important natural history books glenbow de sothebys (6 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Catalog of the auction of Natural History Books from the Glenbow Museum that was held in New York on Saturday, April 23, 1994. This was a wonderful auction and of the 38 items offered for sale, all but six items sold. Prices realized included. 340 pages The three page history of the Glenbow Museum provides an introduction to the items being sold and an explanation why they were sold. In essence the museum made the decision to focus on its mandate to be mainly a human history museum "with a primary focus on the history and settlement of northwestern North America. As a result "Glenbow will deaccession and sell selected items from its international collections, or in some cases, sell selected items form its international collections, or in some cases, sell entire collections." A very nice catalog.

Softcover. Condición: Fine+. Extremely faint shelf wear to wraps, else an excellent copy, like new. Not paginated. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.

Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 38 pp, 38 full-page colour ills. 38 lots. From the introduction: "Glenbow Museum's preeminent collection of natural history books, with some of the finest 19th-century colour-plate books, includes rare 19th-century folios by John Gould and Daniel Giraud Elliot, and an outstanding 18th-century work by Cornelius Nozeman . Most of the natural history books were purchased from British dealers in the early 1960s, mainly from Wheldon and Wesley in London. A few were purchased in New York. The subjects are primarily ornithological and combine scientific research with fine decorative art. The book collection has an almost complete set of John Gould's publications. This includes Gould's first multi-volume ornithological work, the second of the folio series, The Birds of Europe (1832-1837), the drawing for which was based on the important private and institutional collections of specimens in Europe. Gould's eight-volume magnum opus which occupied over half of his career is The Birds of Australia (1840-1869). A Monograph of the Trochilidae (1849-1887), considered Gould's masterpiece, with its magnificent illustrations of hummingbirds, as well as The Birds of Asia (1850-1883), unfinished at the time of his death, and the popular five-volume The Birds of Great Britain (1862-1873) are included. Gould focused with obsessive clarity on the spectacle of the birds, presenting striking forms and breathtaking plumage in carefully detailed renditions. Also in the collection is Richard Sharp's Monograph of the Jaradiseidae (1891-1898), which reproduces some plates from Gould's Birds of New Guinea. Another important work in the collection is Daniel Giraud Elliot's celebrated A Monograph of the Tetraoninae (1864-1865), for which he provided most of the drawings. As well as fine folios, the collection includes full sets up to the late 1960s of the journals The Ibis (1859-1967) and The Auk (1884-1968). " Neatly but regrettably colour-coded by the previous owner, a bookseller, with some coloured tape bands around the spine, otherwise Very Good.

Softcover (Perfect Bound). Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Edition. 38 lots. With coloured frontispiece & plates. Loosely inserted slip with auction results (somewhat creased) . Slight wear to spine, covers & corners. ; Quarto.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: no dj. Important Natural History Books from the Glenbow Museum #6544. Book.

Condición: Good. 4to. [ca. 100 pp.] Soft Covers. Very Good with Pre-Auction Breakfast Invitation Card included. Color Photos. John Gould, Liflford, George Perry, et. al.