Titles starting with B from Donald Heald Rare Books

Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971-72. Colour-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Excellent condition. 19 x 12 inches. 26 3/4 x 39 7/8 inches (approx). In October 1971, employing the most faithful printing method available, the best materials and the ablest craftsmen of their age, the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limited editi... more information

Brussels: Imprimerie typographique veuve Monnom, 1903. Color printed lithograph by J. Goffin, fils. 24 x 16 1/2 inches. Delightful South American palm tree print from "Sertum palmarum Brasiliensium ou relation des palmiers nouveaux du Brésil" J. Barbosa Rodrigues, Brazilian botanist and traveller, collected widely in Brazil between 1868 and 1897. He was director of the Manaos botanical museum from 1883-1889, and finally director of the botanical garden of Rio de Janeiro from 1889 until his... more information

Brussels: Imprimerie typographique veuve Monnom, 1903. Color printed lithograph by J. Goffin, fils. 24 x 16 1/4 inches. Delightful South American palm tree print from "Sertum palmarum Brasiliensium ou relation des palmiers nouveaux du Brésil" J. Barbosa Rodrigues, Brazilian botanist and traveller, collected widely in Brazil between 1868 and 1897. He was director of the Manaos botanical museum from 1883-1889, and finally director of the botanical garden of Rio de Janeiro from 1889 until his... more information

London: printed for Benjamin White, 1771 [Third edition]. Hand-coloured copper engraving, on fine laid paper. Very good condition. Browning in extreme right margin well outside the platemark. 14 x 10 3/8 inches. 20 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches. A fine image from Catesby's 'The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands', "the most famous colour-plate book of American plant and animal life...a fundamental and original work for the study of American species" (Hunt). A native o... more information

Hudson, New York: Ezra Sampson, George Chittenden, and Harry Croswell, 1802-1803. 2 volumes, 4to. (11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches). 104 consecutive weekly issues (comprised of volume 1, numbers 1-52, volume 2, number 1-52), each issue 8pp., text in 3 columns. Each volume preceded by letterpress annual title and table of contents. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper covered boards, spines ruled in gilt, red morocco lettering pieces in the second compartments. Consecutive bound run of the first two years of an ... more information

[Berlin: 1785-1797]. Engraving, coloured by hand, by Ludwig Schmidt after Krüger Jr. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling. 7 5/8 x 14 1/4 inches. 9 1/2 x 16 5/8 inches. A superb image from the greatest 18th-century work on fish, 'Ichthyologie, ou histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére des poissons', by Marcus Bloch. Bloch was born in Anspach, Germany and practised as a doctor in Berlin. He later devoted himself to the study of natural history, ... more information

[London: Henry Bohn, 1845]. Lithograph, coloured by hand, by McGahey, printed by Day & Haghe. Image size: 12 3/8 x 17 1/2 inches. Sheet size: 16 1/8 x 22 3/8 inches. A fine image from Catlin's 'North American Indian Portfolio', one of the most important accounts of Native American life. "This dance...was...exceedingly picturesque and pleasing...repeated at intervals of every half hour during the whole night...continued in the morning until about nine o'clock, at which time the play... more information

Eichstatt: 1613, 1st edition. Hand-coloured engraving. 21 1/8 x 17 inches. Basil Besler published "Hortus Eystettensis", the earliest large folio botanical, at Eichstatt near Nuremburg, in 1613. He worked on the drawings for the 374 copper engravings over a period of sixteen years using the plants in the garden of Bishop Johann Conrad von Gemmingen, his patron. Depicted in this florilegium were flowers, herbs, vegetables and newly discovered plants such as tobacco and peppers. Besler was, in mo... more information

[Regensburg]: [1734-1745]. Engraving, printed in colours with additional hand colouring. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling and minor foxing. 12 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches. 15 3/8 x 9 5/8 inches. A fine image from one of the first works to use colour printing successfully, and the first published work to include work by the greatest botanical artist of the eighteenth century: Georg Dionysius Ehret. This fine plate comes from Weinmann's magnum opus 'Phytanthoza Iconographia' (Reg... more information

Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971-72. Colour-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Excellent condition. 25 x 20 inches. 26 3/4 x 39 7/8 inches (approx). In October 1971, employing the most faithful printing method available, the best materials and the ablest craftsmen of their age, the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limited editi... more information

San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Co., 1883. Folding pocket map. Inset map titled "Skeleton Map showing the relative position of San Francisco." Folds into thin white card wrappers lettered in blue. 16 7/8 x 22 inches. Early issue of Bancroft's important map of San Francisco. A version of this map was first published in 1872, and subsequently revised and republished with some frequency, including editions of 1877, 1881, 1882, 1883 (present copy), 1887 and 1891. This issue covers a smaller a... more information

Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971-72. Colour-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Excellent condition. 28 3/8 x 20 1/4 inches. 26 3/4 x 39 7/8 inches (approx). In October 1971, employing the most faithful printing method available, the best materials and the ablest craftsmen of their age, the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limit... more information

London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, Haymarket by Howlett and Brimmer, 10 Frith Street, 1825. Coloured aquatint. Printed with publishers details and dated 1824. In excellent condition. Framed in attractive wood and gold frame with cream wash-line mat. Image size: 5 x 8 1/4 inches. 5 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches. Framed size: 13 7/8 x 15 3/8 inches. A pretty aquatint depicting two hunters shooting fowl, from Henry Alken's celebrated book "The National Sports of Great Britain". This charming print by H... more information

Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971-72. Colour-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Excellent condition. 18 3/8 x 15 inches. 26 3/4 x 39 7/8 inches (approx). In October 1971, employing the most faithful printing method available, the best materials and the ablest craftsmen of their age, the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limited ed... more information

[London: T. Boys, 1842]. Hand-coloured lithograph by Thomas Shotter Boys, printed by Charles Hullmandel. 16 3/4 x 12 3/8 inches. 17 x 12 5/8 inches. French wash-line mat, gold and wood frame. A very fine image from Boys' 'London As It Is': a work 'of considerable importance' (Abbey) Abbey writes of the work London As It Is from which this beautiful image comes: apart "from the beauty of its plates, it records London at a period when good pictorial records were few. The London of th... more information

[Doncaster]: W. Sheardown and Son, [1825]. Aquatint, printed in colours and finished by hand, by Thomas Sutherland. 11 7/8 x 16 1/8 inches. 15 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches. From the original 'Doncaster Gazette' series of the 'Winners of the Great St. Leger Series': a 'benchmark' sporting print in terms of the "quality of painting, engraving and printing" (Lane) "In 1825 The Doncaster Gazette commissioned Herring to paint a series of pictures of the winners of the St. Leger st... more information

Paris & London: E. Savary & Cie and Gambert, Janin & Co., [circa 1857]. Lithograph, coloured by hand, by Traviès, printed by Lemercier of Paris. 21 1/8 x 14 5/8 inches. A fine lithograph by one of the greatest ornithological artists of the 19th century, from his finest work 'Les Oiseaux Les Plus Remarquables.' The slow, gentle, silent, gliding and swooping flight of the Barn Owl at dusk is one of the unforgettable sights of the bird world. Here an adult owl prepares to take fligh... more information

Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971-72. Colour-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Excellent condition. 37 x 24 inches. 26 3/4 x 39 7/8 inches (approx). In October 1971, employing the most faithful printing method available, the best materials and the ablest craftsmen of their age, the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limited editi... more information

New York: [John Woodhouse Audubon], 1860. Chromolithograph by Julius Bien. 38 1/4 x 26 1/4 inches. Framed. A highly dramatic composition in which Audubon shows his mastery of images that capture the moment. A barn owl has returned at day-break with a chipmunk grasped in its talons, it alights on a branch at which point its mate approaches demanding a share of the spoils of the hunt. 'This species is altogether nocturnal... and when disturbed during the day, flies in an irregular manner, as if at a loss... more information

Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971-72. Colour-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Excellent condition. 24 1/2 x 35 3/4 inches. 26 3/4 x 39 7/8 inches (approx). In October 1971, employing the most faithful printing method available, the best materials and the ablest craftsmen of their age, the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limit... more information