Item 1966Ornithology Books in the Library of Trinity College Hartford Including the Library of Ostrom Enders
1983. First Edition No. 504. Hard Cover. fine / fine. Item #1966
Natural History and Science
Item 490Penny Magazine a Bound Volume
New York: 1833. First Edition. Original leather spine and boards - hinges solid. Very good condition. A few torn pages - one or two with a piece missing. Over 500 pages in all. Item #490
Item 2753On the Origin of Species
Easton Press, 1976. Wood Engravings by Paul Landacre. Full Leather. fine. Item #2753
Item 284Anhinga, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. Perfect condition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #284
Item 290Black Crowned Night Heron, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. Perfect condition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #290
Item 277Brown Pelican, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. Perfect condition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #277
Item 282Caracara, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/100 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. This particular print has a limitation of 1/100. Perfect condition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #282
Item 288Glossy Ibis, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. First edition. Perfect condition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #288
Item 278Great Egret, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. Perfect condition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #278
Item 285Limpkin, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. Perfect condition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #285
Item 287Reddish Egret, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #287
Item 283Snail Kite, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/100 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. This edition limited to 100. Perfect condition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #283
Item 292Snowy Egret, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. Perfect condition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #292
Item 286Spoonbill, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. First edition. Perfect condition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #286
Item 289White Ibis, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Perfect condition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #289
Item 279Woodstork, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. Perfect condition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #279
Item 281Yellow Crowned Night Heron, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. Perfect condition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #281
Item 291Red Shouldered Hawk,
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. Perfect condition.
The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible in each and every hand-printed and hand-colored plate, all conceived and executed by John and company. Each print takes five copper plates to create and then each is meticulously hand-colored. The image size of each plate is 33" x 23.5. Framed they are dazzling and dramatic.
We had the pleasure of visiting John 15 years ago to watch the printing and coloring process and to visit the Everglades National Park for some bird watching. It was so lovely to see that the walls of the dining room of the Everglades National Park motel were graced with John's prints. A year later all had been swept away by a hurricane. Item #291
Item 1772Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Traveller and Plant Collector
Antique Collector's Club. Many illustrations both in color and black and white. 2006 reprint of the 1999 first edition. A beautiful production as all Antique Collector's Club books are. 4to. Dark green paper covered boards textured to look like cloth. Stamped in gold. Color pictorial endpapers. 286 pp. including index. Fine book / In fine dust jacket. Item #1772
Item 420The Romance of THe Apothecaries' Garden at Chelsea
London and Sydney: Chapman and Dodd, Limited, 1924. Second Edition. Small 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-5/16. Purple cloth stamped in gold. 136 pp. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown endpaper has left phantom toning on opposite free endpaper. A little toning on back endpapers and four small check marks on back pastedown. Spine somewhat faded. Top corner bumped. otherwise a clean, tight, very good plus copy.
The second edition - revised and enlarged - contains a letter kindly sent to the Author by the Revd. W. E. Layton. It was written by a friend of Linnaeus to Mr. Layton's ancestor, Philip Miller, the well-known curator of the Garden. The letter shews that it was, without doubt, the Apothecaries' Garden which brought Linnaeus to England. Many additions have also been made to the chapter describing the trees. But it must not be thought that there are trees now in the Garden which cannot be found elsewhere, for Kew Gardens have supplied London Parks with trees of many kinds - Battersea Park, in 1856, receiving no less than five thousand, with the present happy result. This new edition also contains further notes on Linnaeus, and on his two pupils, Kalm and Fabricius. Item #420
Item 453Lunar Science: Ancient and Modern
London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co., 1886. Inscribed and signed by author and dated 1896. 8vo. 5-3/4" x 8-5/8." 89 pp. including notes and Index of names. 5 pp. publisher's ads. Green cloth covered boards stamped in gold. Previous owner's initials on free front endpaper, also another owner's name at top of title page. Very faint trace of smell of an old book. Overall a tight, clean very good copy.
From the Introduction: "As an instinctively religious being, man is constitutionally concerned in the sublime science which, more perhaps than any other department of physics, has enabled him to look "through nature up to nature's God." If "an undevout astronomer is mad," the converse is at least measurably true: unastronomic piety is mad. For if science without devotion be defective, because the spiritual is the necessary inspiration of the material, devotion without science is also defective, because the material is the necessary embodiment of the spiritual. Science without religion is a corpse; religion without science is a ghost." Item #453
Item 935The Sun in the Church, Cathedrals as Solar Observatories
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press, (1999). Second Printing. 4to. 10" x 7". Cream paper covered boards. Red cloth spine. 366 pp. including index. Fine. / Fine dust jacket.
THrough much of the Scientific Revolution, between 1650 and 1750, Catholic churches were the best solar observatories in the world. Constructed initially to solve the pressing problem of providing an unquestionable date for Easter, the instruments that made the churches' observatories also threw light on the disputed geometry of the solar system. Within sight of the altar, they subverted Church doctrine about mankind's place in the universe. Measurements made in the oldest cathedral observatory, San Petronio in Bologna, in the heart of the Papal States, supported Kepler's revolutionary discovery that neither the sun's orbit, nor the earth's can be a circle, and thus indirectly favored ideas condemned at the trial of Galileo. A tale of politically canny astronomers and cardinals with a taste for mathematics, The Sun in the Church explains the unlikely accomplishments of the Church sponsored observers. Item #935
Item 478Memoirs
London: 1855. First Edition. Hardback. Very good condition. Item #478
Item 435The Natural History of The Pachydermes, or Thick-Skinned Quadrupeds; Consisting of the Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Tapir, Hog, &c.
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars; S. Highley; and W. Curry, Jun. & Co., 1836. Illustrated by Thirty-two plates, with Memoir and portrait of Sir Hans Sloane. An engraved title page and two accompanying title pages. Brown cloth covered boards. 12mo. 4-11/16" x 7-3/16." Green endpapers. 248 pp. Such a beautiful book! No foxing. It is tight and clean and the lively hand-colored plates are sharp and bright.
This, the fifth volume in the original set, is bound with explanatory text accompanying each plate. Some other volumes of this early edition have all plates bound in the back. Later sets changed the numbering of the volumes. The first 92 pp. are devoted to the naturalist, Sir Hans Sloane. Item #435
Item 412The Naturalist's Library. Mamalia. Vol. VI on the Ordinary Cetacea or Whales.
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars; S. Highley and W. Curry, 1837. Illustrated with thirty-two plates colored plates and numerous wood-cuts. 7-1/8" x 4-1/2." Brown cloth cover, spine stamped in gold. Tight but slightly cocked binding. Interior is clean and plates are in lovely condition. No foxing. Damp stain along external joint of back cover. It does not affect the interior at all.
Lovely hand-colored engraved title page is one of three title pages. 264 pp. of text. Frontispiece portrait of M. Le Comte de Lacepede and a 16 pp. Memoir of him. Item #412