Natural History

SOLLEYSEL, Jacques de. Le parfait mareschal, qui enseigne à connoitre la beauté, la bonté, & les défauts des cheveaux. le signes & les causes des maladies: les moyens de les prévenir, leur guerison, & le bon ou mauvais usage de la purgation & de la saignée.
The Hague, Henry van Bulderen, 1691. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With an engraved portrait of the author, an engraved frontispiece, the title page printed in red and black, one folding engraved plate in the first part, one engraved plate, and 29 woodcut illustrations in text in the second part. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt. [8], 359, [7]; 250, [8] pp. Full description

SONNERAT, Pierre. Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine, fait par ordre de Louis XVI, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781; dans lequel on traite des moers, de la religion, des sciences et des arts des Indiens, des Chinois, des Pégouins et des Madégasses; suivi d'observations sur le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, les îles de France et de Bourbon, les Maldives, Ceylan, Malacca, les Philippines et les Moluques, et de rechereches sur l'histoire naturelle de ces pays, etc, etc. … Nouvelle édition.
Paris, Dentu, 1806. 4 text volumes (8vo) and 1 atlas (4to). With 140 numbered engraved plates: a double-page plan of the city of Pondichéry, India, 19 double- and 120 single-page views and plates. Contemporary red half sheepskin (text) and modern red half cloth (atlas). Text volumes: XXVIII, 372; [4], 445; [4], 412, [2]; [4], 488, [1] pp. Full description

SOTHEBY'S. The library of the Earls of Macclesfield removed from Shirburn Castle. Part two: Science A-C; part four: Science D-H; part five: Science I-O; Part six: Science P-Z plus addenda.
With: The library of the Earls of Macclesfield … Part one: Natural history.
London, Sotheby's, 2004-2005. 5 volumes. 4to (27.5 21.5 cm). Original decorated blue cloth. Full description

[SOUDRY, Antoine]. [Collection of 6 watercolours of birds].
[France, 1780-1800]. All ca. 42 x 34 cm. Six watercolours, finished with an egg wash.
The drawings are housed in a clear plastic sleeve. [6] ll. Full description

SOURBETS, Georges; Camille de SAINT-MARC. Précis de Fauconnerie [...] suivi de l'Éducation du Cormoran.
Niort, L. Clouzot, 1887. 8vo. With 4 black and white lithographed plates. Contemporary red morocco-backed cloth.         [3], [1 blank], 123, [1] pp. Full description

SOWERBY, George Brettingham II. A conchological manual.
London, G.B. Sowerby (colophon: printed by George Odell), 1839. 8vo. With 1 handcoloured, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding tables and 23 engraved plates. Late 19th century half calf. [1], [1 blank], V, 130, [1], [1 blank] pp. Full description

SPAENDONCK, Gerard van. Chène commun. Quercus robur L. [From: Fleurs dessinées d'après nature,… Recueil utile aux amateurs, aux jeunes artistes, aux élèves des écoles centrales et aux dessinateurs des manufactures].
[Paris, 1799-1801]. Stipple engraving on unwatermarked wove paper (56 x 36.5 cm), printed in colour à la poupée and finished by hand, of a Quercus robur including two acorns, an empty shell and two buds, signed "P.F. Le Grand sculp." In passepartout. Full description

SPAENDONCK, Gerard van. Grande Capucine. Tropaeolum majus L. [From: Fleurs dessinées d'après nature,… Recueil utile aux amateurs, aux jeunes artistes, aux élèves des écoles centrales et aux dessinateurs des manufactures].
[Paris, 1799-1801]. Oblong folio. Stipple engraving on unwatermarked wove paper (38 x 55.5 cm), printed in colour à la poupée and finished by hand, of a branch of the Tropaeolum majus showing three flowers and six buds in various stages. In passepartout. Full description

SPAENDONCK, Gerard van. Neflier cultivé. Mespilus germanica. L. [From: Fleurs dessinées d'après nature,… Recueil utile aux amateurs, aux jeunes artistes, aux élèves des écoles centrales et aux dessinateurs des manufactures].
[Paris, 1799-1801]. Stipple engraving on unwatermarked wove paper (56.5 x 42 cm), printed in colour à la poupée and finished by hand, of a Mespilus germanica, showing a branch with five medlars in various sizes, signed "P.F. Le Grand sculp." In passepartout. Full description

SPAENDONCK, Gerard van. Reine-marguerite. Aster chinensis L. [From: Fleurs dessinées d'après nature,… Recueil utile aux amateurs, aux jeunes artistes, aux élèves des écoles centrales et aux dessinateurs des manufactures].
[Paris, 1799-1801]. Stipple engraving on unwatermarked wove paper (56 x 37.5 cm), printed in colour à la poupée and finished by hand, of a Callistephus chinensis showing three fully opened and two half opened flowers, signed "P.F. Le Grand sculp."In passepartout. Full description