Natural History.-

A collection of 17 volumes, including:

Montagu (George) Ornithological Dictionary; or, Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds [-Supplement], 3 volumes, First Edition, half-title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 24 engraved plates, 2 errata leaves (to volume 1 and Supplement), list of plates (to Supplement), occasional spotting, volume 1 signature D5 with closed tear, contemporary ownership inscriptions 'William Waring, Farningham Hill' to initial blanks, contemporary annotations to margins and to 20 blanks bound in at rear of Supplement (headed 'Notes to Montagu'), modern bookplates (Bertram Lloyd), contemporary tan calf, rebacked with original spines laid down, for J. White, 1803-12;

Sibthorp (John) Flora Oxoniensis, exhibens plantas in agro Oxoniensi sponte crescentes, secundum systema sexuale distributas, errata leaf, scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, maroon morocco title label, headcap perished, joints cracked, Fletcher, Hanwell & J. Cooke, 1794;

Stark (John) Elements of Natural History ... containing the Generic Characters of Nearly the whole Animal Kingdom, 2 volumes, First Edition, 8 engraved plates, plates spotted, those in volume 1 wormed in gutter, two small marginal worm-tracks towards front of volume 2, contemporary calf, gilt stamps of the University of Aberdeen to front boards, front joints cracked, Edinburgh, Adam Black and John Stark, 1828;

‘Monsieur de la Quintinye’, London (George) & Wife (Henry) The Compleat Gardener or Directions for Cultivating and Right Ordering of Fruit-Gardens, and Kitchen-Gardens, second edition, frontispiece relaid, word ‘Gardener’ cut from the title page, 10 plates, recased in full leather with the original panelled calf boards relaid, new endpapers, M. Gillyflower, 1699;

Bigland (John) Letters on Natural History : Exhibiting a View og the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of The Deity...&c., second edition, frontispiece and 50 engraved plates, gift inscription dated 1813 on first blank, later quarter calf, original spine label relaid, [Freeman 316], James Cundee et al., 1810;

With others similar, mixed bindings and condition, 8vo (17)