Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

303 303 c   (NATURAL HISTORY.) Adams, H.G. Young Naturalist’s Library. Together 4 separate issues in original parts illustrated with hand-colored wood engraved plates. 8vo format, 6 3 / 4 x5 inches, original printed paper wrappers, minimal wear, small amount of foxing, titles in ink on spines. London: Groombridge & Sons, 1854-1856 [250/350] A delightful little series designed “to foster and encourage in the minds of the young, a taste for the study of natural history in all its various branches... and to teach them how to read that great book of nature, which ever lies open for their amusement and instruction.” * Hummingbirds (8 plates) * Nests and Eggs of Familiar British Birds (8 plates) * Beautiful Butterflies: British Species (8 plates) * Beautiful Shells (8 plates). 304 c   (NATURAL HISTORY.) Atlas des Figures Coloriees du Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle. 15 pages, 236 hand-colored engraved plates after Jacques-Eustache de Sève. 4to, 10x7 1 / 2 inches, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt with morocco lettering pieces, head and foot caps defective; minimal foxing, light dampstain at upper margin. Paris: Deterville, 1805 [700/1,000] Separate plate atlas only to the first edition of Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle copiously illustrating various species of animals, birds, reptiles, fish, sea creatures, insects, shells, plants and minerals. Nissen ZBI 4615. 304