

27 of Mammals, Birds, Insects, etc., in colors. Royal 8vo, half red / ^ 

 morocco (scraped), gilt top, uncut. Paris, 1843 , 



First Edition. Large paper copy. Autograph presentation copy from 

 the author. 



127. DESMAREST (ANSELME-GAETAN). Histoire Nat- -'^ 

 urelle des Tangaras, des Manakins et des Todiers. With 72 plates, 



by Pauline de Coiircelles {Madame Knip), most beautifully printed .> ^, ■ 



in colors. Folio, half red morocco (rubbed), uncut. Paris, 1805 

 Original Edition of one of the most beautiful Ornithological works in 

 existence. Large paper copy. 



128. Another copy. Folio, full calf (a little worn). ' 



Large paper copy of the Original Edition. Paris, 1805 



129. DES MURS (O.). Iconographie Ornithologique. Nouveau ^'\: 

 recueil general de Planches Peintes d'Oiseaux, Pour servir de t) : 

 Suite et de Complement aux Planches Enluminees de Buffon. <o H f 

 Illustrated with 72 beautifully colored plates. The original 12 /\ ' \ 

 parts, bound in one volume, thick 4to, half red morocco, gilt back, I 

 original wrappers bound in, Paris, [1845] -1849 ? 



First Edition. Bound up from the original parts. A necessary sup- ' 



plement to the large works of Buffon, Temmirick and Larigler. . " ■< 



130. DICTIONARIUM RUSTICUM, Urbanicum et Botani- ^,,-, :, 

 cum; or a Dictionary of Husbandry, and all sorts of Country Af- >J t^J^ [ 

 fairs. Illustrated with wood and copper cuts. Thick 8vo, old / ^ 

 panelled calf, with the Marquis of Anglesey's arms in gold on ' I 

 sides. London, 1717 



Second Edition, revised and enlarged. With the Heckscher bookplate. 



131. DIGGLES (SILVESTER). The Ornithology of Aus- 

 tralia. Illustrated with 126 colored plates (a few plates and de- 

 scriptive text soiled). The 21 original parts, with wrappers, bound 

 in one volume, 4to, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut. 



Queensland, n. d. 

 Very scarce. All published. The first native work on the Ornithology 

 of Queensland. 



132. Companion to Gould's Handbook or Synopsis of the 



Birds of Australia, ^¥ith 220 lithographed plates. 2 vols, in one, "-l^' 

 royal 4to, boards, red cloth back. Brisbane, 1877 



The same work as "The Ornithology of Australia," with the title 

 altered and issued with the plates uncolored. 



133. DIXON (CHARLES). The Game Birds and Wild Fowl ^ 

 of the British Islands. Illustrated with 41 colored plates. 4to, '^ 

 pictorial cloth. Sheffield, 1900 



First Edition. 



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134. DONOVAN (E.). The Natural History of British Birds, y \ 

 or a Selection of the most Rare, Beautiful, and Interesting Birds ^ i i 

 which inhabit this Country. The descriptions from the Systema )-^\ \ 

 Naturae of Linnaeus. Illustrated with 102 colored plates. 4 vols. [; 

 in one, half Russia (slight split in one hinge). [ 



London: Printed for the Author, 1794 ' 



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