Books and Periodicals

JAMES SOWERBY (1757-1822): THE MINERAL CONCHOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN VOLUMES I AND II 1812 AND 1818. All plates hand coloured, good condition. Collection of 192 plates including ammonites, gastropods and bivalves. Complete set typically comprises six volumes with a rare seventh. Bound in parts as issued. Vol I: 102 plates, leather bound. Vol II: Plates 103-192 binding loose and spine missing.

JAMES SOWERBY (1757-1822) 'MINERAL CONCHOLOGY' VOL 1-4 COMPLETE, 1812-1823. An exceptionally rare complete set of four volumes of Sowerby's magnificent and rare work, which ran to sixth volumes with a later seventh. Contemporary red bindings, original boards, detached. 406 hand coloured plates in good condition. Collection of a gentleman of the British Isles

GIDEON MANTELL (1790-1852): THE FOSSILS OF THE SOUTH DOWNS, 1822. 42 aquatint engraved plates including hand coloured map. The iconic work by Mantell illustrated by his wife Mary Anne, who first mentioned the unknown teeth and bones later to be described as the dinosaur Iguanodon. Ex library copy of the subscribers edition. Plates slightly foxed, consistent with age.

ADOLPHE BRONGNIART (1828-1837): HISTOIRE DES VEGETAUX FOSSILES, Two volumes in one book. Complete as issued with plates 166+30. A good copy of the extremely rare and iconic work on fossil plants by Brongniart. A project that was ultimately never completed by the author as he planned. Light foxing and spotting, otherwise good.