptions reduced from the Original Folio Editions. Numerous full-page colored plates. 2 vols. Royal 8vo, half roxburghe, gilt edges. (R. axx.) London, 1868. $6.50
2072. Bradley, R. The Country Gentleman and Farmer’s Monthly Director. Boards, 132 pp., frontis. London, 1726. $3.50
2073. Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects and Plants, particularly the Forest-Trees, Shrubs and other Plants not hitherto described or very incorrectly figured by authors, together with descriptions in English and French, to which are added observations on the air, soil and waters; with remarks upon agriculture, grain pulse, roots, etc. To the whole is prefixed a new and correct map of the countries treated of. Revised by Mr. Edwards. Containing 220 full-page plates elegantly colored by hand. 2 vols. Imperial folio, full Russia, gilt, canary edges. A remarkably tall and clean copy. Binding in fine condition. London, 1754. $75.00
2074. Chinese Bird Paintings. Eleven superb old water-color paintings on rice paper of the various birds of China. Oblong 4to, original silk covers, with tie. $7.50
2075. Country Recreation, Sport, etc. New Feldt und Ackerbau. Darmen Ordensich begriffen Wieman aus Rechten Grund der Natur, auch Langwiriger Erfahrung, so bendes Althier in ro. Bucher Beschrieben ist, jedes Landgut Bevoorab den Acker und Fruchtfeldter des Landsart. Erstlich durch den Hochgelchrien Herm. Petrum de Crescentijs Beschrieben, etc. Folio, stamped super libris, dated covers, vellum, 646 pp., illus. Very rare and curious. Strassburg, 1602. $30.00
2076. Edwards’s Botanical Register; or, Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, consisting of Plants and Shrubs, cultivated in British Gardens, accompanied by their History, Best Method of Treatment in Cultivation, Propagation, etc. Edited by John Lindley. Illus. with 750 full-page plates (some folding), colored by hand. New series. Complete in 10 vols. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. Rare and fine. London, 1838-57. $45.00
2077. Elephants. Petri, D. Georgio Christophoro (ab Hartenfelz). Elephantographia Curiosa, seu Elephanti Descriptio, Juxta Methodum et Leges Imperialis Academiæ Leopoldino-Carolinæ Naturæ Curiosorum, etc. 4to, boards, 285 pp., numerous fine old copper plates, very rare. Erfordiæ, 1715. $7.50
2078. Fish. Coste, M. Instructions Pratiques sur la Pisciculture, Suivies de Memoires et de Rapports sur le Meme Sujet. 12mo, boards, 140 pp., 4 plates. Paris, 1853. $1.75
2079. Fish. Lacepede. Naturgeschichte der Fische als eine Fortsetzung von Buffons Naturgeschichte. Nach dem Franzosichen mit einigen Anmerkungen begleitet von Ph. Loos. 2 vols. in 4 parts, bound in 4 vols. full calf, gilt, 1953 pp. Very many excellent hand-colored plates of accuracy and finish. Title-pages have colored engravings of groups of boys examining a tub of fish, etc.; also there is a strange frontis of catching Sharks by man-bait. Heckscher did not have a copy of this work. Fine set of a rare work. Berlin, 1799-1804. $12.00
2080. Fish. (Marston, Edward.) An Amateur Angler’s Days in Dove Dale; or, How I Spent my Three Weeks’ Holiday. Large paper, 12mo, orig. printed vellum covers, uncut, gilt top. An extra etched title of a fisherman on India paper. Only 100 copies printed, a fine copy. London, 1884. $4.75
2081. Fish. Philipp Cavolini’s Mitgliedes Mehrerer Akademieen, Abhandlung uber die Erzeugung der Fische und der Krebse. Mit Anmerkungen von C. A. W. Zimmermann. Half calf, 192 pp., 3 folding plates. Berlin, 1792. $3.00
2082. Fish. Rondeletii, Gulielmi. Libri de Piscibus Marinis, in Quibus Veræ Piscium Effigies Expressæ Sunt. Quæ in tota Piscium Historia Contineantur, Indicat Elenchus Pagina nona et Decima. (Also) Universæ Aquatilium Historiæ pars Altera, Cum Veris Ipsorum Imaginibus. Folio, vellum, 583+242 pp., illus. Edward Ruppell’s, the noted Zoologist’s, Autograph copy. Rare first edition. Lugduni, 1555. $18.00
2083. Fish. Siebold, C. Th. E. V. Die Susswasserfische von Mitteleuropa. Mit 64 Holzschnitten und 2 Farbigen Tafeln. Boards, 431 pp., illus. with 64 woodcuts: lacks the 2 colored plates. MSS. corrections by author in ink. Leipzig, 1863. $2.00
2084. Fish. Stannius, Dr. Hermann. Das Peripherische Nervensystem der Fische, Anatomisch und Physiologisch Untersucht. 4to, boards, uncut, 156 pp., 5 plates. Rostock, 1849. $2.75
2085. Flora Germanica Excursoria. Sive Principia Synopseos Plantarum in Germania Terrisque in Europa Media Adjacentibus. Sponte Nascentium, Cultarumque Frequentius. By Lud. Reichenbach. Thick 12mo, half calf, 928 pp. 2 maps. Lipsiæ, 1830-1832. $4.00
2086. Flora Heidelbergensis. Plantas Sistens in Praefactura Heidelbergensi et in Regione Adfini Sponte Nascentes, etc. In 2 parts. By J. H. Dierbach. Square 12mo, half calf, map, 406 pp. Heidelbergæ, 1819. $2.75
2087. Flora Jenensis. Haller, Alberti. Flora Jenensis Henrici Bernhardi Ruppii ex Posthumis Auctoris Schedis et Propriis Observationibus Aucta et Emendata Accesserunt Plantarum Rariorum Novæ Icones. Jenæ: 1745. A very interesting copy of this rare book which has been inter-leaved within a thick 4to volume of contemporary blank paper and bound in half vellum by P. L. S. Müller, the noted German Naturalist, his curious book-plate is on the front cover with the legend “Ex Bibliotheca Mullerii.” His autograph is on the title-page. This volume has later been owned apparently by A. Oersel, who has used the first 166 pp. of the blank leaves for an autograph list of Plants which he has entitled as follows, under date of April 2nd, 1869: “Enumeratio Plantarum District. Alpium Maritim. Flore analytique in Departement des Alpes Maritimes, par Honore Ardoino Menton, 1867.” Several specimens of rare flowers have been laid in their proper places. The whole number of pages interleaved is about 425, the whole forming a most interesting historical volume for some Botanical Library. $20.00
2088. Flora Jenensis Sive Enumeratio Plantarum, in Usum Botanophilorum Jenensium. Edita Multis que in Locis. By Henr. Bernh. Ruppii. 12mo, vellum, 311 pp.+copious Index, plates. Francofurti, 1726. $4.00
2089. Floral Magazine and Botanical Repository, Supplement to. Published by D. and G. Landreth, Nursery Men of Phila. Paper, 12 pp. List of Plants and Seeds. Pub’d as an advertising brochure. Very rare. Phila., 1833. $1.50
2090. Flowers, Ferns, Fungi, Algæ, etc. Audouit, ed. Atlas de L’Herbier des Demoiselles. Dessins de Belaife, Gravures de Leblanc. Oblong 4to, boards, 123 leaves of colored plates and text. Paris, 1850. $4.75
2091. Fowling and Trapping. Liger, le Sieur L. Amusemens de la Campagne, ou Nouvelles Ruses Innocentes. 2 vols. 12mo, calf and gilt, 562+511 pp., curious cuts throughout. Paris, 1734. $6.50
2092. Forest Insects. Bechstein, J. M., und Scharfenberg, G. L. Vollstandige Naturgeschichte der Schadlichen Forstinsekten, nebst einem Nachtrag der Schonenswerthen Insekten, welche die Schadlichen Vertilgen Helfen. Ein Handbuch fur Forstmanner, Cameralisten und Dekonomen. 3 vols. 4to, marbled boards, 1042 pp., fine colored plates, fine copy of the best early treatise on this subject. Leipzig, 1805. $14.00
2093. Forestry. Hartig, G. L. Anleitung zur Wohlfeilen Kultur der Waldblossen. Durch 680 Beyspiele erlautert. Fur Forstbeamte und Gutsbesitzer. 4to, boards, cracked, paper label, 1 plate, 3 tables, uncut. Berlin, 1826. $2.75
2094. Forestry. Hartig, G. L. Anweisung zur Taxation und Beschreibung der Forste. Nebst einem Anhange uber die Berechnung des Geldwerthes eines Forstes. Dritte Auflage. 2 vols. 4to, boards, 200+232 pp., tables, 2 colored plates, portrait of author inserted, fine copy of a historic work. Giessen, 1813. $6.75
2095. Forestry. Hartig, G. L. Neue Instructionen fur die Koniglich Preussischen Forst-Geometer und Forst Taxatoren, durch Beispiele Erklart. Mit Einem Katen und einer Illuminirten Forst Karte. 4to, uncut, paper, 119 pp., colored map and chart. Berlin, 1819. $5.00
2096. Forestry. Hartig, Dr. T. Vollstandige Naturgeschichte der Forstlichen Culturpflanzen Deutschlands. 4to, boards, 580 pp.+Index and Explanation of Plates, 120 fine hand-colored plates. Berlin, 1851. $18.50
2097. Fossils. Owen, Richard. Palæontology; or, A Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and their Geological Relations. Second ed., Augmented. 463 pp., uncut, illus. Edinburgh, 1861. $2.00
2098. Fungi. Larber, Giovanni. Sui Funghi Saggio Generale. Descrizione e Tavola Sinottica de Funghi Mangerecci Piu Comuni D’Italia. 2 vols. 4to, half calf, 4 parts in 2 vols., 168 pp.+328 pp., 21 fine hand-colored plates. Bassano, 1829. $12.00
2099. Fungi. Lenz, Dr. H. O. Die Nusslichen, Schadlichen Und Verdachtigen Schwamme. Vierte, veranderte Auflage. 12mo, boards, 175 pp., 19 fine colored plates. Gotha, 1868. $2.50
2100. Fungorum Agri Ariminensis Historia A. J. Antonio Battarra. Aeneisque Tabulis Quadraginta Locupletata Quam sub Auspiciis Plurimum Reverendi DD. Francisci-Raynaldi Gargani. Second Edition. Folio, vellum, 80 pp., wide margins, 40 finely engraved plates, curious vignette on title, fine copy. Rare. Faventiæ, 1759. $12.00
2101. Game Laws. Seidenstikker, Antonii. Furibus Ferarum, Von Den Wild Dieben. Dissertatio Juridica, publice in Academia Julia An., 1675, etc. 4to, paper. Helmestadi, 1677. $3.50
2102. Gardens. Chambers, Sir Wm. Dissertation on Oriental Gardening. (Also) Heroic Epistle to Sir Wm. Chambers, Knight, Author of Oriental Gardening, with Explanatory Notes. (Also) Heroic Postscript to the Public. Three Titles. In 1 vol. 4to, half calf, The “Dissertation” has an illus. title and headpiece engraved by Bartolozzi. Armorial book-plate of John Claudius Loudon, F. L. S., noted Botanist of England. London, 1772-73-74. $10.00
2103. Gardens. Complete Farmer; or, A General Dictionary of Husbandry in all its Branches, to which is Now First Added, The Gardener’s Kalendar. Illus. with Folio Copper-Plates, etc., by a Society of Gentlemen. 4to, old calf, binding worn, cracked, plates. London, 1869. $2.75
2104. Gardens. La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage ou l’on Traite a Fond des Beaux Jardins apelles communement les Jardins de Plaisance et de Proprete composes de Parterres, de Bosquets, de Boulingrins. Contenant Plusieurs Plans et Dispositions Generals de Jardins (etc.). Avec la Maniere de Dresser un Terrain (etc.). Par L. S. A. I. D. A. Nouvelle Edition. 4to, old calf, gilt, fully illus. by copper-plates and cuts. Paris, 1713. $8.00
2105. Gardens. Mawe and Abercrombie. The Universal Gardener and Botanist; or, A General Dictionary of Gardening and Botany. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, with 500 Species of Plants more than in the former Edition. 4to, calf, binding worn, cracked, plates. London, 1797. $3.00
2106. Gardens. Noisette, L. Le Jardin Fruitier Contenant l’Historie La Description, La Culture et les Usages des Arbus, Fruiters, des Fraisers, etc. 2 vols. in 1. 4to, calf, broken, illus. with 77 plates, colored by hand. Very fine, rare. Paris, 1821. $9.00
2107. Gardens. Petri Laurembergii Rostochiensis, Horticultura, Libris II. Comprehensa; Huic Nostro Coelosolo Accomodata; Regulis, Observationibus, Experimentis, etc. (Also) Apparatus Plantarius Primus.