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[DAVY, HUMPHREY (1778-1829)]. Salmonia: or Days of Fly Fishing, in a series of conversations. With some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo, London: John Murray, 1828. 8° (175 x 105mm). 2 folding engraved plates. Wood-engraved illustrations. (Occasional light spotting, some pencil annotation, author's name in ink on title). Modern library buckram. (Extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. Westwood & Satchell p. 77.
HEATH, Francis George. The Fern Portfolio, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1885. 2° (385 x 285mm). 15 chromolithographed plates. (A few light spots). Modern cloth with original cloth upper cover laid down. (Lightly rubbed and discoloured). FIRST EDITION. Nissen BBI 821.
BENNETT, Richard (1844-1900) & John ELTON. History of Corn Milling, London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1898-1904. 4 volumes, 8° (205 x 132mm). Half titles, plates and illustrations, 3 folding. (A few light spots). Modern library buckram. FIRST EDITION.
With 8 other works in 15 volumes including Erasmus Darwin's The Botanic Garden (London, 1791, third edition), William Jardine's Naturalist's Library Ornithology -- Humming-Birds (London, 1833, 3 vols., 2 copies of vol. one) and Antoine Laurent Jussieu's Genera Plantarum (Zurich, 1791). The lot sold not subject to return. (21)
HEATH, Francis George. The Fern Portfolio, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1885. 2° (385 x 285mm). 15 chromolithographed plates. (A few light spots). Modern cloth with original cloth upper cover laid down. (Lightly rubbed and discoloured). FIRST EDITION. Nissen BBI 821.
BENNETT, Richard (1844-1900) & John ELTON. History of Corn Milling, London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1898-1904. 4 volumes, 8° (205 x 132mm). Half titles, plates and illustrations, 3 folding. (A few light spots). Modern library buckram. FIRST EDITION.
With 8 other works in 15 volumes including Erasmus Darwin's The Botanic Garden (London, 1791, third edition), William Jardine's Naturalist's Library Ornithology -- Humming-Birds (London, 1833, 3 vols., 2 copies of vol. one) and Antoine Laurent Jussieu's Genera Plantarum (Zurich, 1791). The lot sold not subject to return. (21)
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