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BELON, PIERRE. 1517-1564.:L\'histoire de la nature des oyseaux, avec leurs descriptions, naifs portraicts retirez du naturel. Paris: Guillaume Cavellat, 1555.
Folio (320 x 218 mm). 7 parts in one volume. Woodcut printer\'s device on title and six sectional titles, woodcut portrait of Belon on title verso, two woodcuts of human and bird skeletons and 158 large woodcuts in text of birds by Pierre Gourdelle and others, numerous 11-line and smaller ornamental woodcut initials and head-pieces. Mid-18th-century vellum (endpapers watermarked 1742). Two leaves (l1 and g5) with repaired tears crossing text, some minor staining.

FIRST EDITION (Cavellat issue). One of the most important ornithological works of the Renaissance illustrated with beautiful woodcuts drawn from observation of live specimens. Belon, \"one of the founders of the renewed studies of birds ... mentions about two hundred different birds, mainly European, but some foreign. He made many original observations ... [also treating] anatomical and morphological conditions\" (Anker), whilst also drawing upon earlier writers such as Aristotle and Pliny. Schwerdt notes that the second part \"is interesting to falconers,\" the fine woodcut illustrations including a depiction of a falconer luring a bird, and several of owls, \"including the eagle owl, much used in hawking.\" Anker pp 9-10; BM/STC French p 46; Garrison-Morton-Norman 283 (Cavellat issue); Harvard/Mortimer French 50; Nissen IVB 86; Norman 180.

贝隆，皮埃尔。1517-1564. 奥赛奥克斯的自然历史，连同他们的描述和侏儒肖像画从自然中移除。巴黎：纪尧姆·卡韦拉特，1555年。

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MICROSCOPY.:7 titles:
1. HOOKE, ROBERT. 1635-1702. The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke. London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1705. Folio (320 x 202 mm). Half-title, title page in red and black, 15 engraved plates. Modern quarter vellum and marbled boards, morocco lettering piece on spine. Half-title laid down, title page tipped to stub, worming with some loss of text in front matter, dampstaining and browning throughout, ink ownership inscription on title page.
2. NEEDHAM, M. Nouvelles observations microscopiques. Paris: Louis-Etienne Ganeau, 1750. 16mo (168 x 96 mm). 8 folding engraved plates. Recased in contemporary mottled calf, 5 raised bands on spine, red morocco lettering pieces. Repairs to spine ends, dampstaining.
3. BAKER, HENRY. 1698-1774. Het Microscoop gemakkelyk gemaakt. Amsterdam: Isaak Tirion, 1744. Title page in red and black type, 14 engraved plates, folding table. 19th century half red morocco and marbled boards. Joints tender, rubbed, scattered spotting.
4. ---. Employment for the Microscope, in Two Parts. London: R. Dodsley, 1753. 8vo (195 x 120 mm). 17 engraved plates. Rebacked contemporary calf. Worming to lower margins, tear to outside margin of last plate with loss to corner, bookplate on front paste-down, browning and spotting.
5. ---. The Microscope Made Easy. London: J. Dodsley, 1769. 8vo. (210 x 128 mm). 15 engraved plates, some folding, folding table. 19th century calf, 5 raised bands on spine, red morocco gilt lettering piece. Joints tender, some ink marginalia, scattered spotting. Provenance: William Brodie of Brodie (bookplate).
6. LEDERMÜLLER, MARTIN FROBENIUS. Mikroskopische Gemüths- und Augen-Ergötzung. Nuremburg: Adam Wolffgang Winterschmidt, 1763. 4to (240 x 193 mm). Engraved allegorical frontispiece, engraved dedication portrait of Frederick of Brandenburg, 100 engraved plates, most tinted or hand-colored. Contemporary calf, rebacked. Frontispiece supplied from another copy, with top and margins trimmed, light dampstaining along top edge, browning and spotting.
7. GORING, C.R. 1792-1840, and ANDREW PRITCHARD. 1804-1882. Micrographia. London: Whittaker Co., 1837. 8vo (222 x 135 mm). Folding engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved full-page plates, 6 pp printer\'s ads at back. Contemporary tan buckram over plain boards. Covers soiled, corners bumped, shelfwear, library tape labels on spine, hinges cracked, a little loose, browning and spotting.

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