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1. Eleazar Albin | A Natural History of Birds, 1738-40, 3 vol., contemporary calf richly gilt

2. William Bligh | A Voyage to the South Seas, 1792, contemporary mottled calf

3. E.T. Booth | Rough notes on the birds observed... in the British Islands, 1881-87, 3 vol., original half morocco

4. A.G. Butler | Foreign finches in captivity, 1894-96, contemporary green half morocco

5. H.E. Dresser | A history of the birds of Europe,1871-96, 9 text vols. and 8 plate vols., the author's own unique copy
![H.E. Dresser | Eggs of the Birds of Europe, London, [1905-] 1910, 2 vols, red morocco gilt with Dresser emblem](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/615acf3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F77%2F2d%2F059d53144f1fa8ec93ca25c59628%2Fl23402-cr26n-t2-01.jpg)
6. H.E. Dresser | Eggs of the Birds of Europe, London, [1905-] 1910, 2 vols, red morocco gilt with Dresser emblem

7. H.E. Dresser | A history of the birds of Europe, 1871-96, 9 vol. including supplement, red half morocco

8. H.E. Dresser | A Monograph of the Coraciidae, or the Family of the Rollers, Farnborough, 1893, red morocco gilt

9. George Edwards | A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, London, 1743-64, 7 vols, contemporary calf rebacked
![John Gould | A Monograph of the Trogonidae, [1836-] 1838, first edition, nineteenth-century green morocco gilt](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0d7075a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/806x2000+0+0/resize/150x372!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F5b%2F01%2Fca7ea68a4f32a8c1506bd93d4c6e%2Fl23402-cr26t-t2-01.jpg)
10. John Gould | A Monograph of the Trogonidae, [1836-] 1838, first edition, nineteenth-century green morocco gilt

11. John Gould | A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Humming-Birds, London, 1849-87, 6 vols, green morocco gilt

12. John Gould | The Birds of Great Britain, London, 1862-1873, 5 volumes, contemporary green morocco gilt

13. Lilford | Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands, London, 1885-97, second edition, 7 vols
![Gregory M. Mathews | The birds of Australia [and related works by the same author], London, 1910-36](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/abc082e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1442x2000+0+0/resize/150x208!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Fb3%2Fb5%2Fc7d0128a49e398df5e031b4b6f67%2Fl23402-cr26w-t1-02.jpg)
14. Gregory M. Mathews | The birds of Australia [and related works by the same author], London, 1910-36
![H. Seebohm | A monograph of the Turdidae, or family of thrushes, [1898-] 1902, 2 volumes, red three quarter morocco](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5a2bc2e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1471+0+0/resize/150x110!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F21%2Fdb%2Fb882e7c243b6b7c7454bfae4d810%2Fl23402-cr27b-t2-02.jpg)
15. H. Seebohm | A monograph of the Turdidae, or family of thrushes, [1898-] 1902, 2 volumes, red three quarter morocco
![H. Seebohm | The geographical distribution of the family charadriidae, London, [1887-1888]. green half morocco](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2c7f9e7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5428x6196+0+0/resize/150x171!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fb8%2Fce%2F7ab9b82b4230a179ca1ab4948c6e%2Fl23402-cr26x-t2-02.jpg)
16. H. Seebohm | The geographical distribution of the family charadriidae, London, [1887-1888]. green half morocco

17. Richard Bowdler Sharpe | Monograph of the Paradiseidae, London, 1891-1898, contemporary green morocco gilt
![Edoaurd Travies | Les oiseaux les plus remarquables..., Paris and London, [n.d.], maroon silk boards](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ad9dff6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1437+0+0/resize/150x108!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F97%2Fb4%2F1bcba3c94422bd937f7a0f271ee6%2Fl23402-cr28n-t2-01.jpg)
18. Edoaurd Travies | Les oiseaux les plus remarquables..., Paris and London, [n.d.], maroon silk boards

19. Claude W. Wyatt | British Birds, London, 1894, 2 vols, contemporary calf gilt

20. George Brookshaw | Pomona Britannica, London, 1812, first edition, modern red half morocco

21. Samuel and Nathaniel Buck | Buck's Antiquities..., London, 1774, first edition, 3 vols, contemporary calf

22. J. Gould | A century of birds from the Himalaya mountains, London, 1812, first edition, nineteenth-century red morocco
![John Gould | The Birds of Europe, London, [1832-] 1837, first edition, 5 vols, contemporary green moroccco](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0c86528/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1411x2000+0+0/resize/150x213!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F46%2Fd7%2F5159c49b41dc9dc2eea3fea7c308%2Fl23402-cqwsy-t1-01.jpg)
23. John Gould | The Birds of Europe, London, [1832-] 1837, first edition, 5 vols, contemporary green moroccco

24. Saint-Non | Voyage pittoresque... de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-6, first edition, 5 vols, contemporary calf gilt
![N. Visscher, F. de Wit and others | Atlas Minor, Amsterdam, [c.1688-1750], 18th century boards](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6ecf4a0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1734+0+0/resize/150x130!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Fc2%2F6f%2F9adcb65d428bb710717e53a8a971%2Fl23402-cqwsw-t2-02.jpg)
25. N. Visscher, F. de Wit and others | Atlas Minor, Amsterdam, [c.1688-1750], 18th century boards
![James Andrews and Louisa Anne Twamley | Flora's Gems, London, [before 1837], original pictorial cloth gilt](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/64e23ae/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1455x2000+0+0/resize/150x206!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F99%2F33%2F411973114dc79041d6ed72e4edea%2Fl23402-7ymkr-1.jpg)
26. James Andrews and Louisa Anne Twamley | Flora's Gems, London, [before 1837], original pictorial cloth gilt
![James Andrews and Louisa Anne Twamley | Flora's Gems, London, [before 1837], brown cloth gilt rebacked](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9b8d735/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1393x2000+0+0/resize/150x215!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F9f%2Fa0%2Ff44601a0414299e791498c37b474%2Fl23402-7ymks-1.jpg)
27. James Andrews and Louisa Anne Twamley | Flora's Gems, London, [before 1837], brown cloth gilt rebacked

28. Henry C. Andrews | Geraniums, London, 1805

29. Pierre Berjon | Dessins inedite... publié par la Société des amis des arts de Lyon, Paris, 1847-48, contemporary boards

30. Francis Blomefield | An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk, Fersfield, 1739-75, 5 vols

31. Robert Bowyer | An illustrated record of important events in the annals of Europe, London, 1815, three quarter morocco
![George Brookshaw | Groups of fruit [Six birds; Groups of flowers]... second edition, 1819](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4f57de1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1354x2000+0+0/resize/150x222!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F29%2Fcb%2F90ea7e344f1a82125d7c1de5b7d7%2Fl23402-7ymqb-1-cropped.jpg)
32. George Brookshaw | Groups of fruit [Six birds; Groups of flowers]... second edition, 1819

33. Gilbert Thomas Burnett | An encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental plants, 1852, 2 volumes

34. Chandler and Booth | Illustrations and descriptions... Camellieae, London, 1831, Chandler's own copy
![Achille Comte | Keepsake d'histoire naturelle, [1839]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cdc148d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1292x2000+0+0/resize/150x232!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Fff%2Fb6%2Fa3e775134b2796ffd4e7f80cb3aa%2Fl23402-7ymqr-1.jpg)
35. Achille Comte | Keepsake d'histoire naturelle, [1839]

36. Achille Comte | The book of birds, London, 1841, contemporary red half morocco
![Harriet Grove Cradock | The calendar of nature, London, [c.1850], contemporary green morocco gilt](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3e7f71b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1383x2000+0+0/resize/150x217!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Fcf%2Fd1%2Fc7fd8e9e4dfdb4ff15c40c4798d1%2Fl23402-7ymcd-1.jpg)
37. Harriet Grove Cradock | The calendar of nature, London, [c.1850], contemporary green morocco gilt
![William Curtis | The Botanical Magazine [with Index and Companion], London, 1793-1948, 130 vols, green morocco gilt](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bedf872/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1583+0+0/resize/150x119!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F49%2Fec%2F8e62088e4a6da315c8889318fee2%2Fl23402-7ymhl-3.jpg)
38. William Curtis | The Botanical Magazine [with Index and Companion], London, 1793-1948, 130 vols, green morocco gilt

39. Samuel Curtis | A monograph of the genus Camellia, London, 1819, half calf

40. Achille Devéria | Flore des salons, Paris, 1831, contemporary blindstamped calf

41. Edward Donovan | The natural history of British insects, 1792-1801, 10 volumes (of 16)

42. J. Duke | The compleat florist, London, 1747, coloured plates, contemporary calf gilt

43. Anne Everard | Flowers from nature, London, 1835, original maroon cloth

44. Agnes Fitzgibbon—Catharine Parr Traill | Canadian wild flowers, Montreal, 1869, contemporary morocco gilt
![Flowers—Ten [Forty] lithographic coloured flowers | 1826](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ddde9af/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1262x2000+0+0/resize/150x238!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Fe9%2F92%2F314d801640cd9f71d1655bd03987%2Fl23402-7ymp2-1-cropped.jpg)
45. Flowers—Ten [Forty] lithographic coloured flowers | 1826

46. Pierre-Joseph Garidel | Histoire des plantes qui naissent en Provence, Aix, 1719, contemporary calf
![Pierre-Joseph Garidel | Histoire des plantes qui naissent en Provence, Aix [Paris], 1719, contemporary calf](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/07c3ae7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1195x2000+0+0/resize/150x251!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Ff9%2F6d%2F657d81044ac89d178d7601fa9976%2Fl23402-7yn3d-1.jpg)
47. Pierre-Joseph Garidel | Histoire des plantes qui naissent en Provence, Aix [Paris], 1719, contemporary calf

48. Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur | Museum de la jeunesse, ou tableaux historiques des sciences et des arts, 1812