122
396
GEOFFREY ARCHER & EVA GODMAN
“The Birds of British Somaliland and The Gulf of Aden” (4 to) 4 vols, Vols 1
and 2 London (Gurney and Jackson) 1937, Vols 3 and 4, 1961, illustrations after
Thorburn and Grönvold, photographs, diagrams and fold-out maps, pictorial
gilt-stamped green cloth, vols 1 and 2 slightly damp-stained externally but oth-
erwise a very nice set
Provenance: Laidlaw Collection, formerly at Somerton
€300 - 500
397
SACHEVERELL SITWELL ET AL.
“Fine Bird Books 1700-1900”, folio, London & New York, ltd. Ed. No. 149 signed,
coloured plates, half crimson morocco binding by Mansell of London, in mar-
bled slip case, (2 extra prospectus plates are inserted); together with “Great
Flower Books”, London 1956, with dust jacket; together with “Thorton’s Temple
of Flora”, London 1951, limited special edition no 71 signed, coloured plates,
bound in three quarter tan morocco by The Craft Bindery London, in slip case
(3)
Provenance: Laidlaw Collection, formerly at Somerton
€500 - 800
398
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
“The Original Water-Colour Paintings for the Birds of America” (2 vols) 1966
for the New York Historical Society, brown buckram in slipcase; together with
Jean Theodore DESCOURTILZ, “Ornitologia Brasileira”, folio (2 vols) Rio
de Janeiro 1944, limited edition no 183, colour plates mounted in decorative
borders, full calf, the spines in compartments with gold-blocked parraquets, in
slipcase
*originally published as ‘Ornithologie Brasilienne’ in 1854-56, an English edition
appeared in 1856, the present is the first edition in Portuguese
Provenance: Laidlaw Collection, formerly at Somerton
€400 - 800
399
WILLIAM SCROPE
“The Art of Deer-Stalking”, tall 8 vo, a new edition, London (John Murray) 1839,
tinted lithographs after Landseer, in a fine crushed crimson morocco binding,
spine gilt in compartments with a repeated recumbent stag; together with
Charles ST. JOHN, “Natural History and Sport in Moray”, Edinburgh (David
Douglas) 1882, etched plates, armorial cloth - “Wild Sports and Natural History
of The Highlands”, large paper, London and Edinburgh (T.N. Foulis) 1919.
mounted coloured plates after G.D. Armour, decorated linen boards and, anoth-
er edition, London (John Murray) 1893 (4)
Provenance: Laidlaw Collection, formerly at Somerton
€500 - 700
400
JOHN KERR
“History of Curling, Scotland’s Ain Game”, Edinburgh (David Douglas) 1890,
coloured plates of stones, pictorial cloth; together with
James TAYLOR, “Curling, The Ancient Scottish Game”, 2nd edition, Edinburgh
(William Paterson) 1887; together with
William SCROPE, “The Art of Deer-Stalking”, a new edition, London, 1839,
decorated cloth (somewhat worn); together with George CUPPLES, “Scottish
Deer-Hounds and Their Masters”, 4 to, Edinburgh and London (William
Blackwood and sons) 1894, burgundy cloth stamped in gilt with a dog’s head on
upper cover (4)
Provenance: Laidlaw Collection, formerly at Somerton
€400 - 600
